because the hills ARE alive :O

♬The Hills are aliiive with the Sound of Music!!♬

Can you imagine how horrible it would be if the hills really were alive? 

The other day I was at Snow Bird, and I felt like the mountains were going to squash me.  

Too many GIGANTE mountains. 

I wonder how I became afraid of mountains- I mean I have always lived in them, 

but in Kamas the mountains are more like hills, and they have never tried to squash me. 

I love it when I get the opportunity to act in the summer.

Well, really, I love the opportunity to act at all :)

But this time was extra special! Because I got to be Liesl! And my best friend played Rolf! 

Score:)

I know what you're thinking: "Dang. That dress is niiiice." I'll have to agree. And all the credit goes to my fabulous mother, Sue Shuppy! What a talented lady. 

Seriously, If I turn out to be half the woman that she is then I will be happy. 

I'm going to miss High Valley Arts so much when I go to college. In Annie and in Sound of Music I met soooo many great and talented people. 

That is what's so great about being involved in Theatre.

Coolest people ever.  

Kudelski!! You. Re. Mem. Ber. Mo. Ther!! 

Eve!! This, my friends, is the nicest girl you will ever meet. I had the best double ever! :)

 The Family Von Trapp!

Oh Bonnie! She oozes niceness. Seriously. How do you create the perfect world? Turn everyone into Bonnie. 

I wish I had some photos of our awesome Techies/Stage crew. Best stage help i've ever worked with! I am going to miss all of these people so much!

So now this is the end of my sound of music adventure:( I really hope you got to see it! If you didn't, then I should be performing it again over Swiss Days! 

I'm sorry Harry, you're going to have to take a seat.

For years I have been struggling with an inner conflict.

Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings:

Which is more awesome?

A secret world of wizards that exists among us and holds enough power to wipe us muggles out of existence like powdered sugar from their wizardy mustaches?

OR

A completely different world, with it's own beautiful languages, magic existing not only with certain races of people, but in the nature, and creatures that often break out into song and rhyme? 

You see, in my mind, both ideas are very exciting.

(on a side note, if you don't think Harry Potter is awesome, you haven't read the books.)

But after much consideration and research, survey says:

Harry Potter is a series for babies when put next to Lord of the Rings.

I don't mean to discredit my dear little scar faced wizard-

LOTR is just better written. I mean think about it, Tolkien was crazy!

Or something.

He made up a language.

A. Language.

Not to mention different races of men who all have certain traits and habits that are common, yet each character is distinct.

Honestly, now that I really think about it

You shouldn't even compare the two.

But people do.

Obviously, because I did.

But not any more.

This blogging thing has a way of making me see things in a new light.

So far, not very important things.. At all..

because college girls have blogs.

Hurro:)

This is my blog.

Why would Holly get a blog?

Because that's what college girls do.

I don't know much about what college girls do just yet,

seeing as i'm still living at home.

But I do know that they have blogs.

So look out big wide world.

Holly Shuppy has just taken her first step toward becoming a college student.