h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Yep. It's me. And I'm finally kinda back.
Been pretty busy this year, so not much time for H2G2, but I'm going to try. So this is my official welcome back message, although I haven't posted anywhere yet.
Life is good though. We had our annual pre-Homecoming Pep Rally today, which was , shall we say, interesting and fortunately not as loud or nauseating as last year. Although we appear to have lost all but 5 of our color guard (flag twirlers), so the formations weren't quite normal. Just being my usual Jen-type self, wearing blue socks with black pants and shoes (it was a demonstration of school spirit, I swear! Not really. It's just that the lighting in my room isn't up to snuff). Still playing violin and all that jazz. Working on pulling my quartet together to start rehearsing (electric string quartet, currently sans e-cello) and begging/borrowing/stealing the necessary equipment for performing. (Not that we're going to do that anytime soon)
So have a great Homecoming weekend, even though it's not your homecoming (read DZ's version of events in ThePost from a few weeks back).
Please drop me a line and I'll try to be back soon!
Jen

Welcome back!

Good to see you again Jen!

nice to see you again!

I was wondering where you got to...

Life. And sch**l. And violin.
Don't really know, to be truthful. Stuff just kept happening.
But it's great to be back.

And it's great to have you back.

hello, and welcome back!

(mark)

ur back!

And you are too! (noticed you were gone for a few days)

How are you?

sort of ok. how are you? I was getting worried!

pretty good-day off from school today.

I did send you an email a while ago, but I'm not sure you ever got it-I forgot to put h2g2 in the subject line and I didn't keep a copy, so I couldn't resend it after I remembered the bit about h2g2.

Otherwise, the fencing season is starting! I got to fence my co-captian/best friend in an exhibition match yesterday, which made us both realize how out of whack we are (haven't fenced since April). Also a good discussion on how my lack of confidence is affecting my style and what I can do to change that. I think we've finally pinpointed why I invariably get a little too flustered to fence well during a match (but I'm really good at stuff that doesn't have a ref, and apparently have good technique)
Fencing-it's escrime!

(belated) welcome back, i havn't talked to you for ages!

Happy christmas!

and a happy new year!

Same to you all.

How's everyone doing?
I managed to get through an audition yesterday without completly falling apart (I get incredibly nervous) and got the results I expected. Kinda mediocre, but I'm having tendinitis problems, so I knew that intonation, etc. on some stuff (the entire b section is double stops) would be less than wonderful. Haven't been able to put in the practicing time that I would like. But half an hour a day is better than being able to do none.
I've started fencing right handed (instead of my normal left) because it was aggravating, and contributed to, the injury. It's amusing. I have the mental tactics of someone who has some experience (there's a big learning curve in your first year, and as a second year fencer, I've finally passed that hurdle) but I need to learn all the movements as mirror image and improve my righty reflexes. But as a really big surprise, I scored two points today, and that was out of being hit only eight times. (hits recieved are important when counting fencing stats) So, some good, some bad, but it all comes out in the wash. And my team-family is such that it's mostly good.