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We didn't suck!!!
Feb. 9th, 2009 12:58 amTechiya went to New York this weekend, in order to participate in JCFPA, the Jewish Collegiate Festival of Performing Arts. We also had a paid performance at the JCC on Saturday. At the JCC we sang everything in our repertoire, and at JCFPA we sang 3 songs since there were a zillion groups.
The concerts went way over on time, and in between each group there were these really bad skits which should have been cut when they realized how late we were running. There were a lot of good groups, but a lot of people sang the same sorts of songs (though the U Chicago group sang a song from Dr. Horrible, which was made of awesome). We sang Melech Shelach (Israeli pop song), Rumania, Rumania (a famous Yiddish theater song) and the Carmen Sandiego theme (complete with parody lyrics). And the audience went crazy when we did Rumania. I had jokingly made a comment earlier "we should try and get the audience to clap during Rumania!" I said this because Rumania is not a song people clap to. But the audience clapped during Rumania!!! WTF?
And Carmen Sandiego wins all ties.
So we stole the show, which was completely unexpected, at least by me.
On the way to the bus, while waiting for the subway/while on the subway we sang. (We were down a few group members at this point but still had all the parts covered.) I thought we should have held out a hat or something, considering we're trying to pay for our CD...
Actually, our website now has MP3s from our concert:
http://web.mit.edu/techiya/www/music.html
But the CD will actually be mixed and stuff and should be good. I hope.
And now I'm home, about to go to bed, since I have class at 10:00 AM. Luckily all the readings are things we read last year in the Paul class, so I'm not behind.
The concerts went way over on time, and in between each group there were these really bad skits which should have been cut when they realized how late we were running. There were a lot of good groups, but a lot of people sang the same sorts of songs (though the U Chicago group sang a song from Dr. Horrible, which was made of awesome). We sang Melech Shelach (Israeli pop song), Rumania, Rumania (a famous Yiddish theater song) and the Carmen Sandiego theme (complete with parody lyrics). And the audience went crazy when we did Rumania. I had jokingly made a comment earlier "we should try and get the audience to clap during Rumania!" I said this because Rumania is not a song people clap to. But the audience clapped during Rumania!!! WTF?
And Carmen Sandiego wins all ties.
So we stole the show, which was completely unexpected, at least by me.
On the way to the bus, while waiting for the subway/while on the subway we sang. (We were down a few group members at this point but still had all the parts covered.) I thought we should have held out a hat or something, considering we're trying to pay for our CD...
Actually, our website now has MP3s from our concert:
http://web.mit.edu/techiya/www/music.html
But the CD will actually be mixed and stuff and should be good. I hope.
And now I'm home, about to go to bed, since I have class at 10:00 AM. Luckily all the readings are things we read last year in the Paul class, so I'm not behind.
Melech Shelach
Feb. 2nd, 2009 02:44 pmIt turns out that I did get to be in Melech Shelach. I got over to MIT around 11:30. They had already done about 5 takes of Melech. We did at least 3 more once I got there. And I think we're using the last one.
We're on break right now. In 10 minutes we'll record Carmen Sandiego. Hopefully it won't take forever.
*Update* We did it in 4 takes. They're doing vocal percussion now, so I get another break. Huzzah!
We're on break right now. In 10 minutes we'll record Carmen Sandiego. Hopefully it won't take forever.
*Update* We did it in 4 takes. They're doing vocal percussion now, so I get another break. Huzzah!
We're recording our CD right now, and have been for the past 8 hours. It's a lot of work. Hopefully we will sound good.
Now I have a break, because they are recording the soloist. I have no solo on the CD, which originally I was a little disappointed about, but now I'm appreciating the fact that I get more breaks than the people with solos.
Tomorrow is going to be interesting, since there's a class I want to shop that meets from 10-12. I'm hoping that because it's the first class it will get out early. We're recording Melech Shelach from 10-12 tomorrow morning. So the length of the class will determine whether or not I get to be in Melech. (Also how many takes we need to do before we get one that is CD quality.)
I'm considering e-mailing the professor, but I'm not sure how to phrase it without sounding rude. ("Hi, I'm interested in taking your class, but am also recording a CD tomorrow, and was wondering how long your class was going to go tomorrow...") I'm also not sure whether or not I could leave early. Thus I haven't e-mailed her yet, since I'm always bad at this kind of thing.
