on grrr

so i get a call from the sheriff yesterday morning saying that he came across what he thought would be a good photo opp. while cruising around, he happened across 8 bald eagles snacking on the remains of a deer. now this is cool, not so much for the deer being eaten, but because, c'mon.. 8 bald eagles in one place. awesome?!

so i took a cruise down to where he saw them and, by the time i got there, there were only two left. good enough, i thought. don't think i've even seen two in one place before. however, i may have closed my car door a little too loudly and they flew off into a tree in the distance. damn.

i'll be heading back toward that direction today, so i'll try to swing by again and see if they're still around. apparently they've been there the last couple days, so maybe there's a little bit of deer left to pick at.

went to a lion's club meeting last night. one of the foreign exchange students in sutton, jesse from new zealand (i've yet to ask him about 'flight of the conchords' but it's only a matter of time), presented a new zealand lion's club flag to the members because his dad is a lion there. kinda neat. we were also serenaded by the all-girls sutton show-choir. i think there was more of them performing than people they were performing for. which might have made it a little weird for them. they sounded good, though. they've got some good voices.

[sidenote: at lions club meetings.. when they take role call.. or have a vote.. they respond with a 'grrr.' which is kinda lame, but also pretty sweet.]

had bowling last night. cian returned from a broken hand that has kept him out for the past almost two months and still kicked my ass. i beat my average, though, so i pulled my weight.

minden tonight for girls conference basketball. evenings off are hard to come by. which is fine except when you have laundry and other around-the-house things to do. ah, well.

on hitting the "becaaame"

a quick les mis update:

i've been in rehearsing the last three days so towards the end of it last night, some notes got tough to hit. however, my 'empty chairs at empty tables' is actually sounding pretty good.

last night i worked with the guys playing enjolras and valjean, piecing together some of the scenes we're all in. and jason's (valjean) 'bring him home' sounds fantastic. so at least there will be a few songs that will be solid.

enjolras, on the other hand, i feel needs to change a bit. right now he's singing mid-high range. not saying it sounds bad, because it sounds alright, just a little too pretty for the character. he's supposed to be the leader of student revolutionaries, firing them up to fight. he should have a powerful, low voice. it just doesn't sound right singing a battle cry in near falsetto. it should sound like this. (the guy in the sweet vest who starts around 25 seconds.)

but who am i to judge. maybe this will all get sorted out when we hit the stage and start developing the actual plot and characters.

for now, a steady diet of oj, water and lozenges. so i can hit that damn "becaaame."