This was my away message last night:

Dude I just got back from James Bond. Holy wow. Awesome movie and it was so hilarious. The funniest line was when Halle Berry was looking through binoculars and then she sees vehicles and says "Vehicles." And then Erick leans over to Brad and says "Boy, that's obvious!" Or something like that. HAHAHA!!! That was awesome. Have a good night I don't know what I am doing now. I could be sleeping. I could be at the computer. I could be watching infomercials on TV. Or watching another movie. Who knows? But fun times tonight.

OK. Then I went to sleep. I had this weird dream that I went to jail. I don't remember how I got in there, but Emily bailed me out because she was now a big broadway star and could afford my bail. So I go up to the desk and ask what day it is and it is June 10, 2005 or something like that. And I was in shock. I was 22. I wasted 2 1/2 years of my life in jail. And I cried about that, not because I was out. Weird stuff. Anyway the world had completely changed and Emily had this huge convertable that fit like 12 people in it, two in each seat. It was weird. Ok well there's my weird dream for this week I guess...

Funny thing happened this morning in conducting. I forgot to do my lesson plans for Elementary Methods and so I was talking to Cory and Jake and here is the conversation that happened.

Jake: Just tell her your dog died... no better yet, tell her your mom died.
Spencer: Well, my aunt is having a hysterectomy..

Lol. Well, I don't have Jazz anymore and now I barely have conducting anymore until the final. We got our final today, so we only meet to discuss, I guess. Classes are almost over!!!! I can't wait until Christmas. I hope it snows this weekend like they predict.

Wow. I'm starting to get run down. I want to go home. But only 6 more days!!!!! YEAH!! Sometimes i feel like I can't remember anything I need to do... I'm actually doing a lot better with that than last year... but I always forget to write stuff in my planner. What good is a planner if you forget to write in it? Oh well. I got an 83 on my Physics test... which is really good after I heard some of the other grades on it. That was a hard test because there was SO much information we needed to do... And my piano test was fine.

I'm starting to get ready for Christmas! I got a christmas desktop theme on my computer and lights on my tree and listening to Christmas music.

MUSIC I AM LISTENING TO:Three Ships by Jon Anderson

See? I love that album by Jon Anderson. i also like Mannheim Steamroller and jazzy Christmas songs like "Christmas Is Coming" by Vince Guaraldi. But it's like 50 out right now. I want snow.

Busen brought his snake to choir today. It was sweet! It is a baby python. It's 2 feet long now and when he got it in the summer it was like a foot long and it will grow to like 8 feet. It's so cool. I wouldn't mind having a snake for a pet.

Well the Vocal Jazz concert is tonight and so I am currently getting all decked up. The monitors have issues! They kept squeaking and giving feedback and my ears are hurting... anyone who knows me knows how I get when I hear feedback. I either cringe or scream, literally. I hate that sound and my poor sensitive ears hate that sound even more. Hopefully it will all get worked out. Well wish me luck! Be back later.

There was a fender bender in front of Oakland; the car behind wasn't paying attention to the other car who stopped for someone crossing the street at the crosswalk... it happens. And then I saw a meteor. It was cool I saw it breaking up in the air! It was really bright. Very close. I wonder if any of it hit the ground.

Just got back from the MVOP concert! Wow it went so well and everyone sang so great and it was just awesome!!!!! I am so proud of everyone I am on a natural high right now :):):) I love these natural highs!! And another good thing! IT IS SNOWING IN DECATUR!!! Ok so it's not a blizzard, just a few flurries, but still, we didn't get anything like that until march last year. YAY!! My hope of having accumilated snow on the ground by the time I leave, after having gone down with a reality check with Garrett earlier today (was about 40%, went down to 15%), is now 30%. So I'm holding on to hope. But snow kicks butt!!! Now I need to make some food.

I am feeling much better after that hell of a day! Wow. I was so exhausted. Today wasn't as bad, but tomorrow when I get back from class at 12 I am free until 4, so during that time I am going to nap or somethign.

In less than 7 hours the busiest day of my life will commence... busier than that 11 hour day of work I had at the music festival because that was only in one place and much of it was stuff I knew how to do. This is running around all over the place almost 12 hours of work with only a couple of tiny breaks here and there...... I'm going to collapse after MVOP tomorrow night.

It's 1:28 in the morning and I am still working on my paper... I'm almost done thank God. If I am in bed my 2 I will be OK sleepwise I think. I still don't know whether I'll shower tonight or not. Anyway back to work I'm almost done!!

Well, the grinding week began yesterday fairly normal. Now starting today and going on until Thursday, with the climax being tomorrow, here is my schedule for the next few days.

