nicole!

celadon_stone @ 2006-06-21T18:52:00

2006-06-21T22:52:10Z

I'm leaving tomorrow!

Nicole Singer, Staff
Buck's Rock Camp
59 Buck's Rock Road
New Milford, CT
06776

yay!

celadon_stone @ 2006-05-21T00:39:00

2006-05-21T04:41:03Z

Matt Thurm and I are going to college together!

We celebrated at JG Melon's, our usual dining spot. It's the only place that has been able to convince me - over and over again - how amazing burgers are ("really? I thought you were a vegetarian!")

everything's coming up roses

2006-04-26T04:04:51Z

swarthmore is amazing, i had a great time at the admitted students overnight thing. i hung out with 3 other people most of the time- a guy from kansas, a girl from long island, and a guy from switzerland. awesome crowd. exactly the kind of people i want to go to college with. why am i still in high school?

just tried on my prom dress, it still fits & looks awesome, and i still have the shoes, and they still fit. i'm good to go. we just need to figure out post-prom plans, and i'm all set.

CIT reunion was tres tres excellent, only nine of us were there but it was a great group - me, johnny, derek, stephen, michaela, rachel, david k (who was hosting), david p, dan gutterman. late-night campfire on the beach w/ smores is my new favorite spring/summer activity. camp is going to be much too cool this year. more along camp lines: sarah gomer comes to NYC this friday, and i babysit mickey and laura's kids on saturday (surprising, but true).

ballroom dancing is probably the greatest gym class ever. i was cha-cha-ing around my room on sunday night while i was supposed to be playing the noseflute for mr. dreyfus's project. physics of music, there's a good class too.

second term has been quite good to me.

much success (drumroll, please....)

2006-03-30T01:44:29Z

...I'M GOING TO SWARTHMORE!!

yay!

unfortunately, i am currently unable to celebrate, as some sort of illness has been sending my system for loop today. i was really sick and feeling terrible and my mom came in and gave me a huge envelope and on the back it said in little letters "this is the FAT one!" and i couldnt even smile 'cause i was so sick. yuck. but more celebrations on friday, when hopefully i'll be back in school again.

and, because i'm a peer pressure dork,

01. Yourself: Nicole
02. Your Lover: supportive
03. Your Hair: springy
04. Your Mother: busy and sad
05. Your Father: doesn't smile
06. Your Favorite Item: clay
07. Your Dream Last Night: i forget
08. Your Favorite Drink: orange juice, lemonhoneywater
09. Your Dream Home: plants and windows
10. The Room You Are In: mine
11. Your Pet: corey
12. Who You Are Now: creative
13. Who You Want to be in Ten Years: myself
14. What You Want to be in Ten Years: teacher
15. What You're Not: well
16. Your Best Friend: multiple
17. One of Your Wish list Items: laptop
18. Your Gender: feminine
19. The Last Thing You Did: ibuprofen
20. What You Are Wearing: pajamas
21. Your Favorite Weather: today's
22. Your Favorite Book: ferdinand, the phantom tollbooth, ceramics monthly
23. The Last Thing You Ate: dumplings
24. Your Life: happy
25. Your Mood: relieved

celadon_stone @ 2006-03-09T22:28:00

2006-03-10T03:43:59Z

hi all, long time no see

in past news, sarah gomer came and stayed for the weekend! her plane got snowed in (this was the weekend of the fabulous snowstorm). we hung out, went to peanut butter & co., had a tea party with fancy cookies & watched crash (tres sad, tres good), met up with james and andy for beer and pool on saturday night, then went sledding on sunday. then i finally finished my print exchange. that thing was due in november. i'm totally on time with stuff, i swear.

fabulous news! :

binghamton honors
UMass honors
geneseo
ALFRED COLLEGE OF CERAMICS! (Buck's Rock College, here i come) + presidential scholarship

ok ok, so they're mostly safe schools (except alfred), but still. i'm going to college. my mom and i drank amaretto and watched SO MUCH horatio hornblower (we're sailing adventure dorks, but we're awesome like that) in celebration.

SING! is coming along slowly, but fabulously. i just finished mairead's dress, and its so good. how good? SOOO GOOD. i think its safe to say its more like a gown than a dress. i just need to add tail fins and catfish thingies, then it'll look more like a fish gown. now i have to turn becky cooper into a starfish, and naomi & emily into a three-legged (three-tailed?) mutant fish. so good.

lalalala i'm going to college. i hear from UVM tomorrow, and everywhere else on april 1st.

celadon_stone @ 2006-01-31T22:55:00

2006-02-01T03:57:08Z

the minute my alfred essay is done (yes, that's the college of ceramics at alfred university, all you BRers would be proud), i will be a true second term senior.

