2nd Post of the Day!

Well, there was a power outage between the time that I started writing this post and the time that I'm writing now, much later, because I had rehearsal and Bible study between then and now; so my post got erased--and I was so excited about having two in one day. I suppose I just wanted to say that I successfully got through my interview/presentation for the new Naval Academy peer education program. My friend Ryan and I had to work off one another with a presentation about how the words we use affect our view of gender roles in society. It was a topic that I've worked with some in the past, so I was fairly comfortable with it, and Ryan and I--in my humble opinion--worked well together as a team so we had a pretty solid presentation. Our only criticism was that we didn't leave very much room for audience input. We definitely should have, as that's sort of the point of the program (to get the audience involved and awake), but we weren't sure how hostile the audience was going to be (I've been to a number of midshipmen briefs where the mids aren't always the most polite people). Oh well, I feel confident about getting one more activity to take up my free time, but at least it's one that I think I can make a difference with.

In other news, we're just gearing up for the opening of Oklahoma! next weekend which means lots and lots of rehearsal (woo-hoo!). I really do enjoy playing the music, and seeing the musical come together; but I'd also like to actually see it as an audience member, and not spend every day with musical songs stuck in my head (especially songs that I don't know all the words to). Alas, such is the life of a pit musician. I'm glad this week is over and I get to spend the weekend catching up on things other than school-work (my goal is to finish up the library stuff and pound out a couple of ten e-mails to people I owe them to).

Good-night, and good luck.

"Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself 'I have failed three times,' and what happens when he says, 'I am a failure.'"
-S.I. Hayakawa