Para's Peculiar Paradigms

What was I thinking?

2008-09-07T00:45:00.000-07:00

This has been a very interesting summer. I quit my job, blew through my savings in 3 months and now desperately need a job. I still have faith that I will find something soon. I was hoping that I could transition out of a part time job I had, and just move on. Well since it is my only source of income I decided to stay.

I got a second very part time job at a modeling and acing school, where I will be teaching acting and make-up. I think it will be fun but it will also be challenging as it is only 6-9 hours a month.

I need a job, I really don't cre what I do, but I need a full time M-F gig asap.

uhm...hey there...

2006-06-03T22:25:00.000-07:00

I have been on myspace blogging away I forgot about this...

I have lived in AZ for 11 months now, just finished my first year of teaching. kooky!

My laptop, Kira (aka, Kira II, and Kira-Marie) died again...so they (apple) are finally replaing the unit with a brand new machine. So very cool, I get a MacBook and I did pay for an upgrade to the superdrive and faster processor. I haven't thought of a name yet....better start thinking, I get her/him in 2 weeks.

2 Days

2005-07-13T15:35:00.000-07:00

Wow, 2 days left...I have a ton to do...

Packing, praying, packing, packing, and some more packing.

*Le sigh*

All shoudl be ready when I get there on Saturday though...looking forward to it.

Me.

Überstudy...

2005-05-03T23:41:00.000-07:00

What is an Überstudy you ask? well that is an actor/actress that understudies all the main roles in a show. We came up with this term tonight at the band rehearsal for YAGMCB. One of the actresses was there and asked who would replace the lead of they couldn't perform...I said I would. "What about Schroeder?" I replied, "I would", and then I just said, "I will just replace the cast myself". Then without warning the drummer was clever and said you'd be an Überstudy.

So that is my thought for today...

73 days...

89 Days and counting

2005-04-17T17:28:00.000-07:00

I have so much to do and so little time. The dinner theatre went well thins weekend, largely thanks to ME!!! if it wern't for me, things would have fallen apart. I did get a thank you, and that made me happy. Though I wasn' feeling well today and I left as soon as they were done singing.

I start my unit on Tuesday, teaching the new songs and getting that goaing while My Advisor will be observing every wednesday from here on out.

89 days...

*le sigh*

tomorrow it's gonna be 88.

o/~ Jesu, dir sei Dank, Jesu, dir sei dank gesungen, Jesu, dir, sei Ehr' und Ruhm. o/~
- Bach, Uns ist ein kind geboren

Things to think about...

2005-04-14T23:12:00.000-07:00

Oh Meagan? I saw Aaron on TV they did a nice story on the concert... I do wish I could be there, but read below...

92 Days...92 days until Tom and I drive all of my belongings, with the exception of my babies and thier stuff, to Arizona.

I AM SO FREAKED ABOUT IT ALL!!!!

Figaros has a dessert pizza, I got an apple one, it was actually not bad, not bad at all. While the Middle school is still not on my happy list, my CT (We will call her Moesha) is not that far higher...yet the students at the high school are great, I am having a fabulous time with the musical and i am very sad I will not be able to be in the show. So Moesha, had me do the programs and organize the slide show for the Dinner theatre concerts this weekend. The theme is Andrew Lloyd Webber and they are doing a fairly good job for a 40 voice concert choir with only 3 guys and 1 girl who is convinced she is a guy. I did an amazing job on these, and even did all the material that the readers will read before each medley. I even wrote 'HER' director's notes. then I spent 6 hours today printing the full color programs on her laser printer at the school while she was running errands and her son....her son is SO annoying. He is 13 and a freshman in HS he is emotionally not ready, (he skipped 2 grades). He has already been suspended and stuff this year and is rude and I played a deliciuous chord for him on the keyboard that i am using in the bell piece I am writing for Tom and Sonya's Wedding, he said it sounded like Poop. I wanted to kill him. It was a 1st inversion Ab major, with an added 4th. And with the overtones that the pipe organ has it is going to be really awesome. Anyhow, so I did that for her, and she did appreciate that...but sometimes it just felt empty.

Mom had to go to the hospital for tests and stay overnight for observation since she had some odd chest pains. I am praying for her.

I heard back fom CTD and I quote..."So, yes we would be happy to host a farewell David E. Weck party here at CTD. " So I just need to pick a daye, adn I want to sing...Because I knew you" and a few other songs that will just make people cry. Tanya, if you go, we will need to sing a Duet, and Meagan, if you wanted to play for me, that would of course be fabbo, but I can always make a CD and you could actually....watch a show! *gasp*.

I am so going to miss everyone...a lot. I thought about it today...while I really have nothing keeping me here, it is my life that will be changed.

Speaking of all that, we are having a CT celebration at SOU to celebrate and thank all the teachers who allowed us into the classrooms. They asked me to sing something. I thought about singing "Becasue I knew you" from Wicked. Meagan or Tanya, either of you have the music? I don't know what I would sing otherwise...I could write something warm and tender, and extremely touching. Any ideas, let me know.

Well, lookie there, I started this post an hour ago and have been randomly typing while watching TV and playing my online games. Where I just happened to get promoted again, to full commander and was given a ship.

I guess I have a lot to think about, and I got an email from a random perosn in the northern part of scotland who loved my music on Sibelius.com and emailed me asking if I had written anything for 2 octaves. I emailed her back saying I would write somethign for her. That was really nice of her to write me.

random music lyric...
o/~ Oh I start to shiver, can't control the quivering inside...o/~ - Groovy Kind of Love.

Been a while...

2005-04-02T20:00:00.000-08:00

I know I haven't done this in a couple months, but I am going to have to try and be more updateful due to the fact that...

I AM MOVING

Yes you heard it here first folks, or 50th...I got a job offer in Arizona and I start in July.

Wow

Slow cars in the fast lane...

2005-01-18T21:43:00.000-08:00

I was so relaxed on Monday, largely due to there not being any school, and no commitments...sadly though I did do some business. The nice thing...no headache, no piercing, nauseating pain eminating from my head. So, tuesday started well and then in the middle of methods class...BOOM! There's the headache, mind bending and harsh, so I came home and took something and do feel a little better. Oh well...

I feel at odds with myself, and I am not sure why. I mean I got promoted to Lt. Commander and I feel that perhaps I am not doing enough as Chief of Science and Chief Counselor, even thought it's not for the Fleet, merely the USS Frieden. So I applied for the Second Officer slot, and then paged my Captain Out of Character and said...
You paged Mallerie with 'I hope I wasn't too pretentious'
Mallerie (sm) pages: Nope
So all in all I guess that's a good sign. We'll see what comes of it.