1 free (aka sleeping late)
2 women's voices, with ms thoms. i think this will wind up being my favorite class, though physics of music might take a close second.
3 ballroom dancing!
4 AP Comp. Gov with mr polazzo
5 free again!
6 lunch!
7 economics? mr waxman? what is going on?
8 physics of music! with the fantastic mr dreyfus, tamara, dan, john, katie, and lu!
9 math
10 spec! (to be dropped within a month or so)

applying to colleges.....check.
awesome schedule.........check.
concerts all the time....check.
warm weather........shouldnt be checked yet, but it is.
seeing summer and far-away friends all the time...check.
getting really into cooking, which is both cheap and fun....check.
18 years old............check. i just did the go-get-a-thrill-by-buying-cigarettes-for-your-underage-friends thing, and honestly, it wasnt as thrilling as it should've been. but i can vote, which is kinda neat.
finally not caring about how messy my room is......check.

ooh good days ahead. ooh good days.

celadon_stone @ 2006-01-21T19:57:00

2006-01-22T01:07:01Z

one more to go, then I'm done

next term:
AP Comparative Gov.
AP Calc AB
Physics of music with mr dreyfus!
women's voices
economics
BALLROOM DANCING
hopefully swing for sing
hopefully going someplace awesome for spring break
driving lessons
CIT reunion part II
the fabulous sarah of san diego stays with me for a while and we run around the city
getting into college? ive been accepted at binghamton, so i have one safety down. now i just have to get all my update stuff to swarthmore and hope for that and the rest of my schools.

a lovely evening

2006-01-09T02:55:09Z

alright its a day late, but hey, its all good...

happy birthday to me
happy birthday to me!

pizza & sundaes at my house was nice, though somewhat awkward, considering that half the group wouldnt talk to the other 'cause they were too stoned to be properly sociable until they sobered up after the movie. after seeing walk the line i stopped by at julia giddy's party and said hello - i havent seen her in so long and it was really great to see her + some of the delta crowd again. nicky andy james and i walked down to my house, i opened presents (for those who came: thank you so much, i loved everything!), and james and i listened to chopin's nocturnes, which were gorgeous.

celadon_stone @ 2006-01-02T18:01:00

2006-01-02T23:04:34Z

i've been hired!
i'll be a JC in ceramics for the summer, and johnny rabe, sarah dupuis, and derek simon are going to be JCs too, i believe. i'm much too excited. anyone else have news?

SO!

2005-12-28T05:59:48Z

alrightey let's get through this sucker

deferred from swarthmore. now applying to UVM, UMass, Wesleyan, Haverford, Middlebury, and some SUNYs (Alfred among them, for all you ceramo/glass folk out there). almost done, too...i just have to label and send my portfolio stuffs to haverford, wesleyan, alfred, and middlebury, and write haverford's essay. not bad for 4 days before most of those deadlines.

is it bad that i really enjoyed the transit strike? i had the coolest carpool group ever: ben wexler, saskia, and kavitha, with kavitha's dad driving. meanwhile, jake scooted to school, for which i gave him a round of applause.

applied to be a JC! letters in mid-january

performed at el taller last week, which was fabulous - i met/heard some amazing musicians, and they all liked my pieces too. and everything was in spanish, and heather came to see me, and we loved being bilingual for the evening.

christmas in the athiest household: big apple circus, rent, presents (lots of $$ for a shopping spree, a leatherman (!!), excellent mixes from maxine and mairead, fuzzy socks, gorgeous skirt, a book of mark twain's essays, johnny cash CD, the people's history of science, a new desk lamp, and the complete works of sherlock holmes!)

cleaned my room yesterday! when its clean, its like i have a dance floor in there. good stuff.

anthro paper, late xmas gifts, print exchange, and ceramics stuff to catch up on

james is hosting a party on thursday. i have to convince my mom to let me go, which shouldn't be too difficult.

birthday planning: possibly ethiopian food and movies? i cant think of anything particularly spectacular. which is kindof pathetic, i guess. it'll be my 18th too. ideas, anyone?

yay boredom!

