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May. 6th, 2009 10:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
phineasjonesi'm testing cross-posting from a client. we'll see how this goes.
i'm checking things off, man. these things that have been coming up for ages are now behind me. most recently, mytle's surprise retirement party. last night we managed to get 60 people and a ton of food and an entertainment program and a scrapbook and gifts and a slide show all into one place and she was completely surprised. we're all feeling pretty proud of ourselves.
we had the party at susan's house - she accompanied the chori for the last two years and oh, she just happens to have GIGANTIC amazing house. and she's leaving for italy in a few days so she told myrtle she was going sooner and arturo said he was house sitting for her and wouldn't it be lovely if they held their last class at the house? she agreed. so we all got there before the class showed up and filled the entryway and the giant staircase and when the door opened, we sand Schubert's An die Musik. and myrtle pretty much burst into tears.
also, i am riding high on a personal accomplishment. not making the tiramisu cupcakes that people loved so much, though that was good too. i sang a song that terrified me. in front of a room full of singers and my professors. i have been dreading it for so long and came so close to backing out of it but i did it. i did it and i totally nailed it. it was a really silly song, all slapsticky humor about being singer who's tone deaf. and i am just not a comedian. or someone who usually sings big, diva-y songs of the like that this one imitates. but. i'm so fricking proud of myself. we had to stop and wait for the laughter to die down several times. myrtle claimed it as one of her favorite parts of the evening. ham said he was trying to think of a way to include it in our choir's program (bad idea, but flattering), friend rachel who hadn't heard me sing for a while commented that my voice has really changed and grown. idk. i'm just so pleased with myself that i did something that scared me and that i did it well.
and now church all day pretty much, since i haven't even thought yet about what we're going to do tonight. and tomorrow, a flight to massachusetts. whew!
i'm checking things off, man. these things that have been coming up for ages are now behind me. most recently, mytle's surprise retirement party. last night we managed to get 60 people and a ton of food and an entertainment program and a scrapbook and gifts and a slide show all into one place and she was completely surprised. we're all feeling pretty proud of ourselves.
we had the party at susan's house - she accompanied the chori for the last two years and oh, she just happens to have GIGANTIC amazing house. and she's leaving for italy in a few days so she told myrtle she was going sooner and arturo said he was house sitting for her and wouldn't it be lovely if they held their last class at the house? she agreed. so we all got there before the class showed up and filled the entryway and the giant staircase and when the door opened, we sand Schubert's An die Musik. and myrtle pretty much burst into tears.
also, i am riding high on a personal accomplishment. not making the tiramisu cupcakes that people loved so much, though that was good too. i sang a song that terrified me. in front of a room full of singers and my professors. i have been dreading it for so long and came so close to backing out of it but i did it. i did it and i totally nailed it. it was a really silly song, all slapsticky humor about being singer who's tone deaf. and i am just not a comedian. or someone who usually sings big, diva-y songs of the like that this one imitates. but. i'm so fricking proud of myself. we had to stop and wait for the laughter to die down several times. myrtle claimed it as one of her favorite parts of the evening. ham said he was trying to think of a way to include it in our choir's program (bad idea, but flattering), friend rachel who hadn't heard me sing for a while commented that my voice has really changed and grown. idk. i'm just so pleased with myself that i did something that scared me and that i did it well.
and now church all day pretty much, since i haven't even thought yet about what we're going to do tonight. and tomorrow, a flight to massachusetts. whew!