"That's kind of an expensive habit to keep up"

I played alto sax for the first time in about seven months yesterday at Guys and Dolls rehearsal. The beginning of one of the songs we played starts with a glissando up to high G.

You can imagine how well that went. :P

Actually, playing alto again after such a long time wasn't all that bad, besides being horribly out of tune and way too loud. Yes, I was actually told to back off because I was playing too loudly. I shouldn't be so happy about that, but it is a refreshing change from jazz band last year.

"Are they all wearing wigs or something? They look ridiculous!"

The title is a quote from my mom, after seeing the Jonas Brothers on TV for the first time. :D

In English today, our poetry "quiz" was to write a five line poem with this structure:

Two lines of Anapest dimeter
Two lines of Dactyl pentameter
One line of Spondee trimeter

In other words:

UUI UUI
UUI UUI
IUU IUU IUU IUU IUU
IUU IUU IUU IUU IUU
II II II

My creation (which I labored over for five whole minutes) made no sense whatsoever, but at least it fit the structure.

"The banana my dad
Ate was not very nice
I wouldn't worry if breakfast was late if you sang me a
Song about puppies and kittens and parrots and monkeys but
Do not die do not die"

(Neera: Extra credit if you can identify all the lit terms found above)