Othello and Other Dark Stories

So I went last night with my dear friend Lisa and her husband to see Othello at the PMT. I had never read or seen Othello - so this was new to me. It's kind of surprising, because I like to read and have read or seen most of Shakespeare. But alas, this was new. I really enjoyed it. The actor who played Iago was amazing. It looked so effortless, and yet I knew it wasn't. And Othello was amazing. I am shocked that I really had heard the story before. But, it was wonderful!

Also, I just finished New Moon, by Stephenie Meyer. I thought it was great. I still think that I like Twilight better, but the last chapters of New Moon were really good. Probably better than the last chapters of Twilight. I also spent quite a bit of time online reading the outtakes and the chapter from Midnight Sun - I loved seeing the story from Edward's perspective. It was really fun! I highly recommend spending some time at her website.

Twilight Chagrine or Obsession?

Twilight by Stephanie Meyer. Ok, I am actually a chagrined to admit that I read this book. It's a YA book about high school vampires. I mean how much dumber could this get. Let me start back a minute, my cousin Haley has been after me to read this book - probably since September. But I am the regency romance type. Jane Austen. Not vampires and not high school ones. Although, to digress, I really enjoyed reading Dracula, by Bram Stoker. But really that's a classic, right? So, she asked me again a few weeks ago if I had read it and so I finally picked it up from the library. I so didn't want to read it though - it was at least 500 pages and I just wasn't into reading 500 pages of something I wasn't really interested in. Well, I have one week before it's due back and on Tuesday I decided to just sit down and start it. I started reading that night at nine and at midnight I finally forced myself to go to bed. (It's important to mention that I am very committed to watching Scrubs re-runs at ten pm, but totally skipped them this night!) Then the next day (Valentine's Day) I was busy, but seemed to read little bits of it all day. Pretty much any snippet of time I had, I read. I had my downtown lunch bunch, walking Ryan's dogs up at tanner park with Ryan, piano lessons, valentines to deliver and home teachers. Yeah, it was crazy, but the worst part was that I just wanted to hole up in my room and read this absurdly enchanting book. So I have now finished it and probably re-read it at least twice and it's only Friday. I loved it. I can't even tell you much I loved it. Stephenie Meyer did an exceptional job with the characters and story. It just absorbed me from the first moment and I couldn't seem to get away. I am actually going out today to buy it and a copy of the sequel today. I can't seem to get enough of it. I love to re-read books that I enjoyed reading, for like a week afterward - well I have to say this one has unknowingly reached a place in my "books I love" list. Oh, how pathetic am I.

The Library Gala

So I went to the Library Gala - Black, White and Read All Over. It was such a blast! I couldn't go to the one when the library first opened, so I was very excited to go to this one. I volunteered at it - because 1) it would fun to go behind the scenes and 2) I got to get into it for free. I worked at the ticket table. I took tickets (which were $100 per person) and then directed them wherever they needed. It was great to see everyone all dressed up in red, black and white. I loved it! Although, there were those few people who just didn't get the color scheme, like the lady in a green dress, or another one in a purple top. It was interesting. The library looked so wonderful. I mean you could hardly tell that it was a library. There were beautiful flower arrangements everywhere, all the trees were lit up, there was a red carpet leading up to the front doors and beautiful buffets. In the Urban room they even had a dance floor set up. It was amazing. I got to spend time with some of my friends from the library, Carol and Geri. And I also saw a couple of other people that I worked with. (Worked is a loose term, because I technically only volunteer at the library to give tours). I also saw Lori and Tim. That was fun. (Lori is the librarian at the grade school near my house). All in all it was a wonderful and memorable night. It was fun to have a reason to get all dressed up. Mom did my hair in a cute up-do, and I wore my black velvet (yeah it was my high school choir dress, but still formal!) and some great jewelry, but the topper was a sparkly silver scarf that my mom had knitted for me. I felt so glitzy! It was just amazing and I am so glad that I could go.

In The Beginning . . .

So I don't really know what I am going to use this for, but I thought that it might be fun to start my own blog - even if I am the only one who reads it. But if, for some supernatural reason, I get a following, this might be actually fun.

Today's Specs:
I've added more cards to my website, www.design-ability.com.
I learned to make templates and draw curves with Illustrator.
I created a gift basket for a wedding shower.
I taught 2 piano students. It should have been three, but that's what teaching is all about.