As for T-Opera, I totally see what you are referring to and we will need to have a chat when you get back, plain and simple.

o/~ Here, as I watch the ships go by, I rooted my shore, and I keep asking myself why and if there's more on the other side...Here, as I see the friends I thought I made, a little bit crazy now, we've outgrown one another... o/~
- Starmaker, 1982, Fame

Snow Trauma II: The Ambiguous Unknown, Sorta

2005-01-12T00:10:00.000-08:00

Well, I finally made it all the way up to the house today...though I had to take my dad's truck that had snow tires and a shovel, as well as wear sensible shoes incase I had to walk. So I was able to drive all the way to the driveway which was really nice, and then I trudged up the hill to the house. It was a lot of snow to get through. I got to the house, the cat was in good health, I filled up the food dishes and water, which was not that bad off. I turned down the heat a little since the neighbor that went up there for me on sunday said they had the heat cranked way up to 68.

Since I am a horrible house sitter I gave them a partial refund for thier trouble and found that there was some property damage, one of the trees collapsed but luckly caused no damage to the house. I will go up again tomorrow and then they come home on Thursday. Thank goodness for that, then I don't have to worry anymore, nor house sit for them again. Even though I will miss the kitty.

The air is changing around us and I am curious to see where it will lead. I got a call today from my old employer asking me if I am available for summer day camp. I told her that I am, given the circumstances if I don't end up taking a job elsewhere in the country and I have to move. I did tell her a local job would allow me to work up until school started more than likely. Though she is not counting on that week before in case I do get a job and have to start inservice stuff.

I was also sick this week, so not a lot of fun...

o/~ Sun goes down, i'm just getting up, my guitar is in my hand, there's nothing more than I'd rather do than play in a rock and roll band... o/~

Snow Trauma

2005-01-09T02:32:00.000-08:00

Well, we got hit by a snowfall, which we haven't seen in years. Unfortunately, I had to travel up to Gold Hill to attempt to see the cat I am watching until wednesday, I should have listened to my parental units on this one. After Pirates choral rehearsal I drove out to Gold Hill to see if I could at least get up there...the freeway was pretty clear and it wasn't currently snowing. When I got the the driveway however...whole other story...this driveway covers about 6 neighbors and the house I am sitting is about half a mile up this old ruged road. I forgot about the fact I hate driving in the snow...I am fwd wheel drive and wasn't thrilled to see 12-18 inches of snow. I got stuck...3 times. fianlly I went to the closest neighbor (thank the dieties they were home!) and he helped me escape my fluffy white prison. He drove my car back to the main road and I drove home freezing with my feet soaked and cold...I made it home to discover a lecture from the 'rents and I was less than enthused to hear it.

I went and moped in my room most of the night and watched the Battlestar Gallactica mini-series. I may actually start watching the actual series. Now...I never want to drive in the snow again. Tom though has 4-wheel drive and we are hoping to drive back out to Gold HIll and do a little snow hiking to the house, make sure the cat is self-sustainable and then I will feel much much better. I already owe them a refund for being unable to get up there in the first place...However...I also realize that had I stayed up there last night I would have been stuck up there until the snow melted. That could be a while sadly. So I guess I can be thankful. I let so many people down tonight...because I was traumatized I missed the opening of one of my professor's art shows. I am a horrid person. I don't want to rehearse for Pirates tomorrow cause I am afraid of driving. What will I do when I move? I guess Connecticut is out now, since it snows there.

I didn't hear from my Ct about teaching class on Monday...so I don't know what to expect or if there will even be class due to the snow. I know some people won't even be able to drive into town from all over. This seems like such a rare occurance though...I do have interesting news, I get to sub at the university for the aural skills class, sound like fun.

I realized that in my last few blogs I didn't end with a musical quote. I thought about ending this one with some catchy wintery song...however Let it Snow! and Winter Wonderland make me nauseous at the moment (not only because we sang them to death in the fall but new new Snow trauma) so...as randomly as possible I will go through my iTunes library and pick a song.
The first attempt came up with a bell solo I wrote called Shores of Serenity. next was an instrumental theme song, and then enya...finally one with words...

o/~ Puppies are cuddly, puppies are cute, they're never nasty or mean...I'd give a home to all the lost puppies, if ever one say I were Queen ... o/~ - Veggietales

New Year News

2005-01-07T21:04:00.000-08:00

Well, it's been a while since I have blogged. I have my reasons...though I am updating now.

Well, Winter term has started and I am confident that I am going to have a good and successful term. For starters, I am in love with my kids at Helman Elementary (and not in a scary Michael Jackson way). They are awesome kids and the teacher I am assigned with (hereby known as Ct2) is just an amazing teacher. So I know that I will be learning a lot, like playing guitar for example.

My classes are actually going to be challenging yet easy to get through, I have a lot of ideas for projects and that's going to make things easy. I wanted to audition for nunsense too just like Eponine, but it conflicts with my placement back at Eagle Point and Ct1. I do have some good news...not that the rest was bad news...but...I get to sing in Concert Choir as well as be Fredna's assistant. Also, I get to be in the chorus of Pirates of Penzance.

As far as YAGMCB at EPHS, I get to find a drummer, bassist and pianist for the 4 shows in May. (I will take recommendations). I am so excited to do this show and then audition for it with the dots, even though many people are angry at the 'dots'.

I finally reconnected with my friend Janet which is many happiness joys.

Kwanza

2004-12-26T08:39:00.000-08:00

Not sure what Kwanza is all about, but I am a self sufficient internet resourcer, so I should find out. I am cooking chicken con pollo and spaeztle for some friends tonight, I do hope it turns out. If not I can alwyas use regular pasta. Moving on...

In a blog dated 10/27/2004 I wrote...

Well, only two more full moons until Christmas. Well, technically one...then we have Christmas and the day after we have a full moon and I have an odd feeling about it.

Hrmm... VERY Interesting...on another board I wrote the following dated 11/20/2004...

I seek guidance on a message I received near the equinox, about a great shift that will take place near the first full moon after the solstice.

THAT FULL MOON WOULD BE TODAY!!!!

