Feeling Better
Quote of the Day today is actually from yesterday, but whatever. Bush was giving a press conference with the prime minister of Iraq....it was interesting to hear all the things they had to say.....and by interesting I mean unbelievable. Anyway, Bush was talking about....something...it all blurs together, but he definitely said that he was trying to fight hypocrisy, which is why he was "trying to be as clearly as possible." It was fantastic.
Anyway, I didn't do too much today...went to the MQ quickly and did a bit of grocery shopping. I had a quick lunch of kielbasa and potatoes like last night's dinner, and JB & I had delicious fried potatoes, green pepper, red onion, and sausage for dinner. It was really really good. Oh yeah, all of my roommates (except Brad) came back today.....Cabot was already back (he went to the opera tonight) and JB and Nick came back from their whirlwind tour of Amsterdam, Prague and Munich (where they had a great time at Oktoberfest) and Mike came back from his audition in Zurich, which he won!! The audition was for a chance to participate in the Zurich Opera Orchestra Academy, or something, which basically means that you get a pittance to live off of and you play in the Zurich Opera Orchestra for one or two years, basically until you win an audition for something else. It sounded like a tremendous opportunity, but he's not sure if he's ready to drop everything and start.....apparently they'd want him there before Oct. 5th, which is ridiculously soon.....he'd have to drop out of IES, lose the money he's already paid his school for the semester, have to get out of a lease and all this other stuff.....he's thinking about it. In any case it must have been a thrill to win the audition.....and although Zurich isn't as musical a city as Vienna, it would still be a life-changing experience to play in a professional opera orchestra in Europe. In any case, he's thinking about it.
Nick brought back the brigade of girls that were over here last week, so tonight should be interesting. I'm feeling better on the whole, and I hope to go to the opera again tomorrow to see La Boheme. Must conserve strength!
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And a fun night it was! Nick mulled over whether or not to go to Zurich, and after talking to his parents and his teacher I think he's decided to do it, but I'm not exactly 100% sure. What an opportunity that'll be! I hope he does it.....I stayed in Cabot's room talking to him for a while, then I thought it might be fun to be social, so I went out and joined the group. It was OK (at least no one threw up) and we sat around and told bad jokes for a very long time....at some point someone suggested that we watch a movie, and as they perused my DVD collection they decided to watch Princess Bride, which I had just watched with Gretchen. What is it with this week and seeing movies twice?? Anyway, I went to bed before the movie was over, since I was too damn tired. So that's the end of that night!
Anyway, I didn't do too much today...went to the MQ quickly and did a bit of grocery shopping. I had a quick lunch of kielbasa and potatoes like last night's dinner, and JB & I had delicious fried potatoes, green pepper, red onion, and sausage for dinner. It was really really good. Oh yeah, all of my roommates (except Brad) came back today.....Cabot was already back (he went to the opera tonight) and JB and Nick came back from their whirlwind tour of Amsterdam, Prague and Munich (where they had a great time at Oktoberfest) and Mike came back from his audition in Zurich, which he won!! The audition was for a chance to participate in the Zurich Opera Orchestra Academy, or something, which basically means that you get a pittance to live off of and you play in the Zurich Opera Orchestra for one or two years, basically until you win an audition for something else. It sounded like a tremendous opportunity, but he's not sure if he's ready to drop everything and start.....apparently they'd want him there before Oct. 5th, which is ridiculously soon.....he'd have to drop out of IES, lose the money he's already paid his school for the semester, have to get out of a lease and all this other stuff.....he's thinking about it. In any case it must have been a thrill to win the audition.....and although Zurich isn't as musical a city as Vienna, it would still be a life-changing experience to play in a professional opera orchestra in Europe. In any case, he's thinking about it.
Nick brought back the brigade of girls that were over here last week, so tonight should be interesting. I'm feeling better on the whole, and I hope to go to the opera again tomorrow to see La Boheme. Must conserve strength!
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And a fun night it was! Nick mulled over whether or not to go to Zurich, and after talking to his parents and his teacher I think he's decided to do it, but I'm not exactly 100% sure. What an opportunity that'll be! I hope he does it.....I stayed in Cabot's room talking to him for a while, then I thought it might be fun to be social, so I went out and joined the group. It was OK (at least no one threw up) and we sat around and told bad jokes for a very long time....at some point someone suggested that we watch a movie, and as they perused my DVD collection they decided to watch Princess Bride, which I had just watched with Gretchen. What is it with this week and seeing movies twice?? Anyway, I went to bed before the movie was over, since I was too damn tired. So that's the end of that night!
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