i don't usually let myself go on like that, but that song, like so many U2 songs, have such a tendency to persist in my head... the continuation simply seemed necessary. i noticed a reference to the song on a friend of mine's webpage [Yiling] today, and someone it made me want to write an entry just so i could recall lyric. pathetic, really. but i do love that song. _War_ is just so completely my favorite U2 album. don't get me wrong, i love many of their other albums, too. _Joshua Tree_ is probably the most beautiful [and, objectively, probably the best], and _Achtung Baby_ the most brilliant, and _Rattle and Hum_ the most fun... _Boy_ the most adorable and _October_ the most serene. _The Unforgettable Fire_ was the most unfocused, but had some very deep, wonderful moments, and _Zooropa_ definitely grew on me... and _All That You Can't Leave Behind_ may be growing on me a bit, too. i'm not sure i'll ever manage to listen to _Pop_ enough to find out if it would grow on me, but who knows. but _War_, i love, i love. so much life, so much passion, so much cynicism and idealism and beauty and pain and... U2 is my favorite band much like the way Diana Wynne Jones is my favorite author. U2 is one of the very few bands i have ever bothered to be obsessed about. back in Minnesota i have a huge stack of imported cd singles, because i was so obsessed. i did research projects about them. i read articles upon articles upon articles. the thing is, i can understand not liking U2, because they're such a huge band and... well, overhyped. it's easy to dislike a group in that position. but i fell for them before i had any idea whatsoever how popular they were. and i fell so hard and so fast... U2 was first time i bothered to notice pop music [the _High Fidelity_ definition of pop music, that is], and i am grateful. i have to say, the stuff after _Achtung Baby_ i find it difficult to really care about. i'm not the kind of fan who follows their current doings. i'm not the kind of fan who wants to meet them and get their autograph. but i love the music, and i love the history.
well. that was mostly incoherent. i've been in a music-loving mood, though. yesterday i went to my last open-sing of the summer -- Chorus Pro Musica doing Mozart's Requiem. it was lovely, and i really enjoyed myself. the quartet blended very well together. i especially liked the mezzo. and i sat next to a nice alto who is currently part of the Chorus and she was very encouraging, which was very comforting. the Mozart was really quite easy to pick up, much more like the Haydn in that regard than the Verdi, which sounds to obvious now that i've written it out. but even the Verdi wasn't too bad by the second time through. anyway, i have auditions scheduled for both Chorus Pro Musica and Zamir Chorale. i had a nice chat with the woman who answered the phone for Zamir. she seemed a little perplexed because i'm not Jewish and don't speak Hebrew, but was very nice to me anyway and perfectly happy to schedule an audition for me. i called the Spectrum Singers and left a message but have not yet heard back from them. and i should probably call Back Bay Chorale, but want to check out their proposed schedule for the next year first and see if it sounds at all interesting. and i should perhaps call Tanglewood, but i can't find the contact info on the BSO webpage anymore, which is frustrating. and i'm getting pretty scared. what if i don't get in? i'd like to get into at least one of them, y'know? because i'd really like to sing in a good choir... and i don't want to feel completely rejected. if only i weren't a soprano... if only i had more control... if only i didn't get so nervous... but at least 2 out of 3 of those i can work on. and even if i don't get in anywhere this round, the auditions will be good for me. now i just have to think more about grad school.
i actually looked at some history grad school webpages a couple days ago!
i am very proud of myself, can you tell?
i feel like such a slacker. 4 days of work this week, 4 days of work
next week, then a week off! yay vacation. it will be soooooo nice to have
a semi-extended period of time off. i miss summer vacation.
right. i should really go sleepy sleepy now.