Now I have a break, because they are recording the soloist. I have no solo on the CD, which originally I was a little disappointed about, but now I'm appreciating the fact that I get more breaks than the people with solos.
Tomorrow is going to be interesting, since there's a class I want to shop that meets from 10-12. I'm hoping that because it's the first class it will get out early. We're recording Melech Shelach from 10-12 tomorrow morning. So the length of the class will determine whether or not I get to be in Melech. (Also how many takes we need to do before we get one that is CD quality.)
I'm considering e-mailing the professor, but I'm not sure how to phrase it without sounding rude. ("Hi, I'm interested in taking your class, but am also recording a CD tomorrow, and was wondering how long your class was going to go tomorrow...") I'm also not sure whether or not I could leave early. Thus I haven't e-mailed her yet, since I'm always bad at this kind of thing.
Vericon in Review
Jan. 29th, 2009 11:53 pmSo I have yet to post on what happened at Vericon. Vericon was good this year, though we only had around 200 people (last year it was around 430).
Everyone liked the food in the Con Suite, though this year we didn't have a fridge like we did last year, which made things harder.
When the con first started one of the guests was having a bad day and was in the con suite. She wasn't wearing her shiny gold guest badge, but I easily figured out it was her, gave her a bottle of water (bottled water is specifically for the guests and not the average con-goer) and got into a conversation with her about knitting and showed her my then almost done (now completed) Scarf of Awesome (like the one I made for dsKC, only with green. And also with more Awesome. Pictures forthcoming.) She was working on mittens. And of course I wanted to knit since she was knitting, but alas, it was Shabbat.
Capture The Flag With Stuff was made of awesome. I was in both games, and was on the winning team both times. And I was even useful.
I got to moderate the Webcomics panel this year, though I hadn't read anything by the authors that were there. But all I had to do was choose people to ask questions. And the webcomics people were all really nice and made of awesome, even if they were not Randall Munroe.
I also entered 5 scarves into the art show this year. I gave them stats. People liked the scarves and the stats. One of the scarves actually sold. I guess I should have made the others cheaper, though they were priced fairly for amount of work and cost of materials. It's something to keep in mind if I do it next year. (I think I will do it next year, since at the post mortem JB commented on how it was awesome to have stuff from HRSFen in the art show.)
And of course there were lots of cool alums who I haven't seen in forever, like![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
silkspinner and pastwatcher.
I played a bunch of games of Race for the Galaxy which is a good game and I might buy it eventually. Maybe when I have a job for next year.
And the Mask was awesome this year. I wore the Chinese Dress of Awesome again. Still has +20 charisma. And one of the guys who goes to swing dancing at MIT was there, so I danced with him for a bunch of songs. (Before that I was going around asking if anyone had ranks in swing dancing, since I had ranks in swing dancing and wanted to be able to use them.)
Everyone liked the food in the Con Suite, though this year we didn't have a fridge like we did last year, which made things harder.
When the con first started one of the guests was having a bad day and was in the con suite. She wasn't wearing her shiny gold guest badge, but I easily figured out it was her, gave her a bottle of water (bottled water is specifically for the guests and not the average con-goer) and got into a conversation with her about knitting and showed her my then almost done (now completed) Scarf of Awesome (like the one I made for dsKC, only with green. And also with more Awesome. Pictures forthcoming.) She was working on mittens. And of course I wanted to knit since she was knitting, but alas, it was Shabbat.
Capture The Flag With Stuff was made of awesome. I was in both games, and was on the winning team both times. And I was even useful.
I got to moderate the Webcomics panel this year, though I hadn't read anything by the authors that were there. But all I had to do was choose people to ask questions. And the webcomics people were all really nice and made of awesome, even if they were not Randall Munroe.
I also entered 5 scarves into the art show this year. I gave them stats. People liked the scarves and the stats. One of the scarves actually sold. I guess I should have made the others cheaper, though they were priced fairly for amount of work and cost of materials. It's something to keep in mind if I do it next year. (I think I will do it next year, since at the post mortem JB commented on how it was awesome to have stuff from HRSFen in the art show.)
And of course there were lots of cool alums who I haven't seen in forever, like
silkspinner and pastwatcher.I played a bunch of games of Race for the Galaxy which is a good game and I might buy it eventually. Maybe when I have a job for next year.
