I'm home again. I saw Rach 2 in concert. Also, in Israel I saw a real live wild chameleon on a tree.

I had this dream that I went back to have my first second semester piano lesson with my new teacher and I hadn't learned any of my new pieces.

So: 2008 resolution? Freaking practice more.

THE Swiss, apparently, don't believe in water fountains, so in my Zurich connection I paid THREE AND A HALF UNITED STATES DOLLARS for a bottle of water. And it wasn't even cold ( Read more... )

Fucking shingles, what the fuck. I'm an old lady.

We're singing the MOZART REQUIEM this weekend. (It's a matinee. On Sunday. You should come.)'

owwwwww. fucking shingles.

I had a dream that people started arriving at my house for a party and I realized I hadn't made any food. Really. I went to offer people something to drink and there was no iced tea or lemonade.

I'm home, and it's great. I cannot WAIT to see Cabaret tonight.

I pretty much like my life.

You won't believe this. In Linguistics the other day, while learning about Middle English, we listened to SUMER.

Who knew it was so popular?

Today in the DC I discovered the goodness of French toast with bananas. Mmmmm.

I was, I will admit, watching the game tonight in a neighbor's room with a bunch of people from the floor. People were shouting out random Massachusetts town names to see if everybody else knew them, and to make fun of the one person who always didn't. Oh, the joys of going to a state school ( Read more... )

Today in Music Lit the professor played us "Sumer Is Icumen In" to give us an idea of medieval English music in contrast with the French and Italian stuff ( Read more... )

Across the road from my dorm are a bunch of off campus houses. They are mainly occupied by drunk assholes who often sit out on their lawns, drunk, and blast music. Today, several of them sat behind a table on the front yard, drinking from red Solo cups and yelling out as people walked by. As I approached, I heard one of them mutter "Ready?" Then:

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Tonight, I dined like the first family, and I don't mean Adam and Eve. That's right, folks. We had a white house chef prepare the food tonight in the DC. Pretty snazzy ( Read more... )