Another crazy entry from my time in Ithaca
This is another entry that was floating around on my harddrive waiting to be put someplace.
February 2,2006
2:20pm
Ithaca, New York
Today started off pretty bad. I still didn’t feel great, because the day before I accidentally started to eat a rotting orange for breakfast. I had to get up at eight and I was running late when I left. But that’s pretty much were it started to pick up. I got to my class, panting slightly, but two minutes early and found a note on the door
”Class canceled due to illness 1/02 and 1/03” so I had time to go to the library and find new Cole Porter songs that Kelly wanted me to sing. The lady at the library actually found the books for me when I asked for help, usually they just tell you to look it up by the call number. (thanks!) I found a functioning photocopier on the first floor of the library and actually got all of each page on the first try (except once). In Wo.Cho. we didn’t actually sing but rather heard a marimba player perform for us, just because and presented our silly little art work that we had to do for each movement of the winter cantata. Some of them were really cool. My favorite was the girl who did the last movement. She made a giant snow flake mounted on a piece of poster board. The snow flake spun and through each of the holes you could see part of a picture representing each of the movements. It was really amazing. It fit so well with the piece because the 12th movement is a hodgepodge of short phrases from the previous movements.
Then I had a really good lesson. I was really prepared, with my photocopies of every song I was thinking about doing, log of practicing and questions I had while practicing. Plus I just knew my songs really well. She got all excited and told me to go get song books and now I’m going to do O Mio Babbino Caro by Puccini and some songs by Fuaré like “Le Secret” And I’ve started using a vocalize book. I’ve never had a book like this for voice. It’s kind of like the grant book except for voice. I think it will really help me make progress with my voice. I’m really excited!!!! Finally I feel like I am going to make her proud and I feel like I will definitely deserve to get into the performance program if I can keep this up. I’m determined to. I work once a week in the Terrace dinning hall on the Deli with Scott, who is really nice. I work out at the gym everyday except Sunday usually, with Jesse, and on Monday night’s Rebecca and I go to Ballroom Dancing at Cornell. It’s really fun. I learned foxtrot on Monday. And we went to the intermediate class. It was a little challenging, but I got good partners almost the entire time! (that was a rarity in beginner classes) And I practice like crazy, but not so much that I feel like I won’t be able to keep doing it. I love this. I always have done better at everything when I’m more active. The busier I am the Happier I am. As my mom used to say “If you want something done, give it to a busy person. They know exactly when they’ll have time to do it.” Amen to that.
This entry is kind of sad in retrospect seeing how i did keep it up, but Kelly was never proud of me. She stopped showing to my lessons half the time and I never got into the Performance Program anyway. Instead I transfered to UMD, where i am now an English major with aspirations to become a writer...oh, well.
February 2,2006
2:20pm
Ithaca, New York
Today started off pretty bad. I still didn’t feel great, because the day before I accidentally started to eat a rotting orange for breakfast. I had to get up at eight and I was running late when I left. But that’s pretty much were it started to pick up. I got to my class, panting slightly, but two minutes early and found a note on the door
”Class canceled due to illness 1/02 and 1/03” so I had time to go to the library and find new Cole Porter songs that Kelly wanted me to sing. The lady at the library actually found the books for me when I asked for help, usually they just tell you to look it up by the call number. (thanks!) I found a functioning photocopier on the first floor of the library and actually got all of each page on the first try (except once). In Wo.Cho. we didn’t actually sing but rather heard a marimba player perform for us, just because and presented our silly little art work that we had to do for each movement of the winter cantata. Some of them were really cool. My favorite was the girl who did the last movement. She made a giant snow flake mounted on a piece of poster board. The snow flake spun and through each of the holes you could see part of a picture representing each of the movements. It was really amazing. It fit so well with the piece because the 12th movement is a hodgepodge of short phrases from the previous movements.
Then I had a really good lesson. I was really prepared, with my photocopies of every song I was thinking about doing, log of practicing and questions I had while practicing. Plus I just knew my songs really well. She got all excited and told me to go get song books and now I’m going to do O Mio Babbino Caro by Puccini and some songs by Fuaré like “Le Secret” And I’ve started using a vocalize book. I’ve never had a book like this for voice. It’s kind of like the grant book except for voice. I think it will really help me make progress with my voice. I’m really excited!!!! Finally I feel like I am going to make her proud and I feel like I will definitely deserve to get into the performance program if I can keep this up. I’m determined to. I work once a week in the Terrace dinning hall on the Deli with Scott, who is really nice. I work out at the gym everyday except Sunday usually, with Jesse, and on Monday night’s Rebecca and I go to Ballroom Dancing at Cornell. It’s really fun. I learned foxtrot on Monday. And we went to the intermediate class. It was a little challenging, but I got good partners almost the entire time! (that was a rarity in beginner classes) And I practice like crazy, but not so much that I feel like I won’t be able to keep doing it. I love this. I always have done better at everything when I’m more active. The busier I am the Happier I am. As my mom used to say “If you want something done, give it to a busy person. They know exactly when they’ll have time to do it.” Amen to that.
This entry is kind of sad in retrospect seeing how i did keep it up, but Kelly was never proud of me. She stopped showing to my lessons half the time and I never got into the Performance Program anyway. Instead I transfered to UMD, where i am now an English major with aspirations to become a writer...oh, well.