And the Mask was awesome this year. I wore the Chinese Dress of Awesome again. Still has +20 charisma. And one of the guys who goes to swing dancing at MIT was there, so I danced with him for a bunch of songs. (Before that I was going around asking if anyone had ranks in swing dancing, since I had ranks in swing dancing and wanted to be able to use them.)
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Jan. 28th, 2009 09:42 pmWalking out of Hillel I slipped on the ice and fell. I'm fine, but my lower back hurts a lot, when I sit, when I stand, when I bend over... bringing out the recycling was an endeavor filled with profanity.
I'm hoping that sitting on a heating pad will make me feel better. Also, I'm going to drink a nice cup of tea.
I'm hoping that sitting on a heating pad will make me feel better. Also, I'm going to drink a nice cup of tea.
Vericon is happening, starting tomorrow at 5PM. I should have posted this earlier, but I've been busy first with finals and then planning the con, but if you're local and are into sci-fi stuff, you should come. It's $25 for the full weekend if you're a student, $35 if not, $10/15 for Friday only $15/20 for Saturday only and $10/15 for Sunday only. Most of the stuff is happening on Saturday. Also, 99% of the food is kosher, since I'm the great and powerful food coordinator. (The exceptions are the salsa (since this is what Costco has), ramen (though no one even eats the ramen but people wanted it to exist so it exists), and possibly the bread, I have to check that.) Also, the food is shiny because I plan it so I can live off of the food for the weekend, so there are things like cereal and bagels and cream cheese and granola bars beyond the potato chips and corn chips and pretzels and cookies and chocolate and soda and whatnot.
Also, registration opens at 5PM tomorrow, but if you're shomer(et) Shabbat and last-minute want to come to Vericon tomorrow, let me know and I can make it so you can register and pay before Shabbat starts (4:28 PM according to chabad.com).
So this is where I will be all weekend. Tomorrow we set up at 8am. I should be asleep right now, butthekinginyellow, ophblekuwufu, and pastwatcher are getting in at late o clock, so I was going to nap, but I'm eating dinner because food is good and I didn't have much today.
Also, registration opens at 5PM tomorrow, but if you're shomer(et) Shabbat and last-minute want to come to Vericon tomorrow, let me know and I can make it so you can register and pay before Shabbat starts (4:28 PM according to chabad.com).
So this is where I will be all weekend. Tomorrow we set up at 8am. I should be asleep right now, but
thekinginyellow, ophblekuwufu, and pastwatcher are getting in at late o clock, so I was going to nap, but I'm eating dinner because food is good and I didn't have much today.xkcd test!
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Another quick food post
Jan. 14th, 2009 11:49 amI've learned that pesto lasagna is one of the easiest things in the world to make, provided you have pesto and the lasagna noodles that don't require boiling. Thus I have now finally found a food I can make in bulk and then heat up over the week for lunches.
(Though right now I have to wait 15 minutes for it to cool...)
(Also, we have a limited supply of pesto. We did make a lot last year to freeze and I was pretty good about not using it all up, and we made some more this year, and our basil plants look happy, but I don't think I can make actual pesto lasagna on a weekly basis, and I'll probably have to go back to making normal lasagna. The pesto is easier than the regular because you can mix the pesto in with the cheese and thus it's only one layer instead of multiple ones.)
(Though right now I have to wait 15 minutes for it to cool...)
(Also, we have a limited supply of pesto. We did make a lot last year to freeze and I was pretty good about not using it all up, and we made some more this year, and our basil plants look happy, but I don't think I can make actual pesto lasagna on a weekly basis, and I'll probably have to go back to making normal lasagna. The pesto is easier than the regular because you can mix the pesto in with the cheese and thus it's only one layer instead of multiple ones.)
Onion Rings!
Jan. 13th, 2009 03:16 pmEver since I stopped eating in non-kosher restaurants 4 1/2 years ago, I have not found any good onion rings. They were one of my favorite foods. They are incredibly unhealthy, but they are so good when done right. The best ones were either the bloomin' onion at Outback Steakhouse, or the strips of onion rings that they used to have at the Cheesecake Factory, though they took those off the menu and I don't know why.
It isn't that there's anything inherently unkosher about onion rings. There's not. It's just that there aren't that many kosher restaurants, and the ones that exist either don't serve onion rings, or don't care enough to make their own. They buy the packaged processed ones which have diced onions in them, which are, in my opinion, quite inferior to what I would call "real" onion rings.
