Long time no see...

With the exception of the randomness that was my last post, anyway.

So perhaps you're wondering, what's new with Emma?
Or perhaps you're wondering, who is Emma?
Well, let me fill you in, on both counts...

I am in the spring of my junior year.  I'm preparing for my recital, come April.  Those of you who dare to live less than a twenty-four hours' drive from me, I'll be disappointed if you can't make it.
[Fact one: I have irrational expectations of family/friends.]
I'm supposed to practice at least three hours a day, though lately it's been around two, and half of that is taken up with practicing pieces for my accompanying class.  I'm accompanying two of the freshmen girls (is that a weird distinction to anyone else but me?), Aimee and Amanda, the first being a soprano, the second being (I think) a clarinetist.  Or wind instrument of some sort anyway...perhaps I should look at the score, but...
[Fact two: I miss out on the details because I'm impatient.]
It's a lot of fun, anyway, and I love playing piano, and I don't know why it took me so long to realize this...but piano, music, etc, is my life.  My LIFE.  Anyone who tells me I'm ridiculous isn't worth my time.  I pray you're not among that disturbingly numerous people.
I could say more about music, but...
[Fact three: I get bored easily, the older I get...which is probably backwards, but...]

I have three close friends that live in Billings.  (I recently added Travis to that small list.)
[Fact four: I don't open up to people all that easily.]
One of them happens to be MIA at the moment --those of you who are religious-minded, please say a prayer for her-- and I swear, I go through withdrawal when I don't see her.  Some people might think I should give up...judging by the looks of some people, I'm apparently ridiculous to keep after her, but...
[Fact five: When I make friends, I'm loyal to the end.]
Funny thing, that I have over four-hundred Facebook friends, more than three from Billings, and yet, the aforementioned statement stands.  And though I'm lonely sometimes, I gotta say it's exhausting putting in effort to make friends.  Because I noticed, it's always me.  Always.
[Fact six: Sometimes I exaggerate.]
There's this girl in choir that is making an effort, and I might add her if we stay close over the next semester.  My mum once told me that you can't really call someone a true friend unless you've known them for about two years.  The only exceptions are the ones you go through some really crazy stuff with.  Or the often-thought-to-be-mythological soulmate.  I've found one of those here.  Another one resides in Minnesota, and another in Maryland.  Rare and far apart, but they're my best friends ever.  There is another girl in choir that makes an effort...but there was a moment last semester where something was said to another person that should have been said to my face, and...
[Fact seven: I don't hold grudges often, but when I do, I hold them hard.]
She still tries, and I've mostly forgiven her, but I don't think she's the type that I want to stick around forever anyway, so...we'll see, I guess.  In the meantime, I stick with the ones I've got, and when I'm feeling hermitish (totally a word despite the red line that appears), I stick to myself, and it's okay.
[Fact eight: Though I dream big, at the end of the day, I always come back to wanting to be a hermit.]

I have familial issues.  Then again, don't we all?
[Fact nine: I'm not a big fan of 'airing dirty laundry,' and tend to look down on others who do.]

This spring I'm going on a service trip with the Billings Catholic Campus Ministry--
[Fact ten: I'm not Catholic, but they're nicer than most other Christians I meet, so I stick with them.]
--to Philadelphia.  I'm going to be living and working in a homeless shelter along side the homeless, for my entire spring break.  I'm really looking forward to it, and I can't wait to see what God has in store for me on this trip.
[Fact eleven: I need to get outside of myself, a fact made obvious to myself more often than I'd like.]
We're doing a bunch of fundraiser things, and studying hospitality and something called 'Catholic Social Justice/Social Teaching' or something like that.  It's pretty amazing how simple it really is, if we only take the time to stop and get outside of ourselves.
[Fact twelve: I tend to repeat things that are important.]
While prayer is the most important thing, we're still looking for donations, so if anyone wants to contribute, please email me: emily.king@rocky.edu, and I can send you more info and such.
[Fact thirteen: The longer I live, the less afraid I am to ask for a handout.]

I almost want to stop there just because...
[Fact fourteen: Thirteen is kind of a 'lucky' number for me, though I don't actually believe in luck.]

Though actually, I could have stopped anyway.
[Fact fifteen: If I'm not writing fiction, I can't focus for very long.]

Anyway, so those are the big things.  And I'll try to get on more often, even if it's just to post a little video or something.

Oh, but before I go...
http://cobalt.rocky.edu/~emily.king/index.html
Here's my school site.  There is a link to this page, plus to another writing blog, and my philosophy class...which is kind of awesome and the first question was posted, and though I think that Crossan (author of the first book we read) is kind of blasphemous sometimes, I still like him.
[Fact sixteen: I'm non-denominational charismatic, I love God, I only go to regular church on holidays, otherwise for all intents and purposes I'm Catholic.]
So yeah, go check it out, if you like.

Cheers.