2005-12-08T06:02:33Z

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5) Where did you first meet tigerbaby1024? camp! yay!
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64) Did heat678 break up with you? no
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66) What would you do if tigerbaby1024 died? cry a lot, and i'd never be able to go to sarabeth's without crying.
67) Does tigerbaby1024 smoke? i dont think so
68) What song/movie would you recommend to brightcitylight? i have no right to recommend songs to her. she's the one always making mixes for me.
69) What is lemon_or_lime's favorite color? ooh. i should know this. but i dont.
70) shadowedhaven's eye color? er...something light. i dont remember.
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73) Does seraphimtrx have a big secret? if she does, i dont know it
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80) Does lemon_or_lime drink? quite
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84) What word best describes 2gs? talented
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92) Is thinkingmachin6 an emo? hahaha no
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99) How long have you known _flamingqueen_? erm...4 years?
100) Are brightcitylight and leballot going out? nope

my current state, in 10 items

2005-11-23T05:00:07Z

math test
monologue
thanksgiving
victor wooten concert saturday with sam
lingji and daniel are left on their own for issue 5 (or 6? where are we?)
sent dan's app for him, picking up essays and making post office trips etc
pottery show, and someone also ordered a custom piece for january
reunion in 2 weeks-ish
chicken kiev and good decisions this afternoon
possibly seeing lauren and hannah tomorrow?

quotes, college, etc.

2005-11-10T23:35:56Z

alrightey so for my senior quote, i decided on

"Well, now that we have seen each other," said the Unicorn, "if you believe in me, I'll believe in you."
-Lewis Carroll

in other news, my swarthmore early app will be done tonight.
it WILL be done tonight.
this is mostly to convince myself of it.
it WILL be done.

hanging out with dan tomorrow, then seeing carly's show, and off to el taller on saturday. victor wooten on the 26th with sam, and reunion the week after that!

PS: scones and blood orange tea are my two new favorite things. thanks for a fabulous tuesday, mairead & co.

yearbook quote?

2005-11-09T01:35:16Z

i need a quote for the yearbook.

ideas, anyone?

Yo nací un día que Dios estuvo enfermo - Vallejo

2005-10-10T01:32:22Z

i barely spoke english yesterday.
class at el taller entirely in spanish for two hours (with live salsa music from the studio room in the background! yay dance workshops!), then reading lorca's romancero gitano and yerma and cesar vallejo, todos que son muy tristes, plus spanglish in the evening with andy. ya no he cambiado lenguas completamente.
y ahora, quiero leer mas. y quiero bailar. y cantar. alguien quiere ayudarme? mm?
ven, baila conmigo!

celadon_stone @ 2005-09-29T17:49:00

2005-09-29T22:32:11Z

ok ok i'm gonna tell you a story
its about all the awesome people i saw after school today. it was a fabulous afternoon.
here goes:

-the spec editorial board, flying down the escalators! and then everyone on the senior bar, doing the same. for all you non-stuy folk, we all stood at the top of the stationary 2/4 escalator until it started to move faster and faster with all of our weight and everyone screamed. so much fun.
-jonah einstein, who was walking in the opposite direction and tapped me to say hello. it was nice, though a little startling, 'cause i haven't talked to him in forever and didn't expect to see him. i think we have the same shoes. (or had? i'm not sure if he still wears them)
-sam. we walked around chatting for a while. very amusing. good times. i think he's one of very few people i never feel bad about making fun of, mostly because he can be mean enough to make up for it. but i dont think he ever means what he says wholeheartedly.
-piyali, who i saw only briefly on the sidewalk & the subway platform, but is awesome anyway.
-ms. nolen. we took the train uptown and talked about recs and cartooning and why calculus and polar form dont mix and how mr. stern is brilliant. i love ms. nolen, as does the entire school.
-ian macleod! ohh, gorgeous art school college boys...i've always been warned to stay away from those. oh dear.

and, to top it all off, i'm listening to doug's CD from camp, which is amazing and beautiful.

celadon_stone @ 2005-09-25T00:54:00

2005-09-25T06:24:25Z

its been a while, figured i'd write

sometimes i wonder why i'm not a deadhead, they're awesome. my mom and i danced around to it
while she did cartooning stuff and i ironed my CIT shirt. that shirt makes me laugh...we have to put a copy of it in the 05 to 06 time capsule. along with reminders of all the lists that shouldn't be done at 5am. and empty martinelli bottles. ahahahahaaaa.

