Wednesday, May 07, 2003
Tuesday, May 06, 2003
I'm very close to being packed for the summer. Not that its hard. The majority of my luggage is going to consist of my recital dresses of which I have to bring several. I have a uniform once I get there, so everything else is incidental. Feels good to have my suitcase packed by the door. I feel like I"m leaving for summer camp.
Rehydrated Detergent
How's this for amusing. I've had a box of detergent for ages, and it had hit the point where you had to chip away at it to wash clothes. Well, it sat outside on my porch for a few weeks, and its been so humid the last week or so it's back to it's original condition. How cool is that!
My posterior has fallen utterly asleep. I've been working on my Orchestration final project for an hour. I've done something like 6 measures. Four more lines to go. I'm now taking a break to clean my room. That's how my day is going to go. Half an hour of study, half an hour of cleaning or something else. Maybe then I'll get everything done that I need to do....and not be bored out of my mind doing it! School's almost over! It feels so good to say it! I've almost graduated. I'm almost done. Even if I'm not walking at graduation. With any luck I'll be working that night! Anyway....off to cleaning! I think it's trying to storm outside again. It's either thunder, or someone is doing some major construction somewhere. Hard to tell....
Monday, May 05, 2003
Thinking Positively
I have a goal from my therapist. Think positively. I don't even know where to begin -- not that I see everything as horrible, or dark, or whatever...but it is a lot easier for me to criticize than praise, and far easier to point out what's wrong with things than what is good with them. Good example of this is the opera I just went to. I had a great time. I enjoyed the show. I cried through the third act. But when I had to write a one page review, it sounded like I loathed it. See, like that. So I'm going to work on balance. Whatever that means!
I just got back from seeing X-Men 2. That was a good movie! I mean it. I'm not an action/adventure fan. I've never read comic books or watched cartoons, so I have no expectations of what the film should look like, but it was a great movie (other than the opening "travelling through space" crawl with a Patrick Stewart narration beginning "Mutants....the last evolution... (which I expected to segue into) These are the voyages of the.......etc. etc." The sound track was amazing. The opening fight scene with the Dies Irae from Mozart's Requiem was perfectly matched. There was some good character development for a few characters, others were fairly one-sided. Matt tells me that the Wolverine "I'm so confused, and I don't know who I am" thing that took up the majority of the film was actually very condensed, Wolverine did that bit for most of his comic book. Ian McKellan shines of course, even though he's not onscreen for a very long time. Gene (Jean?) Grey had some nice moments after spending the last movie wavering...the rest of the female characters were relegated to background for the most part. But it was enjoyable! It has a cast to die for. Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellan, Hugh Jackman....and a great performance by a nearly unrecognizable Alan Cummings. Very good!
Today is my sister's 20th birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA! She is currently on choir tour and will not be reading this until she gets back...if she even reads it at all. I was going to send her a card, but then it's hard to reach a bus unless you have a disney stork handy. Or a Harry Potter owl. Having neither, I think I'll just call her phone and leave a message! Ciao
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