Star suggestions

Thank you for the latest casting suggestions! My friend Jen had a suggestion for J.D. - Wes Bentley, the actor from American Beauty. And I think Sandra Bullock would be a good pick to play Jen - so I will give up my claim on her - Elizabeth Hurley can play me. :)

Chuck's sister Amy suggested that she could be played by Kimberly Williams-Paisley. Doesn't she look like her? And happy birthday to Amy's daughter, my niece Molly, and son Ben, whose birthday is coming up soon! Chuck and I got SEA MONKEYS for Ben for his birthday, but Chuck got so excited about them that he decided to keep them, and we had to go buy another kit to send to Ben! The ants in his ant farm died, so I think he needed a new project.

Indiana University had some big news this week - it selected a new president, Michael McRobbie. The reason I mention it is because he was a frequent customer back when I worked at Sew N' So's. I learned the proper way to sew on buttons on his shirts - he had all of his shirts changed to french cuffs. I also made pillow cases for him. (I got the easy projects.)

Last week, I was pretty busy playing a gig - I performed Mendelssohn's "Elijah" with the Bloomington Chamber Singers, with three of our voice faculty performing as soloists. They were amazing. I was so-so. I think they are going to play it on our local NPR station - I'll put a link on the blog if they podcast it.

On Sunday, my flute duet had its third coaching. At our second coaching two weeks before, the flute teacher kicked out our harpist for not playing in tune, so we were VERY nervous coming into this next coaching. Hyun-Jung and I played through our two-flute piece, which we had practiced A LOT. The teacher said it was great, and asked what else we had prepared. AAAAUUUGGGHHH! We had nothing else prepared because we had worked so hard on that one piece, but he coached us on it. That was a big relief to get through that. However, I still haven't heard anything about my admissions status. This is the same teacher that I want to study with, and he hasn't said anything to me, and my records haven't been updated on my online application. The last auditions happened last weekend, and the admissions committee met today. I was hoping to find out one way or the other before spring break, but I don't think I'm going to. So please keep crossing your fingers for me.

My parents went to Mexico this past week, so I am looking forward to hearing about their trip. I'm flying to New Hampshire on Saturday morning - I can't wait for vacation and to see them. Chuck leaves on Tuesday for his big masterclass at Bowling Green State University with Leonard Slatkin and Gustav Meier! He's been working really hard this week on his scores, and his been feeling a little overwhelmed. I know he will do well! Lenny is going back to his new place, Bark'n Buddies, so he will be in good hands.

And speaking of Lenny, he may have his own casting possibility soon. Today, Dreamworks announced that they were going to make a big-screen version of the adventures of Tintin. Tintin was a Belgian comic book reporter character who went on adventures around the world with his dog, Milou. I first learned about Tintin in my office. There is one piano professor who, when he sees my picture of Lenny, always tells me that he used to read the Tintin comics when he was little, and that Lenny looks just like Milou. (Milou is described on the Tintin website as "an exceptionally white wire fox terrier," and the name Milou translates to Snowy.) So if the movie is live-action, they'll have to pick a wire fox terrier to fill the role. Otherwise, the Target dog can play Lenny - he's pretty cute.