lots of camp folk are at Louie's show at the magnet right now, but i'm to exhausted from speaking spanish all morning (ok, fine, it was 1:30 in the afternoon, but i had just woken up) at el taller and then running errands and working all afternoon. the guy teaching me at el taller is so awesome, very wise and an excellent teacher. he explained to me that english is a very rigid language, while spanish is more like a jam session. you learn sound before you learn meaning. he's trying to get the "gringa computer" in my head to stop making spanish rigid. not that i think in english, i just translate without room for changing up structures, which is allowed in spanish. he said i repeated sounds really well, so he asked if i was a musician, 'cause he said i listen like a musician. it turns out he plays music too, and we're doing a CD exchange. neat. we talked about a million things just to get me back into the swing of speaking spanish, which i havent really done in conversation in months. i also learned that the gorgeous guy who answered the door to the studio and showed me around was his son. i forget the son's name, but he complimented me on my speaking skills. yay! i have some lorca to read for next week. good stuff.

so it turns out i'm not going to middlebury and UVM tomorrow, but i'm going later in october. all the better, 'cause i have a ton of work to do with anthro make-up stuff (tremendous train delay yesterday morning got me to school an hour late) and annotating the constitution for gov. i'm supposed to visit amy at alfred with luke sometime in october too, which is gonna be too much fun. i miss amy and the glass staff, they're all just awesome combos of talent, delinquent, spontaneity, and college kid.

i remember when amy took me out to dinner with cat karen rose kellie and the glass folk for cat's birthday...we were in amy's car and all the counselors started smoking, and they weren't sure if they were allowed to around me. i told them i didnt mind, and kellie was like, whatever, we're off camp grounds anyway. and then karen said "fuck it, you may be a CIT, but you're past the no smoking sign. do YOU want a cigarette?" i think amy nearly forgot to turn when she looked back to see my reaction. they were all a little hesitant to talk about all the stuff that goes on when all the counselors go out "bowling" on saturdays, and amy and i laughed a lot 'cause she knew i was completely aware of what goes on. silly counselors.

speaking of interesting/cool/strange groups of people, i recently learned how the speechies work. they all sit in a circle while a novice gives his speech, and then they throw shoes at him when he's done. then they swear and yell at him for a while until he refuses to hug them at the end. and they laugh between everything. i had no idea what was going on, but joey filled me in. you learn something new every day.

mmm bedtime. lots of bedtime. nite all.

PS - if anyone was at the march on DC today, please tell me how it was, i really wanted to go but couldn't 'cause of my class. there are usually some really good signs and art stuff at anti-bush marches.

PPS - got my show space secured for ridgewood crafts show, nov. '06! yay mass production!

PPPS - in the past few weeks, i have watched pinnochio, bedknobs & broomsticks, 101 dalmatians, singin' in the rain, babe, and the muppet movie. i'm on a roll. let's hope my work doesnt start picking up and i can get away with keeping it going.

Kermit and Fozzie are driving and see big bird walking along the road. they pull over.
Kermit: Hey there, want a lift? we're going to hollywood to become rich and famous!
Big Bird: No thanks, I'm on my way to New York City to try and break into public television!

ahahhahhahahaha

celadon_stone @ 2005-06-21T20:27:00

2005-06-22T00:43:28Z

sooo this might be my last post before camp!!
and i really shouldnt be posting it...physics regents tomorrow. eew.

but everyone write to me!

Nicole Singer (CIT)
Buck's Rock Camp
59 Buck's Rock Road
New Milford, CT 06776

i leave on tuesday, and i'll be back in mid august...i forget the date. but immediately afterwards i'm going to fire island and then to frost valley, leaving frost valley early to visit university of vermont, middlebury, and wesleyan.

summer should be good - my shop is all-new again, which i'm hoping will work out better than it did last summer. adam is back (the beloved ceramics shop head for 10 years), but hes in....sewing? yeah, interesting switch. but what else were you to expect from someone who spent most of their time knitting a 6' by 6' blanket (with knitting needles like drumsticks) and making 3D quilts? silly adam. i'm bunking in the OCTAGON (!) with mimi and carly and...i dont know who else! i dont know too many of the new girl CITs. come to think of it, i dont know too many of the guy CITs either, really...i'm only friends with trotta and krinick, and i sorta know sam. it'll be one of those meet-new-people-all-the-time-everywhere summers. good stuff. and i think there'll be lots of hanging out with the JCs, since a lot of my CIT friends became JCs (sarah, anna, dana, (is julia coming back? i cant remember)etc). and of course lauren.

i went to the friends of buck's rock meeting last week and max yeston was there. he thought i was a) some counselor alumnus not at buck's rock anymore and b) older than he was. i laughed. he had no idea who i was. very amusing. we talked a little in the meeting, he seemed nice after he got over being startled.

