Dreams and Talents

This blog is going to prove how untalented I am! Well, in a way it might show how creative I want to be.
I read an article on Yahoo! about a woman who buys clothing from thrift stores and yard sales, the most ugliest of muumuus and turns them into great outfits. One every day, for a year, with a budget of one dollar a day. I took a look at her blog and the outfits. I loved the idea. I wish I had me some sewing skills. I'd like to know how to hem and trim and make my own fashion out of thrifty buys!

I've also been in a piano music mood. I've been getting songs into my head and would find a piano version of it on YouTube, and just listen to them over and over. I love piano music! My boyfriend plays piano, and I'd love for him to keep at it. He's amazing. When we have our own place, I'll make sure there's a piano in the house. It might not be his dream piano, but it will be a nice one! And I will learn to play! I'd love to learn now, but I don't even have a keyboard, so I'll just dream about it.

I've never taken any kind of lesson for anything. The most I ever did as a kid was join Girl Scouts for a couple years. I wish I would have taken piano lessons.
A girl I knew had a piano (it wasn't fancy, but it was a heavy upright) and we were listening to My Chemical Romance. We played "Welcome to the Black Parade" 's intro over and over, because it was a piano intro. Very simple. Very few keys. I sat at the piano, she stayed by the CD player, and I sought out the keys and learned it by ear. For someone who has never played an instrument successfully in her life and with no prior knowledge of what keys were what note, I was extremely pleased with myself. It's very simple, and it got me super excited.

I still wonder if I can teach myself to play other songs by ear. I'd love to do that. I'd love to play my own music. I don't know how to read or write it (my boyfriend does) and I'm not about to learn. A few people I know who were in band back in high school have told me that it's tough to learn, and that learning to play the instrument is easier than studying the score sheet.

Oh well, as long as I get to express myself through music. I'd love to learn guitar, preferably acoustic. Mainly so I can strum a country song and sing to myself on rainy days. Or if we ever have the privilege of having a nice front porch on our house, complete with rocking chairs and a swing, then I'd whip out my ol' guitar and be my own version of Taylor Swift. Oh how lovely that would be! I'll do it, I will! Some day.