Decisions and Musicals...

[singing_sparrow]

I'm terribly sorry about not writing! I've been so busy... but here are some thoughts:
This past week has simply been the week from Hell. We've been rehearsing for the Grady high school musical (I hate how trivial that phrase has become) Cabaret, by Kander and Ebb, the guys who brought you Chicago, Curtains and Kiss of the Spider Woman. Playing a

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[spacepotato]

Man, I'm so glad that college searching is going well for you. I was too high to apply to shit when I was a senior BUT ANYWAY

I wish you the best of luck, and BE PREPARED FOR A SHIT-TON OF WORK. And don't miss classes! Even if the class is bullshit, don't miss it.

And musicals are so much work, but they are the bomb. I was on tech crew my sophomore year in high school and it sucked. What do you play?

[singing_sparrow]

Man, I cannot wait to be ungodly busy- with real, intellectually invigorating work, not just worksheets and all that high school busy work bullshit that my days are filled with of late...
I'm a violist- the only school one. We had to bring my mom in to play with me (she's a violist as well), and hire a few subs to fill the brass section out.

[spacepotato]

Strings for the motherfucking win. I was gonna learn viola, but then we didn't have a cellist in Orchestra so I learned cello instead. My stoner in crime AJ plays Viola though... his is named Kendra.

[singing_sparrow]

Hells yeah! And I have mad respect for the cellists in the world, our siblings in C strings. As a tiny-handed person, I cannot conceive how far you guys have to stretch. There's nothing better in the world than a smooth cello/viola/french horn/tenor sound...
Man, I wish I could come up with a name for mine- I've only had my 'taking to college' one for about a year and a half, and I still don't have a name...