Posts tagged oh brother!
who let the mice out?
Feb 18th
Just a quickie post because stuff’s hectic at the moment despite it being half-term and awesomely fun. Don’t worry, I’ll elaborate on that in the next post…
…but eh, I might as well do what I came here to do.
Note – bittersweetcheese (or BSC as I like to shorten it) is the birthday present I got for him that I was referring to previously. And yes, my dear bro picked the name out himself.
bugsy’s february
Feb 7th
Hola, February – I’ve managed to get myself here to write another post! Methinks this is actually going to be a bit long (because of the many events in the past week) – but eh, let’s see how I fare.
I guess the main highlight of this month has gotta be Jerry turning 15. Seems like only yesterday he was my lil’ kid brother (there’s a 2-years-and-7-months gap) asking for a tickle-fest – he was only a toddler then.
Now, he takes every opportunity to remind me of how much shorter I am compared to him (even though he’s my younger brother, pah!) It’s pretty obvious that I love the guy to bits; so have a good birthday on the 28th, Jerry! 
It’s a shame I’m 6800+ miles away when that happens, but you know what my present for you is already 
In other news, I’ve been “signed on” to choreograph (along with my friend Gem) some numbers for the Lower School Play (11 to 14-year-olds) this summer. It’s awesome because:
- They’re doing “Bugsy Malone”.
- I get to work with a bunch of juniors I already know – and personal experience has reminded me that I can work with/handle juniors better than those doing the Senior plays. xD
- It’s dancing – so it’s a breather from the technical/backstage stuff I usually do (generally, as a behind-the-scenes production member, I light + provide sound + keep basic admin stuffo in check.)
Rehearsals have started *already*; owing to the extensive amount of choreography that goes into Bugsy (as opposed to something like Macbeth.) In about 4 weeks, Gemma and I have successfully completed the routine for 1 song (Fat Sam’s Grand Slam), are partway through another (Bad Guys/You Give A Little Love) with the help of the boys’ improvisations, and will be collaborating with some of the girls on another (Tomorrow.) Pretty impressive, I must say! We’re also going to let the boys devise their own dances for So You Wanna Be A Boxer…well, as much as they can do. The play’s a ton of fun; especially when you have a bunch of Year Sevens attempting to look flirtatious with a Year Nine boy (our Bugsy, that is) – and failing. xD
uncanny whammy
Jan 29th
Over the years, blogging is something I’ve sorta developed a love-irk (not love-hate; hate is too strong) relationship with. While it was something I looked forward to doing every now and then in the early years (we’re talking 2005-ish here), real life took over – though not entirely. There were bigger fish to dry than to spend hours tweaking errors on a blog post.
To me, when I started out, it was sacrilege to post just 1-2 lines of content in a post. (That’s what IM – and in recent years, microblogging at Tumblr – is for.) I guess it must’ve been the mentality I had: “if you have a visitor, don’t give some half-baked crap for them to glance at. Let them have some juicy content to pore over.”
In retrospect, it’s perhaps a bit too taxing to do on a regular basis. So I spoke to a couple of other people IRL, who agreed that maybe posting more often, but tailoring post sizes to something moderately/medium-sized may suit me better. Meaty enough so that people have enough to take in; but not sooooo jam-packed that a “below-the-cut” (i.e. “read the rest of this entry”) link is required. I find that may just click better with my thought processes; after all, another reason I’ve left this place pretty quiet is because my brain tends to work like this:
- Have random idea for post.
- Spend forever trying to think of how best to present/phrase said post.
- Take too long that said post would be awfully old news by the time it got out (I’d be blogging about an event that happened 3 months ago – exciting a few days after it happens; but kinda “bleh” aeons after.)
- Feel slightly frustrated with myself.
- Repeat cycle.
It’s a darn shame; and the reason why my mum keeps telling me to “gather my thoughts” all the time. It’s also why I tend to find writing [exam] essays tedious (thankfully, I haven’t got anything below an A – touch wood.)
So I guess it’s time for me to take a leaf outta my brother Jerry’s book – who, by the way, is a very entertaining writer in my opinion. Short (or moderate) and snappy is how he works.
Let’s see how it goes – I’ll re-evaluate in a month. 