I can't figure how this is a new thing you noticed but isn't it the most beautiful thing?

10. Should you post this too? You possibly did?

that was my mom's logic, and it's totally sound! and the other reason i didn't want to live on campus was that it was overwhelming and scary and i'm already afraid of burning out. but now i have some awesome friends who are insisting that i come live on campus so i can hang out with them more and it's just not nearly as scary because i know i'll have a support group on campus already. so that's my two big reasons to not live on campus taken care of!

I'll be playing at the Episcopal church, tomorrow, and am most looking forward to playing "O Come All Ye Faithful." Why? Music nerds-- especially sopranos-- will be familiar with the David Willcocks arrangement with that oh-so-famous descant on the last verse. He changes the chords up, a little, and it's nothing short of glorious. I LOVE to really open things up when I play the last verse and erase any doubts that it's Christmas time. Sometimes I even modulate up a half step to make it even more spectacular. If you're not a music nerd then none of that means anything to you-- but if you heard it, it would give you goosebumps and probably make you teary-eyed. It resonates all the way to the core of your bones. That's the moment when I always know it's Christmas-- on the last verse of "O Come All Ye Faithful." And I'm going to make sure that anyone within a half mile radius knows it, as well! -christmasspiritchelle