Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Sunday, January 24, 2010
WHO DAT?
I just have to scream this from the mountaintops.
THE SAINTS ARE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Needless to say, I'm pretty excited for these next two weeks. I never was a big football fan before this year - I grew up with the Bears as my home team and a family full of Colts fans...but this season has officially made me a part of the WHO DAT NATION.
Tonight's game was awesome. Even though I had homework to do, I grabbed some nom noms from Felipe's and spent most of my "homework time" watching the game...oops? There were some times I had my doubts, but I definitely did a little dance with the last field goal.
However, seeing that my parents are siding with the Colts, we have a friendly wager going for the Super Bowl. If my Saints win, my parents are sending me a frozen Lou Malnati's Chicago deep dish pizza. If the Colts win, I have to treat my parents to dinner when they move me out in May...let's do this, Saints!
THE SAINTS ARE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Needless to say, I'm pretty excited for these next two weeks. I never was a big football fan before this year - I grew up with the Bears as my home team and a family full of Colts fans...but this season has officially made me a part of the WHO DAT NATION.
Tonight's game was awesome. Even though I had homework to do, I grabbed some nom noms from Felipe's and spent most of my "homework time" watching the game...oops? There were some times I had my doubts, but I definitely did a little dance with the last field goal.
However, seeing that my parents are siding with the Colts, we have a friendly wager going for the Super Bowl. If my Saints win, my parents are sending me a frozen Lou Malnati's Chicago deep dish pizza. If the Colts win, I have to treat my parents to dinner when they move me out in May...let's do this, Saints!
Thursday, January 14, 2010
RECAP from October until now.
Oh. Hey. I bet you missed me, blog world.
Since last October (New Year's Resolution - keep up with this WAY better), I have done the following things:
STAR WARS IN CONCERT. October 27th. New Orleans Arena.
So, basically, here's what went down (in stream of consciousness form):
4:00 PM - Arrive at the New Orleans Arena. Get escorted to our deluxe hospitality suite complete with free pop and bottled water and two private bathrooms. Get nifty backstage access tags. Start to feel a bit like a rock star.
5:00 - Rehearse with the orchestra. Walk out and see a HUGE empty arena. Almost pee my pants. Get chatted up by friendly percussionists in front of us. Run through the two (short) songs we have for the concert. Get the seal of approval from the conductor. Feel even more like a rock star.
6:00 - Walk by extravagant food table. Learn that I cannot eat said food because it's reserved for the orchestra. Almost turn Christian Bale on the event staff, but quickly learned that we'd be getting pizza. So that's cool. Om nom nom on said delivery pizza. A short, jolly British man walks in the room while we're om nom nomming. Soon learn that IT'S ANTHONY DANIELS. THE DUDE WHO PLAYED C3PO. He talks to us for a while about the whole concert experience and tells us that we're one of the best choirs they've had on the tour. Definitely feel like a rock star by this point.
7:00 - Concert starts. We walk out on to the stage. There are a LOT of people. Wow. Anthony Daniels chats us up some more before narrating the whole shebang. The crowd goes WILD when the orchestra begins the theme song. We sing. Then sit and look pretty. Then sing some more. There are some crazy lights going on. End of Act 1. Walk off stage, and lo and behold, Anthony "C3PO" Daniels is waiting for us outside to thank us. Shake C3PO's hand. Forget all snide comments I've ever said about "Star Wars."
Officially feel like a rock star.
FINISHED SOME ART STUFF
Here's a drawing I did at the beginning of the semester!
So, for my final project in my drawing class, we had to create something that involved what we hope to become as we grow older and what we fear we will become as we grow older. Deep stuffz.
Oh, and it had to be interactive. So, you had to have some component that people could manipulate to create meaning.
This is what I did.
Basically, the gist of the project is that I'm scared of becoming a boring adult who has a desk job and a practical life, and that I want to keep "child-like" qualities as I grow older, like enthusiasm, a sense of wonder, and a wild imagination.
