urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:abbybba abbybba abbybba 2009-07-25T07:17:29Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:abbybba:51470 2009-07-25T07:17:29Z 2009-07-25T07:17:29Z Iiiiii am tired.<br />So tired i can barely even think. <br />I started work at 4 this morning. <br />I ended at 10 pm.<br />i wlil start at 6 tomorrow mornin. <br />Lord knows when I will get off.<br />I have no feeling in my fingertips.<br />And everything aches.<br />I have been working every day since just after the fourth of july. Which had been my first day off in ever long.<br />I have logged several 17 or 18 hour shifts so far, and me and my crew would have done the same today but the plant manager (aka boss of everything) declared that that was unsafe and stopped my supervisor from making us do that.<br /><b>BUT.</b><br />I have an awesome position.<br />I have the best boss ever.<br />My life has been more or less drama free. <br />Scratch that: it's been drama free.<br />I'm by my lonesome, with my love at home, but that's really ok, because he deigns to call me every so often.<br />And....I dunno. Stuff has just fallen together really well here. FOR ONCE, things are going pretty much smoothly. As my friend Lord Ian would explain, I have achieved balance in my realm (life).<br />So yeah. I am, in short, exhausted, but basically happy. Life is now ood.<br />OH! and I'm not home. A small bonus, on top of all the other good stuff. <br />--Abby urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:abbybba:50341 2009-04-02T04:22:42Z 2009-04-02T04:22:42Z dr. dog--heart it races ...and two weeks later my albums get 44 hits.<br /><br />I'm popular! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:abbybba:49986 2009-03-18T21:40:29Z 2009-03-18T21:40:29Z the doors--people are strange i'm a simple person and try to keep it that way, but i have one enigma in my life. every week, i get an e-mail telling me that my online photo album has been viewed. shnazzy, i guess. however, it's not like there's heavy internet traffic--the e-mails always have the same header: "1 new view this week!" The weird thing is that I haven't uploaded that album in at <em>least</em> two years, very likely longer, so you'd think any pictures people found interesting would have long since been downloaded. so it makes me wonder:<br /><br />who could be looking at my pictures?<br /><br />it's almost like someone has created a routine around it---"tonight at midnight, as i have done on the same night every week for the past 4 YEARS, i shall gaze longingly upon the image of my love for 30 seconds, and pine silently, for it was upon this night 4 YEARS AGO that we met....but no proof of my love shall ever be stored upon my computer. hahahahahahahaha.......oh my darling....." *weeps*<br /><br />mysteries...<br /><br />p.s. to the mystery visitor, i apologize if offense has been taken. my imagination simply gets the best of me. i'm only curious. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:abbybba:48825 2008-11-10T03:13:12Z 2009-01-02T04:44:38Z wooohoo, end of the year survey times. not only that, a quasi real entry! one of these days i will make an entry that's not pre-formatted.<br /><br />this is just the classic annual "year in retrospect" survey, one i figured i may as well do--some people don't know what i've been up to. <br />in brevity, i spent half my year in bellingham and half my year in alaska. i got schooled in bham, i worked in ak. a pretty good balance, i'd say--one funds the other, at least. so i'm going to try and divide the survey accordingly. this should be interesting.<br /><br /><a name="cutid1"></a><br /><br />1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?<br />I DROVE A FORKLIFT! it was completely terrifying. i didn't kill anyone/drop anything, but still, it was scary as hell, man....<br />and i went to big kids school.<br /><br />2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?<br />no and no. <br /><br />3. Did anyone close to you give birth?<br />hmmmm...well, my friend myaca was fairly pregnant the last time i saw her, which was a few months ago, so probably yes. <br /><br />4. Did anyone close to you die?<br />yeah, one of my coworkers. he got shitfaced one night and walked home. he tried climbing into his boat but slipped and fell under it. in a few minutes he froze up, and either drowned or died of hypothermia. his body wasn't found until about a week later.<br />it was really tragic. however, it was at least a quick, painless death. and, well....let's say he died as he lived (this being the guy who would do drunken target practice near a construction site).<br />heh...we celebrated his wake in the bar. it was too appropriate.<br /><br />5. What countries did you visit?<br />canada with my friend laurel for all-you-can-eat sushi. the said thing was that this didn't happen until the year was almost over. <br /><br />6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?<br />a passport.<br /><br />7. What day from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?