This came up in conversation a month ago or so. I was talking about how when I started keeping kosher I didn't have much trouble giving up pork or shellfish, since I rarely had pork (we never kept it in the house, and I think I have had bacon less than 5 times in my entire life) and I didn't eat fish, shell or not. Thus, the things I missed were things that could be made kosherly, and shouldn't taste any worse when kosher, but were made badly. The other one I can think of off-hand is marshmallows. There is nothing in fish gelatin which should make it that different from real gelatin, but the people who make kosher marshmallows probably have never had a real marshmallow.
Then I came home today, andadlight was having MF over for lunch, and they were making mozzarella sticks and onion rings! I was really excited. And there were enough of both for me to be able to have that as my lunch as well.
So thus, this was the first time I've had good onion rings in almost 5 years. I quietly said a Shehekhianu (since I felt rather silly about it) and ate the onion rings. And I was very happy, and still am very happy.
The only problem is that they looked relatively easy to make. This would be a bad addiction to start up again.
It isn't that there's anything inherently unkosher about onion rings. There's not. It's just that there aren't that many kosher restaurants, and the ones that exist either don't serve onion rings, or don't care enough to make their own. They buy the packaged processed ones which have diced onions in them, which are, in my opinion, quite inferior to what I would call "real" onion rings.
This came up in conversation a month ago or so. I was talking about how when I started keeping kosher I didn't have much trouble giving up pork or shellfish, since I rarely had pork (we never kept it in the house, and I think I have had bacon less than 5 times in my entire life) and I didn't eat fish, shell or not. Thus, the things I missed were things that could be made kosherly, and shouldn't taste any worse when kosher, but were made badly. The other one I can think of off-hand is marshmallows. There is nothing in fish gelatin which should make it that different from real gelatin, but the people who make kosher marshmallows probably have never had a real marshmallow.
Then I came home today, and
adlight was having MF over for lunch, and they were making mozzarella sticks and onion rings! I was really excited. And there were enough of both for me to be able to have that as my lunch as well.So thus, this was the first time I've had good onion rings in almost 5 years. I quietly said a Shehekhianu (since I felt rather silly about it) and ate the onion rings. And I was very happy, and still am very happy.
The only problem is that they looked relatively easy to make. This would be a bad addiction to start up again.
It's over!
Jan. 8th, 2009 12:43 amThe final paper for my museum anthropology class is finished. It is now a pdf, and I sent it to my prof. Only 2 more papers to write between now and Monday. Tomorrow will be spent in Andover Library, and I hopefully will get a lot written for the take home final (or at least know what I'm writing on and what sources I'm using.)
If anyone wants to read about spinning in ancient China, let me know and I'll send you the paper.
If anyone wants to read about spinning in ancient China, let me know and I'll send you the paper.
12 days of Channukah
Dec. 24th, 2008 10:13 pmI love the Channukah Torah reading. It basically goes:
On the first day of Channukah my true love1 gave to me2 one silver dish,one silver basin, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense; one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year; one male of the goats; two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, and five he-lambs of the first year.
On the second day of Channukah, my true love3 gave to me one silver dish,one silver basin, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense; one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year; one male of the goats; two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, and five he-lambs of the first year.
Etc.
It's pretty much the same thing over and over, with different names. And they come from different tribes. They all give the same gift. (Which makes it the easiest Torah reading ever.)
http://www.mechon-mamre.org/e/et/et0407.htm
1 And by "my true love" I mean "Nachson ben Amindav"
2 And by "me" I mean God.
3 And by "my true love" I mean "Nethanel ben Zuar"
On the first day of Channukah my true love1 gave to me2 one silver dish,one silver basin, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense; one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year; one male of the goats; two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, and five he-lambs of the first year.
On the second day of Channukah, my true love3 gave to me one silver dish,one silver basin, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense; one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year; one male of the goats; two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, and five he-lambs of the first year.
Etc.
It's pretty much the same thing over and over, with different names. And they come from different tribes. They all give the same gift. (Which makes it the easiest Torah reading ever.)
http://www.mechon-mamre.org/e/et/et0407.htm
1 And by "my true love" I mean "Nachson ben Amindav"
2 And by "me" I mean God.
3 And by "my true love" I mean "Nethanel ben Zuar"
End of year recap meme everyone is doing
Dec. 19th, 2008 12:19 pmFirst sentence from the first [public] entry of each month:
Jan: Despite getting a massage on Sunday night, my left shoulder is still bothering me.
