sick!

i've caught a goddamned cold. i have a recital a week from sunday; i'm rehearsing with tom literally all weekend long. and i've caught a cold. miraculously, i'm still able to sing--every time i sing with a cold, i can hear the voice of crazy vergene miller from depauw screaming "sing over it!" at the time i thought she was crazy. now that i've actually worked with a voice technician instead of know-nothing dr. irwin (god i hope he doesn't google his own name), i understand what she means. i might cough every time i take a deep breath in but dammit i can phonate. mind you, it's not a very controlled sound; at times it sounds akin to the dumptrucks that wake me up every morning.

everyone in my office is sick. it's like being in kindergarten--once one of the kids get sick, they contaminate the paste. then another kid eats it or sticks it up his nose and it's all over. that's my office, minus the paste and nose-picking. the head doctor brought it back from maine, then it hit my boss, now it's moved on to me. just in time for my recital.

michael suggested on the phone last night that i--get this--go to a place that sells fresh juices, like a juice bar. like at DAC. i'm supposed to walk up to the counter and ask them to puree a whole clove of garlic and swirl it around with the juice of a carrot. then chug the whole thing. i'm supposed to do this after i've spent a day chugging green tea. i said, "you know me pretty well, right? so you know that i'm never going to do any of those things." i mean c'mon. garlic? carrots? i'm the same guy who used to smoke through bronchitis. i was once so sick in high school that when i smoked i'd inhale then exhale but nothing would come out. yeah. garlic.

so, pray for my health. pray like you mean it, even if you don't.