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Re: Blog Thread IIIb : Look Who's Blogging Now
Patrick:
Confessions thread is over there, buddy ;)
Dear blag, band practice went fantastically today! Our drummer Paul bought a PA (since he broke up with his girlfriend, he has found himself with a lot more disposable income) and I brought my mics over, so instead of just one mic for practice, we had one for each of us! As a result, we banged out a shitload more new material than we have at any practice before. We did work on six new songs, completed probably three of them, and of those three, there's one that we only started work on today. I can't wait for the show we've got coming up this Saturday!
After practice, we went to the bar and shot a few games of pool. I was leading against Paul in our match, and he's quite the pool shark and I was feeling rather proud of myself, but the bartender was in an especially foul mood (her ex bf had been text-harrassing her all night) and closed the place early. I never got to actually earn a win against drummerboy. We've got unfinished business for next time.
Bluesummers:
--- Quote from: VonKleist on 01 Dec 2012, 07:03 ---Also I don't usually black out when I drink but I guess I get points for sleeping on the train for 3 hours straight and not getting robbed or even disturbed in my slumber. Luckily the train just goes back and forth and I awoke near my city.
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I rode the Metro North into NYC (a 2-hour ride), fell asleep, and during one of the stops, fell onto the floor and woke up. Everyone was staring at me...I guess the "thump" was pretty loud.
I too was not robbed...but I was challenged to fisticuffs by a drunk guy who spoke no english. MTA Police eventually dragged him off the train by his ankles.
Barmymoo:
I've had a busy week! Term ended on Wednesday night, and I went out for cocktails (actually I had hot chocolate which is totes a dairy cocktail) to celebrate a friend not having cancer - she'd had some dodgy blood test results and panicked for a week before being told she was actually fine. Then on Thursday I hung out with some friends, sang in the first of two carol services and then hung out with my boyfriend's group of friends, who are really nice and have accepted me into their circle. I had to get up early on Friday to get a train to the BBC Good Food Show, which was HUGE and a bit overwhelming but very interesting. Then back to get changed and go to the winter ball. It was brilliant fun. I think it makes a big difference that I was there with friends and also with my boyfriend - it's the first time I've been to something like that as part of a couple. It was a bit odd because all the friends I was with have either recently split up or have partners who weren't there, so for the first time ever I was the one trying to be sensitive to the fact that not everyone had someone to slowdance with.
Saturday we slept in for ages and amusingly a friend came round at 11 (he hadn't been to the ball) and was rather embarassed to find us still in bed. Then Tom, the boy I was seeing last year, and his girlfriend and their fellow bandmate rang up and said "we're in your town, let's go for lunch!" so we did that and the Boy got to meet the ex-boy and it wasn't at all awkward which was nice. Then I went off to tutor for an hour, after which we had an evening in watching Julia Roberts DVDs. We haven't had time all term to just hang out and not have work to worry about, so it was really nice.
Sunday we went for brunch with some of the choir, then sang through a very difficult but impressively beautiful piece that one of the choir basses has written for his final year project. After that there was another carol service, followed by the choir singing an amusing Christmas song to people munching mince pies. Then we all went to a pub for dinner, and finally to bed.
Today is a day full of choir - I've snuck home in the lunch hour to plan my english lessons for this evening. Sadly I'm going to have to miss the choir carol singing and ice skating shenanigans which are half-planned, but I do need a couple of hours to myself to get things done anyway. I haven't slept in my own room since Wednesday night, which is lovely but also means my room is a sea of chaos because I've just walked in, dumped stuff, picked up clean clothes and left again.
I love choir week :) Lots of singing, lots of socialising, everyone is relaxed and we have time to do things.
Redball:
Since it's a Christmas-gig group, this is the season of socializing and singing for my singers and except for the two-hour drive each way, I love it. We often go for dinner between or after gigs, sometimes both, and Saturday in a Birmingham (MI) pub, I found poutine on the menu. I don't think I'll need to try it again. It was bland.
BeoPuppy:
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 03 Dec 2012, 05:38 ---[...] Julia Roberts DVDs. [...]
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This was a most Notting Hillish post anyway, so I asume that was on the menu? Please? For the sake of my mental image?
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