Lord, Smite This Music...

I don't think I've mentioned it, but my choir is performing a piece that was commissioned (read: brand spankin' new) for us ... and it's KILLING us. Over the weeks we've been rehearsing we've sloooooooooooowly grown fond of a few certain parts but the majority is still just unbearable and difficult (Direct quote from a singer last night during break: "Can you spell 'painful'?"). Our concerts are this Thursday - Saturday and I cannot WAIT for it to be over. We had a last minute rehearsal on Saturday afternoon (hooray?) and every night this week is rehearsal/performance (rehearsal didn't even END until 10pm on Monday). Let's just say that while I know we desperately need all the practice we can get, I am NOT pleased that THIS is the reason I haven't really been home except to sleep since Sunday. The only thing that makes it better is that Liz promised we could go see Transformers 2 on IMAX on Sunday. Nothing clears horrible choral music out of your head like 2 hours of robots fighting and blowing shit up. Later this weekend I will also post the only thing that kept me sane during this process: the series of (slightly blasphemous?) cartoons I did wherein the composer is a completely oblivious devil who doesn't realize that his music is making God cry. Stay tuned - we'll see if I survive.