Thursday, September 01, 2005

lesson #182: of wilde things and losing control

Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray has a fascinating concept. The language is a little hard to digest though. Every single sentence in the entire story is so loaded with meaning, intensity, and witticism that it feels like information overload. It also borders on being morbid at times, and you get the feeling that Wilde rates the value of art above humanity. But I like it overall 'cos it has an interesting ending (which wouldn't be so interesting if not for the build-up which happens throughout the book).


Freshmen Bash at Chinablack is tomorrow. Strangely enough, I'm not feeling jittery or excited or anything. I think it's only when it's nearer to performance time, when you can hear the hubbub of the crowd surrounding the stage, that the adrenaline will come rushing in. Then again, not sure how much of a hubbub it'll be tomorrow seeing as we'll be the opening act at 8.45 pm. Try counting the number of people you know who clubs at 8.45 pm. Well anyway, you all had better come and watch us perform because I went to buy the skirts (part of costume) at the expense of doing work and readings and had much difficulty in obtaining the skirts and it was freaking hot and stuffy and I'll feel indignant if our late-night practices result in only a handful of people watching, a hundred percent of which is made up of the bash organizers.


There's a good thing that came out of the practices though. I'm proud to officially announce The Return Of The Abs. Kinda saw a sliiight hint of them yesterday when I angle myself in a certain direction. Ahem. Shall develop them further by doing crunches and leg-ups, though I can't really do leg-ups now because I've pulled a muscle during practice.


On to money matters! Mum sent an SMS this morning confirming the arrival of my long-overdue Pan Pac paycheck so yay to that. Shall cash it in tomorrow. Also awaiting scholarship allowance, due to be credited in two days. Double yay! Can't wait to go to Forever 21 and do, erm, market research.