27 Days

I love music.

  It feels so great to be contributing to an operation with so many other talented people. "Annie" is going to be a great musical for UCC's Musical Theater Festival this summer. Not only are some of my friends among these talented people, I get to meet new artists each year I participate.
  This year, I'm saddling up to play flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, and soprano saxophone. It's been a real pleasure taking on the task of Reed 1, despite the fact that there are no double reed parts (cue the astonished gasps). The rehearsals get longer as opening night draws near, but that doesn't mean the hilarity decreases. Antics ensue each night and we all have our fair share of laughs. This evening our orchestra conductor, Jason Heald, was mid-sentence when he said, "...hold on" and proceeded to climb out of the orchestra pit into the house. Now, I don't mean walked up the stairs to backstage, I mean literally went up a wall that seemed to have no visible footholds. It probably helped that he has at least 8 inches on most of us in the orchestra pit. We were all left with slightly bemused, yet amused looks on our faces. It's the little things, you know? :)

Annie plays at UCC for the next two weekends (July 28th-31st and Aug 4th-7th), Thursday-Sunday. Sunday's show is a matinee. Times are 7:30pm for Thursday-Saturday, and Sunday at 2pm.

On a completely unrelated note, I've been making a list of places I would like to travel while abroad. I'm hoping to get to a decent amount of them. Some are touristy, while others are a little off the beaten path.

Barcelona, Spain
London, England
Rome, Italy
Santorini, Greece
Bath, England
Inverness, Scotland
Prague, Czech Republic
Moscow, Russia
Monaco
Nice, France
Margraten, Netherlands
Paris, France
Venice, Italy
The Black Forest, Germany
Istanbul, Turkey
Cairo, Egypt
more to come.....

I can't believe it's less than a month until I leave for France. Insane! I'm really hoping to be able to get addresses from the people who want me to write them, so I can send them postcards. It's always nice getting something in the mail besides junk and bills (which, I guess can be classified as junk too).

About my blog, I'm really flattered that people actually take the time to read it. I've had people come up to me and say they enjoy my blog who didn't even cross my mind as someone who would read it, let alone know about it. So for you reading this. Yes you. Thank you so much, and I will try to make it as interesting as possible with what I write and what I share as far as photos, websites, videos and more.

You know what song is awesome? Take A Back Road by Rodney Atkins. If you're not into country, my apologies. It's just a feel-good song. Another one of my favorites is from the end credits of the movie Tangled. It's called Something That I Want by Grace Potter. This is definitely a song you can get up and dance to.... if you're a girl. If you're a guy by all means, bust a move - although you might face judgment if you're in the company of other guys. Just a warning.

Well, I think this post has gone on long enough. In the words of Tigger, TTFN, ta-ta for now!

Thoughts?

So, I'm sitting in Astronomy 121, bored out of my mind because the professor literally reads the notes from Blackboard online in a monotonous tone bad enough to make even the most mild mannered person run screaming from the lecture hall in frustration. I've been (sort of) making plans(ish) regarding France and getting things like new matching luggage (can I get a "heck yeah!"?). One thing that has come to mind is a going away party (hyphen or no?). My mom thinks it would be cool to have one, since I won't see anyone for at least nine months, more if I land an internship next summer. I also think it'd be great to have a get-together like we did for Get, and I could get addresses from people who would like postcards and such.

Although it's a great idea, I'm afraid no one would want to come or be able to come. Wouldn't it be the pits to set up a bitchin' party and a grand total of 0 people show up? Yeah. I'd feel super cool. So I want those who are reading to give their opinion. Should my family throw a going away party? Would you show up if you could? Would you even want to go?

Did I ever mention I miss Europe? France and Denmark in particular. I miss Tivoli and being uber independent and just running around Copenhagen, finding my way with the EXTREMELY limited Danish I know (and with the help of my bestie Victoria). I can't wait to travel.

One of my bestest friends, Victoria and me. Oh, Denmark.