That Time I Got To See Kristin Chenoweth

Helllllo my beautiful friends!! Today I'm doing a little post on something I got to do recently!! Basically, my
school got free tickets to go see Kristian Chenoweth (aka the original person to play Glinda in Wicked)
do a little interview and also sing!! It was so cool so I thought I would do a little post on it. :) First I'm

going to say what happened and then share some quotes!

So when my mom first emailed me about it asking if I wanted to go I freaked out and of course, said yes!
On the actual day I drove with my friend Isabel and we met up everyone else at a high school. There they
had a bus and like five of my friends came!! The bus ride there was super cool as we basically just laughed
and were super weird the whole time. After maybe 30 minutes we arrived at the theatre in a university
where the event was being held. There were a lot of adults in formal outfits and I felt kind of
underdressed haha. After we got our tickets, Isabel and I shared a soft pretzel which was great because
soft pretzels are pretty much the best thing ever.

After that, we sat down again and it actually started!! She came out and everyone cheered and they started the interview. She was so crazy sweet and personal and she seemed like she was honestly having a good time which is just so cool. Plus her little southern accent made her sound like this sweet old lady and also she's 4'11. Anyone who is a successful 4'11 = super cool in my book. I'm 4'11 and a 1'2 just for the record but my mom is 4'11 so I understand the shortness. Fun fact she was on sesame street one time.  

After the interviewer finished asking her questions the audience got to ask some questions. One of the people who asked questions was one of our chaperones and she shouted out her daughter who just happened to be sitting right next to me which was quite funny. She also said what school she was from and we all screamed when she said it haha. After all of the questions, she sang three songs and they were just absolutely beauiful!! Her voice is absolutely gorgeous and it was absolutely mesmerizing to listen to. 

Some quotes I loved: 

Do your version, otherwise why?

Christianity = love and acceptence

I try not to judge others. Well unless you're just mean

When I listened to my gut it has not failed me, but when I haven’t, I’ve been disappointed

You can never write your history

You never know what your thing is going to be

The things that make you different?

That’s what you grab onto

I only ever want to be a part of a team

It’s the hard times that help you grow

I know that we’re here to make our mark and be better people and just be as great as we can be

Be adaptable

It’s ok to be proud of things

Singing is only an extension of speaking

If you want to go far

You have to educate yourself

It’s always important to keep the training going

Always keep learning

The theatre is a team

If you make them feel welcome, then they will do there best and everyone will win

I didn’t know what I didn’t know

You will not be performing when you feel perfect

Maybe I hurt my neck and I can’t really move it to the right

But hey I might be able to find out something new about the character

I super duper hope you loved that!! I had a great time so I wanted to share!

Have you ever heard of Kristian Chenoweth? Have you ever seen a Broadway show? 

5 Free Fun Things To Do In Houston

As you guys might know I live in the wonderful city of Houston, Texas aka the 4th largest city in the US aka a pretty cool place. If you're reading this you either a) live here as well, b) are coming here, or c) are a loyal blog reader of mine who is super cool. All of you guys are awesome. Because I love it here so much I thought it would be super cool to share with you guys some of my fave free things to do here!

Miller Outdoor Theatre 

I have done a couple posts on the Miller including here and here. Honestly, it's one of my favorite ever places in Houston. Like ever. They have free amazing shows all the time. Maybe it's a concert or a play or a musical or they're showing a movie. It's an outdoor theatre but there are two parts. Number one the seated area which has fans and a roof part even though it's still open. For that, you have to get tickets (which are still free) but you have to go early. Also for the shows that don't sell out (it usually doesn't) around ten minutes before the event starts they let people fill in the seats that aren't already occupied. If you don't want to sit there though there is an awesome hill where you can bring blankets or chairs and it's a super fun atmosphere.

