i've noticed a strange trend in haircuts. everyone's got one in the past week or two. i got one a couple weekends ago. at first it was very… beatles-like. :( now i can do a bit more with it. except when i have a bad hair day, it's totally beatles. i hate that. :( once it grows out an inch or two, it'll be fearsome. :D

i realized on wednesday that i had a music assignment due for monday. he gave it at the first class and hasn't said a word since. -_- i have to go to a professional "traditional western" music concert (i hate saying "classical" because jazz is included, among other things) and write a two-page review. simple, right? well, finding something to go to at the last minute was a real challenge. especially when i work thursday, friday, saturday, and sunday. :( the university orchestra, or whatever, had something happening on sunday, but i'd have to leave a couple hours early from work to see it. there is a jazz group from toronto playing at a shady jazz club tonight at 9:00. i can't convince anyone to go with me (too scared to attempt that one by myself, as much as i love jazz).

and then i found out that alberta ballet is doing a production of alice in wonderland with the edmonton symphony orchestra doing the music. and since alberta ballet and the ESO are both pre-approved as a-okay for this assignment, i'm all set. they'll be playing stuff from composers we're studying anyway (mostly ones that embrace chromatic harmony!! so fitting, no!? i can't wait).

so, yeah, that's at 8:00 tonight (wow, less than two hours? i should get ready). tickets were… not cheap. $50 a person. :( and we're almost in the nosebleed section. x_x cheapest tickets were at the very back on the highest balcony (literally the last few rows). i haven't been to that auditorium since they renovated, so i don't know what all is different, so i asked for the first few rows of that balcony (we got row B, centre! yeah!).

i bought a ticket for my mom, who took a good half an hour to convince to go with me. stupid expensive ballet. i go from starving student to fancy ballet attendee. look at me go. :D i feel so refined. >D i've never been to a ballet. i've been to symphonies, and stuff, but never a ballet. we're going to dress up all nice. :D

i guess this is my punishment for procrastinating, even though i genuinely forgot about this assignment. that was $100 that could have gone toward an ipod. :( but this assignment is worth 15% of my mark, so it's worth it. i really need an A in that class to boost my GPA.

… i just found a "best before" date sticker on my arm! X_X how long has that been there!?

tanya and karl are probably married by now. jealous person over here. i fully expect everyone to blog up a storm, ASAP, complete with visuals and pictures. :P AUTREMENT.