i will feel a glow just thinking of you
It's been a while since I last posted, and I suppose a lot has happened in my life, but not a lot of it is incredibly interesting. The day after my last post I caught at 36-hour version of the flu (which was awful, let me tell you), and the next week I went up to Hartford for the ACDA convention thing. I have to say, it was actually quite fun; singing for 6+ hours a day (in 8 parts, no less!!!) was something I'd never experienced before. The concert itself was astonishing, considering we'd only known each other/rehearsed as a group for the past three days. There are videos on youtube if any of you are interested - type in "2008 ACDA HS" and you should get a few videos of us. If you're really interested, we sang Gloria, The Cloths of Heaven, Insalata Italiana, Abendleid, The Quest Unending, and Swinging With The Saints. We were incredibly awesome, if I do say so myself.
March 1st and 2nd marked the opening and closing nights of Into the Woods, which was absolutely incredible. For serious, our puny theatre department has never accomplished anything as great as ItW was, and I doubt we ever will. I'm just glad I got to be a part of it, really - and chill backstage with our mini-orgy during Act II (since Stephen and I had "run off to a hidden kingdom" and Megan had nothing to do because she was just in charge of ordering people around). Stage left had the real orgy of this production, though, because during Act II there were ~25 people in the cramped space SL. SR was pretty much just the three of us chilling in a stairwell and playing with flashlights...it was wonderful.
My class went on our 3 day Kairos retreat for the 4th, 5th, and 6th, and we all loved it. Then was the science symposium (my last one ever!) on the 6th, and the 7th was our last day of school before spring break. On the 7th, my parents and I went to see the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of The 39 Steps, and I have to say, if you get a chance to see it, go see it. It's not the greatest play, really, but the stagecraft and the acting is incredible and awe-inspiring. 4 actors play ~24 parts, plus are their own stage crew, and they do everything flawlessly. Those four people are real actors, truly.
Anyway, this past week I've been going down to SoHo every day to work at God's Love We Deliver, and yes, I am a master at cutting carrots now. That fulfilled all my community service hours (to date, I have 25:58), plus it was fun, plus I went shopping pretty much every day. Plus, I got to see a few movies (yay!). I saw Bikur Ha-Tizmoret (The Band's Visit) on either Tuesday or Wednesday, I think. It was a cute movie, well done, but incredibly slow. I'd still recommend it, despite it's...crawling nature.
Friday I went and saw Die Fälscher (The Counterfeiters) with Katie, and oh good Lord, I cannot stress this enough: GO SEE THIS MOVIE.
SEE IT.
It left the both of us feeling incredibly depressed, but was incredibly impacting. Sort of like Schindler's List, in a way, but...oh man. I would love to see The Counterfeiters again...eventually.
And yesterday, Megan, Maria, Ryan, Stephen, Julie and I went to go see Horton Hears a Who!, which was surprisingly cute and well-done. Not really the waste of money I was expecting it to be.
Backing up, on Thursday, Natalie and I met up with Isaac to go see Regis Rep's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and we then went out for coffee with David and a few other people from the cast. That was quite an enjoyable evening, really. And speaking of Isaac, he's going to China soon, so Megan & I went in to Manhattan today (Manhattan - Times Square! - on St. Patrick's Day, I know, but it wasn't that bad) to have lunch with him.
Oh, and I also got my report card somewhere in that mix. Not very different than last trimester, though I did go up in two classes, which makes me quite the junior year anomaly. Breakdown, in case you care: English: A, APUSH: A-, Ethics: A, Madrigals: A, PE: A, French: A-, Bio: A, Precalc: B+.
Speaking of school, I got the okay from Casey & everyone else who it might have concerned, meaning I get to take two English classes next year and I've successfully dropped science. (: My classes, then, for next year are: AP English Literature, World Literature Honors, AP Comparative Gov't, Applied Calc., Senior Theology Seminar, and French V. Yahoo.
!! This just in! Intriguing! Acclaimed Comedy The 39 Steps Will Move to Cort Theatre. Apparently, The 39 Steps just announced that it's going to be moving to a different theatre for an open-ended commercial run, meaning that there are no more excuses: anyone who can see it, must.
