brokenrecord

So, I forgot to mention I wouldn't be online this weekend becaused I'd be gone all Saturday and Sunday for the Chapman Honor Band.

Chapman on Saturday was from 8 AM to 8 PM and then Sunday from 9 AM to 6 PM (our concert was at the end of Sunday). Saturday night Galaxy and Emma slept over because they also are in Chapman and we were carpooling and it made things over. The sleeping over was fun, even if we had to go to bed at like 12:30 to wake up the next morning at 7:30.

Chapman itself was... eh. Our Wind Ensemble is better than that honor band. I mean, that sounds like an exaggeration, but, ok, one of the other (of 8! 8! How ridiculous!) tenors who was sitting next to me played this staccato note as legato. And ok, it sounds stupid when I say it like that, but it wasn't just once, it was every freaking time we played it, and it was a slow section, and come on! You should know what a staccato is if you're in an honor band! And he also couldn't do basic rhythms at all. And most of the tenors had horrible tones and played loudly and everytime they tongued a note it was accented, even during stagger breathing, which no, not what you're supposed to do. bleh. Just bad. Oh well.

After Chapman ended today, I went to Woodbridge Center for dinner and then saw Rent with Emma, Galaxy, Matt Chen, Michele Wong, and Kiyoshi. Emma, Galaxy, and Matt hadn't seen it before, and I don't think Michele or Kiyoshi had seen it either (it was my 4th time, btw). Oh, man. I freaking love that movie so much. I'd think I'd be sick of it by now, but no. I'd be perfectly willing (even eager) to see it again in the next couple of days. I love that everytime I catch little things that are just so... awesome. Like during "Today 4 U" when Angel gets to the part where Collins was "moaning and groaning on the cold concrete" and then there's a shot of Collins and he's shaking his head and mouthing something like "No, I wasn't" to Roger and Mark, and ah! I just love it! Also, first time I've cried actually in a movie theater (didn't even do that for Brokeback Mountain). Of course, if I was at home, it would've been far worse. But still.

Anyways. Nice weekend, even if the Chapman group sucked. No school tomorrow for some sort of random holiday! Excellent.

New layout because I am obsessed. brokenrecord__. I've been wanting a new layout for like a month but I haven't really been... into anything enough to make anything, I guess. Don't know how long this will last because it's kind of different from what I usually have, but I like it for now.

Anyways, today consisted of not doing much. I did practice my audition music some more and I think my music actually might go all right. I'm fucked for the scales, but last year when they asked me for one scale I played several notes from an entirely different scale before being all "er. Wait. No. Let me try again." and even then I still messed it up. And I still ended up getting in. So, I think the music's more important than the scales. We'll see. I'm trying not to get my hopes up.

I also read Nick Hornby's A Long Way Down today, and it was excellent. I want to read more of his stuff.

Tomorrow I may be doing something with Emma and Mukul and possibly other people? We're not very good at working out the details. But I assume it will happen. I want to try to get us to see Brokeback Mountain, because I think Emma is actually interested in seeing it, and I think it would be fun to force Mukul to see it. Hey, there's more man-on-woman sex than man-on-man sex! I think we could convince him with that. And at some point, I really need to go to the animal shelter. sigh.

Tagged by colorito:
Seven current favorite songs! (no particular order)
1. Time's Up - Donots
2. Dance, Dance - Fall Out Boy
3. Waiting - Green Day
4. Black Mamba - The Academy Is
5. Bruised - Jack's Mannequin
6. The World - Starting Line
7. Aside - The Weakerthans

Volunteered at the animal shelter, and my time is now 6 1/2 hours for September (7 hours 46 min total). I need an hour and a half more by Saturday. bleh. Not going to happen. Might go in Friday afternoon. Don't know.

( Charmed )

So, I didn't finish the seminar like I planned. I did all my other homework early enough, but I procrastinated starting the seminar all weekend. I ended up finishing the chart. blah. I think I'll just have Seher do the outline, e-mail it to me, and I can do the thesis and conclusion. I'm so looking forward to this week being over. Or, to it being Wednesday night, and then jump to Friday night. I like that plan.