One week 'til Nickel Creek! Hey, that rhymes. I'm a poet, and I don't know it.
I had a very choral weekend. It started on Wednesday or so (well, the weekend didn't, but this story does), when I saw an ad for a "Choral Evensong" being performed at St. Thomas Lutheran, the church I attend. So I e-mailed my friend David who plays the organ at St. Thomas and asked him if he was involved, what was up, etc. To make a long story short, I ended up singing in this event. I made it to the last of three rehearsals -- which was at 8:15 on Friday night. Yes, I am a huge choir nerd. But you knew that. The performances were Saturday evening at St. Thomas and this afternoon at an Episcopal church on the east side of Indianapolis.
It was good times. And I realized something rather depressing -- this little choir, made up of organ majors and other church musicians at IU, on three rehearsals, sounded better than CVE has in a month and a half. Sigh. Chats with J. Marty (who is in a master's program here too, for those of you who know J. Marty) further substantiated something that has been growing in my mind -- that the choirs here really aren't that great.
I also realized that, while I had a great weekend doing what I love doing the most (singing), I have failed to accomplish one lick of homework. So now that I'm home and settled, what have I done? Updated my weblog! Sweet. I'll be surprised if I get out of here with a degree at all...
In other news:
- The Twins open the postseason against the stupid Yankees on Tuesday. Santana vs. Mussina. I predict a close game and can't rightly say who'll win. If Morneau, Ford and the other heavy hitters can be as productive has they have been, and if the bullpen can hold themselves together, I think the Twins have a very good chance of winning this series.
- I have shared Storyhill with two people here so far, and they both like them. One has even suggested going to their upcoming show in Chicago! Oh yes. Soon I'll be hightailin' I-65. Anyone else want to go?
- Ramsey and Chris spent about 15 minutes this evening discussing their various prospects for dates and female companionship. This is not ordinarly newsworthy, except that they did so under the auspices of discussing their strategy in the NFL draft. Example: "It's not my style to aggressively pursue my draft picks. As a perennial playoff team, generally I haven't needed to." "My likely pick is pretty new to the game and I don't want to go after them too hard or they get scared off." <shakes head> There's such a thing as stretching an analogy, right?
Perhaps I should sleep if I'm going to get to work on time tomorrow and not flake out like last week. Good call, Andrew. Peace, y'all.