BEWARE!!!!

I just need to vent about one particular thing that has plagued me since I got here. When I arrived in the middle of August, I went and filled out a form to be attached to the lease my current roommates have. I went in two weeks later and asked questions about why the lease hadn't come yet, I went in and gave them every form and possible ID that they required. I was scoffed at and treated with utter disrespect. Now, it is two weeks and a day after the date they said everything would be taken care of and I still haven't got ANYTHING! ERG! I hate talking with the them there are always excuses. Cambridge mail is slow (yet all my bills were cashed in time for other companies), we are two men down (nice excuses that they have been using as to why they can't do anything for two months), and of course that it is my fault or one of my roommates faults. So, if you are thinking of living in Cambridge, make sure that you be careful who you deal with. I almost want to move out because it is such a pain!!!!!!!

Sorry needed to get that off my chest:).

I guess I'm not a fortune teller :o(

So, I have just watched Project Runway and it looks like my prediction was kind of incorrect. Granted, no one got kicked off the show tonight and how was I to guess that. But, Uli won it when I said she would have been out. I like the outcome of this, though and am excited about seeing the designs and the final, final result!!

So, a list of things that I have seen this past week that I wouldn't see at home (or at least, I hope not in some cases).
1. A raccoon staring me down on a tree in front of a verizon building.
2. A man sitting in van that had its alarm going off, who eventually got out of the car and walked away.........
3.Walking one block and hearing three different languages.

Okay, I had more in my head the other day, but I will continue this at a later date!

Tu eres el gato!

Today was quite beautiful, though unfortunately I was inside most of the time and couldn't see it. But it is that time of year of apple cider, crisp air, sweaters and colorful foliage. And part of me misses home a lot, being able to get out and see the leaves and to have pumpkin soup instead of being stuck studying, practicing and working all the time.

But I do have Ms. Norris to keep me company. Okay, that is isn't her name. But, for her safety, I shall keep her name a secret:o). This is the kitty that likes to hiss at me constantly. Though, I am sure she gets quite lonely around the house since she doesn't seem to like me around. She does enjoy to chase around the string I like to tease her with (in a good way...she needs to play with someone!) And be warned! She may look cute and cuddly but I have been hissed at quite a few times!

Today reminded me of how my dad would talk to my cat saying "tu eres el gato!" over and over again. A little weird, yes, but that is family. Like when I had to get shots when I was younger, my dad would have me count downward from 10 in Spanish.

Tu eres el gato...es la caída otra vez!

i have found what you are like
the rain,

(Who feathers frightened fields
with the superior dust-of-sleep. wields

easily the pale club of the wind
and swirled justly souls of flower strike

the air in utterable coolness

deeds of green thrilling light
with thinned

newfragile yellows

lurch and.press

-in the woods
which
stutter
and

sing

And the coolness of your smile is
stirringofbirds between my arms;but
i should rather than anything
have(almost when hugeness will shut
quietly)almost,
your kiss


don't you just love e.e. cummings???

Leavin' on a Jet Plane or Partir sur un avion à réaction

Well, Evan left yesterday night and I started working at Starbucks again. Yes, once more I have been sucked into their web :o). Last night I was quite disappointed to discover that Project Runway was a repeat...but I guess they had to figure out something since they threw someone out. Here is my guess of what will happen next week:

Uli will be out. She is making too much of the same thing.
The three left will then be Laura, Michael and Jeffery. I don't know how to feel about who will win. But right now I hope it will be....

MICHAEL! Not only does he have way cute designs, but he is so sweet.

Moving along, classes are going a little bit better. It is still hard to figure out this one day a week, one credit per class thing. And yet, each has hours of work...hm....My voice lessons are going better. It is very strange to have a new technique that I have to change my way of singing....everything! Tomorrow I am singing "Ma vie a son secret" by Bizet, which is a weird song and from the perspective of a guy. Blah.

It is getting colder here and that means cute sweaters and hot chocolate! But it also means gray snow and ice and sickness. Yuck! It is almost two months from Thanksgiving which will allow me to go home for a while. After missing Thanksgiving when I was overseas, I appreciate that American holiday very much. But, first, the leaves will change and Halloween will come. As soon as it is "peak" season I will be sure to take tons of pics and put them on there. Till then, cheers!

Mouse, mousie, little mousie...

Finally it is the weekend and Evan is in town! Very exciting. While he was busy taking a test to get his teaching license, I went to Longy to make some copies and to read one of the many things that I have to look at for class. While sitting casually flipping through a book about French art songs, it happened. A little mouse ran out and went by me. Naturally, I gasped. I was going to go and tell someone (Rachael did mention that she saw a mouse the other day...is this the same one???)....but, the mousie was SOOOO cute! Small and gray it looked at me as if to say "Please don't hurt me. I just like the music here and I won't cause any trouble." My heart is too animal loving (except for the evil cat that hisses at me in my apartment...but that is another story) so I let it be. We shall see if that is a good decision or not. At least I haven't named it....yet:o).

I have also decided that I need to buckle down more and really get serious about my studies. This past week I felt very...average and I don't like that. I don't want to be the best...but I don't like feeling like the worse, the slacker of the class. So, I will try to get out of teaching mode and into student mode. Erg, it is harder than it seems to be! Hopefully, with Evan's inspiring presence, I shall push myself to do better. Wish me so much luck!

First time for everything

Well, I have done it. I moved out of the house and into an expensive apartment in Cambridge where I am paying a really high rent for a room that is the size of a shoebox. But it is cozy I love what I have done with it:o). I have started to study at Longy School of Music as well. It is very strange to be back in school and even more strange to be studying performance aspects rather than educational. I am studying with Jayne West, who is Rachael & Bree's teacher and they are phenomenal sopranos so I hope that Jayne will be able to bring out all that talent that may be inside of me. I have been stuggling with my "f";s lately, which is so bizarre but I am hoping that it just due to the stress of moving and starting a new chapter in my life. I dearly miss all of my friends that are currently scattered all over the place and I wish each of them were living in Cambridge with me. The other people in the voice department are so kind and I look forward to getting to know them better. All in all I hope that the next two years prove to be the best decision I could have made in going to grad school and that I greatly improve in all ways. We shall see....:o)