Discovery Green 

Discovery Green is a lot like the miller! It's an urban park right smack down in the middle of the city and it's pretty awesome. There's a lot of green space, an actual playground for kids, and a lot of events scheduled all the time. They have workshops, fun things for little kids, kayaking during the summer, yoga, and during a certain time, they have this awesome series where every Thursday they have these awesome free concerts. I actually did a post on it herrrrrreeeee.  For that one, though it wasn't specifically part of Discovery Green instead it was from Avenida Houston which is right by discovery green and also cool. The only downside is that because it is downtown all of the parking lots are paid and when other events are going on like at the Toyota center sometimes street parking will be pretty full so parking can sometimes be annoying.

Waugh Drive Bat Colony  

You probably don't but if you've been reading my blog for a bit you might remember this post and how cool I thought it was! Basically every day at sunset these bats fly out from under this bridge and it's crazy amazing to see because they are all over the sky. It's basically like a humongous flock of birds expect they're bats which you probably don't get to see that often. I thought it was like the most amazing thing when I got to see it and it's super fun for the whole family. You should probably arrive around 20 minutes before whenever sunset is supposed to be that day so you don't miss it plus parking might be a bit annoying. Find more info about it here. 

Graffiti/Mural Wall 

Ever since it opened around November 2016 I've done around 4 photo shoots here, one with a professional photographer when we were taking family photos. Aka this place is amazing and one of the best places to take photos in Houston. Graffiti and murals are almost always some of the best places ever to take photos and this place has like 30 all on either two or three buildings (I might have forgotten). Fun fact my old church actually owns one of the buildings. There is also a graffiti and street art museum opening sometime soon but according to there website they were delayed by Harvey and aren't sure when they're actually opening. 

Museum District 

I absolutely love museums so so much and on Thursdays a bunch of them are free! How crazy cool is that???? Some of my faves are probably the natural science museum and the art museum. If you want to stray from the norm though there are also museums like the art car museum, the contemporary art museum, air terminal museum, and the buffalo soldier museum. 

I super duper hope y'all loved that! If you live in Houston or are ever going to Houston I really hope this is helpful! I have a lot more things I can add to this list so if you want a part two please comment down below. :) Alos if you want to collab and be part of my month of collabs next month make sure to email me at nabilaeve@gmail.com. 

Have you ever been to Houston? What should I add to this list? Do you want to go to Houston if you've never been? Should I do a part two to this post? 

Music

This absolutely crazy thing 

A collection of notes

And words 

Strung together

And made into this amazing collection of noise

Music is something

That I adore

And just love

I was at the store the other day 

With my friend

And a song came on

I naturally 

As people do

Began to dance

My friend and sister

Told me to stop

That I was embarrassing
But I was fine with that
Maybe because embarrassing people is generally fun
But also because dancing (aka moving around weirdly like a goose at least for me)
Is something that makes me happy

I'm Christian

I go to church every week and everything

But I've always had a hard relationship with god

With just life and hardships and things like science

I find myself thinking

How in the world could this all be real??

But when I'm at church

And just singing my heart out

Swaying to the music

I don't feel somewhere else

I'm truly there

And I'm not thinking of anything else

No instead I'm singing

And being surrounded

By notes

And words

And voices

And there are people around me

With this same feeling

And it's just beautiful.

Music brings people together

I remember one time I was talking to a friend 

And we realized we both loved Dodie

I think we bonded over that

And became closer

Which made me happy cause she's supes cool so

When you find something in common like music

There's almost no way you won't become friends 

Doing more of these extra journaly posts if you want it or not so there haha. And make sure if you want to collab as part of my blogiversary celebration dm me!!

What are some of your favorite songs? Can you relate to this?  