I made a set of alphabet blocks that, when arranged in a specific way, spelled out "Adult" and in another way, spelled out "Child." The other sides had drawn images that were either the "Adult" images, with items associated with boring adulthood and a set caption, or the "Child" images, with items clearly and not-so-clearly associated with childhood and a strip of chalkboard paint to write in your own caption. Then I carved. And bled a couple times, but carved, because I'm tough. AHHHHHH. Basically, this took up the entire last week I had at school, and I still periodically find woodchips on the floor, but, all in all, I felt very very accomplished. BAM.
THEM CONCERT
We had our final concert of the semester, and had one of the biggest crowds we've ever had for a concert! As you'll see in our videos, we like to have some fun while performing, as evidenced by our "festive" attire. However, as much fun as we had with this concert, we've already got our sights set for bigger and better things this semester! We're starting 5 or 6 new songs, including another one arranged by me!
Check us out here: http://www.youtube.com/user/THEMandCompany
Since last October (New Year's Resolution - keep up with this WAY better), I have done the following things:
STAR WARS IN CONCERT. October 27th. New Orleans Arena.
So, basically, here's what went down (in stream of consciousness form):
4:00 PM - Arrive at the New Orleans Arena. Get escorted to our deluxe hospitality suite complete with free pop and bottled water and two private bathrooms. Get nifty backstage access tags. Start to feel a bit like a rock star.5:00 - Rehearse with the orchestra. Walk out and see a HUGE empty arena. Almost pee my pants. Get chatted up by friendly percussionists in front of us. Run through the two (short) songs we have for the concert. Get the seal of approval from the conductor. Feel even more like a rock star.
6:00 - Walk by extravagant food table. Learn that I cannot eat said food because it's reserved for the orchestra. Almost turn Christian Bale on the event staff, but quickly learned that we'd be getting pizza. So that's cool. Om nom nom on said delivery pizza. A short, jolly British man walks in the room while we're om nom nomming. Soon learn that IT'S ANTHONY DANIELS. THE DUDE WHO PLAYED C3PO. He talks to us for a while about the whole concert experience and tells us that we're one of the best choirs they've had on the tour. Definitely feel like a rock star by this point.
7:00 - Concert starts. We walk out on to the stage. There are a LOT of people. Wow. Anthony Daniels chats us up some more before narrating the whole shebang. The crowd goes WILD when the orchestra begins the theme song. We sing. Then sit and look pretty. Then sing some more. There are some crazy lights going on. End of Act 1. Walk off stage, and lo and behold, Anthony "C3PO" Daniels is waiting for us outside to thank us. Shake C3PO's hand. Forget all snide comments I've ever said about "Star Wars."
Officially feel like a rock star.
FINISHED SOME ART STUFF
Here's a drawing I did at the beginning of the semester!
So, for my final project in my drawing class, we had to create something that involved what we hope to become as we grow older and what we fear we will become as we grow older. Deep stuffz.
Oh, and it had to be interactive. So, you had to have some component that people could manipulate to create meaning.
This is what I did.
Basically, the gist of the project is that I'm scared of becoming a boring adult who has a desk job and a practical life, and that I want to keep "child-like" qualities as I grow older, like enthusiasm, a sense of wonder, and a wild imagination.I made a set of alphabet blocks that, when arranged in a specific way, spelled out "Adult" and in another way, spelled out "Child." The other sides had drawn images that were either the "Adult" images, with items associated with boring adulthood and a set caption, or the "Child" images, with items clearly and not-so-clearly associated with childhood and a strip of chalkboard paint to write in your own caption. Then I carved. And bled a couple times, but carved, because I'm tough. AHHHHHH. Basically, this took up the entire last week I had at school, and I still periodically find woodchips on the floor, but, all in all, I felt very very accomplished. BAM.
THEM CONCERT
We had our final concert of the semester, and had one of the biggest crowds we've ever had for a concert! As you'll see in our videos, we like to have some fun while performing, as evidenced by our "festive" attire. However, as much fun as we had with this concert, we've already got our sights set for bigger and better things this semester! We're starting 5 or 6 new songs, including another one arranged by me!
Check us out here: http://www.youtube.com/user/THEMandCompany
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