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Monday, March 10, 2008

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:39:08 GMT

KM '08... beastly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJo5OLhq7d4

Thursday, March 06, 2008

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:50:32 GMT

Heya.

Today was an overall good day. One of the best in a while, anyways.

So I was in bed by midnight last night.

Did well on my math test today--best I've done since the first test of the year. Also well on the HW check.

Another person subscribed to my youtube channel.

I have a cold, so my vocal range expanded an extra half octave (i.e. I can now sing both parts to "A Whole New World," at least temporarily).

Had a debate today that Eby said was the best in a month (although he was probably biased towards the feminist topic).

Finished yet another feminist essay, this one on Othello.

I just drank a gallon of green tea.

Airband tomorrow.

Scioly was a blast today and I spent the whole meeting drawing on the white board in Brucker's room.

Tammy and I are going to Jin's Mandarin for lunch tomorrow.

The musical is finally over.

The season finale of Project Runway was FIERCE! Yay Christian! (Even though I was routing for Rami, I'm still glad he won).

When March is over, school is essentially a breeze (or should be for the vast majority of my classes). And March is a short month.

Time for math bookwork now because I plan on being in bed by midnight again. Actually I plan on being in bed by midnight for the rest of the year... We'll see how that plays out.

Paix.

Sunday, February 17, 2008

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:39:30 GMT

Been awhile...

So Ainadamar was fantastic (saw it last Friday, dragged Joydita along--she was so glad that I did), as expected... and Osvaldo Golijov was there! Yes, that's right... and a 10 minute standing ovation at the end. *dies*

Sunday, February 03, 2008

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 04:49:25 GMT

So a RedBull exploded in my backpack on Friday last week... and there was a chamber ensemble performing and I missed them playing Piazzolla! gar...

I'm practically trying to fail Web Design and I still have a 101%--what is this?

Snow day: spent it sleeping and loafing around.

Today: spent it sleeping and loafing around, did a little math hw, little violin, freaked out because I realized I hadn't started my Consumer Ed hw that was due online in two hours. Sigh.

Last weekend: Went to Carnegie Mellon for a composition audition. So weird. There were these elderly interviewers (a man and a woman) who randomly flipped through my scores and talked to me about Lou Harisson and George Crumb, but mostly about vegetarianism. Well actually, they weren't so much talking to me about vegetarianism as they were talking about it to themselves in front of me. Then they started talking about shooting deer and wild turkeys in a back yard in Pittsburgh... But hey, I really like the unie... a lot. Sigh. Too bad I'll never get into both the college of science and the conservatory.

I've found that I have this habit of going out cold when I sleep--as in, nothing can wake me up, not even blasting Latin jazz... So as a precaution Thursday night (of early Friday morning, I suppose) when I wanted to take a one hour nap, I arranged for two people to call me one hour later (at 1:30am). So I set my ringtone volume to "stun" and put my phone in my pillow. It worked. Though it was kind of awkward to thank people and talk to them while I was still half asleep...

So I'm getting pissed at Hillary for starting all these little bickering session with Obama. I dunno, maybe it's both of them, but it's not positive publicity for those that will be teetering on the metaphorically moderate fence (aka, apathetic fence) when the general presidential elections come around. Meh, I still don't know who I want to win the Democratic nomination. Haven't been following the Republican primaries; the candidates are creepers, can't watch.

Why did I take APUSH senior year? So my hideous designs for the APUSH t-shirt won because no one else submitted any (in fact, I only submitted the hurried designs because no one else was doing any and someone had to). The dorchestra t-shirts I designed are soooo much better (or will be if they ever get made).

I need summer--or at least good enough weather to ride my bike whenever I compulsively get the urge to wiz through streets and parks and by terrified little kiddies at 30 mph. Heheheh. Naperville needs some better hills. Seriously, the fastest I can get going around here is like 32 mph. Pathetic.

Superbowl Sunday tomorrow. Blech. Barf. The epitome of arrogant American consumersim. Seriously, Walmart's advertising their "Superbowl Center" where you can walk up to this random floating set of blue shelves labled in clashing block-letters, boasting about how great American football is. Please. American football is the sport for people who need things like helmets, shoulder pads, mouth guards, half time shows, timeouts, set plays... oi. If Americans would just get past their superiority complex and admit that the purists' football is the real sport, the world would be a rest. Manifesto Futbolista. Amen.

