Yesterday, today, tomorrow.

[seanan_mcguire]

Yesterday, I...

...did a lot of fussing about, did a lot of reasonably important (if not entirely time-sensitive) email inbox cleanup, did some work on The Brightest Fell, and finally, attended a multi-hour rehearsal to get ready for my Guest of Honor concert at Conflikt II, as well as the house concert that I'm going to be performing in tomorrow night. If you're even remotely local, and have been considering attending either event, I highly recommend it. If you've never seen me live before, here's a nice quote from one of the conventions I've been featured at:

"Seanan wraps together deep, poetic lyrics and complex melodies, a soaring voice, and an exhilarating hold-nothing-back performance style."

See? Isn't that sweet? The house concert is actually a Vixy & Tony gig to which I have kindly been invited, and we're going to be doing some awesome stuff. We finally hit 'Tanglewood Tree' (a Dave Carter cover) at exactly the right angle last night. When I have tears in my eyes at the end of a rehearsal, that's when you know that you're doin' it right. And the convention, of course, is going to be one of my usual 'but what if we threw a concert and everybody came extravaganzas. I'm even packing the prom dress. Just in case.

Today, I...

...got out of bed, sat down, and wrote the first song of 2009 ('My Story Is Not Done'). To quote the lyrics:

I was born into a fairy tale,
Cinderella's dust-bin daughter.
Seemed like I was meant to fail,
Turning wine back into water,

Mama's slippers shattered when
She turned around to run,
But I never thought that mattered and
My story is not done.

My brain, ladies and gentlemen. Studies are even now underway. That done, I wrote three poems, updated my 'Velveteen vs.' continuity guide, and processed some edits to The Brightest Fell, which I'll get back to just as soon as I finish this entry. Once Fishy wakes up (allowing me access to my suitcase), I'll be getting dressed and going out for lunch with the wonderful folks from Team Seattle. And tonight, of course, we're rehearsing one more time for tomorrow's concert, in a setting which I have been promised will provide both ice cream and kittens. My life, so hard.

Tomorrow, I...

...will be appearing in the house concert I've been nattering on about so much above. Because love means never having to listen to me talk about one thing for all that long.

Hope everything is awesome in the worlds of you -- what's going on?

Comments

[tikiera.livejournal.com]

Are you doing any concerts in California this year?

And love the new song. It goes on my long list of really, really want to hear.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Not yet, although there's always a chance that I'm going to wind up doing one at BayCon (it has, in fact, been known to happen). The year's concert schedule so far includes:

* Tonight.
* Conflikt (Seattle area, end of January).
* Duckon (Chicago area, June).

[sheistheweather]

I get to see several of my favorite musicians in concert tomorrow night, at the beautiful house of another friend. This is *very* exciting.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Hooray!

[tezmilleroz.livejournal.com]

And tonight, of course, we're rehearsing one more time for tomorrow's concert, in a setting which I have been promised will provide both ice cream and kittens.

The mall, or a house party?

Have a lovely day! :-)

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

The concert is being held in a private home; ice cream and kitten status unknown. The rehearsal was held in a location where there was lots and lots of ice cream, and lots and lots of Maine Coon kittens.

So many kittens.

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

*counts on fingers*

You should actually have at least four Rosettes at Conflikt and I think five at Consonance.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

If it comes to prom dress-hood, I shall be going with the Rosettes I have currently at hand, as those are the ones with whom rehearsal is not an impossibility. :)

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

What, no rehearsing via midnight barking? :)

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooo.

[ryanitenebrae.livejournal.com]

This is an old post.

I am commenting on it to say that those lyrics are the best ever, and I hope I am fortunate to someday hear the whole song or even see the whole lyric sheet. Thank you for writing them.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Your wish is my command. (http://seananmcguire.com/songbook.php?id=325) On the full lyric sheet thing, anyway.

[ryanitenebrae.livejournal.com]

Oh! Thank you so much!!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

You're totally welcome! I was actually amused to discover that it's the first song of 2009, which made posting it without committing to an entire month way easier on my OCD little heart. :)