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Jun. 18th, 2006 @ 08:32 am Ridiculously long non posting time
Current Location: The Office
I'm so: sleepysleepy
feelin' the beat with: it's too early for that.
Some Sarah News:

Pretty much living with Sean now in Clovis. Pretty cool.

Junior the cat has diabetes, but he's not going to die yet because I give him insulin shots and feed him less food.

I got new glasses!

I got a full scholarship to Summer Arts "Percussion in World Music".

I will be playing with the Kingsburg Summer Band for awhile.

There was a get-together last night with all the SLO people who have moved/are moving to Fresno...That's me, Sean, Myles, Kim, and David. Plus some of my FSU friends came...Mike, Ryne, Taylor, Mandi, and Matt. There was meat, beer, and good times. Ellen = teh suck for not coming.

And how.
life
Apr. 21st, 2006 @ 06:53 am Morning Nightmare
Current Location: Home
I'm so: distresseddistressed
feelin' the beat with: my cat
I was leaving a grocery store in a Fresno-like city with my friend Ellen. We each had a couple plastic bags filled and were dressed as though in our Sunday best. A man crossed my field of vision...something was wrong with him, like he was either mentally deficient or crazy or both. He was wearing a t-shirt and jeans and had raggedy brown hair that grew to just below his ears. He went toward a house across the street while I watched.

Suddenly he became angry that I was watching him and he started to chase us. We ran with the groceries across the street...Ellen almost got hit by a white chevy pick-up truck, one of those humongous ones. The setting ceased to be a city and instead we were running toward my parents' house (which is in the foothills). The man was close behind us, looking extra crazy. Fortunately, we reached the house first. My sister was sitting on the couch watching TV. As I slammed and locked the front doors (there was an extra one for some reason) I yelled at her and Ellen to close and lock the other doors and windows.

The man was pounding on and putting his shoulder into the door. It shook and bent like it was only a piece of plywood, and the lock almost failed. I told my sister to call the cops, and the man went and tried to hide. He went up a tree, but wasn't very stealthy. I could always tell where he was.

For some reason I went outside again. The man was lying on the ground. It must have been fall because there were dead oak leaves everywhere. He was writhing as if in pain, he said that God was going to change him...he was going to die and come back in a different form. I felt bad for him at this point because he was in pain, but there wasn't really much I could do about it, so I went back inside. I was wondering where the heck the cops were. Crazy dude dying in my front yard.

My parents were coming home dressed for a night on the town. They were on the front sidewalk that passes in front of our big living-room window. The man stopped them. His skin had turned albino white, hair to black, clothing to a black suit. He slashed at my parents. There was lots of blood. I was beating on the window trying to get them to come inside but they just stood there and bled, it was as if they were mesmerized by the man in the suit. Finally a cop showed up and shot at the man, but he was impervious to bullets. He killed the cop as easily as snapping his fingers.

I woke up before my parents died. It felt like there was a weight on my chest, and my whole body was sore...still is. I think my dream was the birth of the anti-christ.
swirly
Apr. 18th, 2006 @ 11:25 pm I heart strings
Current Location: Home
I'm so: cheerfulcheerful
feelin' the beat with: Concerto Elegiaco
Tonight I played in a concert put on by the organization Orpheus. We had rehearsals yesterday and Sunday (yes, Easter Sunday but that's OK because I'm a heathen) and did the concert tonight. It was a beautiful program, lots of guitar, some lute, some soprano sax, and a chamber orchestra. Drs. Durst and Whitehead played a transcription of Piazzolla's L'histoire du Tango which was long but fun, then the orchestra came on for Vivaldi's Concerto in D Major in which Dr. Whitehead played lute...also there was harpsichord which was charming. I didn't play anything in the first half of the concert, so I got to be in the audience for those two pieces. I was backstage for Mendes' Viva Villa II, then onstage for the Brouwer Concerto Elegiaco, which I really enjoyed.

It was tough working out instrument use scheduling and moving with all the other rehearsals and stuff that have been going on lately, but everything went as well as it could have.

I actually practiced some stuff for my lessons today...got in a good three something hours, which is good for how busy today was.

My cat is happy I'm home.
kitty
Apr. 12th, 2006 @ 11:13 pm Spring Break Part Deux
Current Location: Sean's Apartment
I'm so: awakeawake
feelin' the beat with: Reel Big Fish
So far this week I have:

Cooked tasty dinners including broiled pork chops with dijon-honey-mint baby greens, fried chicken with homemade honey mustard sauce, baked fish with herbed baby red potatoes...I love cooking...wish I had more time to spend doing that.

Done my taxes. Refund ~$500 or so. Maybe I'll use it to buy a bicycle.

Spent a day with my mom.

Spent a day with my sister.

Practiced.

Cleaned the percussion studio.

Speaking of cleaning, to do so properly I must borrow my parents' vacuum. It is the most fabulousest vacuum ever. It's a bissell lift-off bagless in candy-apple red. I love the bagless deal...it's neat to see how much dirt you can suck out of one room, plus the hepa filter is good for lungs. Also, the whole lift off canister thing is great for going around the edges of things. Very spiffy. Maybe I'll use my tax return to buy a candy-apple red bissell lift-off bagless.

I've been playing a buttload of Pikmin 2 on gamecube. I would be playing it right now, but I thought it would be healthier to get away from it for awhile tonight before bed.

Speaking of bed, I should be going there soon...too bad I'm not tired. Blarg!

Still need to start that theory assignment/finish that other assignment.