<br />in bham? june 8th. i will spare the why of it.<br />in alaska? the night before my friend memo was going to go back to turkey, me him and my bestie kandi stayed up all night and broke into our place of work, stole coffee, went outside and observed the stars and watched the sea lions attack their prey. it was a nice night. i miss those cats sometimes.<br /><br />8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?<br />i finally got my fecking AA degree. good <em>lord</em> that took a long time....<br /><br />9. What was your biggest failure?<br />me? fail? never.<br />....oh wait, i failed that forklift driving test. ooooooooooops......<br /><br />10. Did you suffer illness or injury?<br />dude i got stitches! i managed to impale my knee socket with a chunk of ice. that wins as the most painful thing that's happened to me ever. it felt like i had banged my funny bone, except about 20 times worse. sheer, blinding pain shot down to my toes. <br />but at least i have a scar to show for it. :)<br /><br />11. What was the best thing you bought?<br />a college education.<br /><br />12. Whose behavior merited celebration?<br />charlie, the ancient bait guy, for being the only person who never once laughed at my peg leg walk i had when i got my stitches (well, to my face, at least).<br />that's really sad, now that i think of it. i mean, yeah, it's funny looking, but DUDE...that really hurt.....<br />no one from bham, i'm afraid, or no one exemplary that comes to mind. <br /><br />13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?<br />alkies. see below.<br /><br />14. Where did most of your money go?<br />besides all the expenses of school? books, clothes, and plane tickets.<br /><br />15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?<br />going back to alaska. <br />coming back from alaska.<br />i'm never satisfied, am i?<br /><br />16. What song/piece will always remind you of 2008?<br />the white stripes --i get lonely (but i ain't that lonely yet)<br />hee hee hee....<br /><br />17. Compared to this time last year, are you:<br />i. Happier or sadder?<br />fortunately the same, and maybe even happier. realize that i was ecstatic and effervescent last year.<br /><br />ii. Thinner or fatter?<br />fatter. *psht* whatever.<br /><br />iii. Richer or poorer?<br />bout the same, or maybe even richer.<br /><br />18. What do you wish you'd done more of?<br />oh lord. wish i had travelled. wish i had done more of the cool-looking stuff they had at big-kids' school. wish i had seen more of people.<br />i also wish i had worked a bit more than i did. damn you, weak year! only 3 16 hour days? DAMMIT. <br /><br />19. What do you wish you'd done less of?<br />drugs.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />all kidding aside, i wish i hadn't been so damn exuberant all the time when i first went back up north. i was wiped out by week 3. <br /><br />20. How will you be spending Christmas?<br />at home with family.<br /><br />21. Did you fall in love in 2008? <br />wouldn't say that--i've been in love with a guy for years and years. diff is that now we're together. <br /><br />22. How many one-night stands?<br />0. i keep 'em coming back, baby! ;-) <br /><br />(i'm really just kidding here.)<br /><br />23. What was your favorite TV program?<br />the office, dr. who and firefly (no, i'm not behind on the curve at all......how could you even insinuate such a thing?)<br /><br />24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?<br />all right, it's time for a LONG WINDED PREACH!<br />i hate alcoholics. really. i used to not mind so bad (i come from a long line of great drinkers on both sides of the family), but this summer has made me realize that they are really beyond a pain in the ass. they're very loud, and they impose greatly upon you. they create a great lot of nigh irreparable destruction, and the morning they only have second hand guilt from it. maybe. *MAYBE*. or they usually laugh at the hell they wreaked, completely insensitive to all the shit we sober ones had to put up with. so we who don't drink to insensibility, if drink at all, pay the price for other people's carelessness. and of course, they're generally unpleasant. it's all really rather tiresome. <br />plus....i mean, look at #4. i *liked* the guy, don't get me wrong, and as far as alcoholics go he was actually quite nice. but talk about all the heartache caused by his loss..... <br />now, i don't hate alcohol. alcohol is fine, in moderation. there are so many delicious, delicious beverages with it in them. and alcohol can help relax an otherwise awkward social situation, such as the grouping together of people who don't see much of each other or talk to much of each other most of the time and are gathered together on some general compelling pretext, forced to be at least polite to each other. like family reunions, in general. <br />nope. no problem with alcohol. no problem with mild drinkers or people who indulge every once in a while. i just hate those who abuse alcohol so frequently. <br /><br />25. What was the best book you read?