December 2009
15 posts
To add some variety to morning routine: →
35 different pushups
Pollutants Cluster Under Power Lines : Discovery... →
good thinking
Down subjects and Oriental population share... →
Hilarious that junk like this gets published (discovered via http://www.ncbirofl.com):
“Down persons during waiting periods, when they get tired of standing up straight, crouch, squatting down… this position is the same taken by the Vietnamese, the Thai, the Cambodian, the Chinese, while they are waiting at a the bus stop, for instance, or while they are chatting.
The tendencies of...
btw
Had front row tickets to see Wicked (again) last night.
Re-inspired to sing, dance, and tell stories on the stage.
Pippin!
I’m gonna be in a musical!!! A member of the “ensemble”: http://footlighters.case.edu/
Can’t wait.
Kicking myself
I turned my phone off and went to bed last night…. waking up this morning to find 3 missed calls from the Pippin directors saying they want to offer me a part (a part of the “ensemble” - these 8-10 supporting characters).
Shit. I hope they didn’t give away all the parts at 1 am in a flurry of activity.
(Fingers crossed)
Racism →
“He’s 96% Dark Matter!” hahaha… it’ll never end.
First Audition
Just auditioned for the campus production of “Pippin.” Sang “Moondance” (by Jim Morrison)…
Totally bombed it. Not only did I wear out my voice practicing too much beforehand, but I found out that auditions make me so nervous I forget my lines (and pitches)… dammit.
And I also heard the competition while I was awaiting my turn: geez, I got a long way to go.
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Progression
Doc Opera 4 years ago: I submitted 2 half-written song ideas (medical parodies of Outkast’s “Ms. Jackson” and Beck’s “Loser”). To my surprise, the director’s loved them and asked me to finish the songs. I tried out as a rapper and didn’t get any part… until someone backed out. I ended up rapping in 2 songs.
Doc Opera’s 2007, 2008: I...
To do:
summarize my thoughts on diet (sat. fat, PUFAs, grains, meat vs. vegetarian, dental health, exercise). wholehealthsource.blogspot.com got me thinking about everything, but now my head is spinning with loosely connected ideas.
It’s a deal. I’ll put it on my dormant medicine-related blog: http://toughpill.wordpress.com/