Banjos and the Muppets. What could be better?
Steve Martin playing the banjo with the Muppets, that's what.
spring break.
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Well, I'm home. I have been home for a week.
I'm going slightly stir-crazy.
Most of my friends had their breaks last week, so I got to hang out with Rob, Drew, and Trae a little bit, which was great. But now they've all gone back to school and I've been at home by myself since Sunday. I've written a little bit, but not nearly enough to satisfy myself, and I'm having a hard time forcing myself to sit down and actually do it. I also have a bit of homework to do that I haven't done, and costumes to build. I'm starting that one today - dying cheesecloth blue is today's activity.
Katie gets home from the beach tomorrow, and I think Greg gets home from Disney World sometime soon, so I can hang out with them this weekend, which will be nice - I haven't seen either of them in so long. I think I might get Greg to go to a movie with me so I can steal some of his popcorn. For some reason, whenever we go to a movie together, he and I sit next to each other for the express purpose of my stealing some of his popcorn. It's really entertaining for me, lol.
And I've already got lunch scheduled on Friday with Katie - I am so excited about that. I miss her tons.
Also, this is probably preemptive, but I think I've found a movie that I like better than the book. The Princess Bride by S. Morgenstern and abridged by William Goldman (apparently the original version is incredibly boring - lots of history and pointless description, so Mr. Goldman has cut it down so that the narrative is the majority of the story, rather than the history and pointless description) is good, but not as good as the movie. Of course, I'm only about halfway through it, so my mind may change, but right now I prefer the movie.
Anyway, I have some things that I need to do. I guess we'll just wait and see if I actually do them...
Muppets + the Habanera = AWESOMENESS.
I'm having one. Everything hurts. Today is not a good day.
On the other hand, yesterday was fabulous. Cadence got to do a master class with David Skinner, the director of Alamire (http://www.alamire.co.uk/), a choir that came over to sing in All Saints in celebration of the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII's coronation. It was absolutely amazing! I feel like I learned more from him in that 45 minutes or so than I did the whole first year of choir in high school. And the concert last night was incredible - their voices are amazing. And Laura, Kristen, Catherine, Erin, Hawkins and I all went to Shenanigan's with them afterwards and just hung out for a while. They're so much fun to talk to! Apparently Catherine and Erin went back to Rebel's Rest with them afterwards and stayed up till like 2:30 in the morning talking with them. I was mildly jealous when I found out but I had class this morning and I don't function well on less than six hours of sleep.
Probably my favorite song Alamire performed last night was "Quam pulcra es."
Quam pulcra es amica mea,
Quam pulcra es et quam decora.
Quam pulcre sunt gene tue,
pulcriora ubera tua vino,
collum tuum sicut monilia,
oculi tui columbarum.
Labia tua, gutur tuum, manus tue,
O amica mea, aperi michi, quia amore langueo.
(Translation from the program)
How beautiful you are, my love!
How beautiful and how comely you are;
How beautiful are your cheeks;
Your breasts are more excellent than wine;
Your neck is like a jewelled necklace;
Your eyes are those of doves.
Your lips, your throat, your hands,
[your belly] and your face are as ivory.
O my love, lay yourself bare for me, for I am faint with love.
It was absolutely gorgeous. If you didn't go to the concert last night you seriously missed out. The picture is from their website.
Have you ever thought about what would happen if zombies attacked Sewanee? I have. But then, I'm kind of weird. My friends and I make zombie contingency plans and figure out which of us would die first if we lived in horror movies.
At lunch today, Jessica, Tiffany, Elizabeth, Kristen and I were talking about what could possibly cause classes to be cancelled at Sewanee. We decided that snow wouldn't do it; probably not even velociraptors would. We'd be expected to fight through them to get to class.
Then we wondered what would happen if zombies attacked. Where would be the best place to hole up and wait out a siege? Maybe All Saints, because then we'd also have access to Carnegie, Walsh-Elliot and Guerry, though how we'd block all the exterior doors and windows into those buildings is beyond me. I feel like the police email warning the student body about such an attack would look like this:
WARNING: WHAT APPEAR TO BE ZOMBIES ARE ATTACKING STUDENTS AND FACULTY ACROSS THE DOMAIN. STAY INDOORS. BARRICADE YOURSELVES IN IF POSSIBLE. DO NOT GO OUTSIDE. FURTHER UPDATES WILL BE SENT AS THE SITUATION DEVELOPS.
Except probably with more typos. And then (because I spend so much time in Gailor with friends between classes) we'd have to fight our way through the zombie hoard to get to a more defensible place (like All Saints or Walsh-Elliot).
And then there are the professors. Each of them would have their own personal zombie-fighting style, naturally. Reishman would cut them down with his umbrella as he biked past them. Macfie would strangle them with her scarves. Engel would tell Albie to get them, and then Albie would just lay down and ignore him. Can you tell I'm an English major? Lol.
Sorry this post is kind of maudlin. It's just that kind of day.
In case you're wondering, this is a pretty interesting guide on how to survive a zombie attack:
http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Survive_a_Zombie_Apocalypse
Also, this could prove helpful for those unfamiliar with zombies. ;-)
Best. Video. Ever.