The only reason I making a stink about it is that a great shift DID take place today off the coast of India in the form of an 8.9 earthquake, which killed 4800 people with the massive tsunamis. What else will happen today? I will only wonder.

o/~ From where i stand, you are home free - the planets align so rare, there's promise in the air, and I'm guiding you o/~ - Magic - Xanadu

3.57

2004-12-15T23:25:00.000-08:00

I passed yet another term of the master's program. I got A's in Currisulum design and Music Methods, and a B+ in Human Relations, and on my Action Researtch Class I was successful in getting a 'B'. So now I can relax somewhat during the holiday break and not worry about not passing.

o/~ There's a roiad you take and a road less taken, the choice is up to you my friend o/~

A Flock of Wild Turkeys

2004-12-12T16:02:00.000-08:00

I called them a gang once and my friend and I laughed. I am out in the boonies, and it is true now...once i have seen 24 wild turkeys....yes 24!...around my car, I know it's the boonies. As Piano Mama, pointed out at our "Blog Buddy"(tm) Party for Grumpy, there are plenty of boonies in Oregon.

Speaking of the party! We had a fabulous time, Piano Mama, Grumpy, Eponine, and Mo. We sta and had crackers with cheese and grapes (even on the same cracker, mmm). They all had wine, and I had a ginger ale. We played a fun board game and had a great time and we even video taped some of it. Then as the night roled along we decided to adjourn to the computer room and have peppermint ice cream, with chocolate sauce. This is when Mo called it a night and driffed off to dreamland. I explained a tutorial on how they can add links on thier blogs. Then Eponine had to leave. then Piano Mama and Grumpy and I played a fun game and then I left and went home to my own bed.

All in all I had fun, then I had to wake up way too early to play bells in church, for two services. THEN I had a rehearsal at 1pm for our concert at noon on tuesday. So then afte rthan I came up to the boonies and sat in the hot tub first. Finally, I sat here to write this. That's enough for now.

o/~ If you go out in the woods today, you're in for a big suprise, if you go out in the woods today you'd better go in disguise...o/~

The Woods are just Trees, the Trees are Just Wood. I Have no Fear for No One Should.

2004-12-11T15:24:00.000-08:00

THose lyrics always bothered me for a few reasons, yes, they are wood, and all but who knows what s lurking in the woods?

I am housesitting in the Boonies of southern oregon. It is really cold and dreary, and I am about to spend a few minutes in the hot tub. However at night, it is REALLY dark. I don't like it up here and they want me to do it again in a couple weeks. I might not be able to.

One more week at the high school, and we are doing secret santas, and I gave my person a bag of cookies and decorative napkins. I haven't any money to buy her anything so i have to be content wth taking things from the house. My house, not the one I am I am housesitting at.

To Meagan, Tanya, Erin, and Mike...see you at the "Blog Buddy"(tm) party tonight. I think if all of us re going to be "blog buddies"(tm) we shoudl have nicknames. I mean yeah we have Paragonia, tattyana, etc..but how about other nicknames, so when we type ou blogs, instead of me sayin Meagan said this, i can say...PianoMama said this. So we can come up with names for each other tonight, like in a hat and stuff. So in the future generations when they read the blogs they will be all mystified.

o/~ Down by the banks fo the hanky panky, whre the bullfrogs jump form banks to banksie with an eeps eips oops ops, heres where the lily does the big kerplop o/~

Done Done Done Done!

2004-12-09T21:51:00.000-08:00

*Happy Dance*

*Heavy Breathing from dancing Happily*

*Restful sigh after heavy breathing form dancing happily*

Okay, now that 'THAT" is over I can talk. SOU classes are over for the term. WOO!

oh and goto: catster.com

VERY CUTE

3 Assignments away.

2004-12-04T17:26:00.000-08:00

I am merely 3 assignments away from being done with fall term, well three HUGE assignments. A UBD Outline of a unit. (Basically a large scale master plan for a 2 week unit of teaching). a paper for Action Research, it is suuposed to be 15 pages but I will be lucky to squeeze out 10 and that is if I put each graph I made on 1 page each. Then I have my notebook for fredna, which is due monday. One of my finals for Human(e) Behavior is to take 3 hours for myself. Along with Eagle Point getting ready for performances. We took all 150 middle school kids to the festival of trees on friday, and I hope we didn't leave anyone there. They all sang fairly well and we ran out of lunches so my CT and I didn't eat.

Okay I am afraid now that I am slipping into a depression as we speak, or as I type. About an hour ago I was goignt o call everyone and cancel all my performances. One is with CTD on Friday night, I am singing Beauty School Dropout, from Grease. Last Night When We Were Young from Sweet and Su...err Hot, finally Happiness from You're a Good Man Charlie Brown. I know I will see Meagan and Tanya there.

I am performing We Shall Behold Him at a service on the 18th and getting $$ for that one. finally at the bell concert I am singing a neat arrangement of O Holy Night.

I guess I wasn't feeling well today, but at the bell rehearsal I had said something that I stopped playing bass bells for a reason and then tempers rose and I shut down and felt utterly worthless. So I am going to take the night to try and make myself feel better. I guess I can still do all this and then after the first of the year stop performing altogether. That sounds sad, to just stop.

Tanya, I am very happy you got to see wicked, I hope to go next summer.

o/~ I love my little rooster, and my roosetr loves me, I'm gonna love my little rooster near the green bay tree, my little rooster goes...cock-a-doodle, doodle-doo, doodle-doo o/~

Almost over...

2004-11-25T16:36:00.000-08:00

My fall term is almost over, I know that Winter and Spring will be a lot easier academically, and the final summer term will be easier as well. I just need to pass this term and I will do fairly well. We were going to go to Kim's but mom wasn't feeling well so we cooked a modest dinner at home, I made the crescent rolls.

A while back I made a comment about never being asked to sing anywhere...well I am now singing at 3 separate events. So I guess I should be grateful, which I am. So now I just need to get through the next 3 weeks and this hellish term will be over. All the concerts will be over and I can look forward to the new year.

o/~ If happy little bluebirds fly, beyond the rainbow, why oh why can't I? o/~

Updatia

2004-11-15T15:07:00.000-08:00

I had everything completed today that I needed to complete. That was cool. I have to play the piano into the compyter tomorrow for the middle school accompaniments I am somewhat nervous, and then I have to get my action research done.

I feel betterish about things at the moment...I just drank something called a Mocha Javalicious, not my favorite thing, but now I am hyped up on caffeine. As I sit here wondering certain things I contemplate the abstractidies of my present self. The lonely ones are forever alone, the happy ones can be eternally pleased.

APA Publication Manual is the bible for writing research papers. Whee!

o/~ Dum diddle diddle deedle dum diddlity aye o/~

The snowball effect

2004-11-14T21:30:00.000-08:00

Much as a snowball gains girth as it rolls down the hill, Sometimes decision made in life can consequences as time goes on. To say that I am having a hard time keeping up with my studies is not an understatement. I got a phone call tonight from my supervisor and she is very concerned about my stress levels. I am trying to find ways for me to destress, but that has caused me to be a little more stressed simply because as my stress levels rise the dumber I feel.

