Well, not much to say today.  I finally got most of the Christmas lights put away.  All but the ones on the roof, which take a taller ladder than I have at my disposal.  I'll rent one when I get my check. 

That's all for now.  I told you it wasn't much!  lol  Nighty night!

Not much to say today.  I spent most of the day working on essays to try to get some scholarships. 

It turns out I may have to fly to California and back in a couple of weeks to get my old high school diploma out of storage.  The school I went to split a few years back, and they now only have computer records going back to 1998.  I graduated in 1997, so I need the actual diploma for the college. 

I am off to bed now.  Have fun!

Well, I just got home from the sing-in.  The director moves much too fast for me.  We spent an hour and a half running through 7 extremely complicated pieces with quick tempos and off-beats, and only went through most of them once.  I am not a very good music sight reader, and it was a whirlwind of notes passing me by before I could think of what they were. 

It was very unlike the choir and opera rehearsals of my past, where parts would be worked through on each piece until we had them down.  Instead, it was assumed that everybody could read, register and sing the right notes automatically without rehearsal at about 5 words/notes a second.  It was downright scary to me, and I have been singing since before I could talk.

At Martha's prompting, I asked if this is the way he normally runs rehearsals, and the answer was, "yes".  I strongly doubt I will be able to do this and keep up and learn these pieces properly.  However, Martha thinks I could, and the other Chorale members seem to think I could, so I promised (against my better judgement) that I would give it a try.  My audition is next Tuesday.  For the first time, I hope that my best is not good enough, because I don't think I am up to the challenge that this group seems to offer.

I am off to bed now.  Nighty-night!

Since I have been so unfaithful with the entries, I decided to clear the slate and start again.  I hope to post at least an entry every night - lets see if I can do it this time. 

I will start with a little about me.  My name is David.  I live in the small township of Summit, which is part of  Jackson, Michigan, USA.  I spent most of my life in California.  I am engaged to an incredible woman by the name of Martha, who I live with.  We have not set a date yet.

When I moved here a couple of months ago, it was because I had been laid off from my job, and it seemed a good opportunity to join Martha.  I have been unable to find new employment as of yet, so I enrolled in a Broadcasting school that also offers placement.  I start that in March.  In the meantime, I am still applying for part time evening jobs. 

Tomorrow night, Martha and I will be going to a "sing-in" at the Jackson Chorale, a local singing group that works with the Jackson Symphony Orchestra.  Some of its members have been asking me to join, so Martha and I will go and see if it is something I want to do.  I'll post tomorrow night on how it goes.

Well, that is all for now.  Have fun!