My audition for grad school is tomorrow. I'm not nervous yet, but I will be terribly so when I wake up tomorrow. 3:00 everyone throw a prayer (hopefully) or at least a happy thought my direction...

I have a new accompanist for my recital. Mine still didn't know my music, so I decided that I'm enough of a wreck myself without adding the pain of worrying whether my accompanist is ever going to get it. We parted company on good terms though. She's coming to my recital, and I'm going to hers. My new accompanist is charging reasonably atrocious rates for picking him up 5 days from my recital. I like working with him much better.

I'm going to a movie tonight. To get my mind off of all the upcoming. I've memorized my two songs for the day...so I can rest in piece. Tomorrow I'll get up, get a new hair cut, decide what to wear for the auditions, scream a little (that's warming up for the non-singing people) and then go. Turns out I'm singing in Jones Concert Hall (the big one) and not Meadows (a lecture hall really) like I'd thought. I've got to remember that my voice will carry better if I don't try to make it sound big...again, happy thoughts would be appreciated.

I'm bidding on my recital jewelry online, and some horrible lady has outbid me. I'm going to a movie and don't have time to watch it...maybe my parents would obblige me!

"And live from Baghdad we have Jim. Now Jim was ...er....actually asleep during the whole bombing thing that happened early this morning. This is all part of Bush's lesser known wow and dazzle campaign, which began just before daybreak. Now Jim, tell us what you saw. " "Well, actually, as you said Brink, I was asleep this morning as Bush's Wow and Dazzle campaign got underway, but I did have a rather nasty dream as a result." "Really, Jim, what can you tell us about that dream?" "Well, it was about tigers really, chasing after a lawn tractor." "And what do you think it means in regards to Operation Enduring Freedom?" "Well, Brink, I think if we analyze the tigers....."

Does anyone else think that if newscasters have nothing new to report, they should just save us the time and say " we'll be back when we have something new to tell you.." instead of rehashing the same three sentences over....and over.....and over......

48 hours...

Kyrie Eleison, Kyrie Eleison, Kyrie Eleison

Christe Eleison, Christe Eleison, Christe Eleison

Kyrie Eleison, Kyrie Eleison, Kyrie Eleison

I managed to get out of the house, and to the pub -- but the world ends before I can find the right question to ask Ford. We'll see how this goes. This could be the biggest time waster ever invented!

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

I'm playing incessantly this really old game that I can't figure out. I'll paste the link in here once I find it again. It's the Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy game....never played it before. And if anyone knows how to get to Ford Prefect without getting hit by a falling brick when the house gets bulldozed, let me know

The last few days of freedom! Now that I've gotten everything done but my music, I'm spending my time doing craft projects I've put off, or put aside, or not finished. So far in the talley: One miniature sewing box out of red brocade with a "hat" shaped pincushion on the top. Very cute. Matches my living room to a tee. I used about a gallon of tacky glue. The goal for the rest of the semester -- year -- whatever, is to make projects out of the stuff I have. One cabinet, part of the top of my closet, all of behind my bed, both end tables, and part of under my bed are full of random fabrics, notions, and ribbons to make projects that I've since forgotten about. I've told myself I cannot buy anything new until I do some of those....

In other news, 23 days until my recital. AHHHHHH!

My House is painted, my graduate application is in, and my recital dress is done! Everything I intended to have done by the end of spring break is done...except for memorizing my music. That's tonight and tomorrow's project. Wish me luck! I'd love to get everything done I meant to do...and even get my bedroom back in order too!