there are a lot of milestones in life here in Bakersfield, CA. besides the old ones like "graduation" and "learning to ride a bike"--which for the record don't seem to apply universally-- there are myriad local ones...like the day one becomes old enough to stop hanging out at the Marketplace every Friday night (presumably around the 16th birthday ( Read more... )

haha, ok so i'm not actually THAT irritable, but i did just spend dozens of hours over the last few days wrapping up those vocal arrangements for calabasas. i cannot WAIT to hear them sung...since I'm in california still I can probably go do a coaching around mid november, which means one more opportunity to have fun with some of the most talented ( Read more... )

sorry i have been wicked busy!! i know i shouldn't even been spending time here, but i feel like i have not returned a lot of calls. it's just because i am wrapping up 4 a cappella arrangements, have had several hours of rehearsal each day, and have been working on a 3 inch stack of music i have to memorize before i can learn how to add the ( Read more... )

i should be sleeping now, but i wanted to fill you in on my life in short, to-the-point bullets. i'll settle for numbers though cuz i dont have time or will power to figure out bullets in html ( Read more... )

hey to the folks ( Read more... )

oh my god, the last two days have been full of amazing good times! yesterday i went to Niagra Falls (the canadian side) with one of my suitemates and a couple of his relatives. it was so inspiring and breathtaking and...just...stunning!! one of the most wonderful nature experiences i've ever had. we went on the famous Maid of the Mist tour, ( Read more... )

so apparently the boil water fiasco effectively slurped up every last bit of my desire to write in this livejournal. thank god that's over now ( Read more... )

we have to boil all water for cooking, drinking, brushing teeth, etc...until at least next Tuesday ( Read more... )

sounds bizarre, but this stuff tastes amazing! I have finally fallen into the dunkin donuts craze that is soooo popular in the northeast. The cast here has been fond of the iced coffees and iced lattes lately...so tonight I got a decaf iced blueberry coffee. yum ( Read more... )

...but rehearsal today was so fun!! i learned the fight with gaston today...oh yeah, i'm now OFFICIALLY understudying the beast part (yay!), and that fight kicked the shit out of me because i was soooo tired from the heat and humidity. now i'm back at the apartment trying to stay sane with a huge loud vacuum cleaner running ( Read more... )