In our band concert next Wednesday (7:30 pm at Wharton Center), we are playing a piece called 'Ukranian Folk Songs'...which, actually doesn't sound very folk at all. There are 11 movements in the song (we're actually only playing 7 of them). Some of the movements have pleasant names like 'Family Gathering', 'Easter Song', 'Under the Cherry Tree', ( Read more... )

My voice is a diva. Since I've had laryngitis for the past week, it has decided to come and go when it pleases...and most of the time it's not there when I need it.

I think my body is rejecting me too. Not only have I been coughing with the laryngitis, I also have bacteria invading my system, giving me a fever/chills and general crappiness. Plus, i ( Read more... )

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they amaze me with each new album...ok, so 'underneath' wasn't incredible, but everything else has been. give their new album a listen on their website - you might be pleasantly surprised. i'm disappointed that it won't be released until july 10th though...i want it NOW! now that i've heard it.

in other news, leaving for kenya in t-minus one week! i ( Read more... )

someone just let off a stinkbomb on my floor. how do i know? because: a) it reeks like rotten eggs, and b) i remember hearing some guys in my hallway last night talk about how they had a stinkbomb ( Read more... )

it's been almost a year. that's what i keep telling myself. i can't believe it's been almost a year since i've seen you. i don't know how i've gotten through so long, and i don't know how i'm going to get through the rest of my life without seeing you.

there are distractions, there are other dogs...but none like you.

You seriously couldn't pay me enough to live here again. What with the crappy phone signal i get from my room, the broken window, the tied-up door, the loud floor, the recycling and trash trucks that come in and out of here all day long 5 days a week, and now SOMEONE IN THE ROOM ABOVE ME WHO HAS DECIDED THAT 1AM WOULD BE THE PERFECT TIME TO START A ( Read more... )

so there i am, little innocent holly, walking around campus taking pictures of my favorite places for my new picture documentary "my favorite things: a picture documentary" (coming soon to a facebook near you). i walked through sanford woodlot (behind holmes/mcdonel) because i was trying to find my favorite log (it's decaying and has lots of slugs ( Read more... )

I had a few wake-up calls today ( Read more... )