AND last few days:
physics regents
spec dinner
shopping for camp
mark twain play with dad
guitar lesson
abe & nicole day
avenue Q
lunch with little sib
other plans for sunday night/monday yet to be determined.
and then some more packing
and camp.

ALL DONE!

2005-06-15T00:32:10Z

all done! yay!

next up:
-health final
-fix piyali's prom dress
-Friends of buck's rock dinner & meeting (with Roger, JPB, and other beautiful people...BRers on this are welcome to come, its tomorrow at 7-ish, tell me if you want the info)
-pottery some more
-prom with sammi!
-dylan's with peter & mimi!
-clearwater festival?
-US & physics regents
-spec dinner
-camp packing
-meeting one of my little sibs!
-camp!

i'm done with my hooooomework!

2005-06-01T01:47:35Z

so memorial day weekend.

friday with lili: chatting, martinelli's, hot dogs, west end, boat basin, rain, wind, sun. also, asa being gross and mark being charming as usual.

friday with dad: we finally figured out how to re-wire his turntable, and we danced around and played air guitar and sang as we listened to the rolling stones and bob dylan and the cadillacs and jefferson airplane and all sorts of other excellent things until we realized that i was an hour late for returning to my mom's house.

philadelphia: shopping, Spanglish (which was muchmuch better than the trailers make it look), dinner, Philadelphia Museum of Art with a lack of Dali (it was full), but the gift shop made up for it by over-surrealism-ing itself. also at the museum, i realized how much i like impressionism and how calm it makes me feel. very nice. i also realized how much my mother hates modern art. she did not approve of my fascination with the chairs made of like 16 different mediums (including string, corrugated cardboard, and lace that stood on its own somehow, i couldnt figure it out). afterwards, i got an awesome book of photos involving art studio furniture, dali, three cats, and a bucket of water...all flying through the air. it took them 26 tries to get that photo. poor cats.

more on shopping: jeans, tops, a pretty wooden box, and a GORGEOUS PINK DRESS. though it is not as...erm...festive (or nearly as frilly) as hannah's cake dress, it is amazing and shimmery and flowy and made for nicole. i glow. i am such a girl.

this dress shall be my junior prom dress. it should be fun, though nobody i know is going, which could pose some problems. everyone, especially dan, is very anti-prom. i am usually anti-prom too, but i couldnt help myself this time. dancing+food+prettydress shall spice up an otherwise boring friday night.

AND the day after, going upstate for graduation party goodness will spice up an otherwise boring weekend! yay! and dylan, the clearwater festival is that saturday too. we should take a field trip (yes. with everyone.) - its where i picked up contact :)

PS - Mairead, we have to do that thing again where you read and i draw. i realized that that was one of the more exciting creative moments of my life. maybe i'll become a caliper groupie, but i'll just sit and listen and draw what everyone writes.

celadon_stone @ 2005-05-03T21:16:00

2005-05-04T01:22:18Z

come over here, mandrake, the redcoats are coming!

yes, i'm sorry too, dmitriy. no, you cant be more sorry than me! fine, then we're both sorry.

but but the ambassador cant come in here! he'll hear everything! he'll see the big board!

mandrake, ever heard of fluoridation? its the biggest commie plot ever devised!

in each emergency survival kit, you will find...two bandages, one book of matches, on combination bible-russian phrase book, three days of emergency rations, fifty dollars in gold, adhesive tape, sleeping pills, aspirin, penicillin, morphene, three lipsticks, two pantyhose...a fella can have a good time in Vegas with all that stuff!

