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Doc: *calls girl's name*
Joe: Japan.
Doc: What?
Joe: Japan. Nation of.
Doc: It's gonna be a long commute.

There are also, finally, new clarinets! Our section has like, exploded. But it's good, because the original five of us are all seniors this year, so Doc needed to find some younger ones.

Current Mood: hot

Today is National Sibling Day , and since I have a sibling, I thought I'd let you all know. :)

And now, a tale from Wind Ensemble.

Doc wasn't there last night, but since we have a concert on Saturday we had rehearsal anyways. Zach Benson (Bensen?) conducted for us, and he did a fabuolus job. The only problem was the random 3/2 measures in this one song, but Doc has issues with those too, so whatever.

Then we got to "Dance", which song we NEVER play right, and we were all like... "Yeah. Let's try it anyways." And I said to Zach, cause I play clarinet and am right up there near the conductor, "Just wave your arms and pray." And someone else goes, "That's what Doc does with this song anyways." (It actually turned out ok, cause we played it slower than usual.)

It was just really nice, to see a group of students come together and practice without teacher supervision, and not screw around, and actually play pretty well. I like it when people are mature. It gives me faith in humanity.

ETA: I am retarded. Sibling Day is tomorrow. Whatever. We can celebrate early.

Current Music: Totally Fucked - Spring Awakening

So, in a completely different mood from my last post, Doc said the most hilarious thing in wind ensemble tonight.

Doc: *conducts a measure wrong* Oh, I made a mistake. Now I'll have to go home and kill the neighbors' dog.
Us: Bwah?
Doc: It's an awful dog. Every night I say a rosary for its demise. If anyone in the neighborhood sneezes, it barks for the next four hours. It's nipped at my wife, and it chases teenagers down the street.
Us: *laugh hysterically*
Doc: I want to kill it. With a shotgun.
Us: *roll on floor laughing*
Doc: It's a poodle, and they just got it shaved, you know, like poodles get shaved, and then they put it out in the 10 degree weather, and I'm a bad person cause I was going "die, die!"
Us: *die of laughter*

Current Music: My Fair Lady

Anecdote:
Today in Orgo lab Professor Lamos showed us how you can make a single pipet into a shit-ton of capillary tubes by heating the middle of the pipet over a burner until it gets melty, and then stretching it out real fast so it gets all thin before it cools. The thing is, you can only stretch the glass as wide as your arms are, so the temptation is to bring your arms out really far. It was at this point that Lamos told us, especially if we were women, that this is not a good idea. Stretching your arms out really far thrusts your chest out, and into the hot glass. Which is a problem for everyone, but especially those with boobs. :)

Too Much Information:
Joe's Cell Phone: *rings in the middle of wind ensemble*
Joe: (embarassed) I'm sorry. That was a fluke.
Doc: (quietly) Eh, you were a fluke.
Joe: (excited) No! I wasn't! My mother called me one day to tell me that I was a planned baby. *imitating his mother* You were concieved on Valentine's Day, 1986.
Me: *in my head* TMI Joe.

Geekery:
Lily and James Potter were murdered on Halloween. So, this is not just a holiday, but also the anniversary of their death. I wonder what that does to Harry's perception of the day.

Current Mood: contemplative
Current Music: RENT

I love classes, because they provide me with funny quotes to share.

Professor Lubkowitz's wisdom: You have to swing the bat to hit the ball. (That's along the same lines as "only those who dare to fail greatly can achieve greatly," which I've always found to be true.)

More Professor L stuff: My son woke me up crying at 3:00 this morning, so I went in and held him. Then the little bastard went right back to sleep and I didn't.

Last night in Wind Ensemble Doc told us we were playing like a symphonic accompaniment to an appendectomy without novacaine. I'm not sure quite what that means, but I don't think it's good.

My chem lab teacher: When you build up pressure in a closed system, what's that called?
Class: Ummm... *tries to remember the scientific term for such a thing*
My chem lab teacher: There's a simple layman's term for it. It begins with a B.
Some Guy: A bomb!
My chem lab teacher: Right. A bomb. So don't leave the cork on the test tube, or it'll explode.

Current Mood: busy
Current Music: Abby's

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THREE YEARS I ACTUALLY HAVE A WIND ENSEMBLE FOLDER!!!!!!!!!!

AND NOTHING WILL MAKE ME GIVE IT UP.

SO THERE.

BITCH.

Current Mood: ecstatic
Current Music: Fruitcakes

In... oh, about half an hour, I will be leaving on the band trip. I am so freaking excited, I can't even tell you. I love playing my clarinet, I love performing for people, I love traveling around with a group, my boyfriend is going, Nora is going, it's all wonderful.

Be ready to check Facebook for the photo documentation when we get back.

But I also have a Chem test on Monday, and it's really freaking me out cause I have zero time to study this weekend. Oh well, that's college.

See you Sunday!

Current Mood: excited
Current Music: All For The Best - Godspell

So we had to make little menus in Spanish today, and we had to name our restaurants, and this one group's was "Tequila Mockingbird." Think about it. Say it out loud.

I laughed. A LOT.

Then in wind ensemble the trombones couldn't play because:

Trombone Player: Laura has the music!
Doc(Conductor): Laura's in Europe!
Some Wiseguy: Field Trip!!!

Oh and I laughed again.

I'm so weird. But you all love me in spite of that. (Or possible because of it.)

Current Mood: weird
Current Music: Sweeney Todd

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Lies and falsehoods, Padfoot!

I am attempting to find meaning over here. You are cramping my groove.

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