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November 08, 2002

Oops, no.

The Lad and I met in 1993. Because that is the year I started high school.

1993-94 Freshman
1994-95 Sophomore
1995-96 Junior
1996-97 Senior

Considering that fully half of my readership is comprised of members of my high school class, I wonder that none of you caught that. Oh well, my fault. See previous entry re: sucks at math.

It's kind of irrelevant anyway, since right after posting my Lad Anniversary gooeyness, I remembered that we actually met long before that.

I was in 5th grade, which was what year? Let's do the math...1990-91. This was back in the good old days when Chorus was still part of the standard curriculum, so once a week we all goose-stepped over to Mrs. Brown's classroom to sing songs from The Sound of Music. Mrs. Brown was the Reverend Mother in a stage production of same, and it sort of affected her ideas of good music. So every week we sang our nunnish little hearts out, and every so often she would grab me out of line on the way out - she was a big lady and I was Meeky McMeekerton - and say "When are you going to come audition for my singing group?"

So finally I bowed to faculty-induced pressure and auditioned. The group was called Brand New Sound and I was admitted solely because my audition song was "My Favorite Things." (Seeing Bjork sing it on death row many years later was so disturbing. Though I guess it was disturbing either way, that scene.) I didn't stay in long because I was shy and didn't know anyone, but I did stay long enough to learn the main song, as follows:

Gonna rise up singing
It's a brand new day
I see the sun is a-shinin and the rain isn't fallin
Like it was just yesterday
And I feel like livin
Got a reason to say (-ay-ay)
Gonna rise up singin, throw my troubles away
Cause it's a brand new day.

I still get tears in my eyes, I swear.

Anyway, this story is too long, the point is, the Lad sat behind me at one of the rehearsals, because he was in the group on actual singing-based merits, and made fun of me. And that, THAT, is how we met. So really this is our 11 year anniversary this year. Kind of. Sort of. Not at all.

Posted by didofoot at November 8, 2002 12:37 PM

Comments

holy shit! I thought you'd been fibbing this whole time about the Brand New Sound thing, but you actually know the song. Scary. Wierd. Good, but scary.
-G

Posted by: gene at November 8, 2002 01:44 PM

awwwwwwwwww.you kids are just so cute.

When you were in the 5th grade and having your first encounter with the lad, ian and i got married. 1990. That is so weird.

Posted by: tracy at November 8, 2002 01:54 PM

My Daily Cal horoscope today says:
"If you hear sound of music, dance to your own tune."

I'm keeping clear of you today! :P

Posted by: brian at November 8, 2002 03:32 PM

...you sure are...

Posted by: didofoot at November 8, 2002 03:41 PM

They've got me patching 4 computers at once: half of them are on the second floor, and half are on the third! It's a wonder I can keep up with these comments.

Since when am I supposed to do work at work?

Posted by: busy brian at November 8, 2002 04:16 PM

COMPRISE

3 : COMPOSE, CONSTITUTE

usage Although it has been in use since the late 18th century, sense 3 is still attacked as wrong. Why it has been singled out is not clear, but until comparatively recent times it was found chiefly in scientific or technical writing rather than belles lettres. Our current evidence shows a slight shift in usage: sense 3 is somewhat more frequent in recent literary use than the earlier senses. You should be aware, however, that if you use sense 3 you may be subject to criticism for doing so, and you may want to choose a safer synonym such as compose or make up.

Posted by: ian at November 8, 2002 04:23 PM

vote no on copy editing friends.

Posted by: tracy at November 8, 2002 04:28 PM

my Webster's includes only:

1. to comprehend; include; contain.
2. to consist of; be composed of.

And the kicker: the managing editor of this edition? Jess Stein.

kiss her! kiss her! if only this was on my other entry.

Posted by: didofoot at November 8, 2002 09:28 PM

I sang "gonna rise up singing" in elementary school too. It never brought tears to my eyes, but those other optimistic songs do.

Posted by: Los at July 10, 2004 10:16 PM

Im not sure if u still read this.. but the song Gonan Rise up singing, its a brand new day.. that u mentioned. I too sang it in chorus and have been searching for the song online. Do you know who sings it or what its called.. I cant find it at all.

Thanks, Kenny

Posted by: Kenneth at August 11, 2005 03:34 PM

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