The key to wining Risk is Australia.

Let's see....what of interest has happened? I got my seating for next week- I am playing Mozart's Jupiter next Friday with Jose-Luis as my conductor, and I'm sitting second stand with Claire. 3rd chair. I'm terrified. Jen, on the other hand, is playing Sibelius #2 with Scott and is sitting with *drumroll*...Kip. argh. not FAIR. hahaha. Why does she get to sit with Kip, only the hottest guy here!!! grrr. Yeah. I might be jealous. hahaha. oh, well. At least she's sitting with him so we c an gossip. Plus, there's one more concert. One more chance for me to sit with him. Or Nate. Or Yaniv. hahaha. Either way I'd be quite happy. haha. Okay. I'm done now...

Ummm...let's see. I had my first Pops rehersal last night. The conductor was...okay. He conducts the Western Piedmont Symphony or something like that. I forget his name...something Ross? I don't remember.

Anyway, I had a lesson yesterday, which went well. Nate can't play the concert tonight because his wrist is still killing him. He can barely move his left fingers. ...I feel so bad for him. He's gong insane because here he is, at a music festival, and he can't play at all and hasn't been able to since Monday. It must be so terrible. I feel for him. Lots.

The new Muse cd (Black Holes and Revelations) came in the mail today!!! It is tres amazing. I love it. It is just....they did it again. It's amazing. Perfectly prefect. If there is someone who doesn't like them, I may have to...torture them with it until they do. hahaha.

Tonight my Mom and brother are coming in to see my concert. We are eating chinese out. yay! That's after my master class- but I've heard a rumor that the violas are crashing the violin masterclass. ....we want to see Bill Preucil!!! He was so funny at yesterday's. Very cool guy- concertmaster in the Cleveland Orchestra, teaches at CIM. Yeah. Kind of amazing.

Well, I need to run- I have to pick up music form operations. See you later!!

ps. Aunt Susie- thank you. You have no idea how much it means to me to recieve so much support from everyone. It is so amazing to have people encouraging me. Some kids aren't so lucky... Thank you. I love you.