You're Never Truly Alone

There was a new singer at our church recently
And she was so so good
Her voice was just
Wow
And she was singing a song
Which really interested me
It was saying
"I'm alive because God won't let me go"
It was talking about things like
Depression
And suicide
Which I honestly loved
Because I don't think that's something church usually talks about that often
And at the end
She did that thing
Where she talked
With the music
And she was saying how
God won't give you more then you can bare
How life definitely isn't perfect
You're going to have bad things happen
And that's ok

Someone might make a comment
About your hair
Or how expensive your clothes are
Or maybe something more serious
Like you lost your job
Feeling sad or angry or annoyed is so so normal
But also stay calm
Because God is there with you
Maybe you don't believe in God
That's cool too
Remember your loved ones
Your friends
Your family
You're never truly alone
You have so many people
Who care about you
Whether it's God
Or another person
Something that amuses me
Is when a friend says
In front of me
That they have no friends
And even though I know they're joking
I'm just like
Ummmm hello what about me????
Remeber you're never
Ever
Truly alone

Thought this was something I should share. :)

Comment all of your thoughts down below! 

Blogger Confessions From All Of Your Favorite Bloggers

I AM SO CRAZY EXCITED FOR THIS POST AHHHH. So if you missed this post you might not have seen where I asked people to participate in this. Basically, I was looking at Natalie's Instagram confessions series and was like "oh my gosh what if I did my own blogger version???" So I asked a bunch of my beautiful blogger friends to participate! They're each going to be saying some fun confessions related to blogging. I'm not including any of mine but if you want to find that feel free to check out this post which I did a bit ago.

1. I wing everything

I literally have no idea what I am doing, it’s been a year and a half since I started blogging and I’m still over here clueless about everything. It honestly makes me laugh when people compliment
me on being “professional”or “put-together” because half of the time I have no idea what I’m doing, sooo.

2. The next best thing about blogging besides making amazing friends is the validation

Needless to say, I love compliments (who doesn’t??), they melt my heart and I’m also a very insecure person so they make me feel a bit better. Every time someone leaves a sweet comment I fangirl while trying to stay humble, but inwardly I’m just like, ADKLAKSAJKS, GIMMIE THE COMPLIMENTS, I NEED VALIDATION!!   

-Gray Marie from Writing Is Life

1. Sometimes when I run out of post ideas I put my spin on a Twitter thread someone else did

I mean, it's the same as if you get inspo from someone else's blog... It's all still helpful so why not?

2. I write blog posts at midnight

I don't know why but it's like the best time for me to write. I think the screen light is the reason why I

have to wear glasses now....

3. I change my header every so often but nobody ever knows

It's true. But nobody ever notices because it's either slight or I change back to the previous header

before anyone has time to notice.

4. I go to events just so I can blog about it

Kidding. I go because I have no choice... but VIOLA! blog post material!

-Kristian from The Shades Of Unique

1. Majority of my pictures are taken on the same day

I have literally changed hidden in a small corner, behind a towel, facing the street because I can't be
wearing the same outfit in more than 3 Instagram posts. Probably once a month, I set a picture taking day after, of course, stalking the weather sites to make

sure the lighting will be on point. Then, I pack a bag stocked with upwards

of 5 outfits and 3 towels, find a general location I want to shoot

in and tell my mom (who is forever my photographer).

2. I re-write my blog posts at least twice

I am constantly second-guessing myself, whether it be in school or pursuing my

hobbies. But especially when writing blog posts, I

never feel like they are good enough to post so I end up rewriting them multiple

times. Right now, I'm working on just going with

my gut and not overthinking each post too much, but people always have

opinions so it's hard.

-Stuti Jain from Teen Musings

I have walked around with a stuffed duck all day to get pictures of him in front of national monuments.

-Ali from Travels With Delbert

I spend WAY longer checking my blog stats than I should, or at least I did last year when I’d just started
blogging. I would check my blogger homepage, like, five times a day – I was obsessed with exactly who
was viewing my blog and who was commenting, it was terrible XD I just HAD TO KNOW. I realised how
obsessive I was being, though, and I made myself stop checking my blog stats so many times – however,
I still check them at least twice a day now, and much more often 2-3 days after a post has just gone up,
as those are the days that I get most of my pageviews and comments. I just can’t help it, somehow?! I
have to know who’s visiting my blog, and when?! I’m so obsessive, I can’t even...

