I was quite exhausted after my mall experience yesterday, so I didn’t get much accomplished last night. I did check to see I had enough clothes to go with the clothes I bought. I spent the rest of the night on the couch experiencing my new cable. Hopefully the TV doesn’t take over my life. I was up until after 1 am, because unlike regular broadcast, cable never hits a point where good shows are over. I’ll admit I watched part of the Yanni concert at the Forbidden City. There were amazing solos by the lead violinist and the soprano sax player. I found a broken violin at my grandma’s house. It seems she used to play. I wish she’d taken care of the instrument and taught us how to play. She had some interesting talents but apparently post-shock therapy, she had no desire to share them with anyone. My great-cousin knew a completely different woman.

Then, on the other PBS station, (yes, 2…I’m so in heaven) they had “Magic Moments: Best of 50’s Pop”. I flipped on just in time for The Four Lads performing Istanbul (WMP clip). I’m a total fan of harmony (I think that’s what it’s called). These guys rocked, and I think singing different parts like that would be a challenging singing style. My grandpa (not the one married to the above grandma) was in a barbershop quartet. He died pretty young, so I don’t really remember anything with that.

I also saw a special about “Last of the Summer Wine”, which is a BBC program that airs on PBS. I love the show so much. It’s such a lovely program with great characters and things that make you smile. Seriously, look at these guys, they just make me giggle. It’s a bunch of old men killing time together. It’s so amusing to me and you pity them because the women they are with are so horrid. You should really watch it sometime. “Keeping Up Appearances” and “Are you Being Served?” are also wonderful. haha, yeah quoting the latter, when my sis & I were trying on clothes, I’d say, “Jenna, are you free?” and she’d look around and say, “Yes, I’m free” haha you’d have to watch the show to get it. I think I’d very much like DVDs of the shows if they exist.

I made attempts to decorate my house for Xmas. I put up a little tree with the ornaments I had here, hung some garland & lights over the fireplace, made a centerpiece for the dining room table, and also made the saddest little wreath (flimsy greenery-like garland, a bow, peppermint candies, and an attempt to make it round, not oval, with a paperclip) you’ve ever seen for my door. I had limited supplies so I had to do some major improvising hehe, which anyone in my family will tell you is my specialty. The power of twisty ties and paperclips is greatly underestimated by most. I don’t care if it ends up like crap, I like trying to be creative. I can feel the right side of my brain slowly slipping away :(

Well, my mom just called which always leaves me in a great mood. *sarcasm* It probably doesn’t help that I had a horrible dream about her last night, where my entire family thought I was insane and I was so frustrated that people wouldn’t believe me that I went crazy mad. I was trying everything to escape them, before I had to kill any of them. Yeah, maybe it was more of a nightmare. I’ve had lots of nightmares over the last week, which is unusual. My poor little brain just isn’t at peace right now. It’s frustrated, lonely, confused, and overly ambitious. eh, you can thank my mom for this last paragraph, I was going to stop heh.

One last thing, I cannot stop listening to my new music. My sister pretty much hates The Walkmen & My Morning Jacket, but man, they’re all I’ve been listening to for over a week. I think I need more albums. What I wouldn’t give to be in the music biz in some way. It’d be nice to work with something I was passionate about.