I am trying to calm myself down and make sure that I have all that I need to have done, actually done. I know that I will make it through this, I will do all that is in my power to make sure of it.

I just hope and pray that I am not being eyeballed for dismissal from the program. Of course I will keep everyone informed, but I just need to get more organized. I have less than 24 hours to accomplish this.

Wish me luck!

The car is somewhat cleaner.

o/~ Falling....in a spiral motion....falling... o/~

What to do now?

2004-11-13T19:01:00.000-08:00

Apologies to Meagan and Erin for not attending the soiree on friday night, it sounds like you all had an absolute blast. As you can tell from my own blog I was drowning in my own sorrows of remorse and despair.

Well I do feel better now, and so I started my first step in changing my life around, I got a haircut, as I was driving there I was talking to Tom about not reading my blog but he did and he did respond. I decided over teh phone with him to go to perfect look instead of supercuts. Well I changed my mind again, since I know I will never have the perfect look, I can still get a super cut. the lady took 10 lbs off my head and had a great time too! We joked and laughed and such, it was fun. Then I can home and feeling really exhausted I took a small name, and woke up about 6:30 thinking it was 8:30 and had a little sum sum to eat.

Now on to phase 2...laundry and cleaning the car. I feel fairly confident in this phase as it is just a general straightening up of the place. However I have been putting it off and I cannot do that any longer.

Phase 3 is more complicated and involves finishing projects, one being a bel duet and the second being getting my school life in order and completing the oproject that is due wednesday.

I did beat event 3 finally and that inspired me to move my modem into my room so I can hook up the xbox to it. I went online and played amped 2 (fun snowboarding game) and had some good times. Tonight, instead of a musical quote I will leave you with a snipit of conversation I had with a player from Switzerland who I felt was completely ingonrant.

Me: Welcome to the game, good luck.
Them: Whoa! Are you a guy or a girl?
Me: Neither, I am an energy being from the planet Kalaxor
Them: Really?
Me: Yeah.
Them: Where's that?

I think that is enough to prove my point.

Blah-gging!

2004-11-13T11:35:00.000-08:00

They say there are many things you shouldn't do while you are depressed. I am adding blogging to the list. While I feel considerably better about my self-esteem from yesterday I still need to do a lot of searching within.

Until later...

o/~ ooo oooo oooooo oooo oooo ooooo o/~

Differentiated Thoughts

2004-11-12T22:06:00.000-08:00

I have a problem, I am not sure if I have any true friends. I have people who tolerate my presence, but I can classify them into other categories...

Old friends: People whom I have known for a while who have a history of knowing each other, yet have lost touch. A quick re-cap of your lives in 30 seconds and a polite smile added with the classic " Let's do lunch sometime and catch up " usually applies and then nothing happens.

School friends: People who you see at achool and have a nice time hanging out at lunch or in class.

Show Friends: These are the people in a common area who are usually in shows together. You spend that intense month of rehearsals getting to know each other, and then the show run having fun, then after closing it's few and far between.

Acquaintances: Self-explanitory.

I don't know what the point to this is. I have also realized spending time with Tom, who I considered my best friend and confidant. I envy him, people are constantly asking him to be in this or sing that , etc. Perhaps I am selfish and want to have the feeling of someone coming to me and asking me to ing for something. I guess though I have to realize that I am not talented enough to have that haooen, I am just average.

I am tired though if trying to convince others and myself that I am good enough to do things. I would like to be remembered for what I have done and thought of for other things. This summer when we played my bell piece in Tacoma, a lot of people said they liked it but not one person followed up on what they said. It's sad and disheartening to know that once you may have been able to do things but now, it's not going to happen.

Perhaps I am self-centered and have delusions that someone would think of me sometime to do something and that i would feel flattered when they asked me if I would do something cause I was the first one they thought of. I know it's a large world full of poeple much more talented than I am. Perhaps when I leave the area someone will think 'What ever happened to so and so?" the thought will pass and that will be the end of it.

Perhaps wherever I go and wherever I am teaching it will be what I need to do and love it. I know I will miss my family and they will be the hardest ones to leave behind.

I was asked my T&S to sing at thier wedding and to sing thier first dance. I am dsad when I think that It was me who whined that I wanted to sing, and be part of the wedding. I don't know how I will tell them that I can't be part of the wedding now. Email seems to impersonal and telling them in person might drive me to insanity.

o/~ I can't make music, I can't make rhyme, I can't do anything to take me away this time. o/~

Introducing Thursday Elite...

2004-11-11T19:48:00.000-08:00

Thursday is no longer available, it is now Thursday Elite. It is 34% better than regular Thursday.

I am no longer afraid, I am going to face tomorrow with all that I have, and all that I am. I am going to make my life better. I am making a vow to do well, get the 'A' that I need and be proud of all that I can accomplish.

I will beat event 3!

David

Reflections in a Dirty Mirror

2004-11-10T22:44:00.000-08:00

Okay...I still haven't decided to audition for the show (sorry Meagan) but I do need to think about it soon. I am just concerned about time issues and dedication as I was advised not to do any extra activities. So I will sleep on it.

I picked up my pre-reserved copy of Halo 2, played it a little got confused and then turned it off. Then I debated organizing my life which is something I really do need to do, but might be hesitant for reasons I still have yet to discover.

I have a moral dilemma to deal with...church...I felt that I was dissed a little. I love everyone there and enjoyed my time there. However, changes are afoot and sadly no one has tried to find out where I went. The pastor called me today and let me know about a job opening at an ashland church and urged me to apply. I will also cintinue to play the bells through the end of the year, after that I don't know.

After reading Erin's blog I realized that 12 months from now, probably 9 months from now I will be working at a school, and a 50% chance it will be somewhere else. I feel I am prepared to go, I will be applying for jobs all over the states and will hopefully get some hits.

My CT wants me to take on the spring musical at EPHS, and I do too, however I don't think it will qualify as my overall worksample. THough I got some great ideas on what to do, like a themed set of tunes for the choirs. Like a set of 3-4 pieces with a theme, such as broadway, or renaissence, perhaps celtic tunes, or lots of ideas there. So all in all I feel that I will have a good handle on that and do well.

It is official, I will be in Ashland for my half day teaching Jan-Mar and then of course back in EP Apr - June. Then T&S wedding and then my last summer session, and then I will be all higherly edumacated.