<br />good question. i read a lot. <br />joan d. vinge's "the snow queen" was AMAZING. i really enjoyed "after you'd gone" by maggie o'flaherty, although it had kind of a silly ending (you really offed yourself over <em>that</em>? with all the heartache you've gone through, <em>that's</em> your problem? what a letdown!). 3/4 of anna karenina was good. i related a lot to "sometimes a great notion" by ken kesey. and "no country for old men" by cormac mccarthy was REALLY good, too, one of the rare ones that's good on its own but improved by seeing the movie first.<br /><br />26. What was your greatest musical discovery?<br />stevie ray vaughn's cover of "little wing." it's brilliant.<br /><br />27. What did you want and get?<br />tickets for a concert up in vancouver. i'm so excited, even if i'm not going to it till june.<br /><br />28. What did you want and not get?<br />my passport. one of these days man, it'll happen.<br /><br />29. What was your favorite film of this year?<br />hahahaha! i saw so many bad movies this year (iron man, max payne, nick and norah's infinite playlist) that it's hard to think of anything GOOD...pass....<br /><br />30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?<br />oh, my 21st birthday? <em>my</em> 21st birthday? are you really ready for it? are you ready to hear about how awesomely amazing it was?<br />.....i worked that day and then i crawled into my cave, lulling myself to sleep with music.<br />it was one of those birthdays where the only thing that reminded me it was happening was that i had to stop myself from writing my birth date on my paperwork out of habit. it was kind of lame, but EVERYBODY was in a stay-home-that-night mood. alas. it happens. <br /><br />31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?<br />interesting question. i don't think i have any kind of answer for that.<br /><br />32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?<br />ooh, i went for the chic look of a pair of faded, work-worn jeans and t-shirt, set off with a carhartt beanie and xtratuff rubber boots, sometimes with an apron and orange vinyl gloves. with my hair pulled up, naturally.<br />or, in brief, standard fisherman garb.<br />i think i pulled it off quite well, in my most humble of opinions. <br /><br />33. What kept you sane?<br />the sanctity of my cave, usually. when that didn't work, music. getting the fuck out of dodge was the biggest tactic. <br /><br />34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?<br />fancy?<br /><br />35. What political issue stirred you the most?<br />*snerk* <br /><br />36. Who did you miss?<br />down in bellingham, my friends from alaska. <br />up in alaska a few poeple from bellingham. but not many.<br /><br />37. Who was the best new person you met?<br /><em>EXCUSE</em> me, i only associate myself with the most quality of persons. how could you ever dare to ask me to pick amongst them? *storms out in a huff* i swear, surveys these days.....<br />that said, up in alaska, my friends veni and jay ("the baddest sidekicks you will ever meet"). down in bham, amy, because she's so very cool (if energetic nearly to the point of psychotic sometimes).<br /><br />38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008:<br />i am a quiet person. i need to accept that and adapt accordingly.<br /><br />39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:<br /><br /><e>Another headache<br />Another heartbreak<br />I'm so much older than I can take...</e><br /><br />my job ages me 10 years every time i go. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:abbybba:46881 2007-07-07T02:37:16Z 2007-07-07T02:37:16Z none, sadly :( if you have not been to alaska...get out on a ferry and ride through the san juans. the differences are minute. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:abbybba:46259 2007-01-09T07:00:11Z 2007-01-09T07:00:11Z for the first time in 5 years, i am in a real orchestra.<br /><br />i have no reason to be as happy about this as i am... urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:abbybba:46010 2006-12-27T12:50:58Z 2007-01-01T10:33:16Z <a name="cutid1"></a><br />1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?<br />mock trialed competitively<br /><br />2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?<br />no and no. then again, i'd probably have a higher success at this had i made any...<br /><br />3. Did anyone close to you give birth?<br />i hope not.<br /><br />4. Did anyone close to you die?<br />nope. an ex-classmate did, but, well, she was far from close. she was kind of mean. not like i believe she deserved it. far from it. <br /><br />5. What countries did you visit?<br />oh canada....<br /><br />6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?<br />an AA degree<br /><br />7. What day from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?<br />august something or another. it was a ridiculously perfect day.