With that said (written, rather), I'm off to read more Dostoyevsky and figure out if I have anything on my plate for tomorrow (as I am apparently going to see Young Frankenstein Wednesday night.
All for now.
ps. As it is St. Patrick's Day, and yours truly is incredibly Irish: Beannachtaí na Féile Páraic oraibh!
March 1st and 2nd marked the opening and closing nights of Into the Woods, which was absolutely incredible. For serious, our puny theatre department has never accomplished anything as great as ItW was, and I doubt we ever will. I'm just glad I got to be a part of it, really - and chill backstage with our mini-orgy during Act II (since Stephen and I had "run off to a hidden kingdom" and Megan had nothing to do because she was just in charge of ordering people around). Stage left had the real orgy of this production, though, because during Act II there were ~25 people in the cramped space SL. SR was pretty much just the three of us chilling in a stairwell and playing with flashlights...it was wonderful.
My class went on our 3 day Kairos retreat for the 4th, 5th, and 6th, and we all loved it. Then was the science symposium (my last one ever!) on the 6th, and the 7th was our last day of school before spring break. On the 7th, my parents and I went to see the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of The 39 Steps, and I have to say, if you get a chance to see it, go see it. It's not the greatest play, really, but the stagecraft and the acting is incredible and awe-inspiring. 4 actors play ~24 parts, plus are their own stage crew, and they do everything flawlessly. Those four people are real actors, truly.
Anyway, this past week I've been going down to SoHo every day to work at God's Love We Deliver, and yes, I am a master at cutting carrots now. That fulfilled all my community service hours (to date, I have 25:58), plus it was fun, plus I went shopping pretty much every day. Plus, I got to see a few movies (yay!). I saw Bikur Ha-Tizmoret (The Band's Visit) on either Tuesday or Wednesday, I think. It was a cute movie, well done, but incredibly slow. I'd still recommend it, despite it's...crawling nature.
Friday I went and saw Die Fälscher (The Counterfeiters) with Katie, and oh good Lord, I cannot stress this enough: GO SEE THIS MOVIE.
SEE IT.
It left the both of us feeling incredibly depressed, but was incredibly impacting. Sort of like Schindler's List, in a way, but...oh man. I would love to see The Counterfeiters again...eventually.
And yesterday, Megan, Maria, Ryan, Stephen, Julie and I went to go see Horton Hears a Who!, which was surprisingly cute and well-done. Not really the waste of money I was expecting it to be.
Backing up, on Thursday, Natalie and I met up with Isaac to go see Regis Rep's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and we then went out for coffee with David and a few other people from the cast. That was quite an enjoyable evening, really. And speaking of Isaac, he's going to China soon, so Megan & I went in to Manhattan today (Manhattan - Times Square! - on St. Patrick's Day, I know, but it wasn't that bad) to have lunch with him.
Oh, and I also got my report card somewhere in that mix. Not very different than last trimester, though I did go up in two classes, which makes me quite the junior year anomaly. Breakdown, in case you care: English: A, APUSH: A-, Ethics: A, Madrigals: A, PE: A, French: A-, Bio: A, Precalc: B+.
Speaking of school, I got the okay from Casey & everyone else who it might have concerned, meaning I get to take two English classes next year and I've successfully dropped science. (: My classes, then, for next year are: AP English Literature, World Literature Honors, AP Comparative Gov't, Applied Calc., Senior Theology Seminar, and French V. Yahoo.
!! This just in! Intriguing! Acclaimed Comedy The 39 Steps Will Move to Cort Theatre. Apparently, The 39 Steps just announced that it's going to be moving to a different theatre for an open-ended commercial run, meaning that there are no more excuses: anyone who can see it, must.
With that said (written, rather), I'm off to read more Dostoyevsky and figure out if I have anything on my plate for tomorrow (as I am apparently going to see Young Frankenstein Wednesday night.
All for now.
ps. As it is St. Patrick's Day, and yours truly is incredibly Irish: Beannachtaí na Féile Páraic oraibh!