Ah, what peaceful music brings!
::this turned out to be a longer entry but i'm just too tired and lazy to make an LJ cut...sorry::
I might (most likely) be going up to Boston tomorrow night to see John and his "crew," as he put it. The only thing that's stopping me is this horrible cough I've had for a while now. I'll be honest: i had a few cigarettes on saturday night at Phil's party (and had one tonight for some strange reason...just craved it, I guess) and that certainly could be the reason for my coughing, but it's been like this since before last weekends concert. In the past, when I've only smoked occasionally, this never happened. Hell it didn't even happen when I was a full-blown smoker. So I really don't think it's (only) that that is causing this. Perhaps just the bitter cold and season changing...who knows. It's starting to get very annoying. Although I have to say, it doesn't last that long. I'll have a coughing "attack" lasting for about 5 minutes, get things out of my system and then I'm fine. My voice is not affected by it, yet, either, which is a good thing. I hope this stops...and I hope that I can abstain from more cigarettes...bad, jeffrey, bad.
I do want to go up there tomorrow night. I haven't seen John in about 2.5 weeks and it certainly would be nice to see him. He hasn't even seen my haircut yet! (stupid reason to want to see him...) If I go up there tomorrow, I think it will just be a quiet night. If I'm feeling as I am now (tired) I don't think a bar call would be in order. Not to mention I just don't have the money for that. Just some talking with him and his roommies. I wish I had gone up last week to see everyone off for the Holiday, but it wasn't going to work out. ::tear::
I wrote everyone Christmas cards tonight. Well, I should say that I wrote everyone cards whose address I have. I still need to get Michelle's and Tom's. (if you know them, please let me know them. Spanks!) I wrote one of my favorite lyrics dealing with the Holiday season, in them. Gotta love Robert Herrick!
My back hurts today. I think it's from having my computer in my room and my horrible sitting position when I'm on it. Gotta change that...and soon! Good luck to me in finding time to do it.
I still have to buy Mom, David and Jill presents for Christmas. I know what I am going to get Jill (thanks, Tom!) but I still haven't the slightest clue what to get for David. I have ideas for Mom, but I'm just not sure if she'll like them/need them. I need to keep my eyes out.
I had a nice conversation with Rita tonight. We hadn't spoke in some time. Her Christmas concert went very well, I'm happy to report! I knew it would. She's just amazing. We talked about the Christmas CD. She said that she cried when she heard it...the whole time. It's sad...it didn't really hit me that I'm not now (or ever going to be?) in a group that dedicated and talented. I'm listening to it, again, right now. The music is just so lovely. I'm very very happy with it. I want to write so much more about it... There are some songs ("What Sweeter Music") that didn't come out the way I had wanted them to, but there are others that are just so beautiful I can't find the words for them: "Before the Marvel of This Night," Mrs. Wesby's "Nowell," "O Holy Night" (both versions) among many other. Even the more "stock" arrangements we did are fabulous: "Angels we Have Heard on High," "Carol of the Bells," and a truly "glorious" (to steal the words from Ernie and Dr. Wesby) version of "O Come, All Ye Faithful." I want everyone to hear how wonderful we sound(ed). ...I'm really at a loss of words to describe how I feel about this and my time with the Wagner College Choir. I want to be part of a choir like that again SO BAD! The PFC isn't bad, it's just not the same. I'm beginning to think I'm not going to be in a group like that ever again... It makes me very upset. extremely upset.
I am going to bed. I need sleep.
I might (most likely) be going up to Boston tomorrow night to see John and his "crew," as he put it. The only thing that's stopping me is this horrible cough I've had for a while now. I'll be honest: i had a few cigarettes on saturday night at Phil's party (and had one tonight for some strange reason...just craved it, I guess) and that certainly could be the reason for my coughing, but it's been like this since before last weekends concert. In the past, when I've only smoked occasionally, this never happened. Hell it didn't even happen when I was a full-blown smoker. So I really don't think it's (only) that that is causing this. Perhaps just the bitter cold and season changing...who knows. It's starting to get very annoying. Although I have to say, it doesn't last that long. I'll have a coughing "attack" lasting for about 5 minutes, get things out of my system and then I'm fine. My voice is not affected by it, yet, either, which is a good thing. I hope this stops...and I hope that I can abstain from more cigarettes...bad, jeffrey, bad.
I do want to go up there tomorrow night. I haven't seen John in about 2.5 weeks and it certainly would be nice to see him. He hasn't even seen my haircut yet! (stupid reason to want to see him...) If I go up there tomorrow, I think it will just be a quiet night. If I'm feeling as I am now (tired) I don't think a bar call would be in order. Not to mention I just don't have the money for that. Just some talking with him and his roommies. I wish I had gone up last week to see everyone off for the Holiday, but it wasn't going to work out. ::tear::
I wrote everyone Christmas cards tonight. Well, I should say that I wrote everyone cards whose address I have. I still need to get Michelle's and Tom's. (if you know them, please let me know them. Spanks!) I wrote one of my favorite lyrics dealing with the Holiday season, in them. Gotta love Robert Herrick!
My back hurts today. I think it's from having my computer in my room and my horrible sitting position when I'm on it. Gotta change that...and soon! Good luck to me in finding time to do it.
I still have to buy Mom, David and Jill presents for Christmas. I know what I am going to get Jill (thanks, Tom!) but I still haven't the slightest clue what to get for David. I have ideas for Mom, but I'm just not sure if she'll like them/need them. I need to keep my eyes out.
I had a nice conversation with Rita tonight. We hadn't spoke in some time. Her Christmas concert went very well, I'm happy to report! I knew it would. She's just amazing. We talked about the Christmas CD. She said that she cried when she heard it...the whole time. It's sad...it didn't really hit me that I'm not now (or ever going to be?) in a group that dedicated and talented. I'm listening to it, again, right now. The music is just so lovely. I'm very very happy with it. I want to write so much more about it... There are some songs ("What Sweeter Music") that didn't come out the way I had wanted them to, but there are others that are just so beautiful I can't find the words for them: "Before the Marvel of This Night," Mrs. Wesby's "Nowell," "O Holy Night" (both versions) among many other. Even the more "stock" arrangements we did are fabulous: "Angels we Have Heard on High," "Carol of the Bells," and a truly "glorious" (to steal the words from Ernie and Dr. Wesby) version of "O Come, All Ye Faithful." I want everyone to hear how wonderful we sound(ed). ...I'm really at a loss of words to describe how I feel about this and my time with the Wagner College Choir. I want to be part of a choir like that again SO BAD! The PFC isn't bad, it's just not the same. I'm beginning to think I'm not going to be in a group like that ever again... It makes me very upset. extremely upset.
I am going to bed. I need sleep.