Class report!

[candyland]

I'm in Visual Basic right now--I think I'm going to enjoy this class =D The professor who was supposed to teach it was Dr. Smith, but he was hit by a car while riding his bike. He's in the hospital with a LOT of serious injuries. I hope he recovers soon =(

So one of the professors who retired last year came in to teach our class. Dr. T...he's spastic, he's enthusiastic, he's crazy, and I think I'm going to have a good time while he's here. Kinda hope he's around for a while =P Thus far, we've discussed how his family name is an architectural masterpiece because of the patterns of the letters. We've talked about how all business problems can be solved if you get a Coke license. We've gone over what a computer is. And we've learned how they fill pop bottles with exactly 16 ounces of Mountain Dew (a paddlewheel linked to a shut-off valve! HA!)

We're discussing coding and stuff...it sort of sounds like we might be doing some basic html... *goes starry-eyed at the idea of being able to do more fun stuff online*

I'm also very excited about choir right now. We're singing "Battle Hymn of the Republic," which we sing every year. Hell, my father sang that version of Battle Hymn when he was in high school back in the highest days of ancient Egypt. But then we're singing Z. Randall Stroope's "Homeland." I sang this song twice in high school, and I worship it! If anybody wants to hear a recording of it, I have the one my high school choir did. But it's beautiful--it could be about any country or place, and it's patriotic without being cheesy.

And then...we're doing "How Can I Keep from Singing?" *melts into a little happy-puddle of Candy-goo* I can't remember the composer/arranger's name, but it's the one with the blue cover. This will mark the third time that I've sung it, and I love it more and more every time I sing it. It's sooooooo beautiful, with a great message....and I'm going to brand myself a music nerd forever with this, but the key change makes me chordgasm. BIG TIME.

I'll probably post lyrics later, just to share the fun =D

Comments

[articulation.livejournal.com]

Ooh, really? I sang On My Own for voice lessons once but that's the extent for me. xD

[jeva-chan.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Played clarinet and I think it was one of the slow songs...thing one of them was call Somewhere ...or I could be mixing up that West Side Story show we did with the Les Miserables show we did...*sweatdrops*

Ahaha, I can't sing for beans~ XD Musical instruments for me~

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

I haaaaaaaaaate West Side Story oh yesssssssss I dooooo...see, my freshmen year of high school, it was the marching band show (and there is a song called "Somewhere" in it). Sophomore year, it was the musical. And senior year, "Somewhere" was part of the All-State choir set--though it was an AWESOME arrangement.

BAND NERDS UNITE! *is kicked*

[articulation.livejournal.com]

I sang Somewhere for voice, too. xD And yeah, it's from West Side Story. ...Close enough. xD

Yeah, I tried band and failed. One year of oboe was enough for me. xD I followed Candy's path, although we're different voice parts locked in an endless and deadly feud. xD

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

I still hate West Side Story. Altos own your bases.

...and oh Lordy please don't get me started on the oboe jokes...I know a million of 'em!!

[articulation.livejournal.com]

Oh, I hate West Side Story, too. xD I just can't really stand it for some reason.

Sopranos have their own bases taht altos don't even know about. :P

..Why am I always in the mocked section? Soprano, oboe. I'm screwed. xD

[jeva-chan.livejournal.com]

Well, you didn't have to play an entire 4 or 5 piece marching show during high school during football game's half-times and performances...urgh...

Gee, Officer Krupky just about killed me...along with America @____@;;;;

At least you're not a trumpet player!

[articulation.livejournal.com]

America's fun to sing but I wouldn't want to play it.

That's true. xD

[jeva-chan.livejournal.com]

GET THE SIXTEENTH NOTES AT CUT TIME AWAY FROM MEEEEEEEE! T_____T! *clinging now, yes*

XDDD

[jeva-chan.livejournal.com]

...I forgot to mention the time signature...it was probably around 180 or more...uwaaaaaah. D: AND MARCHING TO THAT SONG WAS HORRIBLE! WTF, Mr. Brown? D:

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

We did "America" in ours as a percussion piece. No playing involved! *mocks your pain*

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

Do you know the trumpet player's handshake? "Hi, I'm better than you."

Whereas the euphonium player's handshake (that's my instrument) is "Hi, I'm smarter than you." ;D

[jeva-chan.livejournal.com]

XDDD That's not how MY euphoniums shake hands XDDD

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

...okay, all sorts of dirty things just ran through my head, including how my fellow euphonium lady and myself amuse ourselves in band by playing Hangman with the dirtiest messages we can think of. I broke Jo's brain by having the message, "I like it when boys touch boys."

Bliss ♥

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

Fine, keep your bases *steals your chairs instead and laughs as you fall off the risers*

HAHA, YOU PHAIL!! *dances the Sopranos and Oboes are Losers dance*

I'm just teasing--I loves ya ^_~

[articulation.livejournal.com]

It's true. We do fail. xD

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

Awww, don't take it personally *patpat*

[jeva-chan.livejournal.com]

Well, there was a Les Miserables song SOMEWHERE in my high school band career XDD ...was I Dreamed A Dream from Les Miserables?

Acccck. Oboe? Double-reeds are like...uber hard D:

Ahahaha~ I wish I knew what range I would be in if I tried to sing...I think my friend Shannon (Vocal Major at NSU in Louisiana) said I could probably make it to a 2nd Soprano and down to a 2nd Alto...maybe lower if I tried and learned and stuff XD All I know is that whenever my sisters and I sing along to songs with duets--I tend to get the guy's part XD

[articulation.livejournal.com]

..I have no idea. xD

It was hard! And I ultimately failed. xD

2nd to 2nd? Then you're probably an alto with Candy~~ I'm in the "dumb blonde"ish section as a first soprano. My choir teacher once said that the reason we could hit the notes was because there was so much empty space in our heads to resonate. .. xD

Ironically enough, I usually sing the guy's part, too. xD

[jeva-chan.livejournal.com]

It's like when I first tried to play French Horn. XD I didn't have the right lips for it and ended up on bass clarinet. So yeah...now I play contra bass clarinet, bass clarinet, and soprano clarinet for marching season...

XDDD That's probably true, too! *runs away before she gets thwack'd!*

...XDDD That is ironic~

[articulation.livejournal.com]

Wow, I'm impressed. I wish I could play all those instruments. ~~

xD It's okay. I've heard it all before. xD

[jeva-chan.livejournal.com]

They're all the same, really...just different sized mouthpieces.

Playing tenor sax is awsum, though 8D

XDD I tend not to make those kinds of jokes really, to be honest~ XD

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

Played trumpet until high school, then switched to euphonium and haven't looked back. Tried French horn, though...but yeah, have been an alto II since I started college. I enjoy it immensely =D

[jeva-chan.livejournal.com]

...no wonder you are the way you are what with those seconds you've been in XD

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

I'm an alto--I have a man voice, and I'm proud of it! *cheers*