What's New....

Well, back on June 28th I officially left the EHS community to join the great big world. Okay, so maybe Houghton isn't exactly "the great big world" but it's going to be really exciting and I can't wait!! There are already plans for cookie parties, glow in the dark badminton, and the trip to Niagara Falls!! And we're already praying for each other, which is great!! This also means I have begun dorm room shopping, which is so exciting. The pile of stuff in my living room can testify to my excitement. Don't worry, it's just the essentials : P

I also finally concluded my prison sentence with the International Baccalaureate program!! I got the diploma (31 points.. : P) and my highest score was on Music HL where I got a 6 (which was obviously what I wanted to do the best on). I was actually a total geek and used a friend's computer during his grad party to check my scores. But it made me feel better

I've been teaching some lessons this summer (as my summer job) and that has been so much fun! It makes me feel even more confident that I should be going into Music Ed. Not that performance is actually a viable option for me anyways. I'm far too lazy to put in the practice time that it would require to make it in the professional arena.

In other music news, I've been playing with the community band this summer (my 6th year!) and the last concert I'll be playing with them is tomorrow night. They actually gave me a solo to perform with them this summer (I played it with the ASMS band earlier) so that's been nice. Every concert is a unique experience, since you never know what's going to happen.

I'm very excited for this weekend, probably for some of the lamest reasons ever. This Friday is the season premiere of Monk at 9pm and Psych at 10pm. Hector Elizondo is joining the cast of Monk, so I might start watching it again (I kinda stopped after a while since it was so much of the same thing over and over) because I love his acting. And Psych is just AWESOME!! It's one of those shows you have to watch to appreciate. And occasionally you become addicted to it, like me. Also, Mamma Mia is coming to theaters this weekend, and I actually have time to go see it! I got the CD today, and the music is cool, so we'll see how the movie turns out.

As far as the book challenge, I made the mistake of going to Barnes and Noble. But I'm not adding those books to my list until I finish the one I'm working on - "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde. My goal is to finish it by this weekend. It's an odd book. It's like it has a multiple personality disorder. Occasionally it's just like philosophy, other times its bogged down with more boring details than Dickens would use. Then it becomes a violent, horror story with a quick moving plot. It's not one of my favorite books of all time, but it is certainly one of the oddest books, but after the IB reading, not much can surprise me when it comes to literature.



"So I wanna know
What's the name of the game?
Does it mean anything to you?"