<br /><br />8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?<br />uh....good question....<br /><br />9. What was your biggest failure?<br />the crapp project. but i maintain that that wasn't my fault (fucking best....)<br /><br />10. Did you suffer illness or injury?<br />yes.<br /><br />11. What was the best thing you bought?<br />my edjication. and that ticket to that evelyn glennie concert. <br /><br />12. Whose behavior merited celebration?<br />someone was and continues to be a consummate gentleman. i'd toast to that.<br /><br />13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?<br />mr. best existing did both. <br /><br />14. Where did most of your money go?<br />school and coffee. i spent an exhorbitant amount of money on coffee this year.<br /><br />15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?<br />going places.<br /><br />16. What song/piece will always remind you of 2006?<br />mr. tambourine man sung by bob dylan. <br /><br />17. Compared to this time last year, are you:<br />i. Happier or sadder?<br />this time? sadder. overall? happier.<br /><br />ii. Thinner or fatter?<br />like i pay attention...<br /><br />iii. Richer or poorer?<br />poorer (but richer in experience!)<br /><br />18. What do you wish you'd done more of?<br />reading. <br /><br />19. What do you wish you'd done less of?<br />musicals. fucking musicals....<br /><br />20. How will you be spending Christmas?<br />i spent it at home.<br /><br />21. Did you fall in love in 2006?<br />nope.<br /><br />22. How many one-night stands?<br />oh please.<br /><br />23. What was your favorite TV program?<br />project runway was the only one i watched consistently. <br /><br />24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?<br />nope. i have no time for hatred.<br /><br />25. What was the best book you read?<br />the complete sherlock holmes.<br /><br />26. What was your greatest musical discovery?<br />classic rock.<br /><br />27. What did you want and get?<br />that checkov collection<br /><br />28. What did you want and not get?<br />good question...i seldom if ever desire things...<br /><br />29. What was your favorite film of this year?<br />uh.........pass.<br /><br />30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?<br />i spent time at the hospital and went out to dinner. i turned 19.<br /><br />31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?<br />dropping english 102. then again, richer for experience...<br /><br />32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?<br />hahahaha...<br /><br />33. What kept you sane?<br />music.<br /><br />34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?<br />fancy?<br /><br />35. What political issue stirred you the most?<br />the restructuring of iraq most likely. either that or the election this year.<br /><br />36. Who did you miss?<br />a bunch of my friends.<br /><br />37. Who was the best new person you met?<br />it's a tie between mingel, cj, jory, and chris. <br /><br />38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:<br />there are many different ways to skin a cat.<br /><br />39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:<br />huh?<br /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:abbybba:45805 2006-11-24T04:52:56Z 2006-11-24T04:53:32Z TLM-Kiss the Girl (in portuguese) Happy Thanksgiving one and all!<br /><br />So, we didn't really celebrate today over here. My mom got mysteriously sick yesterday evening, so she and my dad went to a doctor to check it out this evening-ish. So Karen and I had a "Poor College Student's Thanksgiving"---a DiGiorno pizza, an instant salad, and diet cokes, with ice cream for dessert. Twas quite a spread. All while watching foreign language versions of Disney songs on YouTube, as well as "Love Actually." <br /><br />Maybe we'll get around to doing it up proper later. As I've told so many people so far, it's the thought that counts, not the date. Besides, tonight has definitely been amusing. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:abbybba:45175 2006-09-30T03:47:22Z 2006-09-30T03:47:58Z misirlou so far at least three people have discovered my lj merely by googling stuff (or, three have called my attention to it, at least). i was almost tempted to make this thing friends only after the most recent incident. but then i thought "wait a tic! i never update anyway! so who cares?"<br /><br />so, for those who don't know, i'm at whatcom again, and will be until spring quarter. after that i will get my a.a. and will get to figure out where i'm going for big kids school. fun. wherever that'll be will probably be a public school, and it'll most definitely be in washington state. besides that, i'm at a loss.<br /><br />a guy (i'm avoiding whole names since this afternoon) confessed his affections for me recently, hence my last post. i turned him down. it was the nicest thing i could do.