2. i saw AMANDA CULLEN!!!! Her last "real" chorale concert was last night and it was great. Plus I got to see Mama Cullen and that was lovely too. We're already planning a reunion post haste. Let's hope it sticks!
The Duke University Chorale
Amanda and me 3. Carey's moving to Charlotte! Excited, you betcha! Seein him next week will make hump day just a little more interesting.
4. Should I go to Charlotte for the GCC Alumni thing???
5. Man, I can smell my gym clothes from here...gross.
6. Amy will be in the states SO SOON!
7. Why don't people return phone calls. I'm not always the best, agreed, but come on people!!
8. I finished Franny and Zooey. I didn't like this book again until the last 30 pages. What's with these books. I understand that it's a "classic', a "must read", but I don't get it. I think there's too much dialogue and the scenes are extended too much. I'm not an English Major (contrary to popular thought, and obvious by my writing) so I guess I don't fully appreciate the book's value. Oh well.
9. I have finished reading the Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang. It's a great narrative, from several perspectives, of the Rape of Nanking that took place beginning in the Fall of 1937 when Japan invaded China. 400,000 people were killed, totured, and raped. Some were killed to take care of the "food and supply shortage" but most for sport. It is gruesome and difficult to read at times, but it is an incredible read and is easy to become absorbed by the horror. At times you feel completely devastated and drained. Interestingly enough, Japan just issued an apology about the so called "comfort" houses, which were military owned brothels filled with true prostitutes and women that had been kidnapped for the sole purpose of suiting soldiers "needs." This is significant because it happened this month. That means the only denied it for over seventy years. What's sick is that there is a revionist camp in Japan today still trying to ignore and deny the whole thing.
10. I heard from Giada, my friend in Verona. It truly made my day!
11. Mike finally updated his blog...finally
I came out this morning to witness a blanket of pollen covering every vehicle that had been slumbering over night in its happy parking space. The cars were gilded yellow. It was as if Midas himself had seen fit to cover the entire city in this hue. The day was heavy and humid. After stepping out of choir rehearsal I once again entered a world I've never been a part of. In the evening sky, under the lights of the parking lot, a heavy yellow haze lazed about. If you have been so lucky as to witness a dust storm in the west this would be 