Why do news weather graphics show the map of the region with giant black holes with pictures of clouds and stars? At night do they expect these globular holes to open up in the earth and just exsist? I also wonder about Alaska and how they state the weather...like in summer...Today it will be sunny with highs in the 70's, tonight...still sunny and about the same. Cause when we see the weather forecast they show cute pictures of suns and clouds for the day and stars for the night. So If I di dthe weather I would say Today it will be light and tonight it will get darker. I don't see why more people don't laugh when I see the forecast and see the evening forecast and be all surprised when it gets darker at night.

My last observation is about dating things...we were asked to date the paper and sign it. I made the comment that perhaps an appropriate first date is to have dinner and a movie or perhaps a nice quiet candlelit horseback ride though the rainforest. C'est La Vivre

o/~ What a difference a day makes....24 little hours...o/~

(Moderator'sNote: if y'all are wondering what o/~ is...it is supposed to be a graphic representation of an eighth note. yeah it's not filled in nor does it look right with the font. However it has always been my way of 'singing' and inseatd of using quotes I use that symbol to specify that the phrase is sung.)

Headaches and Blahz

2004-11-08T19:25:00.000-08:00

I chose not to go to action research today since I knew I would be tired. I took a trip with the kids from the High School to Marin, CA and we ran sound for the West Coast Acapella Summit. I must admit it was very cool to see some professional AC groups and get up clsoe and personal with them. Some of the community groups were poorly out of tune but I can tell they tried. One person made a comment that there isn't lots of A Capella music out there and that is why they used a regular Kirby Shaw octavo and just sang it without accompaniment. That irked me a tad but I got over it. The most stressful part of the trip was my CT and her husband, man can they get intense. the concert on Saturday was amazing too, I saw this group called minimum wage and was able to to do a little improv with them and they were somewhat impressed with my use of the word tomato.

All in all the bus rides with the kids were the most tiring. There is this one kid who I shall call 'X', he seems to be all clingy with me and seems like a nice enough kid. He devulged much information to me and seems to look up to me. He said he trusted me and I just have to wonder sometimes. I know he is sincere but it is hard to hear the truth. He says many things yet his actions contradict his words. Also since I only see him once a week in the afternoons in concert choir and will only see him for like 4 more weeks and then not agian until march I hope he does okay.

Tivo is acting up, how sad!

I want to audition for the new CTD show, it sounds really cool and I miss performing sooo much, but the time is a major issue. I know the only ones reading this blog might have different opinions but at least I am able to express myself here. I am torn since I have school shows the week of opening which would be a major conflict.

Other than that I am still awaiting my new debit card which is frustrating, and to hear from Hollywood video about a job.

o/~ Manic monday, wish it were a sunday, cause that's my funday....just another manic monday...whoa oh oh o/~

(Moderator's note: I really don't wish it were Sunday, it wasn't that fun, well the whole gospel sing was great, but the rest was kinda....eh, and then the 8 hour bus ride home, and not a nice bus with plush seats, but a big yellow school bus that looks like a giat yellow caterpillar, then getting home after midnight and getting up for school...)

Please stay tuned...

2004-11-01T22:08:00.000-08:00

I am in a bit of a pickle, but be releived in knowing that the next time I post I will try and have halloween pictures. I am suffering from major headaches and such, but hopefully will feel better soon. I promise I will post agian at least before I go to SF this weekend.

o/~ Love knows no season, love knows no clime, romace can blosson any old time...o/~

Witness the dawn...

2004-10-29T22:56:00.000-07:00

I bought two new pairs of shoes today...one pair for myself and one pair for halloween costume.

Tips and Abstractidies

2004-10-28T19:33:00.000-07:00

My presentation roq'd! By far it was very good and the opener got lots of comments. Though Kira was running slower today than normal. On a side note I went to sit down at the keyboard, noyt knowing that my CT had moved the bench, and I fell pretty hard to the ground. So I was in pain for most of the day....then came home after the presentations...spoke to the insurance epopel about getting my new stereo, Yay! except for the deductable....oh well, still a good deal.

I have tons of stuff to do tomorrow, including looking for a new wig, hoping that my applecare will replace my power adapter, get cat food, go to the bank, do a thingie at the school and then get ready for the party on saturday. Meagan, you should go! Oh and my CT gave me her son's definition of 'Molto', big bunches of much. Very clever IMHO. Well I was on my friends livejournal cause I didn't see her today at the conference I was presenting at, apparently she is ill, and I hope she gets better. She took some of them there online tests and I took some of them too...

It has been determined that I am...

You are a MASTERMIND BADASS!

You are resourceful and talented. You get your job
done completely and quickly, with a
silky-smoothness that benefits whatever side
you choose to be on. Your overseers appreciate
the great advantages you bring to their
organization and they probably like you (unless
you don't want them to), and they will continue
to do so until you've stolen their seats of
power out from under them.

What Type of Badass Are You?
brought to you by Quizilla

find your element
at mutedfaith.com.

Aesthete

The ULTIMATE personality test
brought to you by Quizilla

I love online tests, my most recent IQ is 140, I guess that is average for people like me. Today at the exceptioanl learner conference I discovered I might be an obsessive compulsive, mentally retarded, talented and Gifted Student with ADD and Asberger's syndrome...go figure.

Krazy Kinkos

2004-10-27T23:12:00.000-07:00

Okay, I had to make like 80 brochures for a presentation on mental retardation for one of my grad school classes. My partner and I worked on getting everything ready and we had fun talking about random things as well. Anyhow, I get the brochure done and find out no computer in the house has ink, so I go to kinkos to get it printed and copied. First, I had to buy a card with time on it to use the computers. I put the file onto Fiona (my thumbdrive) and proceeded to open the file on the computer at kinkos. The computer burped and I was unable to comply. Then I went to another computer and it was fried...I had the techie guys there all confused and they were off in la la land talking about oddball stuff. So I found out I could just hook up my lap top and print...So I did.

They did only charge me for 3 minutes on the PC and then I made like 85 copies of the tri-fold brochure. Now I just have to finish the powerpoint and I am ready to roll. Apparently the Boston Red Socks or something won the world cup or bowl or something tonight after winning like a buncha games, and they haven't won it in like 90 years. I am curious why they call it a world anything if only our country participates. Just like Miss Universe...I don't see contestants from other galaxies and planets competing, just our planet. So Perhaps Miss Earth is appropriate in that sense.

Well, only two more full moons until Christmas. Well, technically one...then we have Christmas and the day after we have a full moon and I have an odd feeling about it. I still haven't heard back from the video store where I applied...I need a job...and I need it fairly soon.