Feb: I have most of my courses set, and I got into one of the two seminars (Ritual, Gender, and Space in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity).
Mar: I've been bad about posting, and I should catch up. Ok, that's just lame, so the next sentence there is: First of all, from last Saturday, there was the Settlers of Catan cake
Apr: It’s been a while, so an update seems to be a good idea. Gah, another one. What's wrong with me? Last week I was at Penn.
May: So dsKC has years and years of DMing experience.
Jun: So last night I was introduced to the paper game. The title on that entry is quite amusing, "You may have Excalibur, but I have a jaguar!"
Jul: I'm going to DC this weekend for the HRSFA house party.
Aug: I'm reading the 3rd chapter of Eicha/Lamentations which has a different tune from the rest of Eicha.
Sep: So I had my callback today, in the same place where the audition was.
Oct: I ended up getting a small mezzo solo in the middle of "[A Man Come Into] Egypt" this song that they've done in previous semesters, which I now need to learn, and which I only was sight-reading the solo.
Nov: My mom sent me a link to the Providence Journal which has information about the election, and what the ballot will be.
Dec: If you're in the Cambridge area this Sunday night (December 7th) my a cappella group, Techiya, is having our annual fall concert.
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In other news, I've actually managed to get some things done.
( a list, not so interesting to anyone but me )
It's not that scary, but there are 2 papers and a take-home final which is much like a paper.Maybe if I e-mail professor Austin now I can feel less bad about not doing things today. Just did so.
Jan: Despite getting a massage on Sunday night, my left shoulder is still bothering me.
Feb: I have most of my courses set, and I got into one of the two seminars (Ritual, Gender, and Space in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity).
Mar: I've been bad about posting, and I should catch up. Ok, that's just lame, so the next sentence there is: First of all, from last Saturday, there was the Settlers of Catan cake
Apr: It’s been a while, so an update seems to be a good idea. Gah, another one. What's wrong with me? Last week I was at Penn.
May: So dsKC has years and years of DMing experience.
Jun: So last night I was introduced to the paper game. The title on that entry is quite amusing, "You may have Excalibur, but I have a jaguar!"
Jul: I'm going to DC this weekend for the HRSFA house party.
Aug: I'm reading the 3rd chapter of Eicha/Lamentations which has a different tune from the rest of Eicha.
Sep: So I had my callback today, in the same place where the audition was.
Oct: I ended up getting a small mezzo solo in the middle of "[A Man Come Into] Egypt" this song that they've done in previous semesters, which I now need to learn, and which I only was sight-reading the solo.
Nov: My mom sent me a link to the Providence Journal which has information about the election, and what the ballot will be.
Dec: If you're in the Cambridge area this Sunday night (December 7th) my a cappella group, Techiya, is having our annual fall concert.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In other news, I've actually managed to get some things done.
( a list, not so interesting to anyone but me )
It's not that scary, but there are 2 papers and a take-home final which is much like a paper.
I finally dragged myself out to swing dancing for the first time in 3 months. Although I was out of practice, I actually had no trouble following. I tried to help out this kid (I use this term for lack of a better word my guess was that he was an undergrad, he seemed so young!) who had never done swing before, and taught him a few things, like the basic step, and how to signal turns. So that was my nice deed of the evening.
I'm glad I went. I forgot how fun it is. Hopefully now that the mono is gone I can go regularly again. (Though I usually get tired out from Wednesday afternoon Techiya rehearsals. But next semester's schedule may be different.)
I'm glad I went. I forgot how fun it is. Hopefully now that the mono is gone I can go regularly again. (Though I usually get tired out from Wednesday afternoon Techiya rehearsals. But next semester's schedule may be different.)
We found Carmen Sandiego!
Dec. 8th, 2008 10:14 amI survived my concert. It ended up going well. People liked the skits, and according to the audience we sounded good, though there was this point in Melech Shelach where we changed keys and I couldn't find my note (which is hard enough to find as is) since it no longer was the E that I normally would sing. I think we were a half step sharp. So then I sang the tenor note, until eventually I found it and then NB and I sang our "E" or whatever the hell it actually was. But by then the song was almost over.
Our skits were an episode of "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego," except on crack. She stole the MIT dome. There were amusing pictures that were photo shopped to have the dome hiding in them. Here (you have to click on them to see the dome).
