12.02.2004
posterity
Made a recording today with Magdala: we were supposed to do recordings of some early American music, but it turned out to be unfeasable due to the pieces being total garbage. So instead, we laid down three tracks of music we just sang this term. I've had my last Magdala evensong services of Michaelmas Term 2004, as well as my last Queen's evensong service of the term. I'm singing the carols service tomorrow, but that's it.
In other news, happy birthday to Ted, my Keble MCR Welcomer, whose friendship, camaraderie, and conversation have really made my Oxford experience richer and more oustanding. Ted is currently getting wasted in the brand spanking new Keble MCR.
And speaking of the new MCR, wow. So we moved out of what was essentially a bomb shelter type of basement. Some people took to calling the MCR the "Hobbit hole", but Hobbit holes are warm and inviting, and this one was just dark and ick. The new facility is gorgeous: it's above ground, it's sunny, and one of the rooms has beautiful oak-paneled walls and a nice hardwood floor. We now have a pool table, we're getting a wide-screen LCD TV, we have a dishwasher. Today we got some posh leather couches. Truly, we have a nice place to hang out. Unfortunately, there is great responsibility that comes with this space, and it's difficult to think of what might happen if we mess up even a bit.
One of the problems might be noise complaints: this is entirely possible, especially when you consider that Abhijit is one of our MCR members. I like Abhijit a lot, but he's crazy. I mean, completely certifiable. How he is a licenced MD who can practice in the US is beyond me. He listens to booty-shaking rap, hip-hop, and bollywood on the TV, and we think he has a hearing problem because he's always got the sound up way too high. I was in the MCR watching a beautiful performance of Bach's St. John Passion one morning and he came in and said "I can't believe you're listening to this crap. Why do we have to listen to this garbage? Hey, this is really boring, man." He continued to berate me about my choice of TV station until he realized that I wasn't going to budge. Kind of ruined the bach experience for me that day.
In other news, happy birthday to Ted, my Keble MCR Welcomer, whose friendship, camaraderie, and conversation have really made my Oxford experience richer and more oustanding. Ted is currently getting wasted in the brand spanking new Keble MCR.
And speaking of the new MCR, wow. So we moved out of what was essentially a bomb shelter type of basement. Some people took to calling the MCR the "Hobbit hole", but Hobbit holes are warm and inviting, and this one was just dark and ick. The new facility is gorgeous: it's above ground, it's sunny, and one of the rooms has beautiful oak-paneled walls and a nice hardwood floor. We now have a pool table, we're getting a wide-screen LCD TV, we have a dishwasher. Today we got some posh leather couches. Truly, we have a nice place to hang out. Unfortunately, there is great responsibility that comes with this space, and it's difficult to think of what might happen if we mess up even a bit.
One of the problems might be noise complaints: this is entirely possible, especially when you consider that Abhijit is one of our MCR members. I like Abhijit a lot, but he's crazy. I mean, completely certifiable. How he is a licenced MD who can practice in the US is beyond me. He listens to booty-shaking rap, hip-hop, and bollywood on the TV, and we think he has a hearing problem because he's always got the sound up way too high. I was in the MCR watching a beautiful performance of Bach's St. John Passion one morning and he came in and said "I can't believe you're listening to this crap. Why do we have to listen to this garbage? Hey, this is really boring, man." He continued to berate me about my choice of TV station until he realized that I wasn't going to budge. Kind of ruined the bach experience for me that day.