I love spring break!
drunk
Apr. 10th, 2006 @ 11:00 am Spring Break
Current Location: Home
I'm so: lazylazy
feelin' the beat with: TV
It is finally spring break. Wootly. I still have homework though.

To Do During Spring Break

Start Theory Assignment (Thanks Dr. Boone!)
Rent/Play Pikmin Every Day
Practice Every Day (Starting Tomorrow)
Finish Presentation I Was Supposed To Give Two Weeks Ago
Do My Taxes
Clean House

I was going to go to Yosemite today with my mom and my aunt, but the weather is supposed to be bad up there so we're going shopping instead.

Yay for groceries.
kitty
Mar. 18th, 2006 @ 06:59 pm Reno: part deux
I'm so: exhaustedexhausted
feelin' the beat with: TV
This week's trip to Reno was much more enjoyable than the last one, however my body is all thrashed from binge drinking, fast food, and secondhand smoke. I won $20 from $0.75. I spent some time with some people who I like/want to get to know better. I have one souvenir...a bong-shaped margarita holding device from Cal Neva.

The first night was boring, but playing in the snow on the way in was fun.

The second night was better...more snowplay that day too. We got back to the hotel around 2 in the afternoon, watched Tombstone (bitch!), and drank beer all afternoon. Awfulawful's at The Nugget for dinner (thanks Ryan!) I don't remember what else happened that night, I think because my memory is bad, not because I was wasted.

I walked out of a restaurant without paying for the first time ever. It was exhilirating. We (Ryne, Ashlea, and I) took a taxi to Sushi Club, which has some really good sushi on their all-you-can-eat dinner menu. (Our first cab driver 'Blake' was a total cool guygot.) We ordered and got our first round o' fish and a couple of misos. We ate, we drank, we quickly ran out of food and drink. We waited...and waited...and waited. They finally refilled our water and took the next order. After that we waited some more. Around the 30 minute mark, I started getting jittery and hella pissed. Our crappy waitress was serving other tables in a similarly snail-like manner, and we felt quite offended that she hadn't at least brought our damn sake. At about 40 minutes, I got up and led the revolt out the door and down the street. It was amazing, but Ryne was still hungry. After a quick (creepy) stop at a St. Patty's packed Irish pub we hit Cal Neva for 2 tacos and a draft for $1.50, a hotdog and a draft for $1.50, picked up the margarita bongs and headed back to top o' the ghetto Holiday Inn.

After that there was a lot of somersaulting, crack ice, dry-humping orgy-like fun. It must have been around 2 in the morning when I did my usual "go be a depressed loner drunk" routine. Exploration revealed an empty banquet room on the 14th floor with the most beautiful view of Reno I've seen to date...it must just look better at night.

Sean lives in Fresno now...that's new and unusual.

Oh yeah, photos of the trip are available here.
cold
Mar. 9th, 2006 @ 07:37 pm WAC and stuff
I'm so: apatheticapathetic
feelin' the beat with: your mom
So we just got back from Reno and the WAC Tournament about an hour ago. The trip sucked because our team lost and we were only in Reno for a night (not that I really wanted to be there in the first place, but once you get somewhere, it's nice to stay awhile). Also, Frank dropped his phone in the snow when we stopped to play. I hope he gets that worked out soon because I need to call him! The trip was fun because I got to know a couple of people whose company I enjoy a little bit better than I knew them before...and we got to eat hella sushi at Sushi Club.

The Fresno State cheerleaders need to learn more tunes from our book than just the ghetto pep band ditties that everybody plays over and over. We need a dance team.

Shoot.

Hopefully Wind Ensemble tour (also to Reno...next week) will be more fun.
swirly
Feb. 22nd, 2006 @ 03:55 pm CBDA, before I forget
I'm so: busybusy
Working the CBDA All State Honor Band last weekend was pretty great. I was on Team Hill with Kathi and Frank. We managed the Symphonic Band, which is just a step under the top group (Wind Symphony). Anyway, I thought we had the best conductor. Dr. Hill from ASU was just fabulous...the Symphonic Band got two standing ovations during their portion of the concert.

Other highlights of the weekend:

Tons of rehearsal
Tons of running around
Dinner with Team Hill at Livingstone's
Staying up late at the bar
Staying up late with Jose from the Boston Brass
Hearing the Boston Brass in concert (awesome)
Helping Joanne with a timpani part for concert band and hearing her play it OK at the concert
Free food
Free drinks
Hella work

I have to go to class dangit!
life
Feb. 9th, 2006 @ 09:15 pm I am tired of Mexican Food
I'm so: exhaustedexhausted
feelin' the beat with: Marimba stuff
This week I ate burritos at Chipotle on Tuesday with the percussion ensemble and tonight with various other music people (and my sister who I haven't seen in ages). For lunch today I had Del Taco (paid for by CBDA, thank you very much).

No more!

I need some Japanese or Italian food fast!

I donated blood this morning. Mmm, bleeding. I have the golden blood type...O+

I finally went to the new gym. It rocks.

It's a busy semester. February especially. Geh.

I am le tired.
cold
Feb. 4th, 2006 @ 09:45 am burninating
I'm so: tiredtired
feelin' the beat with: TV - Running Man
Went to a bonfire last night.

Drank a Guinness.

Had some Scotch.

Wine Circled some Arbor Mist.

Tried to shotgun a Coors Light (I really didn't want to, but everyone else was doing it).

Got cheap beer in my nose, and on my clothes.

Ate four hot dogs.

Drank another Guinness.

Fun people, good and bad jokes. Just what I was looking for in a Friday night.

And thanks to Jered for taking me along.

Woot.
swirly