My favorite part of our skits was either in round 1, when Rockapella gives the most useless clue ever (and then the choices were Burkina Fasa (sp?), Sierra Leone, and United Arab Emirates) or in Round 2, where one of the two contestants was picking the same location over and over again, and his consolation prize was the Deluxe Edition Carmen Sandiego memory game (there were 3 choices, "the room with the loot" "the room with the warrant" and "the room with the crook" with a sign "try this one first" next to "the room with the loot"). Actually, the entirety of round 2 was made of hilarity. You all missed a great show. We might have a video of it on Youtube eventually, but I'm not sure what the deal is with that.
Here, have a wikipedia article on Carmen Sandiego.
And I actually made it to morning minyan today. This is the first time I was at SCM in over a month. I've been not going to morning minyan, and have been spending most Shabbats at home. So I pretty much just haven't existed. HRSFA hasn't really seen me either, since there was Hell Week, and I haven't been going to gaming on Friday nights.
But I exist now. Though I haven't started my presentation for tomorrow. I'll have to do it all this afternoon...
Our skits were an episode of "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego," except on crack. She stole the MIT dome. There were amusing pictures that were photo shopped to have the dome hiding in them. Here (you have to click on them to see the dome).
My favorite part of our skits was either in round 1, when Rockapella gives the most useless clue ever (and then the choices were Burkina Fasa (sp?), Sierra Leone, and United Arab Emirates) or in Round 2, where one of the two contestants was picking the same location over and over again, and his consolation prize was the Deluxe Edition Carmen Sandiego memory game (there were 3 choices, "the room with the loot" "the room with the warrant" and "the room with the crook" with a sign "try this one first" next to "the room with the loot"). Actually, the entirety of round 2 was made of hilarity. You all missed a great show. We might have a video of it on Youtube eventually, but I'm not sure what the deal is with that.
Here, have a wikipedia article on Carmen Sandiego.
And I actually made it to morning minyan today. This is the first time I was at SCM in over a month. I've been not going to morning minyan, and have been spending most Shabbats at home. So I pretty much just haven't existed. HRSFA hasn't really seen me either, since there was Hell Week, and I haven't been going to gaming on Friday nights.
But I exist now. Though I haven't started my presentation for tomorrow. I'll have to do it all this afternoon...
My throat hates me
Dec. 5th, 2008 12:34 amI thought I was getting over the mono. I've been getting rest in general, though this week has been insane with tech week rehearsals. But I have energy now, so that means the mono is almost gone, right?
Alas, not so much. Last night my throat started to hurt, like I had swallowed a pill incorrectly or something. Except I hadn't swallowed any pills recently, and it wasn't going away even after I drank things.
It was still there today. So before rehearsal I told JS about it, and I ended up leaving rehearsal a little early, though not much.
So while I was originally planning to go to gaming tomorrow night and stay with NM, I'm instead spending yet another Shabbat at home. But since it's justcurrentlee and me, we can have a gluten-ous Shabbat dinner of matzah ball soup, which I haven't made in forever. Hopefully I'll spice it correctly and have enough vegetables and not too much water.
I still have another rehearsal late Saturday night (10-11 I think) and then Sunday from 4-8, until the concert starts. Then I have the concert itself. After that I can stop singing for a few weeks. Huzzah!
Alas, not so much. Last night my throat started to hurt, like I had swallowed a pill incorrectly or something. Except I hadn't swallowed any pills recently, and it wasn't going away even after I drank things.
It was still there today. So before rehearsal I told JS about it, and I ended up leaving rehearsal a little early, though not much.
So while I was originally planning to go to gaming tomorrow night and stay with NM, I'm instead spending yet another Shabbat at home. But since it's just
currentlee and me, we can have a gluten-ous Shabbat dinner of matzah ball soup, which I haven't made in forever. Hopefully I'll spice it correctly and have enough vegetables and not too much water.I still have another rehearsal late Saturday night (10-11 I think) and then Sunday from 4-8, until the concert starts. Then I have the concert itself. After that I can stop singing for a few weeks. Huzzah!
If you're in the Cambridge area this Sunday night (December 7th) my a cappella group, Techiya, is having our annual fall concert.
Details:
Where: MIT campus, 34-101 (that's building 34, room 101. Building 34 is at 50 Vassar Street)
When: 8:00 PM- 9:30 PM
What: A concert, followed by food
Cost: Free if you're special. And since everyone is a unique snowflake, we're all special, and thus the concert is free for everyone.
