We've Moved!

My blog is no longer located here at http://www.xanga.com/evilbassoonist, but at http://monica-black.livejournal.com .

So, go read "The Fragments of our Synapses, or, The Make Fun of Gary Kroeger Blog" aka, "The Fragments of our Synapses, or, The Ramblings of a Depressed Misanthropic Teenager (You've been warned)" aka "The Fragments of Our Synapses: Now ADHD Compatible" aka "The Fragments of Our Synapses: Making Fun of the State of Iowa and Bringing News from Chicago since 2006".

Currently Listening Foreigner - Complete Greatest Hits By Foreigner Blue Morning, Blue Days see related

The Blog Entry in Which the Lone Bassoonist FINALLY Gets Her Drivers Permit

So, I went to the DMV today, and they said, "Have you been here before?"  The answer being "Yes."  I sat down took my test and I GOT THE BLODDY QUESTION ABOUT WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU ARE BEHIND A TRACTOR RIGHT!  I got 28 out of 35 right which alowed the Iowa Department of Transportation to give me my drivers permit and, I think that I may be one of the few people who's drivers permit/license picture actually looks like them.
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Why is the GSA in the Sturgis Falls Parade?
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So afterwords my mum and I went to Barnes and Noble to celebrate (Barnes and Noble is celebrating.  Shut up.).  Strawberry and Cream Frappachinos, I would like to say, are only good if they are blended fresh at a Starbucks or Barnes and Noble Cafe.  They are not good bottled.
Oh, I ordered a book.  Things You Need to Be Told by The Ettiquite Grrls (Yeah, I spelled that right).  (http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&isbn=042518370X&itm=1 )
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Bloddy hell, they charge $35 for High School Musical (Disney Channel: High School Musical, why we're not in the red.  High School Musical: This is just how freaking pretentious we are).
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And I drove for the first time, lets put it this way, I nearly crashed into the house accross the street.  I need to learn how to not put so much acceleration and not break quite as sharply.  My mum had to tell me: THIS IS Not STREETS OF SIM CITY!
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Oh yeah, I needed tea afterwords.
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"Do you get that often?  Women who would rather die than get naked with you?" -House

Currently Listening Weezer (Blue Album) By Weezer No One Else see related

My Memory Has Just Been Sold

As some of you remember, I temporilly lost my memory.  This sucked.  I have now regained most of my memory, however, I can't remember a bloddy company named Stupid Films Inc..
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On to the subject of my lovely British accent.  I have had a British Accent since I was able to speak (my first word was "Snoopy".)  When I was in preschool, I went to speech therapy.  I lost the British Accent and had the hardest time saying "Sexual".  I have only spoken with a British accent in private with my father. 
No one knows because I only recently started speaking with it constantly.  (sister didn't want me to embarass her.  Come on, "So Meghan, why does your sister speak like a british person but you don't?")  But the funny thing is, I'm a natural born German-American. My father's a bit Irish and Welsh, but that's the closest thing to British that I am.

My theory as to why I have a British Accent is that when my father was in prison (for a crime I'm positive he didn't commit) I was around someone with a British Accent for quite a bit.
It makes sense.
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So, why did a quarter of the people who presented Tony Awards not have any Tony wins?
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"Compelling Television." -Dr. James Wilson on House

Currently Listening Make Believe By Weezer see related

I Believe That Coincidence is just another term for "Divine Intervention"

The title is a quote from a novella I accidentally wrote entitled "FLAWS AND MISTAKES." It is from the first draft.  After the first draft, it was cut out.  It then became "Flaws and Mistakes: A Novella by Devin and Rachel as told to Monica."

