One of my favorite movies of all time is Harry Potter. I can't just pick one so don't try and make me. I love all of the Harry Potters and today me and a group talked about Harry Potter for an hour. We talked about how they have changed over the years, we talked about how great the books were, and even how much of our childhood was spent watching or reading Harry Potter. I am in love with the books and the movies and I think that I need to read the books again so I might have found something else to entertain myself for a while.

Tonight is my first worship band practice, I'm excited but also worried that I might bite off more than I can chew. I was involved with a lot of things in high school, but the work wasn't as hard there. Here I seem to want to be in everything and I am not sure if I will be able to keep up with myself.

My friends from home just know how to make me smile. I realized how much I miss home when my friends from Prairie du Chien call me. I love it at Wartburg but just hearing all of them together just makes me really miss them.

Yesterday I had my first actual voice lesson. It was really interesting and nice to hear feedback and ways that I can improve. First I had to lie down on my back he placed a book on my stomach to show me where and how I should breath. Know for people who are not music people learning to breath might seem like a strange concept. But when you are singing breathing is very important. After that we sang a little bit of a song, and then he gave me ways to improve and how to practice on my own. I really think that this year for music is going to be a good one.

Today I had the last practice of the first week of Riterchor. Riterchor is an all male singing ensemble that I am involved in. I love singing in it because I have never been in a choir that is so big with so many talented people. I think it is amazing because everyone who is there wants to be there so everyone there is incredibly talented. I can tell that this year in Riterchor is going to be a great adventure in my life.

What is the value of a educated life?

What is the value of an educated life? That is an interesting question. For me my life wouldn't mean a whole lot to me if I wasn't educated. I need to know things in order to do simple everyday things. If I never learned how to count or read life would be a lot harder than it already is. I can't imagine living a life without that kind of knowledge. But continuing on into more advanced knowledge like high school and even college, to me I'm at the point of wanting to learn things for the career I want to go into. That is why I am at college I like to learn about things that interest me.