<br /><br />i turned 19 a bit over a week ago. we didn't really do much since my mom was recovering from surgery, but i've since concluded that once you turn 18, birthdays really don't matter much. especially if you don't drink. <br /><br />and...if there's anything new, i'm blanking on it. oh wait--i donated blood yesterday and am still feeling really weird from it. so if this seemed kind of spacey, that explains that. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:abbybba:44910 2006-09-05T10:14:15Z 2006-09-05T10:14:15Z A recent question was brought up, and i have no idea how to answer it. So i pose it to you all:<br /><br />What is the difference between going out on a date with someone and hanging out with someone? urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:abbybba:44351 2006-07-31T21:15:14Z 2006-07-31T21:15:14Z So word on the grapevine is that next year's inter-high musical is going to be West Side Story. <br /><br />This is going to get ugly quick. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:abbybba:44012 2006-06-20T08:13:02Z 2006-06-20T09:44:35Z OH man, this weekend. What a great way to end the school year.<br /><br />So, I didn't go to my graduation on Saturday (oh SAD). Instead, i went to my "cousin"'s wedding (What relation do I have with my grandfather's sister's grandson?). I feel bad for saying this, I really do, but...I hope it doesn't last. Judging by the ceremony, they just...I'm not feeling it with them, and I have faith for almost all the couples I see married (and I've been to quite a few). Plus the ceremony was awful. Capitalistic-based, pop-y religion annoys me <em>greatly</em>. However, it was definitely hilarious. Plus I'm down with seeing relatives, especially the Margarita Fairy (my grandfather's sister).<br /><br />Next day was the day of my grad recital. The crowd surprised me a lot--people I expected to come didn't, while people I'd never expect to show up did.(Lyzz, you have no idea how surprised I was to see you book it into the church with Fij at the last minute). I think the most random moment was after I finished the Beethoven Sonata (last piece), I was taking my final bows, when I notice in the back-ish there's this guy with this mass of dreadlocks I'd never seen before. Apparently he came up to Fazio earlier going "Do you know where the AA meeting is?" and faz, not being an alkie, didn't know. So I guess the guy stuck around to listen to me instead of going. O_o weird... <br /><br />Btw... Henceforth, any and all anonymous posters are to be viewed as long-haired sweatpants-wearing bespectacled people until their identities are revealed. <br /><br />Anyway, the Beethoven A Major sonata can consider itself pwned, for the time being. I've seldom had as much fun performing anything as I did with that piece. The Sammartini Sonata--eh *shrugs*. the music wasn't so great anyway, except the second movement, which I did do well on, so there. I kinda wished the Sarabande from Suite No. 3 went better than it did, because that was my favorite piece on the program (although it was definitely the hardest to perform). The Gigue from the same suite went well, and I think the fact that it nearly flew out of control made it more exciting. And the Elegie went fine. Overall i'm satisfied with how it went, and those of you who didn't show up missed out. <br /><br />I think the afterparty was the best part. The reception was great. i got to talk to a lot of people, many of whom i won't be seeing a lot of in the future. but then people still stuck around after most other people had left, so we ended up going to my house. It was pretty funny, especially with my ADD little cousin (little as in 5) giving a running commentary to the original Fantasia, as well as the constant references to Robert Goulet. Good times, good times.<br /><br />I feel very, very good inside. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:abbybba:42010 2006-06-09T08:46:44Z 2006-06-09T08:46:44Z Gnarls Barkley-Crazy (this song won't leave my head) Highlights from tonight's concert. These are all quotes that The Doud made while talking about the seniors:<br />1. "If I had to pick one word to describe Abby, it would be 'talented.'"<br />Me: *<b>snort</b>*<br />2. "First we have Elizabeth Davis. Elizabeth is a fiddler." [usually she says something about the senior's personality. As far as The Doud is concerned, Liz is merely a soulless fiddler--a machine, if you will]<br />3. "Bradley is a section leader. You may have seen him." [same problem. plus the "no shit"-ness of the second part was priceless]<br />4. "If I had to pick a word to describe Neha, it would be kind and gentle."<br />5. "If I had to pick a word to describe Althea, it would be kind and gentle."<br />6. "One thing to say about Neha is that I mispronounced her name for a whole year, and she never corrected me! Ha ha." [It was amazing what she chose as her key memories. Who's proud of something like that?]<br />7. "One thing to say about Max is that he's a very happy-go-lucky kind of guy."