quote from Babette's Feast

Through all the world there goes one long cry from the heart of the artist: Give me leave to do my utmost.
-Isak Denison

Yum.

Natalia's Big Announcement

I'm just writting to say that I am going to quit not only music school, but the world of muggles, and go join some magical academy. To hell with singing, I want a magic wand and a broomstick. And that's just how it's going to be.

In all seriousness, though, I have been rather sick, which has contributed to a lack of singing by me... which is kind of getting irritating... the not being able to sing, I mean. Particularly as I just bought this amazing album by Dawn Upshaw... I really love how she is not afraid of contemporary music... that's such an epidemic among opera singers. Stupid Renee Fleming. Anyway, I am having a nice time here in Houston... as always, it's a little bit subdued for the likes of me... but I had some great Mexican food, and I've been to see the new Harry Potter movie (finally!) twice, now. Hogwarts just looks like a whole lot more fun than the UD Music department.

Now it's time to plan out our cooking extravagaza. Weeeeeee!

maybe this year will be better than the last

Oh, God... quoting lyrics of well known songs. I've hit a new low. I'm actually listening to bad goth music right now, but it will soon be over. This semester has been an interesting one- in many ways, quite different from others. I've made virtually no effort on the human relationships front, and my social life has therefore taken a nosedive... vocally, I've improved a fair amount, I think, but with pretty limited tangible results. It's frustrating, but I'm trying to look at it like... it's not like sexually frustrated people just give up on sex. They probably masturbate more than anyone, I would imagine... Comparing anything to sex generally seems to be a fairly good idea, these days.

I woke up at 8:30am this morning sans alarm clock, despite going to bed around 3... I have a geology final in about 40 minutes, and a jury at 3. Guess I should start working towards that getting dressed business. Fucking clothes.

Koalas with Chlamydia

Oof, I drank some last night. I think that was a good thing- I realized that I had forgotten how nice it is to just be social. I don't ever do that anymore! Seriously, it has been weeks since I have gone out with friends. So that was nice. It took me a little bit of time to recover today, but I think it was worth it.