to sing.

usually, when i'm at kayak's, i'm in a state of quiet desperation. today i'm there, but i'm filled with hope. i'm only here because it's the closest coffeeshop, and i didn't feel like being at home or at school.

i'm filled with hope because i've made one concrete step toward what i was swearing i would do...a concrete step toward reclaiming myself. i had my tryout for the wash u concert choir today. the great news is that the choir director really wants me in the choir! (apparently i still sang well, even though i'm still really hoarse from that cold i've had for the last week.) the disappointment is, i can't join the choir until next semester. the choir practices from 4:15-6 on tuesdays and thursdays, and my clinic meets at the public defender's office from 3:30-5:30 on tuesdays. as much as i really, really want to join the choir, i can't drop my clinic. my clinic is one of the reasons i'm here, and my clinic is something i've been dying to do since i got here. but, i'm going to sing in that choir next year, and make sure that i have the practice times free. that won't be as hard; since i won't be in a clinic, i'll be able to work around it far easier. next year, it will happen.

but, i'm not going to be a stranger to music. i'm signing up to take private voice lessons next semester. even though i'm going to have an extremely busy semester no matter what, i think they'll be really, really good for me. they'll be an outlet that has nothing to do with the law. i've never taken private lessons before, and it's something that i've always wanted to do. the choral director referred me to another professor to be my voice teacher, and we'll arrange a time to meet every week. i'm so excited about this it's not even funny. it's something i really need...my serious musical existence has hovered somewhere between "languishing" and "nonexistent" since fairly early in college, and i can't give it up. i need to reclaim it. and...i will.

my anaconda don't want none unless you've got buns, hun.

are you amused?

do you want to be amused?

if so, you should listen to this song. right now.

it's jonathan coulton (the re: your brains guy) covering baby got back.

i heard this on the radio over a year ago, and i could not stop laughing. i don't think i've ever posted it here, and that's a tragedy. jonathan coulton is So Freaking White...the mellow-singer-strumming-on-an-acoustic-gee-tar kind of white. in short, this cover is pure brilliance.

i'm making you play guessing games.

i know i've done this one a few times...but not in the last couple of months, and i really can't make myself concentrate on tax anymore. i promise, this one's way easier than the ones i usually do...i promise that every act i'm quoting is, or was, at least a signed act. :) you all know the drill...i'm going to post some song quotes, and it's up to you to tell me the song title and who performed it. no googling, reading guesses that have already been posted in my comments, or otherwise cheating. most right...i'll buy you a beer (or something else, if you're not a beer person) next time i see you.

deadline for answering to be eligible for the Frosty Cold One: monday, december 18, at 5pm. happy guessing! :)

( twenty excerpts. read 'em and weep. or guess. or whatever. )

okay, back to my regularly scheduled Studying For Tax.