Flaws and Mistakes is dead.  It wasn't even mine anymore.  Oh, by the way, I'm speaking with my british accent 24/7 now.  My sister's out of town.
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Still pissed over Oprah at the Tony's.
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My new story is about a girl who lives with her mother and wanabe Drag Queen brother (who's gay).  She runsaway after discovering a terrible truth about her that her mother lied about.  Comes back 21 years later to discover that her trumpet playing maverick boyfriend no longer plays trumpet and that her brother went through repressive therepy to become straight (mother's request).  The only part I have written is:

"Mom wanted me to become straight, so she sent me to repressive therepy," Bart said.
"Who did mum send you to?" she asked.
"Olive Wendel.  He basically brainwashed me."
"He tried that with me, only into believing that I was gay."
"What did you do?"
"I beat him to a bloddy pulp."
"He told me that no one ever beat him up."
"That's because the bloke has a bloddy god complex."
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Yeah, ich habe writers block.
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So, I figured out what makes a good jazz musician.  They have to have a feeling.  And if you don't have that feeling, you can't play jazz.  MOST OF THE FREAKING HOLMES JAZZ BAND CAN'T REALLY PLAY JAZZ.  RHYS IS THE BEST DAMN JAZZ MUSICIAN WE HAVE IN THE JUNIOR HIGHS.  STONER CAN'T PLAY JAZZ ON THE BASS.  I CAN PLAY JAZZ ON THE BLOODY BASSOON FOR CHRISTSAKES!  DO WE HAVE ONLY TWO GOOD JAZZ MUSICIANS IN CEDAR FALLS OR AM I JAZZ SNOB?  I THINK I AM A JAZZ SNOB AND I ONLY GET BIG HEADED ABOUT MY JAZZ AND PLAYING A GUY ON STAGE AND WHY THE HELL AM I STILL TYPING IN UPPERcase?
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So, the two films I wanted to rent aren't at ANY of the movie rental places in the Cedar Valley.  I called every single one and even the Family Video on Ansborough didn't have Much Ado About Nothing or Chelsea Walls.  I also had to spell all of Chelsea Walls for every person who answered the phone.
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So, as you can tell, I'm mad.  My therapist told me to blow off my steam, and not in the form of beating the crap out of Devin.  And I just did that.   She also told me to take chances.

*walks across the street*
Wait, it's 12:02 in the morning.  It can wait until tomorrow.
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"Gosh daddy, I never realized that large monopolized corporations could be such a force of good in the world." -Hope Cladwell in Urinetown: The Musical

Tony, tony, tony

THE TONY AWARDS WERE TONIGHT (Wooty!).  Jersey Boys won Best Musical and The History Boys won Best Play.  Most of the awards didn't suprise me, however, I think that Best Actress in a Musical and Best Actor in a Musical were pretty tight.
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Oh, I had my revelation.  I'm doing theatre.  No ifs ands or buts.  So, shut up.  I can play a guy.
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However, I think that Oprah overmilked The Color Purple (nearly typed The Violet Hour).  Its the only reason why she was on and she completely milked it (but the very strong singing voices of the two lead actresses in The Color Purple compensated.  Oh my god, I loved their voices).  Come on, they should have had Robert Sean Leonard present an award.  He actually has won one Tony and has been nominated twice.  (Hey, then it could have been the Irish/New Jersey Tonys). 

I just really didn't understand Oprah on the Tonys.
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An interesting observation, this is the first year that Disney has had a show on broadway that didn't win a Tony Award ("Oh, schnaap," a homeless guy said to Dr. Brage.).  And my expliation is this, TARZAN SUCKS!I rest my case.
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My sister is going to be so pissed when she finds out that Norbert Leo Butz was on the Tony Awards.  She loves him as much as I love eyebrows and Jazz (which in one case go hand in hand).
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I'd have to say that all of the musical numbers performed were good, except for the one from The Wedding Singer.  However, I found it interesting that Sweeny Todd was clean shaven.  When Theatre UNI did it, Joel actually grew a beard for the part.
However, Threepenny Opera was good in the "it sent shivers down my spine good".  Definately want to be in it someday.
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Need to go to sleep.  Need to rent Chelsea Walls tomorrow and get my novella back from Mrs. Talbot.
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"Broadway is a very special place, filled with very special people.  People who can sing and dance; often at the same time." -Monty Python's Spamalot.