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[Spritzie]

It always annoys me. I don't know why. It's not just the lyrics.

[Quark]

The only good Christmas song is the song from the Peanuts. And even then, there's only so many times you can imagine Snoopy dancing in your head before it gets annoying.

[IrishLiz]

Don't you just love it when you get to use something fun for a class? Especially if it can break up a grueling, monotonous task.

I'm pretty excited that my professor was awesome enough to let me write a paper on Star Trek and its moving zeitgeist. (Less so thrilled that someone else in my class is writing their paper about Justin Beiber. HOW. WHY. I'm pretty sure she's a few years older than me and the fact that she's admitted more than once to having a crush on a SIXTEEN year old freaks me so much. You are over 18, stopitnow.)

 

Hm... how would a paper on Justen Beiber work?

 

I don't mind Christmas music so much... but I don't really feel like listening to it until the week of or so, especially when I'm decorating and/or wrapping presents.

 

I always have to listen to the Nutcracker, and I have an Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong CD that I like too.

[Quark]

Hm... how would a paper on Justen Beiber work?

I have no idea, I'm not sure what her thesis. What her thesis should be is: An adult's fixation on a sixteen year old popstar can have consequences such as getting dirty glares for plastering his face on your notebooks.

[CAV of Gang Green]

It's bad as it is that Justin Bieber is getting his own movie. I don't need him on anyone's piece of paper.

 

I can't stand hearing Christmas music.

 

You're like my father. T_T

 

I wasn't in the spirit until I listened to the NY radio station that is giving Christmas music all day long, all month long. It helped.

[livvy]

*wishes she could send a CD of Christmas music up to CAV*

 

I like Christmas music, I just prefer it to be around Christmas. :P

[CAV of Gang Green]

*wishes she could send a CD of Christmas music up to CAV*

 

I like Christmas music, I just prefer it to be around Christmas. :P

 

I have a CD. Now That's What I Call Christmas. It's old. But the radio station here gets the job done, and I'm satisfied. :)

 

Same here. I don't want to hear Jingle Bell Rock on Veteran's Day.

[Unstream]

Not as much as we do. We really really need the practice. They can rehearse in their giant orchestra room.

Orchestra people generally think they're better than anyone ;) Just an F.Y.I.

 

Band knows we suck, and we accept it. -nodnod-

Really? Band at our school is great (and they know it.) Though orchestra does tend to hold itself a little higher than it deserves.

Hey there, don't be dissing the orchestra now :P

 

I dunno, the band probably things more of themselves than our orchestra. But our music department is pretty good as a whole, so I can fairly honestly say we're pretty good. Our band is usually in the top three marching bands in our region (and they were only .1 from second; .25 from first this year). We've all (chorus, band, and orchestra) competed in various places (last year we went to Chicago) and we all won first place, which was pretty awesome.

 

But yeah, the orchestra does need to actually rehearse on the stage. I mean, the acoustics are completely different, and believe it or not, it's harder for the orchestra to stay together because of the way the sound travels.

 

Anyways, Christmas music. It's not that bad, depending on who it is. I like Relient K - their Christmas album is pretty cool.

[:)Doc]

Hey there, don't be dissing the orchestra now :P

 

Heh, I do apoligize :D

 

Our band SUCKS. That's that. :)

[IrishLiz]

Hey there, don't be dissing the orchestra now :P

 

I dunno, the band probably things more of themselves than our orchestra. But our music department is pretty good as a whole, so I can fairly honestly say we're pretty good. Our band is usually in the top three marching bands in our region (and they were only .1 from second; .25 from first this year). We've all (chorus, band, and orchestra) competed in various places (last year we went to Chicago) and we all won first place, which was pretty awesome.

 

But yeah, the orchestra does need to actually rehearse on the stage. I mean, the acoustics are completely different, and believe it or not, it's harder for the orchestra to stay together because of the way the sound travels.

 

Anyways, Christmas music. It's not that bad, depending on who it is. I like Relient K - their Christmas album is pretty cool.

Yeah, because orchestra is awesome! My high school orchestra was pretty bad though - mostly because of the teacher. I think that orchestra just thinks of themselves as being more dignified than band, since we don't march and such. Plus, strings sound pretty. There was a bit of rivalry because we had to use the band room when they didn't need it to rehearse (often it smelled pretty gross from the sweaty band uniforms). We eventually got our own room, but the acoustics were terrible.

 

It is really hard when you don't get to rehearse on stage. I was in the college orchestra, and the orchestra actually had to pay the university to use the stage (even though it was empty during most of our rehearsals), so we only got to rehearse on it once before each concert. It was always a crazy rehearsal because we went from playing in a small room towards a wall to playing towards a huge empty space. HUGE difference.

 

Oh and I like the Relient K Christmas CD too! I just like Relient K though. :)

[Unstream]

Yeah, our conductor is pretty good. He has this sort of mentality where he doesn't compliment us very often, which makes us all work harder, and he usually does say he's happy with our playing if he really is, which of course makes us all happy. I dunno, it's cool, and it works, because people are willing to try harder.

 

Haha yeah, I just like Relient K too :P

But their Christmas album is great. Sleigh Ride, Merry Christmas Here's to Many More, I Celebrate the Day, and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas are my favorites.

[livvy]

Reliant K is pretty darned awesome. :yes:

 

And yes, orchestra is lovely. I'd much rather listen to orchestra than band. Our orchestra people just tend to be more exclusive. And they're kicking us off our stage, so I'm a little biased against it at the moment. :P

[Unstream]

That's actually our marching band. It's practically impossible to get them to talk about anything else during marching band season :P

 

But of our "arts" groups, I actually think our theater group is the most exclusive of them all.

[livvy]

Oh, we're the most welcoming. We love people (though our oddities likely frighten them away. :P ) Theatre at our school is basically the repository for kids with no lives. Who then evolve into kids with talent. Sometimes.

[:)Doc]

Our drama kids are the talent at our school who think they're are better and funnier than everyone. They like to try and do it in class too. Rather annoying actually :whaa:

[Tyler.]

I must say, when some good bands make Christmas music, it's awesome

[antiaircraft]

So I guess I don't really have much to add to this conversation, but since I heard Justin Bieber's name mentioned a few posts back, I couldn't resist posting this:

 

 

I personally think that song is better than the original. :P

[Ruto]

You know Theo, I think you're right. What game is that? XD

[antiaircraft]

xD It appears that opinion is shared by a lot of people.

 

That game is, of course, none other than StarCraft II. :yes:

[CAV of Gang Green]

 

I personally think that song is better than the original. :P

 

Why am I not surprised that the song was about Starcraft? xD I was thinking the whole time It seems as though AA posted a parody. It's Starcraft isn't it?

 

And he does sing better than Bieber.

[antiaircraft]

Heh, I think my StarCraft fanboy-ism is becoming a wee bit obvious these days don't you think? :P

 

It's funny to think that song will probably be stuck in my head all through my exams tomorrow. xD

[CAV of Gang Green]

Yeah. I mean, I'm rather obsessed with Spyro, CoD, Mass Effect and video games overall but I didn't let it show. Right? I'm right aren't I? Hey guys?

[livvy]

Oh really CAV? :O I never would've guessed! You didn't let on at all! ;)

[antiaircraft]

Yep, that's perfectly true. :shiftyeyes_anim:

 

*twitch* The author information box on TDNF seriously needs a little padding. It's bugging me. xD

[livvy]

Author information box? Padding? Like... asylum wall padding? o_O