-Andrea from Spaceships, Vampires, And Very Secret Agents

Yayyyyy that was super fun! I love big collab posts like this! If you're a blogger feel free to comment down below some of your confessions! 

My Favorite Blog Posts On Hot Town Cool Girl Of All Time

Taiya did a post like this with her favorite blog posts and I saw a comment on one of my posts saying I should do a roundup post so I took it as a sign! Today I'm going to be sharing some of my favorite blog posts on my blog! Get ready to go back in time. For newcomers, I hope this is helpful to find out more about my blog. :) To make it easier I also decided to split them into categories!

Blogging

-12 Things You Should Do Right After You Start A Blog

-10 Teen Bloggers You Need To Follow 

-How I Have Time To Blog In My Daily Life + How You Can As Well

-Blogging: Expectation Vs Reality 

-13 Tips For Kid Bloggers Written By A 12-Year-Old Blogger

-How To Use Pinterest To Dramatically Grow Your Blog

-How To Make An Amazing About Page For Your Blog

-The Struggles Of A Tween Blogger

-10 Sites To Find Awesome And Free Images For Bloggers

-11 Ways To Easily Come Up With Blog Post Ideas

-111 Easy And Interesting Blog Post Ideas

-9 Things You Should Always Do Before Publishing A Blog Post

-20 Do's And Don'ts For Commenting On Blog Posts

-9 Easy Tricks To Help You Make An Amazing Title For Your Blog Post

-10 Things You Can Do That Will Always Make A Blogger Smile

Poetry/Thoughts

-Things I Need To Learn

-Disconnected 

-Who Am I

-How Are You

-Everyone Has A Story

-"Do Your Best"

-Light And Dark

-Speak Up

-The World Is Always

-Are You There?

-Remember 

-Cover Up My Face 

-The Future

-I Am Normal 

Travel

-March For Our Lives

-Spring Break Marfa Photo Diary

-Dominican Republic 

-I Fought For Equality At The Women's March + First Ever Vlog + Voice Reveal 

Me

-The Aesthetic Tag 

-Some Super Nabila Thoughts 

-99 Things I Am Thankful For

-My Story Of Hurricane Harvey 

-Why Successful People My Age Annoy Me 

-Everything Is Here For A Reason 

-I Watched The New Beauty And The Beast Movie And I Died 

-100 Reasons Why I Am Me

-20 Reasons Why I Am A Feminist + Video 

-Discovering Middle School

General Tips/Advice

-11 Easy Ways To Make Money Online

-Small Things You Can Do To Be An Overall Happier And More Productive Human Being

-14 Easy Ways To Make Money As A Teen 

-How To Take Awesome Photos With Your iPhone

-101 Fun Things To Do This Summer 

-7 Things All Students Need To Remember At The End Of The Year

-What Is A Friend 

-7 Super Easy Things You Can Do To Help Save The Environment 

-How To Finish Your Homework Fast 

-How To Easily Make Online Friends

-10 Easy Things You Can Do In The Morning To Make Your Day A Million Times Better

Other

-What Do You Think About Feminism? 

-12 Things About Texas That Just Aren't True

-What Is Feminism? 

-5 Reasons Why "Star War: The Force Awakens" And "Star Wars: A New Hope" Are The Exact Same

Wow. That was certainly a trip down memory lane.  Fun fact there are over 400 blog posts on here and that doesn't take into account posts I've now deleted or posts I've written for other blogs. That's crazy y'all haha. If you missed it in my last post for my blogiversary which is coming up I want to do a month of collabs! If you want to participate feel free to email me at nabilaeve@gmail.com. 

What is one of your favorite blog posts I've written? Was this post helpful? What kind of posts do you want to see from me in the future? If you are a blogger what are some of your favorite posts you've ever written?