<br /><br />:D I was laughing throughout the whole thing. How ridiculous...the only way she could have made it better would be if she said that Jeremy is "always so reliable." Hey, half the senior class last year was--no reason why he can't be (the fact that he's one of the flakiest people in the class doesn't matter). urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:abbybba:40645 2006-05-23T04:53:54Z 2006-05-23T04:55:21Z F.F. -Michael Ok you guys, so, I'm having a senior (cello) recital on the 18th of June at 7:00 at St. James Presbyterian, which is the church across the street from Lowell Elementary (or 910 14th street, if you have no idea where lowell is). It's gonna be fairly awesome, and if people show up, it'll be a party, too. (funny how that works...) obviously it's cool if you don't show, but it's had to deny the sweetness factor of people showing up.<br /><br />peace. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:abbybba:40326 2006-05-18T22:07:31Z 2006-05-19T02:43:50Z When I woke up this morning, my neck kind of hurt, but it wasn't really that bad. However, i had to go ahead and aggravate it, which made things...much much worse. So now my neck is kind of twisted, and my whole body looks screwed up. WTF? This is supposed to happen in some fairytale (i know exactly which one, too), not in real life. <br /><br />So, I have to do a couple of things to avoid sharp, shooting pains: I have to keep one shoulder up because pressure's being put on that collarbone, and I have to keep my elbow bent for the same reason. I keep the other shoudler up to support my head cause it must lean at that angle. And to move comfortably I walk with this sort-of shuffling gait that makes me seem like i'm creeping along.<br /><br />In short, I look very much like Igor. XD especially since it looks like I have a whithered claw resting on my chest. i broke out lauhging when I saw myself in the mirror.<br /><br />So that's why I wasn't at school today. In case you were wondering.<br /><br />P.S. <a href="http://kiwidancer400.livejournal.com/57189.html">I helped my sister write a sonnet on Sunday</a>. I'm not sure if i should be proud of that or not... urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:abbybba:39243 2006-05-04T02:01:00Z 2006-05-04T02:04:41Z Beatles--I saw her standing there Did you know that <a href="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004409.php">The RIAA has declared that burning cds onto mp3 players is illegal</a>? Neither did I. <br /><br />So, Mr. Best needs to die. Like, soon. So then we can replace him with someone who isn't, i dunno, totally full of shit. Like, someone who gets back pertinent elements of the CRAPP project that haven't met standards to students in a timely manner, such as ASAP, so said students can correct problematical elements in time to submit all elements of the portfolio by the deadline. Rather, than, say, someone who sends a worker bee of his to the student halfway through the last period of the day it's all due to come over and pick up said element that "hasn't met standards." And, of course, someone who would be more polite than saying "It's your fault" and cutting a student off to "talk" with another student would be a definite improvement.<br /><br />Ok, I never really hated the man before. i just hated what he represented. now i just hate him. and the worst part is that I can't give him hell about it because he doesn't have a soul (lacking one is required for his line of work). he just has that impenetrably vacuous mannerism of his. so i get to go over there tomorrow and get him to accept my stuff late by using some type of equally impenetrably vacuous mannerism.<br /><br />this is gonna suck. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:abbybba:38964 2006-04-29T05:36:30Z 2006-04-30T03:17:42Z Elgar Serenade Ah, great day today. several hour round trip car ride to ellensburg, getting two 2s and a 1 at state, and then discovering my cat is really sick.<br /><br />lovely.<br /><br />but, it wasn't so bad. the car ride did not seem that long. We did really well, even if the judges were like "You people suck because you aren't small enough to be a 'small ensemble' but aren't big enough to be a legit 'large ensemble' because of our <em>retarded</em> rules." Also, at least we didn't have an out of tune violist and a cello soloist you could not hear to save your soul (*ahem* bellingham...). our group was cooler, tighter, and awesomer than them anyway. and, on top of it all, wickell's a very good guy. <br /><br />but i am bothered about my cat. poor thing. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:abbybba:38459 2006-04-04T00:10:07Z 2006-04-05T00:33:17Z Godfather theme guess who ain't going to prom? yeah, that's right me. cause i'm going to be down in ELLENSBURG! for SOLO AND ENSEMBLE. ah, the sweet taste of victory...<br /><br />in other news, my english teacher is...interesting. to give an idea, on the syllabus, this is how it reads:<br /><br />Required texts<br />--<em>Ways of Reading</em> (<strike>btw, does anyone happen to have this book for me to borrow/buy/have?</strike> nm, i got it used today)<br />--<em>Writing Analytically</em><br />--other readings as assigned<br />--A My Space account.