Mary

Quick post, just for kicks.

Since we have a new addition to our already instrument-filled home, Katie and I decided that, by the end of the summer, we want to be able to write/play some duets. She on piano, me on cello. Me on guitar, she on cello. I started writing a song yesterday on guitar, with a cello melody in mind of course.. or you could sub guitar for piano. Either way. The lyrics are bellow (and are subject to change) but I thought I'd let you take a peak. Suggestions welcome :)

"Mary"
Mary stands beneath the streetlight with her bags packed on the platform.
She watches the only train pass by, and she doesn't mind.
She was looking for something sentimental in her Mary Jane shoes.
And she thought she'd find it here singing all its melancholy blues.

She thought that seeing something pass that could have
taken her back to you would make her cry.

But Mary doesn't cry.

She ponders in the past about the things that didn't last
and hopes to shed a tear- for all that was lost on you, or
all that was lost.

But once it's left her skin it leaves her heart and so begins
to fade right from her mind.

And Mary doesn't cry.
No, Mary doesn't cry.

She walks the tracks back to your town
And as her thoughts careen her eyes begin to shine
But there is something in her veins
that takes up all the space you left behind

A sense of joy tucked up, behind her lips
and her teeth begin to chatter with delight

And though there's fire in your lies
yeah, though there's fire in her skies,
there's a fire in her eyes

and Mary doesn't cry.

A Cello Summer

I got a Damien Rice cd for Christmas and, after taking about a 1/2 a listen to it, I decided something very crucial had to happen in my life: I needed to learn how to play the cello. About a month ago, I decided that this task would be my summer project, My sister Katie wanted in on it too. I found a cello on Craigslist being sold for $150 (what a deal!)... too bad the woman selling it had actually sold it within 2 days of the ad being placed- she just didn't find it necessary to delete the ad. Thanks.

So we found a cello to rent for the summer- which is just as good, if not better- then Katie and I won't have anything to fight over when the summer ends :)

Below is a picture of "Coacello" our cello. So far I can play the 2-note sequence from the hit movie Jaws, and a D major scale. I had 9 years of success doing the Suzuki program when I played the flute- so we got Suzuki Cello Book 1 today, complete with all the variations of twinkle twinkle little star you could ever want to hear.

More cello tales to come!

Black Tears

My roommate's eyeliner always looks great. It doesn't ever smudge and it stays in these perfect black arches throughout the day. I asked what her secret was and she told me liquid eyeliner.

I was in need of some new eyeliner myself, so when I went to Target today, I searched for this magic beauty potion liquid eyeliner.

When I arrived back in my dorm with my new cosmetic, I decided to give it a whirl and try it out.

If you've ever used liquid eyeliner before, you know how.. juicy.. it is. The problem is, I hadn't ever used it before and I didn't know how juicy it was; thus when I attempted to apply it, I got too much of it too close to my eye and pretty soon my right is is welling up with these diluted black tears.

It was fascinating how fast my body responded to this villain. How did my eye know that the viscous intruder wasn't supposed to be there? Nevertheless, I watched in awe as my eye quickly went to work- moving the black liquid out of my eye. And as I wiped away my ebony tears, I thought one thing:

Man, the human body is amazing!