orange?...hmmm....

Orange isn't my favorite color, I don't really dislike it either, it just kinda exists for me.

I remember one time as a kid, just sitting there eating my carrot sticks in the lunch room, and my fingers had a bit of an orangish tint to them. One of the older kids told me that I would slowly begin to turn completely orange, and that it was irreversible. Everyone told me that it was a lie, but I secretly thought about it until my fingers turned back to their normal color.

This year, in my apartment of 6 of the most "funnest" girls I have ever met, we decided to have a jack-o-lantern for Halloween. One of the girls doesn't like them, so we decided to surprise her with a pumpkin with her favorite sesame street character carved into it, Elmo. I came up with the design, it was really cute!




The only other orange memory I have is my campus in the fall. If anyone has ever seen SIUE in the fall, you will know what I am talking about. It is B-E-A-UTIFUL! It makes it just an awesome place to be with trails to walk, and hills and things to play on. It is just relaxing after spending hours in a small, plain white practice room!

ok, fine, count me in

Some of my friends have been doing this color blogging lately, and I decided to join them with this week's color, RED

Red has been in my life for a long time, with the St. Louis Cardinals having red as their color,and my school colors have been red for the last 7 years both at DuBourg and SIUE.

My favorite flowers are those deep red roses, because they remind me of those stars on the stage, when their fans would throw bouquets of flowers to them.

Yesterday, red signified getting over a fear, as I donated blood for the first time in 1 1/2 years. Last time I donated, I blacked out and passed out 2 times, and it was really quite frightening for me. I never wanted to do it again, because I hated that feeling, but I just decided to buck up and do it yesterday with some friends, and I was totally fine. Plus, it feels great to know you saved like 3 lives.

Initially, red makes me think of romance, not love, but romance, but if I dwell on it for a while, I also start thinking of things like fire, and the devil, and scary bad things like that, so I am not sure on whether I associate it with good or bad.

well, I think that's the end!

a very musical semester

After the first week of school, I have come to realize that it is going to be a very musically challenging semester. I am so far preparing:

2 concerts for concert choir with about 7 peices in each concert
3 concerts with the St. Louis symphony Chorus (Rossini's Stabat Mater, Haydn's The Creation, and Orff's Carmina Burana )
1 audition for Union Avenue Opera Theater
1 NATS vocal competition
10 personal repertoire additions for lessons and a recital (including some of Schumann's Frauensliebe und Leben set, I am excited)
1 Opera workshop performance, a 45 minute one-act by Mozart called Bastien and Bastienna (guess which one I am)

also, I am attempting to learn the oboe and bassoon in my woodwinds class, although I am not so sure how that is going to turn out... damn double reeds...

If anyone ever wants to catch a concert or something, let me know, and I will let you know when the next one is!

aaahhhh....

It is a nice feeling to not be bored and also not be overworked. Last semester was hell with a LOT of classes, too many rehearsals to count, and work. I found it very hard to fit sleep into that schedule, and my body hated me for it. Over break, I did my share of partying and having a holly jolly holiday, but after a while, I got cabin fever, and I desperately felt the need to get out of the house and do something, unfortunately my funds often kept me from doing anything.
Today is my first day back at school, and I think it is going to be nice. I have 3 classes a day instead of 6, I am in 2 choirs instead of 5, and now that I am in my 2nd semester at my job, I have figured out how things work. I am finished with my day by the time the sun sets, and the best part is...I don't feel overwhelmed. I can't say how long this feeling will last, seeing as it is only day 1, and I haven't fit Opera Workshop or the Symphony Chorus into all of this, but as for today, it has been similar to a nice deep breath at the end of a long workout. I love it.