So I was absolutely sure that the Symphonette farewell concert was tonight. I even made some plans to drive off to Glendale with people. And then I find out that it actually happened last night... that was a bit depressing, I'll admit ( Read more... )

I just downloaded Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, by, unsurprisingly, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. It's pretty good, but I'm not too fond of the lead singer's voice. Ah well. I also ( Read more... )

"Even Sobakievich, who rarely ventured to say anything good of anyone, observed to his spindly wife as he got into bed beside her after returning at a late enough hour from town: 'my little dove, I spent the evening with the governer and dined with the chief of police. I met Pavel Pavlovich Chichikov, a collegiate councillor--a most charming man ( Read more... )

So... Natty has a prom date? This one definitely came out of left field...

and now the decision that I've pondered for so long comes to the fore: do I wear the orchestra tux, or do I bite the bullet and rent a real one?

I've been experimenting with lots of new music these past few days. But seriously, who could resist a bandname like 'Genghis Tron?' Anyway, books + music have proved to be greater lures than homework or studying. With SAT 2s and APs coming up, that may have to change. Like Philip Carey, I must push past these earthly temptations in order to ' ( Read more... )

Oy gevalt! Today was tres stressful! This afternoon/evening was the first half of Acadeca State, and right after that I had my Allstate orchestra audition. Eh. They both went pretty well. Speech and essay were probably my two best events tonight, though Langlit wasn't bad. I guess that I kind of stopped studying/caring too much a couple weeks ( Read more... )

I went to another North Canyon theater production today. Emily, you were completely amazing! By far the best actress in a great performance. Go you!

Mmmm. I spent at least two hours this morning working on dinner, so it better turn out really well. Tasty, tasty Indian food... so yummy, but so difficult to cook...

PSG "teacher appreciation" concert was today. Definitely would have been better if we hadn't cut the Russian Easter Overture, but there wasn't much choice... it seems like most of Symphonette (besides maybe half of the first violins, a few winds, and a couple others) doesn't really care about sounding even halfway decent. I'm pretty sure that if ( Read more... )

I've been blowing off homework and reading a lot lately. Reading for fun <=> reading for acadeca > schoolwork. So between practicing (also > school), studying at MtPointe, and Lady Chatterly's Lover, the homework is slipping a bit. Incidentally, it's a rather good book, despite the scandalous reputation ( Read more... )

WAAAH! I made first chair second violin at Regionals! Wibbuduh muurrr... I was so overwhelmed that I didn't even care about the Corona director being catty and patronizing. This is maybe the first time that I've not messed up an audition since middle school. At least, the first audition that I've really done well on. Or something ( Read more... )