YOU CAN'T FIGHT IN HERE, THIS IS THE WAR ROOM!

celadon_stone @ 2005-05-01T14:08:00

2005-05-01T18:22:07Z

suuuch a relaaaaxing vacation.

went college touring, saw mairead, did some more collegetripping, ranted and laughed a lot with mairead on the phone, saw abe, slept, guitar lesson, pottery class & someone broke one of my pieces - but they fired it too cool anyway, so it would've been a pretty funky plate, saw dan (who is IMPOSSIBLE when it comes to making plans) - but he was actually sweet. i was startled. i gave him one of my little square dishes that came out of the kiln on thursday. i also did a lot of translating for my scatterbrained mother and our sweet but scatterbrained housekeeper, 'cause she only speaks spanish. then i ranted with mairead again. barely left the house yesterday, but i got alllllll my AP US notes and sheets and books and everything together in one beautiful binder that weighs a ton and i sat down to plow through it for a bit, which was successful for about two hours until history of the world part I came on tv. sorry sandler, but mel brooks is just so much better than OOM. i'm really not good at the study-for-APs game.

alright there's a street fair outside and i'm STUDYING AP US fuckfuck i gotta get outta here. the pretty skirts and falafel call me.

stop the presses!

2005-04-17T18:39:36Z

so i re-discovered the lovely and talented hannah, after not seeing her for months. this is a very good thing. hannah, you+me+jonah+anna+lauren if she's home = frolicking in central park & movies & yuki sushi sometime?

oh yeah, on sing - we ATE THE SENIORS FOR BREAKFAST on friday night, and then the judging sucked a lot on saturday night. but 18 points, fuckers. 18 points. and even though abe cut its stage time to 30 seconds, i still love my sebastian costume.

i finally got back into the studio after SATs and sing - its only been two classes so far, and i've churned out 3 bowls and 15 plates. mucho productive. i just have to remember to get my comission pieces done before spring break. so much to do before november. yeah, its a long time, but they want me back at the show with like 200 pieces. which is a lot. i dont think i'll make it.

on wednesday sam and i went to the victor wooten concert, which was AMAZING. this guy not only is the greatest bassist of all time, but he also has eight arms. seriously. it was at irving plaza, which was smaller that i thought it would be, but fit a ton of people anyway. there were about 7 girls (including me and the two girls on stage singing), and ten billion gorgeous bassists. sam was giving me the cold shoulder, so i wound up talking with a couple of the guys around us, who laughed 'cause i was the only girl in the audience who wasn't just there 'cause her boyfriend wanted to go.

dan is sick. again. his immune system is such crap. not too sure what's going on with us - we're on hold while he's sick, but we're still affectionate and nice, which is good - except that the vast majority advise that i dump him, but i'm not too sure about that. i still like him a lot, even though he's sarcastic and grouchy. that seems to be the trend in all the people i like. at least i'm .... consistent?

on a brighter note, CIT-ing again this summer! most of my friends are going back as JCs, but geoff might go back as a CIT again, which would be cool, and David Krinick is coming back as a glass CIT, which will be a lot of fun. hannah/lauren? returning?

celadon_stone @ 2005-03-27T01:21:00

2005-03-27T06:35:52Z

i'm so drained. i think this was the most intense 24 hours i've had in a very very long time. it kinda made me want to write again, which i've been meaning to do, but i'm just too tired to put pen to paper at the moment. i'll write in the morning. i'll write a whole fucking book.

i have a guitar lesson tomorrow.

i have NO MORE WRITING TO DO FOR SING! except that "spirit song" bullshit. i got 20 bucks that says our slate will collapse and eat each other deciding on that thing. ("hey man, i'm not scared of you OR your freakish talking money!" thank you darby.)

the writing that IS on my agenda is for the song that sam, john and i began writing at sam's house yesterday (yay! beginnings of musical progress!)...we've got a bassline and some chords, and i could really go for a lead guitar line, but the guys say they want a melody first. and some lyrics. those come in handy too. oh man we have GOT to get on that.

i haven't thrown since november. i have to fix that. my first block of studio time is on that one black hole day between sing performances. that transition will really throw me for a loop.

i also havent slept in what seems like forever. i think someone played a trick on me for the last two days, putting the world on pause while time kept going or the other way around. i had a rough night.

celadon_stone @ 2005-03-02T17:48:00

2005-03-02T22:47:32Z

ohh man. thank you, darby conley and your brilliant critters, for making bad days better.

Two slugs slithered on a yellow wood
And sorry I could not trample both,
Being one trampler, long I stood
And looked them down as fierce I could
To where they sat in the undergrowth...

I will be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere sitting upon a fence:
Two slugs slithered on a yellow wood
And I -- I ate the slug less trampled by,
And that has made all the difference.

ahh.