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I just got back from "Friday Night Live" at the temple. It went notably better than I had expected...the band in general wasn't as loud as we had been- not that the band was really too loud, but just because the choir wasn't loud enough to balance. Tempos worked out pretty well (they had been a little bit erratic before- we had a few people who sometimes liked to create their own tempos...) And everyone in the (congregation?/audience?) seemed to love it. All the regular positive comments, plus a few from those people we all know who think everything is better than it really is. (e.g. this one woman who actually told me I was "perfect." She said other people had very good voices, but mine was "just perfect." So I take these things with a grain of salt, because I still notice every little thing I screw up. Not that I did badly, but it certainly wasn't "perfect," the music wasn't that hard to begin with, and I notice all of my own mistakes even when no one else does. Don't people realize it when their comments are sort of ridiculous? Of course it wasn't perfect, so why tell me that?) But anyway, it did go very well. And now that it's over, I have some more free time...actually, I have a lot of free time during the week now, (how did that happen? lol) though I still have various things going on for the weekends.
In other news...ummm...guess I'll go back to yesterday a bit since LJ didn't let me post that entry...1st block we watched "The Rainman," strange but good. Finished that up today, anyway...2nd block, yet another video, but it was a boring entrepreneurs video...3rd block was latin, but I wasn't really in a mood to concentrate...I was paying no attention while he kept on translating away...he sort of noticed when a few of us burst into laughter after I made a sort of dirty joke (that he luckily didn't hear), but he moved on and forgot about it soon after. lol...it's fun to break out of the box every once in a while- people always laugh more when I say something like that, just because they never expect those things to come out of my mouth. 4th block my chem teacher was missing, so I just sat there and wasted time...talked...sent a few text messages on my phone...so I probably didn't learn much of anything the whole time in school that day. Jazz choir was about as usual...we made progress, but slowly, because a lot of the kids in the group need significant time plunking out parts before we can go any further with it. We worked mostly on "take the A train"- cool song, but mediocre arrangement, and the words are awful. "You must take the A train to go to sugar hill way up in Harlem. If you miss the A train, you'll find you've missed the quickest way to Harlem." and "Man, you've got it all together now." Absolutely inspiring lyrics, and that's a pretty harsh penalty for missing that train, huh? That wouldn't be sarcastic or anything. Friday Night live rehearsal that evening, but I just spent a while talking about that.
hmmm...today...finished "The Rainman" first block...learned about the 12 guideposts of auditioning/acting in musical theatre class 2nd block, so that was pretty interesting...3rd block, chorus- Mr. Wright was in a bad mood (legitimately, because a ton of people were skipping the class, and you could tell...) So we had to listen to him "preach to the choir" (literally) for a while, but rehearsal went relatively well after that. Chem teacher was back...not particularly interesting...just talked about the new chapter. I got home and took a nice long nap before Friday night live...lol, the name's sort of catchy, but it sounds way too much like SNL, and it's not comedy at all.
What else...stole a cool little "quote" from a friend for a new away message...Shakespeare's "original text" for the Hokey-Pokey...lol. I don't feel like reproducing it here, but I'll probably be using it for an away message from time to time. It's already making the rounds, because several people have already taken it from me, and it was stolen humor to begin with. :-D
...Still wondering about Alyssa...I just don't know where that's going...I just want some idea of what she thinks about it, really. If the answer is yes, then I want to be able to be happy about that and enjoy it, and if it's no then I want to know that, too, so I can start to get over it. But it's starting to get to me just waiting and having no idea, so I really need to ask her again and see if she's made any decision yet. Maybe on Sunday, since I'll see her in person then.
Wow, I definitely just keep talking and talking...my entries are all really long...I'm looking forward to seeing all my friends from Into the Woods again tomorrow. I miss you all so much! I never see any of you any more...
Those mood icons are cuter when they're happy. They remind me a lot of that little stuffed animal Kerry got at the ITW cast party, "Milky Green." Thanks to KTZ for the clever name, which wouldn't be the least bit disgusting or anything. Lol. That amuses me... :-)
In other news...ummm...guess I'll go back to yesterday a bit since LJ didn't let me post that entry...1st block we watched "The Rainman," strange but good. Finished that up today, anyway...2nd block, yet another video, but it was a boring entrepreneurs video...3rd block was latin, but I wasn't really in a mood to concentrate...I was paying no attention while he kept on translating away...he sort of noticed when a few of us burst into laughter after I made a sort of dirty joke (that he luckily didn't hear), but he moved on and forgot about it soon after. lol...it's fun to break out of the box every once in a while- people always laugh more when I say something like that, just because they never expect those things to come out of my mouth. 4th block my chem teacher was missing, so I just sat there and wasted time...talked...sent a few text messages on my phone...so I probably didn't learn much of anything the whole time in school that day. Jazz choir was about as usual...we made progress, but slowly, because a lot of the kids in the group need significant time plunking out parts before we can go any further with it. We worked mostly on "take the A train"- cool song, but mediocre arrangement, and the words are awful. "You must take the A train to go to sugar hill way up in Harlem. If you miss the A train, you'll find you've missed the quickest way to Harlem." and "Man, you've got it all together now." Absolutely inspiring lyrics, and that's a pretty harsh penalty for missing that train, huh? That wouldn't be sarcastic or anything. Friday Night live rehearsal that evening, but I just spent a while talking about that.
hmmm...today...finished "The Rainman" first block...learned about the 12 guideposts of auditioning/acting in musical theatre class 2nd block, so that was pretty interesting...3rd block, chorus- Mr. Wright was in a bad mood (legitimately, because a ton of people were skipping the class, and you could tell...) So we had to listen to him "preach to the choir" (literally) for a while, but rehearsal went relatively well after that. Chem teacher was back...not particularly interesting...just talked about the new chapter. I got home and took a nice long nap before Friday night live...lol, the name's sort of catchy, but it sounds way too much like SNL, and it's not comedy at all.
What else...stole a cool little "quote" from a friend for a new away message...Shakespeare's "original text" for the Hokey-Pokey...lol. I don't feel like reproducing it here, but I'll probably be using it for an away message from time to time. It's already making the rounds, because several people have already taken it from me, and it was stolen humor to begin with. :-D
...Still wondering about Alyssa...I just don't know where that's going...I just want some idea of what she thinks about it, really. If the answer is yes, then I want to be able to be happy about that and enjoy it, and if it's no then I want to know that, too, so I can start to get over it. But it's starting to get to me just waiting and having no idea, so I really need to ask her again and see if she's made any decision yet. Maybe on Sunday, since I'll see her in person then.
Wow, I definitely just keep talking and talking...my entries are all really long...I'm looking forward to seeing all my friends from Into the Woods again tomorrow. I miss you all so much! I never see any of you any more...
Those mood icons are cuter when they're happy. They remind me a lot of that little stuffed animal Kerry got at the ITW cast party, "Milky Green." Thanks to KTZ for the clever name, which wouldn't be the least bit disgusting or anything. Lol. That amuses me... :-)