one more thing

Also tonight, I picked up my very first batch of dry-cleaning from the laundry place. It's a great achievement, let me tell you. :)

cello!

Tonight, I played in my very first cello recital. I played "Variations on Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star." First, the basic "Twinkle," then I moved on to the four 16th notes and two eighth notes. A few bloopers here and there, but overall, not bad. I give it a B+. I also rushed a bit. My students were there, so they cheered loudly and proudly before and after, which gave me a big confidence boost. I was going to leave halfway through the recital of 42 students (on various intruments), but because of the great support from my third-graders, I decided to stick around to hear all of them. They all played harder stuff than me and are all better than me. It's OK. I know gerunds. :)

ice-skating

I went ice-skating Tuesday! I'm happy to report that I did not fall, although it did take a little while to get used to being on the ice. The last time I went skating was on my birthday in London, when I turned 22.

Another interesting thing. I was in my Flash class yesterday when the teacher showed us a site that a student has designed. Turned out to be Chris, the guy from BC who hung out with us. He used a picture of Greg (from USC) as part of the design. It was pretty cool. I'll post the link soon.

it's been awhile, I know

So it's been almost two months since you've all heard from me. I'm OK, thanks. Life's been a little hectic, but the reason is mostly that I've been too lazy and unproductive to update the Blogger. And what do I find when I logged in just now? a "new" Blogger! I'll have to check it out. I hope everyone's doing well. I know my friend James Rufus Koren is now in the Antelope Valley, becoming a multi-tasking reporter extraordinaire. Christina is now in Cairo, perfecting her Arabic and learning the ways of being feminine in a (from what I hear from her) pre-feminist movement society.

The current problem in my life is next year's housing. What to do? I need to sign a contract by Friday, so I really wish I knew, too. I'm learning how to design in Flash in my Advanced World Wide Web class this semester, so I will have my own Web site soon. Speaking of Web sites, apparently, no one has taken my name as a domain name, so I will soon find hosting and get my Flashy (ha! pun.) new Web site up when this class ends.

I'm officially heading to Miami for an internship this summer. And when I say "officially," I meant that I have signed no papers, taken no drug tests, received no requests for documentation. On the other hand, I have been getting the monthly newsletter from my future boss, so that's pretty exciting. He also asked me for a short bio over the weekend, so I think I'm well on my way. To repeat the story two years ago, I REALLY need to find housing in Miami. If you've got hints, let me know. I'll be there for exactly three months.

I've taken some pretty cool photos over the last two months, and I'll post them ... eventually.

Until next time, ciao. :)