They Disappeared...

...yes. My apple jacks! The freakin' DAY I write about them in here, they're gone and replaced with (cough, cough...ICK) Lucky Charms! Is this a sign? I was stuck eating those tonight, which wasn't fun. I want my fruity o's back, please!

Oh well. More important things on my plate to worry about. Like choosing another song to sing for Monday's Rhythm & Grooves Ensemble and writing out the lead sheet which takes a long time. And running to the Museum of Fine Arts on my own time and studying the art there and picking one to write a paper about. OR maybe the fact that in Writing Skills I have a "score" to write out with at least 16 bars of a bass and drum groove, which I'm not very good at writing out. I do not PLAY bass and drums! All the little x's and whatnot for the drums are confusing, because I'm not good at rhythm. I guess I'm gonna have to learn, though!

So all of those things are due in the next week or so...I better start studying now!

Anyways, last night was really fun. Being in the Berklee Chamber Choir, we went to Old South Church in Boston (built in the 1600's and gorgeous!) and sang with the touring Ateneo Chamber Singers from the Philippines. They are so amazing! We sang two songs together. Here's one of them, "You Raise Me Up", with a 7th semester guy singing the solo part: Harmony class is so amazing...my teacher really shines a new light on chord progressions and makes me think of music in a totally different way (a great one!) I really love to listen to songs now and hear what roman numeral chord is playing...haha I sound like a freak!!! Oh well. I'm at MUSIC college, what do you expect?

You've also gotta learn to be tough in this city. Many a times Jade and I will be walking around and a homeless person will yell for money or some weird guy will come up to me and be like, "Hey sexy, can I wash yo dishes?" WTF? Haha, it's like, scary yet funny at the same time. We just ignore them and walk away. Tonight though when I was walking home from the gym I was on the phone with Jade and these guys walked by me and were like, "Hey you!" They were walking the opposite way, so they said that just as they passed me. But anyway, I ignored them and kept talking on the phone, and they yelled, "What are you doing tonight?" then after no reply and I kept on walking fast (I was literally steps away from the Berklee entrance) the one yelled, "Too busy, huh?" I would have to say that was the scariest encounter yet because I was without Jade. I know how to hold my own though and really think that I could get out of a situation if need be. Hopefully that will never happen though! I love Boston - it's a great city - but there are always creepers in every city.

More later!
-jourdanjustine