I do get to go on a trip with my CT and some students next weekend to San Fran and this saturday I am going to a costume party. I am going to revise and re-vamp my Big and Beautiful Barbie costume from a few years ago. Mom thinks I should look for a new wig, but I think it's fine.

I love my new phone (Nehalennia).

o/~ reach the stars, fly a fantasy dream a dream, and what you see will be o/~ - Never Ending Story, Lamahl

Massivication

2004-10-25T21:24:00.000-07:00

I cried friday as I felt that I was useless and exremely stupid. When my car Zach (see earlier post) was broken into and the stereo was stolen, I was sad, but then I felt helpless and less secure when the DMV wouldn't give me a new license. So when I finally did get it after finding the old license I thought I had lost, I was rather perterbed. While having lunch with Tom and Sonya the police called and told said that they had found three of the cards from my wallet that was also taken. My Student Body card, my bank number card and last but not least, my safeway club card...thank goodness for that 3 cent discount on gas...phew!!!

Boy that was odd...I guess this program is just very stressful. I hadn'r broken down in a long time. I do enjoy teaching, and I feel that I will succeed, however I also feel that I have a lot to learn. It was an awesome show that I saw (hugs to Meagan and a shout out to Erin). Sure there were some things here and there, in this musical. I have always loved the music, and I know that it has many operatic elements but I hesitate to call it an Opera. Another comment to Meagan, I wasn't aware that there was a lot of french music in it, to me it sounded decidedly american musical theatre-ish. (I think it was BAT (brianalecthom) tee hee, his initials are BAT, well he is batty, it was he who said french music in your post). I do sympathize with you and your having to work with certain other people.

I miss performing.
I miss late nights at Shari's.
I miss singing.
I miss a lot of things.

I am a busy person and I have an academic career ahead of me. I felt good about my 4.0 and this term so far so good, but grad school is 63% harder than real life. Between the student teaching, classes, and homework there is no time. Yet I need to find a part time job, so I applied at a local video store. I haven't heard back as of yet but i hope I get it. I need a way to be able to buy ink and stuff for school.

Frankly I don't know what the future holds entirely. I know that if I stay on this track I will have the tools for a new and exciting career next year. Now whether I will fall in love with elementary music next term or try and pursue and middle school or high school choir job is unclear. I am excited, scared and nervous about what next year brings, but realizing that a year ago I was wondering where I would be at this moment, I can possibly look forward to my own keys, my own room and my own students. If I have to leave the valley for strange new worlds, I know that I will always have friends here. I do look forward to auditioning for shows again, and seeing what lies ahead.

o/~ So many men seemed destined, to settle for something small, but I won't rest until I know I have it all...So don't ask where I'm going, just listen when I'm gone, and far away you'll hear me singing softly to the dawn...o/~
- Corner of the Sky, Pippin. S. Schwartz

Oh tell me why!

2004-08-30T23:39:00.000-07:00

Okay 5 choirs split between two schools and Yearbook!!! Apparently I will know everything about yearbook once the year is over.

Me!

MAT: Chapter 3

2004-08-29T12:31:00.000-07:00

Chapter 1 as we remember started out with a grueling summer session of reading, writing, and presentations. Chapter 2 was a relaxing week and a half of rest and fun. Now...

The School Year Begins.

It all seemed innocent enough, as the break came to a close as quickly as it started an email came from the Teacher I would be working with. We spoke about what I could expect in the coming year and I was excited. After the meeting, I attended a workship with my fellow classmates and was excited to start this new chapter. As I sit here before my first day of student teaching I am slightly petrified of what to expect. However it starts, I am confident that it will be an experience I will never forget.

...

Laundry is done!

2004-08-19T01:54:00.000-07:00

Nuff said really....All my clothes are clean and either hung up or in the dresser. So I know exactly what I need when I go shopping.

Adio!

Did I say Blahs?

2004-08-18T01:21:00.000-07:00

Okay, I HAD the blahs, but I got my grades for my first term in grad school. I was scared and nervous all term. I needed a 3.0 to stay in the program due to probationary reasons. I got a 4.0!^infinity

I am still in shock and disbeleif, I passed, by some freak miracle I passed. Not only did I pass, I did well. Anyhow, now I think I can finally get on with my life, and call the school tomorrow and be all official now. WOW!

o/~ You'll be swell (da da da) You'll be great (da da da) Gonna have the whole world on a plate...starting here, starting now, honey everything's coming up roses! o/~

Woo!

the Blahs

2004-08-17T19:31:00.000-07:00

I want to know my grades! I know of one grade..and 'A' which is more than cool, but If I was just reassured that the other 3 grades are of that calibur I would be less stressed. I hate waiting.

Okay...so I still haven't touched my laundry, and as for the surprise party...didn't happen...entirely. I was sorta swept away by Tom and Sonya, we had a nice dinner, and then we sat in a hot tub and then bounded over to see i, robot. We laughed, and we saw a ton fo bat flying outside getting thier dinner.

THe rents got me an ice cream cake, mmmmmmmmm, very yummilicious. Today I had lunches with Ann, and that was nice to see her, then I cam home and blahed. I tried to play games and I tried a nap, and nothing. Perhaps I just need to take a hold of myself and shake myself silly until I come to my senses enough to do my laundry. Crystal has been lounging around all day and I think that she is bored too, though she seems purrfectly content to just lie around and be comfy anyhow.

I still haven't gotten the things I ordered from ebay and it is really starting to make me angry, I look for mail every day and then get doubly dissapointed when nothing comes.

I turned on the light, so perhaps that will motivate me to start getting my life in order. I hope the rest of the year isn't like this. Really though, if I start slipping into the swamps of saddness that will be the end of me, I know it.

I can look forward to camping though, sitting lazily on the beach without a care in the world, not worrying about driving home or anything, I can just get a chair, and a book or two and just sit on the beach listening to the waves even take a nap if I want to...I don't know.

I really have nothing I should be complaining about. I guess I am just in one of those blah moments.

o/~ ... o/~

I can't even think of a good music quote...how pathetic.

I am not even going to go into how much I want a STABLE DSL connection that just doesn't randomly STOP when I am in the middle of DOING THINGS!

see ya

Well, It's that day again!

2004-08-16T00:00:00.000-07:00

31 years ago...go figure.

Well I didn't do laundry, but that is okay. I have stuff I need to do tomorrow. I need to drop off a card for Sonya, and then return the book to the library. I will, in fact, also take my car in for an oil change. Still no other plans for the big day. Mom said she would get me an ice cream log for my birthday cake. I am not that big on cakes, unless they have ice cream in them and are frozen.