TUESDAY
12ish-2 sit at MVOP table
2-3 Masterclass
3-4:15 break, which means work on my paper
4:15-5:45 Vocal Jazz
5:45-8:30 break, which means dinner and work on my paper
8:30~9:30 MVOP rehearsal
9:30-? Finish paper

WEDNESDAY
9-10 Observe (?)
10-11 Survey, turn in paper :)
11-12 Physics of music
12-1 Break for lunch (?) and start on lab
1-2 Intro to Music Ed
2-3 Class Piano
3-4 Work on lab
4-5 Choir
5-5:45 Dinner and get ready to help Shanan
5:45-7 Help Shanan on stage crew for the recital
7-8:30 MVOP rehearsal
8:30-? come home and collapse, then when I awake, work on 2 observation reflections and a lesson plan and other various stuff for Elementary methods

THURSDAY
9:30-10:45 Conducting
11-12:15 Elementary Methods
2-3 Recital (?)
4:15-5:45 Vocal Jazz
6:45-7:45 MVOP Rehearsal
8:30-10 Final Contagious Christian bible study meeting :(

FRIDAY
At last a normal day (I Think...)!!!

SATURDAY
5-? MVOP Concert

SUNDAY
7-9 Vespers rehearsal

MONDAY
? Vocal Jazz Concert

I can't wait until I go home for thanksgiving...

AFter a beautiful weekend of fairly warm warmth, it's starting to get cold again. And another weekend gone by with not much done ;). I did some stuff but I was going to work on my paper and never really did; that shows how much willpower I have. I did go observe at the nursing home, and sang with MVOP at a church, and VESPERS REHEARSAL #1. But that's it. Except for going to Kroger twice; once at like 5 and once at like 2 in the morning with Bobby. The grocery store is so weird at 2 in the morning. There is like no one in there! bobby was afraid of the lady behind the counter because last time he went at 3 in the morning and she was really crabby but she was nice this time so that's good. Dad finds out tomorrow if he is one chosen to sing with Ray Charles tomorrow! That would be so awesome if I could do that. But vespers will have to do. And we are singing Eric Whitacre and they are not :). OH MAN this song Lux Arumque is SO BEAUTIFUL!!!! I want a copy to keep forever. Now I know why Cory is obsessed with him ;). OK well I'm going to work on my paper now.

OK. I am having this MAJOR craving for Steak and Shake. I don't know why. But I want steak and shake. It sounds so good right now... maybe after Lighthouse tomorrow they'll go to Steak and Shake. I hope so.
Having a MAJOR craving for Steak and Shake is NOT good when:
A. You don't have a means of transportation
B. You don't have money
C. You don't have someone to go there with.
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Another weird phone call happened since my last entry... this time it was Bill Clinton urging us to vote Democrat. Yeah, too bad that both me and Garrett are both Republicans and that I already voted absentee....

I'm glad I voted absentee mostly I guess because then all the people who lost would have lost by more. Man. Jim Doyle won for governor over McCallum. I was so mad when I saw that this morning. Also, the lady who was running for attorney general won over the republican guy. The other people I voted for won, like Mark Green and Judy Krawchik. But the big one makes me mad. What's weird is that Illinois had the same thing happen to them. Rob Blagoujech won over Jim Ryan, and Lisa Madigan over Joel Burkett. Same parties, same seats, even same gender! Weird... Jakes blaming the democratic thing on Chicago... I can see why because Chicago voted like 500000 votes for Blagojevich and 125000 for Ryan... I'd like to see if Madison and Milwaukee voted for Doyle. Yep same in Milwaukee and Madison... Man southern Wisconsin is totally Democratic. That's the same it was for 2000 as well! What's the deal with that? Why does everyone in big cities like Democrats? Green Bay won Republican. That's comforting.

I had an AWESOME practice earlier for singing. But anyway, I just got this weird phone call and the girl is like "Who's this?" and I'm like "Spencer" and she said "Hi Spencer" and it sounded like Vanessa. And there was another girl in the background laughing and sounded like Aria. And she's like "Is Eric there?" and I thought Vanessa messed up Garrett's name. And I'm like "There's no eric here" and she all of a sudden says oh no I'm sure I dialed the right number and I thought Aria was going to say "Garrett" and she didn't and then the girl is like "well I just made a new friend my name's Becca. Well I'm going to let you go have a nice night." That was weird. That was my weird phone call of the semester. Last semester was Sunshine Magazine lady.

Garrett has to accompany Tartuffe for rehearsal tomorrow and he is practicing it and it sounds horrible.... it is so atonal and it sounds like someone is just banging on the piano.... wow. I haven't eaten dinner yet so I am going to eat it now.

I have been feeling so burned-out lately.... I have so much to do in so little time!!! I hate stuff like this...