The concert is actually starting off with Shani, Harvard's Jewish a cappella group, covering. They're doing about 4 songs. We're doing about 10 songs. There are also fun skits.
I think that's it.
Details:
Where: MIT campus, 34-101 (that's building 34, room 101. Building 34 is at 50 Vassar Street)
When: 8:00 PM- 9:30 PM
What: A concert, followed by food
Cost: Free if you're special. And since everyone is a unique snowflake, we're all special, and thus the concert is free for everyone.
The concert is actually starting off with Shani, Harvard's Jewish a cappella group, covering. They're doing about 4 songs. We're doing about 10 songs. There are also fun skits.
I think that's it.
On Black Friday
Nov. 30th, 2008 02:37 pmI noticed a couple of weeks ago that my cell phone battery wasn't lasting as long as it used to. It used to be that I could have an hour-long conversation, and I'd be at 3/4 power. Now I was at 1/2 power. And a 20 minute phone conversation would put it at 3/4. So I figured I should get a new battery, and it would be under warranty.
So when I got to RI I told my mom about it, and she said that I'd probably have to buy a new battery. But we checked, and my cell phone actually had an upgrade, which is a $100 rebate on whatever phone I chose to buy. And she also wanted a new phone.
So on Black Friday, at 7:00 AM we were at the Verizon store (which wasn't too insane) and we got new phones. And since there were sales, it came in a package with an extra charger and a headset.
I haven't tried it out yet, but I'm pretty sure the headset can be plugged into the laptop.
And thus I can Skype with all you people who are far away in not-here land. Huzzah!
(Though I won't really exist until after my concert is over on December 7th.)
So when I got to RI I told my mom about it, and she said that I'd probably have to buy a new battery. But we checked, and my cell phone actually had an upgrade, which is a $100 rebate on whatever phone I chose to buy. And she also wanted a new phone.
So on Black Friday, at 7:00 AM we were at the Verizon store (which wasn't too insane) and we got new phones. And since there were sales, it came in a package with an extra charger and a headset.
I haven't tried it out yet, but I'm pretty sure the headset can be plugged into the laptop.
And thus I can Skype with all you people who are far away in not-here land. Huzzah!
(Though I won't really exist until after my concert is over on December 7th.)
SBL hates me
Nov. 23rd, 2008 01:34 pmDear SBL,
I appreciate the fact that you have many interesting things going on this weekend. But did you really need to have the session with all my archaeological heroes and cool biblical studies professors overlap with the session my current professor is speaking in? Couldn't you have made the first one a little earlier? Now I have to leave one early to get to the other, which I know is commonly done, but still can be disruptive.
Sincerely,
Rachel
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( The sessions in question, both this afternoon )
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I might leave the second one early as well, because I have rehearsal at 7. Though it might be possible to get to MIT in a half hour. The conference is in the Hynes Convention Center, which is actually a T stop on the green line. I'd have to transfer to red from Park Street and walk from Kendall, but it can be done... Oh wait, it's on the #1 bus route, too! Yay! And they come often enough that if I get to the stop at 6:40 or even 6:50 I'll have no trouble getting to MIT on time.
So I guess this is all doable, but very annoying. And I probably should privilege the earlier session if I only go to one, since it has more cool people in it, and I don't see any of them anymore.
Though I realize I need to leave in a half hour. I still need lunch. Meep.
I appreciate the fact that you have many interesting things going on this weekend. But did you really need to have the session with all my archaeological heroes and cool biblical studies professors overlap with the session my current professor is speaking in? Couldn't you have made the first one a little earlier? Now I have to leave one early to get to the other, which I know is commonly done, but still can be disruptive.
Sincerely,
Rachel
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( The sessions in question, both this afternoon )
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I might leave the second one early as well, because I have rehearsal at 7. Though it might be possible to get to MIT in a half hour. The conference is in the Hynes Convention Center, which is actually a T stop on the green line. I'd have to transfer to red from Park Street and walk from Kendall, but it can be done... Oh wait, it's on the #1 bus route, too! Yay! And they come often enough that if I get to the stop at 6:40 or even 6:50 I'll have no trouble getting to MIT on time.
So I guess this is all doable, but very annoying. And I probably should privilege the earlier session if I only go to one, since it has more cool people in it, and I don't see any of them anymore.
Though I realize I need to leave in a half hour. I still need lunch. Meep.
