Yesterday I finished the first song I've written in about three and a half years. I started it way back in November, and I'd almost given up on ever completing it. But then it did take me almost two years to finish "Wish," so maybe I resigned myself prematurely ( Read more... )

I am proud to announce that I have made my mainstream musical debut. I am one of the hundreds of singing and screaming people on the bundle of happiness that is Butch Walker's Leaving the Game on Luckie St:http://www.friendsorenemies.com/web/foe/users/butchwalker ( Read more... )

While watching Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet for class this afternoon, I fully realized the hole in the plot that has always bothered me. After Romeo has been banished and Juliet refuses to go through with the marriage to Paris, her father loses his temper and tells her, "Either marry Paris or I'll disown you" (or something to that effect in ( Read more... )

But this is one of the most well-written (and sadly true) things I've read in a long time:

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1651506-1,00.html

I just tought a lesson on how to write a motif paper...using Muppet Treasure Island.
God, I love this job.

This stuff is always worrisome, of course, but I find the comments about perceived American involvement particularly scary:http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/19/world/middleeast/19cnd

I just bought plane tickets.

I really am moving to England in September.

Duuuuuude.

Scary quotation of the day:

"I won't believe it until I can check weather.com and see the forecast for graduation day. That'll happen tomorrow."

Well after all, it has been a remarkably long time since I've become sick at the absolute worst possible moment, and becoming sick has kept me from doing something I really really wanted to do.
So I suppose I was overdue.
No SETC for me. I am still leaving for England on Monday, though, I suppose I ought not complain.

...or this semester going by way faster than it has any right to? I expected it to go by fast and all (not quite that naive, thank you very much,) but it's already midterms, and that's just plain ridiculous ( Read more... )