Way past my bedtime. Plus, I'm recovering from a wee bit too much to drink. We gave a great concert, and the people cheered when I sang my song. That made me smile. Had a great afterparty as well, and actually had conversations with the object(s) of my affection. I love my girls, and now it's 3AM and I have rehearsal in 6 hours ( Read more... )

Rock. Have plans to see The Decemberists May 5th with agirlcalledfoo, which is doubly excellent, as not only will I see my newest favorite group, I get to hang out with Alex. :) Despite the craptitude of waking up for work this morning to discover the joys of full-blown allergies, life is good ( Read more... )

Hello again.  I have been running around like a chicken with its head cut off for the last several days, scrambling to make to all sorts of concerts, meetings, rehearsals, classes, the odd (in more ways than one) drunken a capella party, and of course, attempting to write several papers all at the same time.  Whoop de doo.  To give the supershort ( Read more... )

Well, phew- that's a relief. Met with my advisor today and it turns out my last thesis section wasn't crap at all! (or at least, he didn't think so. my estimate still slightly differs, but i'm not complaining) Even though I was worried that I had gotten carried away with my explanations of Early Modern theatricality, he said it was ' ( Read more... )

(note: despite my subject line, I am not in the market for a spouse at present, merely a fervent fan of the alliterative arts ( Read more... )

Life today handed me one of those crazy-awesome 80s movie/Musical moments. The Outskirts were gathered around the piano, ready to go through 'So Far Away' one more time.

'Where are going from, Hilary?'
'Well, let's start at the beginning...'
'That's a very good place to start,' I countered.
From across the piano, carloin pipes in, 'When you read, you ( Read more... )

Still alive. I promise. :) (I find it amusing that I feel the need to verify this when it's only been two days or so since my last update..) Life proceeds apace as ever... Finished working my way through Role Playing and Identity, a largely useless (for my purposes) crazy theatrical-philsophical work that yielded a few interesting notes in my ( Read more... )

Well, folks, it's way past my bedtime (almost 1AM!), but I had to leave you with this before I..left... you.  Erm.  Right.  So, I started thinking about the marvelous old Flanders and Swann song 'The Reluctant Cannibal', and I realised I'd forgotten the lyrics.  Seeking to rectify that situation, I went in search of F&S websites until I found a ( Read more... )

Have just finished watching the very first Horatio Hornblower DVD, or more accurately, have just finished picking myself up from the floor after my girlish 100 minute swoon.  *collapses once more, for good measure*  This, this is how I like my boat movies.  Beautiful men with endearing flaws to make them "human"- who could possibly resist  the one ( Read more... )

Hurrah!  Have finished the first essay!  It's not very good, but I unless I want to start over from scratch (which I most definitely do not), I'm leaving it as is from now on.  I might read it through once more before I give it the official printout, but at this point, all it needs is a Works Cited page and- ta da!  Insta-half-assed essay ( Read more... )