Allegro Non Molto

I was just watching this weird show on television a few minutes ago somewhere in between regular low channels and YES (which was on because of the Red Sox/Yankees game yesterday) where a priest (Catholic, I think) dressed in like friar robes answers e-mails about controversial topics. The lady who wrote that anti-DaVinci Code book was on answering questions as well. It was intensely surreal. They kept on discussing the book like it was supposed to be sold, 100% fact, no nonsense. They act like Dan Brown is some monster out to destroy humanity where as, in reality, he's probably a reclusive writer who is as surprised by his success as anybody else.

I mean, I don't really care much for the DaVinci Code anyway, but I don't think it's particularly assaulting. They were encouraging people to avoid seeing the movie on opening weekend because "Hollywood only looks at opening grosses to determine" whether or not to make sequels (i.e. they are desperately trying to prevent Angels & Demons into a movie). First of all, I don't think Hollywood as a whole is so business illiterate that they don't look at the total gross for the movie (there are plenty of movies that did really well opening weekend and then fell off the map and there are just as many movies that were slow at first, but picked up steam as the word spread). Secondly, what are they worried about? Oh no! There's a movie that says something bad about the Church! Whatever will we do?

Biology turned out to be not so bad. I think I did pretty will. Today I had Economics exams all day. Macro was alright. Micro was really easy, so at least there's that.

Life without APs is going to be entertaining, I think. On Tuesday or Wednesday or something we went outside to the pond during Biology. Well, we didn't go with Biology. Just during. We sort of told Mr. Borland we were going, in the sense that we yelled that we were going to the pond into his office. I don't think he was there though. There was a gym class outside when we were wandering around. It was full of my favorite sophomores; well, technically, they're the only sophomores I know, but that's not to say they're not enjoyable people. Eric chased a goose, because it's Eric and he always chases a goose. Whether there is a goose to chase or not.

Yesterday was also the jazz band concert. It was a pretty good show, I guess. I can never tell. I just like jazz, good or bad -- it's just fun to be around. Exciting. I think that may explain the 4,000 jazz tunes on my computer/iPod. I played the ballad part of Channel One Suite on a keyboard. It was rather disappointing. It didn't even have enough octaves on it to play the low part, so I had to kind of make it up. I've been listening to "a lot" of classical music lately (thanks to Eric). He's got me on this music loan system. He gives me a CD and I get another one when I return the first one he gave me and so forth. I'll build a collection of classical music eventaully. So far it only consists of The Plants, Enigma Variations, and Vivaldi, but I'm getting there.

We don't do work in any of my classes anymore, except English, which consists of, perhaps, more work than before the exam.

The computer I want to get is $500 cheaper than retail through NYU's computer store.

Tomorrow is opening night for Bang, Bang You're Dead. Come see it even if it is only to see the beautiful program designed by me. I'm kiddng. Well, not about seeing it. I want you (it almost sounds like I'm addressing an individual) to come and see it for the quality of the performance not for the quality of the program (although the program is exceptional).

I mean, I really did a good job on it. It's in colour and everything.