Well, technically speaking my life doesn't suck as much as it did last year. this year I do have my degree and I am working towards a master's degree, and I am not the oldest one in the program, there are quite a few that are older than I. I don't have a job anymore which is kinda pathetic, but I do feel a bit freer.

Card of thr day:
The Source
This does make total sense as it boils down to it. In order for me to see and feel my inner strengths I need to look at myself from the inside and draw my power from that.

Kings and Dragons dancing in the air.

2004-08-15T00:45:00.000-07:00

Well, I still haevn't heard about the party that someone is going to surprise me with. I guess that would be the point of a surprise party. That I not know about it. On the same point No one has made any suspicious plans for me either. It is kinda weird having spent the last 4 weeks studying like crazy for it to be over so quickly. I am kinda mad at my ISP only because the DSL service is so unreliable. Next weekend though I will be camping with my two closest friends. In fact last night we had our own little party, with plenty of drinks and fun, and we saw AVP.

I did enjoy that time together, and I guess I finally am starting to relax and not stress for the first time in like a year. Sure I had moments that were less stressful than others, but next week I think I have 4 plans, one lunch date, I have to return a book to the library, play piano in church tomorrow, and then go camping. Usually I have 2-3+ things each day and try and juggle all of it.

I guess I should do laundry tomorrow.

*NEW*
Card Corner: (Every blog I write I will try and pull a card from the deck, I will post it and the meaning.)

Postponement - 4 of clouds (the mind)
This card can have some negative impacts, sure I can feel afraid to do something, or I can take this as a warning and not put things off any further. I think I definatley should do the laundry.

Almost!

2004-08-11T20:10:00.000-07:00

I am almost there...I feel really good now about the progress I have made in the last four weeks. I feel that if I can make it through this then I can do anything if I just put my mind to it. Wow, how enlightening.

Buh bye!

The final 3.

2004-08-09T21:10:00.000-07:00

This has to have been the most amazing time in my life....well...one of the most...I have had some amazing times in my life. I don't think I could name them all, but professionally this is really neat. Imagine having a dream, and then after a long time seeing it starting to come true.

So this program is interesting to say the least, and there are 3 days to go. 3 days before all the assignments are due, and the final is supposed to be in the box. Of course I need to do well, grad school is hard. The amazing thing is that I have been keeping up with the assignments and readings and papers. I have been focused and not letting the outside world bog me down. I do have some people who I need to thanks, M, D, T, S, and A. As well as the class that I have spent 7 hours a day, 4 days a week for the last 4 weeks. We all guage each other now, I was approched last Thursday by a group of them who actually made me feel so accepted into the fold.

I am not sure how the teachers perceive me, I'd rather not get into that and just be myself and have a great time for the next year. After this friday, Then things start up in September for 10.5 months of what can be either totrue, or am amazing ride.

I T ' S U P T O M E ! ! !

TTFN

Procrastination?

2004-08-08T18:58:00.001-07:00

How come procrastination is such a negavtive word if it starts with pro? I have pefected this skill, and feel that tonight I am doing well with it. I have a paper due tomorrow, as well as a comparison chart of school stadards with Oregon and other states, a periodical list, and to print up a handout for group approval for our presentation on tuesday.

Okay most of it is done and now that I am in a bit of a time crunch the paper is almost done, I have 2 1/2 solid pages of stuff written. So I am not worried about that, I am taking a break however. During charmed tonight I will give the paper to mom to proofread while I type up the handout and finish the comparison chart which needs to be posted by midnight as well as the perodical list. I am doing all my posting at once since while I have DSL I cannot connect to the school wensite for some reason, so I will do it with dialup all at once probably about 9 or 10.

Well break is over and I will do more typing now in order to get what I need done.

Buh-bye

*UPDATE* 11pm...
Done! My goal was completed, and I even did an extra assignment I forgot about, and then I organized my coin-purse(aka bookbag). Ahhh now to relax and do more stuff tomorrow.

What summer vacation?

2004-08-07T21:19:00.000-07:00

Well, here I am, haven't done a blog in ooooh so many days, and not that anyone reads it, but I am going to post what has happened in the last 2 months.

June: rehearsal for Carousel (RMT, 2004) was tedious, as it usually was, lots fo rehearsals for Bells and then on top of that teaching the summer day camp, I felt like I was going to explode. My sister was also here with her sons and I never got to see any of them. It was work, rehearse, rehearse, drive, sleep. That was about it.

July: Less rehearsals, now in production Carousel went very well, some good crowds. First half was still teaching Drama and Music, and the kids did phenominal. Then I started grad school...4 week summer session that I need to do very well in or I am out!

August: Well here we are, 3 weeks into the program, and finals are...next week! I have so many papers to write and books to read, but it has been a valuable learning experience. Assuming that I get my 3.0 in each class I start student teaching in Aug 30th with my full-day observations, I was told secretly that I will be at Eagle Point H.S. and that is very exciting for me. I am looking forward to it. I am also looking forward to getting financial aide in the fall since I quit my job at church (figured I would be too stressed, and I was right). My parents and cats have been very supportive of me in this program the past few weeks and so far it has been good. I seem to be doing very well, and barring any huge mistakes on my part it looks like I will pass.

Looking ahead though, it looks as if I will get a Summer vacation from August 13th to August 24th. I do an inserice with the local teachers on teh 25th get a 4 day weekend then I am in the classroom. I am rather excited and nervous about this as well. I would like to say that one of my friends (her name has been changed to protect her identity) Anyankah has been a tremendous help. She has been supportive and I appreciate all that she has done.

Finally, 31 on the 16th!

I get to go to the coast with some friends camping on the 21st and 22nd. That will be a treat.

Toodles

Should Be Sleeping

2004-05-27T01:22:00.000-07:00

Yes, I should be asleep...
I wasn't called into rehearsal tonight.
it gave me a night to relax, which I took advantage of.
I am worried about my recpetion now, will anyone stay for it.
How many cookies should I bring? How many brownies should I bake? What kind of punch shoudl I prepare?
I really didn't think that a recital was THIS much work.
Perhaps someone's sr project should be.
HOW TO PREPARE A SENIOR RECITAL by A. NALL
Honstely though I am preobably overdoing things. Now I have a headache from trying to install pennmush.
This is also my LAST night with dailup...as this phone line is being disconnected and I get the DSL modem on tuesday and DSL installed on Friday.

I am stuck in the midst of writing my paper...ooo...must renew books! Okay they are now renewed and due back on June 10th, which is 2 days before graduation. NO TIME NO TIME, MOVE ONE PLACE!
My I's turned to F's which my advisor said he changed to B's, I also have to pay the remainder of the phone bill.

