Simple Gifts

Ross, Jake, and I played some hot Harry Potter Scene It on Saturday. It was an intense battle between me and Jake (very literally at some points), but in the end Jake came out on top. Ross was way behind until he started getting the follow the sword in the hat questions and he ended a close third.

That same night, I got a call from Mrs. Gordon on Ryan's phone. It was very confusing at first... I couldn't figure out what was going on. But everything was ok once I got my bearings. The purpose of the phone call was to formally invite me to be in the summer jazz band this summer. Blame Ben.

I wish I had something interesting to tell. Sadly, there is nothing. I slept on the way back to Ann Arbor and bought some new pants. Pride and Prejudice is a good movie. I was completely exhausted last night. I got a 90 on my phonetics midterm (the average was a 75 and the prof said 'good job' when he handed it to me) and I got an A/A- on my other linguistics midterm. But sadly I got an 80 on my German quiz. That was a bit disappointing. Today I spent 80 minutes talking to one of my professors and then I worked on my German paper. Yup, yup... good times.

'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free,
'tis the gift to come down where you ought to be,
And when we find ourselves in the place just right,
It will be in the valley of love and delight.

Refrain: When true simplicity is gained,
To bow and to bend we shan't be ashamed.
To turn, turn will be our delight,
'Til by turning, turning we come round right

'Tis the gift to be loved and that love to return,
'Tis the gift to be taught and a richer gift to learn,
And when we expect of others what we try to live each day,
Then we'll all live together and we'll all learn to say,

Refrain

'Tis the gift to have friends and a true friend to be,
'Tis the gift to think of others not to only think of "me",
And when we hear what others really think and really feel,
Then we'll all live together with a love that is real.

Concert band songs with words... that's a bit odd...