Arizona

I suppose this title is deceptive. I'm not going to explain in great detail what I did there... We saw Phoenix, Wickenburg, Prescott, Jerome, Sedona, Flagstaff, and of course the Grand Canyon. I'll elaborate with photos later on, but for now it should be sufficient to know that I am alive and well, apart from a minor blistering burn on my left ring finger. Hmm... left ring finger. Interesting.

Anyway... I'm still recovering. So let me be.

Combing purevolume

I decided I wanted new music. So, naturally I got on purevolume. Good artists, frequently free music, legal. And relatively safe.

Hello Tokyo -- Kind of peppy, but more in a white stripes way than a britney spears way, so I guess it's all good. Not good for depressed days, though.

The Elliot Project -- Dashboard Confessional / Death Cab reminiscent vocals, but more energy than Dashboard, and more raw than Death Cab. Good for the same sort of mood as the two mentioned bands.

Fine China -- Unique enough, each song is different, so it's hard to describe them. Poppish, techno-inspired beat and instrumentals, but mellow. Then on the *other* song I downloaded by them, the instruments were more deathcabby, and more prominent vocals, vocals also being in the postal service/dashboard confessional category... but in a different way than The Elliot Project.

Lastwinter -- Again, difficult to place. More rock instrumentals than the others, and sometimes rockier vocals. Another band with good variety, though the same vocal tools are used repetitively in different backgrounds. Look at me, talking like I know something. Anyway, rockier, but not overpoweringly rocky. Kind of in the same league as funeral for a friend, but not really similar to that band at all.

The Photo Atlas -- Kind of sounds like something Franz Ferdinand could put out if they were less scottish, and the singer's voice suddenly rose an octave or two. Similar in that every instrument (voice included) is very attatched to a beat.

Hmm. There's a new music fix for you (Especially you, Kaisha).
Unless I feel bloggy tomorrow morning, this'll be the last post before I leave for Arizona. So, bye in advance.

Bring on the warm.

I made it through school. Thank God. It's spring break. Whew.

There was an interesting incedent with a power outage the other day. But I'm too relieved to go into detail about that.

Phoenix! Warm! Grand Canyon! Airplane! Warm! Rental Cars!
Warm!

Sigh. I'm not so much excited as glad I made it.

Outside World, here I come.

Anyway.

I printed off another Beethoven sonata. This one's just a page and a half, though. Not nearly as long as moonlight. Though a *little* more complicated. But not too bad.

Sonata No. 25, Op. 79, Movement 2 - Andante.

It's about 2:30 long... as opposed to the 6:45 of Moonlight Sonata 1st mvt. So maybe this one *won't* take me 3 months to learn. Hmm.

Thank God, spring break.

Just 2 more months after this.

I guess I owe you a post.

It started out innocently enough... just checking my email... found a comment from here... visited kathleen's xanga (turns out she's engaged? Who saw that coming, eh? ;)), commented, checked other blogs... here I am. Posting. Wow, who knew?

Even though it has been some weeks, I can't promise anything profound or satisfying. I'm pretty much exhausted. We performed Fiddler last night, and it went pretty well. I don't know if I've mentioned this on here or not, but I was drafted into the Russian army for the play. I didn't audition. Yet somehow, I have a costume, I'm wearing stage makeup, and I get to do a little jig and sing a big old song for the curtain call. Go figure, right? So, I am the hybrid, the half-breed, the super-techie... whatever you want to call me. I'm not particularly important on either end of the spectrum, but I am quite exhausted. Too much to think about. I'm going to be so glad when it's all over. >_<

And that's why I'm posting so little. I'm just flat-out tired. Maybe I'll post more next week. And I am getting out of here in 9 days (God bless spring break), to sunny arizona... Oh, maybe I forgot to mention that as well. My mother and I both decided we were tired of everything, so we bought plane tickets the last day of the two-week-ahead period, and now my sister, my mom, and I are going to Arizona for 7 days. I'm not so much excited as I am being kept alive by the prospect.

Other than that... nothing much going on, all things considered. We did the scheduling for next year... I am officially taking:

Algebra II Honors
English 11 Honors
Physics
Japanese III
US History
3D Art
Show Choir
Adv. Theater Arts- Shakespeare
Adv. Theater Arts- Indepenent Study Playwriting

Alternative:
Computer Programming C++

Anyway. That's my schedule. If the guidance office is as adept as ever, I'll probably end up with agricultural science in there somewhere as well.

I am toying with the idea of officially becoming Catholic. Only toying right now, because that's just another thing on a long list of things to ruminate over. But it's on the table. And don't worry, I'm not going to get all Scary-Catholic on you... you know, like "Gay people are satan's children, Birth control is a sin, etc..."... No. Just loosely. And nobody try to convert me to anything else. If I'm going to be religious, I Will Be Catholic. If I'm not catholic, I won't be religious. Simple as that. I'm not thinking about this because someone's put the fear of God in me, or to be a good Christian, or because I need to socialize. I'm thinking about this because I personally need it. I need somewhere I can go that is familiar, that can just be comfortable, where I can work on the whole inner peace thing. Maybe that means I'm a bad Christian. But that is completely beside the point.

And I think I shall leave you at that. I need a shower. I still have some eyeliner on from last night's show.