<br /><br />...wtf? my space is creepy (his my space is creepy, for that matter). <br /><br />anyway, i forsee three possible endings to this class: 1) It will be humorously edifying; 2) it will be humorously entertaining (i got some giggles in today); 3) I will <em>despise</em> him. but whatever happens, it won't be a sleeper class.<br /><br />EDIT: Oh, however could i forget this? I have SPENCER JANYK (raging uber-liberal) in my "history and politics of the Middle East 1900-present" class. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:abbybba:38292 2006-03-27T00:44:57Z 2006-03-27T00:58:27Z something from kyle's collection Only at a mock trial competition can you flip off your opponents in front of everybody and get acclaimed for it by the judges.<br /><br />Mock trial was sweet, and i'm bummed that i never did it before. even sitting in the same trial three times in one day was interesting. unfortunately i can't explain what it was like except through pictures, so until i get those, i can't say anything except that it's the only competition that i've been invovled with/seen where everyone had respect for each other, befriended their opponents, and where cattiness was inexistent.<br /><br />except amongst our teammates. but that's completely different and unrelated. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:abbybba:36285 2006-02-26T09:59:25Z 2006-02-28T05:31:18Z Stephen Lynch There is nothing more pathetic than <em>adult</em> music teachers gossiping about <em>teenage/adolescent/child</em> musicians.<br /><br />Ex 1: "We have the honor of having 4 of our alumni--Chloe Binderup, Derek Campbell, Stella Day, and Megan Zarzyki--placing first at the the regional Solo and Ensemble competition last year." --<strike>Nick Strobel</strike> not Nick Strobel, during a concert the year after my quartet--Jeremy Berry, Rachel Frankenfeld, Justin Kim, and I--won 1st at <em>state</em>. <br /><br />Ex 2: "Matt Schwede was kicked out of Marrowstone after the first week for being a manwhore." --A <em>violin</em> professor gossiping about a teen <em>cellist</em>(paraphrased, of course). <br /><br />Really people, wtf? This is <em>most</em> tiresome... urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:abbybba:35511 2006-02-22T06:24:14Z 2006-02-22T10:11:18Z Chabrier--Espana less than 10 minutes=8.54 gigs of music. a.k.a. 2,283 files.<br /><br />that's just too much. i mean, ok, so some people (jake) brag about downloading hundreds of songs a day, but those same people actually get around to listening to that stuff within 5 weeks of getting it. <br /><br />oh well. *shrugs* this is going to be sweet. thank you kyle.<br /><br />all-state was pretty awesome. granted, there were stupid people *ahem*freshmen*ahem* but that's ok, especially when they're put in their places (oh that was glorious...). if there was much to report, i woudl do that, but lets face it: it was 6 hours of music on fewer hours of sleep. so, if not playing or eating or "socializing" we were vegging out in front of the olympics.<br /><br />it was a party every single day. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:abbybba:35186 2006-02-15T02:22:12Z 2006-02-15T02:22:12Z HAPPY SINGLES AWARENESS DAY EVERYBODY!!!!! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:abbybba:34838 2006-02-12T04:48:22Z 2006-02-12T04:53:01Z The Shins--So says I A conversation this evening:<br />Dad: "So, you have nasal congestion?"<br />Me: "Uh, not really..."<br />Dad: "But you have nasal congestion, right?"<br />Me: "Yeah, i guess..."<br />Dad: "And you have a fever?"<br />Me: "Yeah."<br />Dad: "I think you have pneumonia."<br /><br />...what the hell?!<br /><br />yet still, despite having "pneumonia", i went to mock trial (it's all about dedication, people). and we got 2nd, so hopefully we're going to state. <br /><br />someday i will learn not to do performance-type things when sick...<br /><br />oh, btw tesha, congrats and all, but you play a scarily accurate meth head...is there something you aren't telling us? urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:abbybba:33851 2006-01-27T07:01:26Z 2006-01-28T07:11:07Z So, i try and keep advertising about stuff to a minimum, but this sounds pretty cool, and there may be some people who might be interested in this:<br /><br />Who: The Chinese Culture Festival Celebration<br />What: A Chinese music festival featuring the Peking Opera Troupe from Seattle, Silk and Bamboo Ensemble from Vancouver, B.C., and a performance by the WWU symphony.<br />Where: Mount Baker Theater<br />When: Feb. 10<br />Why: To celebrate the Chinese New Year<br />Cost: $10<br /><br />EDIT: Someone involved told me to mention that <a href="http://www.asza.com/mh.shtml">this</a> person is playing too. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:abbybba:33705 2006-01-12T05:17:23Z 2006-01-12T05:17:23Z march of the penguins Looks like the viola concert after all.<br /><br />unless anyone else wants to go salsa-ing.