This was just hastily written, but I was trying to use convince a Christian that it's why, even as a Christian, one should believe that evolution should be taught in science classes. He had just asked me how I viewed creation. As I'm sort of agnostic, I'm not totally sure that I believe of all of this, but this was my argument in favor if evolution ( Read more... )

And I still can't believe that was my last regular lesson here. Wow. I really am leaving. It hasn't really sunk in yet.

Oh yeah, and I need to call Kevin. Miss that boy.

I had a voice lesson today with a cold and once again learned how much better singing makes my throat feel. I was awfully congested, so there were a lot of funny voice cracks and some notes that just didn't stick, but it's kind of amazing that I was able to sing through it. My middle G's were sticking too. Thank you, MT-stuff-I've-been-singing- ( Read more... )

Figure out if Chichester Psalms / Bernstein mass are on other computer and can be transferred before buying them.

In other news, "Take Care of This House" is gorgeous.

Erika Koth's rendition of this aria is incredible and makes me forget how overdone it is. Wow.

In real life news, I'm packed! Stayed up until three last night and finished at three this afternoon. I fit everything into eight small boxes and one biggish one. I'm way overpacked on short-sleeved shirts still, but once I figured out how little room they ( Read more... )

I haven't really updated in the last week because nothing exciting has happened. Sorry about that ( Read more... )

Mary (about "Fair Robin"): Well, you have to figure out how to keep the air moving through that high A at the end, but overall, it was really quite nice, definitely better than the last time you sang it. And that was some high C!

Me: Well, high C's are never really a problem for me.

Mary: Yes, but that was a womanly high C.

Tee hee:)

I don't want to go back to PCDS. I really don't. I'm glad high school's over. But somehow I can't seem to stay away. I've always said I would have loved high school without the stress and the classes I don't like. And so being at PCDS with all the friends and teachers that I like so much without having homework or grades is very attractive to me. ( Read more... )

I spend three hours being sociable and chatting with my family and my dad's childhood friend, and my voice is sore afterwards. I take two hours off and decide that I feel fine to sing, so I warm up well. Of course, I go straight to my new book and start singing through music I don't really know with the accompaniments ( Read more... )

I just played through the whole new book with accompaniments (it took about three hours to get everything figured out), and it's AMAZING. I LOVE good musical theate (which is usually not popular musical theatre). Favorites that I didn't know about are:

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  The Gypsy in Me (Anything Goes - I should have known this; shame on me, but I only have the crappy ( Read more... )