This week has pretty much been dedicated to staging events in protest of the violence and corrupt government in Belarus--I've created a couple albums of what we've been doing and I'd really appreciate it if you took a look at them!

www.angelfire.com/jazz/a_cappella/belarus.html

I'm always a little sad when my recital is done. I've put so muich into these songs--time, energy, practice, research, soul-searching, sometimes just plain work. So much of myself is in the songs, and they also change me. Each one becomes like an old friend, the kind of friend who is so close that they're hardly a separate person at all--they're ( Read more... )

This is just an excerpt from a mad bout of journaling I did this evening...
...my heart is happy--at least I think it is. My heart, my soul...isn't it strange how the most important part of us is the bit we can't identify or prove to exist? I think that if ever we unravel the mystery of our own spirit, we will surely cease to be human. For man's ( Read more... )

Some of the effects ( Read more... )

So I’ve been on this Harry Potter kick…and by ‘kick’ I mean I reread the whole series and topped it off with a first time through the sixth book in the last week and a half. Also, I have many many hours of mindless clerical work every week that allows me time to think about random crap. That’s just my disclaimer for the ultra-nerdiness of the ( Read more... )

This is actually an entry that I tried to post in mid-March, but my internet tweaked out. Then I got buried in finals, then I visited 6 other countries...anyway here it is now ( Read more... )

I received this email from a dear friend ( Read more... )

Amoxicillin: $5.77 ( Read more... )

Make a list of 10 statements about yourself ( Read more... )

So, disclaimer first. The reason I haven’t posted anything substantial in ages is because I, being the brilliant girl that I am, scheduled my vocal recital for the week before a break, when all the big projects and tests are happening. Go team. I obviously didn’t have a whole lot of time; in fact, I didn’t even write in my real journal for a whole ( Read more... )