The good thing about the first day of school is that many teachers let us out early. This is good for me as I now have more free time to go about and finish off my errands. Here's a quick recall of my day thus far:

400 am - Woke up after falling asleep on the floor while watching ESPN around 11ish
500 am - Started watching the 2003 Track and Field World Championships, which are in France
530 am - Jumped into the shower because my mom thought it was actually 630 and freaked out.
600 am - Left Alameda, went to Jack-In-The-Box for a #15 [Mom paid]
700 am - Arrived at SF State, went online finalizing all the classes I was attempting to crash
810 am - Mus 222 [Ear Training II]: Successful crash
910 am - Mus 231 [Counterpoint]: Not sure yet but will know Friday
1000 am - Wandering around campus waiting for advisor so she can sign my Primary Major form
1120 am - Obtained signature
1135 am - Turned the form into the Registry at the 1 Stop [Matriculation Office]
1147 am - Blogging in the computer lab

Wow, I haven't remembered doing this much crap since my first year at DVC.

But, I'm thrilled, almost like starting college for the first time!

Makin' Mine Music

~No Tations~

I'M IN!

I auditioned yesterday and, despite a few mix ups on some Italian words, I was accepted into the BM Music Education program at SF State.

Now it's time for me to crash some classes.

8am classes. Shee, not since my first year out of high school.

More later!

MADE

Have you been able to catch that MTv show called MADE? Well, apparently there's an episode where this football player wants to be 'made' into an opera singer. I totally feel like that guy right now.

I have auditions for the Music program at state, and in order to be accepted into the Music Education program, I need to audition on my instrument of choice, which is voice. That shouldn't be so bad except for the fact that there's only one Music Ed Voice curriculum and it's for Classical voice. Which means I need to audition for the classical voice program. I'm trying to learn how to sing in that style, which is a stretch because I prefer jazz/pop/r&b and singing classical is a big challenge. It's almost a whole mindset and I've been having trouble staying in the mindset for the duration of the song.

I'm freaking out right now. All I actually need to do is sing well enough to be accepted. Music Ed is actually a Bachelor of Music degree [B.M.] but even if I only got accepted into the basic Bachelor of Arts in Music [B.A.] that would be cool too. That way, I'll still be eligible to sign up for music classes that are reserved for music majors ONLY. Then, I could just reaudition for the B.M. Of course, I'd rather not have to do another audition, but if I have to...

So now I feel like I need to get into that pompous/stick up the @ss mindset that I've always associated with classical singing and I HATE IT.

Wish me luck! I'll need it!

Makin' Mine Music

~No Tations~

Dancing with the Ugly/Fat Friend

The whole time I was in Hawaii my brothers and cousin kept talking about this one Coors light commerical and singing this funny song. I finally found the commercial and yeah, it's pretty cool. Wingman Commercial.

Did you ever have to do that, dance with the 'friend' just so your friend can get a shot at the good looking one.

Taking one for the team is always good. Karma, baby, karma.

Keemster
[guest writer for Boys Night Out]

P.S. Oh yeah, Jackie at Hooters SF is beautiful. If you're lucky enough and she serves you, buy her a cheesecake.

Aloha! I got back from Oahu last Wednesday, and slowly but surely am readjusting to life here in 'da Mainland.

I love vacation. I love tropical islands. Vacationing at tropical islands is like 1 + 1 = 3.

What I miss most about Hawaii:
beautiful local girls at Sandy Beach, tanning tourists at Waikiki, chinelas and shorts 24/7, beautiful local girls at the mall, sun, sand, clear water, cooling rain, beautiful local girls dancing hula, plate lunches at L & L Drive Inn, BUD LIGHT, spam musubi, did I mention beautiful local girls?

One thing about Hawaii that I wasn't a big fan of was the "Island Music," AKA "Jawaiian" style, sort of a mix of reggae that has a Hawaiian flavor. I think one reason why is because I associate it with island life -- cruisin' around, kicking back and chillin', which basically describes most of the Hawaiian lifestyle, and living in the Bay is hardly island like, especially sunLESS Daly City. I'm happy to say now that I am a fan, but back here, it's better to listen to at home when you wanna relax.

So anyway, I went along with my two brothers and my cousin and we pretty much abstained from the hiphop/pop/mainstream junk that is pretty much the rage of the urban generation. We especially like "Shores of Waiehu" by Ekolu, which, while musically very simple, contains a catchy chorus that pretty much summarized the relaxed elation that we felt while on the island.

The other song that I brought back with me is an older one. "Forevermore" is by Side A Band, a group from the Philippines. The wedding that I was in [see pic below] was for my Uncle, and he and his wife decided to have something different than just the standard "Here Comes the Bride" so he asked his friend to make a CD of songs and ultimately picked it out. The funny thing was that a week later, at another wedding, my cousin and his wife used the exact same song for the entrance!

Here's the wedding party at our picture taking at Kuoloa Golf Course in Kaneohe.


Geez, my mind is still there, chillin' on the beach somewhere.

If you wanna listen to that "Island Music" here's some streaming radio from one of the stations we listened to: KCCN FM 100