That's right, bow down to football. Not the lame excuse for football that Americans call a sport. The real football, the real game. I mean seriously, even by popularity: the Superbowl XXXIX had only 94 million viewers for a one-evening event, while the World Cup averaged 1.1 billion viewers per day for a month-long event--there was actually a collective viewership of 28.8 billion for the 2002 World Cup. Wake up America. Your elitism is scorned by many.

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:42:37 GMT

Haha, I missed dorchestra so much. There are the most random conversations in that class--like talking about whale watching in Boston, DGreen's phone conversations with his mom, globbing vanilla and chocalate cake batter together to represent racial integration, how we should tell a tshirt company that we're actually the hockey team. Oh, but some conversations are actually music related:

"You know what sounds really bad together?"

"What?"

"D and B flat."

"That's a major third..."

"Oh... never mind."

Good times, good times. Good to be back.

Terra chips are really good when they're on sale.

Monday, January 21, 2008

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:03:17 GMT

Just got back from my dad's soccer tournament... they got 3rd place! yay! also yay because the tournament was in Hawaii. Not yay because there's snow on the ground and we had a red eye flight and I have tons of homework and can't sleep on airplanes.

Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:14:16 GMT

I admit it. I've become addicted to Celtic Woman. Actually... I've become addicted to the fiddle music in Celtic Woman. Mairead Nesbitt is spectacular and I just ordered music for "The Butterfly" and some other pieces of hers. Sigh.

I didn't leave the house today. So depressing--but soooo cold. I think we're going sledding tomorrow.

Monday, December 31, 2007

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:26:58 GMT

Let's see... What's new?

We got our Christmas tree yesterday.

I got an awesome new recording microphone today.

I have to go to Pittsburg for a Composition Audition (they liked my pieces enough to call me back... though my guess is that they called everyone back... or how else would I end up going to an on-campus audition?), which is basically an interview.

Mairead Nesbitt is an amazing violinist and performer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIxUXjJL4mk

Kansas was exciting. Third grade cousins are always fun. Seriously. Gotta love 'em. Doing jigsaw puzzles for two days isn't, however.

I started a new piece yesterday. I think im calling it "Writhing Wretch" because it's pretty creepy, but I'm not entirely sure yet.

I need a job. I wish there was something I could do at the CSO... like even just setting up chairs. That'd be sooo sweet.

Look... I'm...

Flourine

The widely misunderstood silent killer, you're quick to flash your whitened smile and then give your victim osteoporosis. You've got a tendency to be pessimistic or negative. Often these characteristics can give many the wrong impression - your enigmatic, mysterious side doesn't exactly assist either - you're actually a smooth talker and good at cooking when you're with your Polytetraflouroethylene (Teflon) friends - and you've always been laid back cool with Flourochlorohydrocarbons in the crib. Let people get to know you and they'll find out just how cool you really are. Three words to describe you: mysterious, diligent, smooth operator.

Happy New Year's everybody!

Saturday, December 22, 2007

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 03:04:28 GMT

Hey... So finals week is over and now I'm back. yay... Let's see here... what's new...?

I officially have a new violin and can't stop playing it. (w00t)

I still haven't heard back from any colleges.

We still haven't gotten a Christmas tree.

We leave for Kansas tomorrow.

Owen Pallett is AMAZING. Check him out on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtFqgsyvujc He does "looping" which is when you record stuff while performing it, then play it back as you play something new--essentially, you're adding layers of recordings to make this many-part solo. So awesome!

Soccer coaches are annoyingly trying to recruit me to religious schools... go figure. Check out this righteously indignant passage from an email from a soccer coach.

Mission Statement

"The Hannibal-LaGrange College Lady Trojan Soccer Program

exists to bring God glory by pursuing whole hearted excellence that

will develop young women of maximum impact for Christ in their

current and future roles, while endeavoring to establish and maintain

highly competitive teams at the NAIA national level on a consistent basis."

2006 & 2007 NAIA Regional Qualifiers

Ewwww...

But yeah...

Thursday, December 06, 2007

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:33:03 GMT

Gah! College soccer recruiters are annoying. And the fact that some tournaments make us fill out a player profile for the scouts is also annoying. Sigh...