I also got rid of my old email address and told peopel about the new one MONTHS ago, as well as sending email's to them under the new account telling them that the old one is invalid, but two days after I finally let it go I get phone calls asking why my emails bounced. I also have to figure out why my airport signal is not reaching my room anymore. I want to have my paper done by June 1.

Too many thoughts running through my head to sleep well, even though I need to be at the high school in 6 hours to rehearse my ensemble. I am impressed with these kids, I know they will do well. I am fairly certain the program will go off without a hitch, however, my last song is kinda cheesy, and I really really need that encore. This is my last moment...my swan song. Mindy told me today that it is merely a springboard to my future. Dunno if that is true or what it means really.

Last night I was called at 7:30 and didn't actually work until 8:30, made me wish I had my laptop to type my paper. So tomorrow I will bring it, and a chair or a banket to lie on, I had a perfect comforter for that purpose but I gave it to Danielle. okay once more sttempt to sleep.

! T O O D L E S !

Less Than A Week

2004-05-24T10:13:00.000-07:00

Okay here is how it will run down...none of this will make any sense to anyone but think happy thoughts.

RW: I am ready, I think that L, M, & S, need to go over it a few more timse, but I have confidence.

NQWIHIM:HISLI: R and I will be fine, however I had a dream about me practicing this and doing odd wierd things. It should be fine.

MA, RY: I am sure B and H will be okay.

P: this is coming along nicely.

TS: If it is where it is at now, it will be okay, but not spectacular.

F: I need to get with T and go over this cause she will not be able to sing with the orchestra until Sunday.

EM: this and F will be interesting, I think that the AHSO will be okay as long as we get a few more rehearsals in.

Fv5.2: We just need to work it.

IGR: This will be fine, L is getting into it.

BOG: We just need to get together as a group.

S: See BOG

SOP: Cheesy

MIEM: Need to print and rehearse as the Encore

I just hope people show up.

Tuesdays Schmoozdays

2004-05-18T23:42:00.000-07:00

o/~ What a life, What a world...o/~

Today was just plain up and down. The show was well but it seemed off, I wanted to not graduate but yet I got approved, and get this tidbit, the registrar crossed out my composition major and put in Instruction and performance! I don't even know where they got that from.

My kitty Alex (pictured in my profile) is being very sweet and cuddly right now.

Well tomorrow is a new day and I get to teach chimes to little 4th graders yay me!

Hasta...

Monday Night Mayhem

2004-05-17T20:08:00.000-07:00

o/~ Spending my time just holding the line, never getting caught up...o/~

Okay, kinda have to be careful how I word things because you never know who will read your blogs! I love working at my church as a music minister for the contemprary service, however some people just grate my nerves sometimes. I try very hard to be diplomatic, and still things get thrown back at me with an amazing force that it hurts. Compounding on top of this my recital is in LESS than 2 weeks! I know how all of my friends hand;ed the twi weeks prior to thier recitals and I am experiencing the torment and the anguish involved in this, I still have to order the balloons and the muslin in time to tye dye it.

I will have a rehearsal with my string players on Friday and then I will decide whether I will need to use a synth to beef up the strings or not, then I need to find someone to play it, I would but i am either singing or conducting those pieces. I am really not too worried about the rest of the recital, just logistics.

The bell pieces are coming along nicely and I am excited about them, I did tell everyone that I am under stress and that I am rather fragile and prone to emotional outbursts. At least I have my kitties to calm me down.

So now I sit here on a typical monday night ready to type more of my paper. Then i will need to compose a chime solo for wednesday morning, I think I will use simple gifts as the basis for it. Then I am going to probably work on the program some more and start my commercials for the recital. Amonst this I am gonna try and get my ftp program to work so I can show you a picture of my car to compare it with Erin's water bottle from my previous post.

Toodleriffic!

In the Lounge

2004-05-17T10:39:00.000-07:00

I am in the lounge, Erin needs Ibruprophin and Mae gave her one. Jacob WON'T do a blog! I really like the color of Erin's water bottle, because it matches my car. Brooke is practicing her conducting. That is fine, Shasta high school reports a $40k on thier madrigal evening. THIS IS AN OUTRAGE, while there are children starving in Japan.

Peace, love and Brown rice...
David

Oddities

2004-05-15T13:50:00.000-07:00

Sometimes what you ask for in life doesn't always pan out. I ordered a buncha new software and I am glad that I got it, but now I can't get certain things to work the way I need them to. *le sigh*. Anyhow tonight I go to dinner with mumsy and then we go see a lot of my friends in an Opera I was supposed to be in.

Okay here is the deal with that...I said yes to being in the operetta, and then I was offered what I thought was a paying gig with another theatre company. I kinda wish I could rewind time and bear with this and have done the operetta. I did have good personal reasons for not wanting to be a part of the operetta and I thought this other show would be cool to do, and in some ways it is.

Well can't go back in time, so not going to worry about it. It is cool to be going wireless though. I am able to sit in my room, on my laptop and grab files and print to the computer across the house. Soon I will have DSL, so I won't even have to be tethered to the wall, I can go outside (conceiveably) and soak up the harsh deadly ultraviolet rays of the sun and still be online, or print inside the house. When i house sit I will still be able to be tethered to the wall which is fine I guess.

My room is a mess, I would show you all a picture but I can't seem to upload files to my server for some reason (see paragraph 1).

My online times have also gone down considerably, at home dialup that is...March I was on for 70 hours, and April, 78 hours. I remember when I frequently peaked at 200 hours. One month I remember 300 (yes that is almost half a month). This month on the ides, I am only at 24 hours. However I have also discovered high speed access at school and have spent some time there.

In any case I am going to stop this blog for a while and get this room cleaned and keep writing my capstone.

Something New!

2004-05-14T18:09:00.000-07:00

It seems like Christmas or my birthday, I just went wireless and now I have my own blog spot! A shout out to Meagan and Erin who showed me the way to this fantastical idea. Way cool!

Well I am in the lounge awaiting the sensation of a short sharp shock form a...well a choir concert. I am actually looking forward to this as a potential edumacator in musics, it will be reall sweet to hear a children's choir.

Along those lines, I am in a show called Sweet and Hot (the music of Harold Arlen) it is a pleasant enough show, but the fact that the performers aren't all well, hrmm, I will just say aren't. Anyhow after our third show I messed up a little less, and with that I don't think anyone fell alseep. Only 4 more shows (thank goodness).

Okay, I wanna do somethign else now.

Me!