10 Days Worth of Post
Christ is Risen!
So, a lot has been happening...in the last, like, 10 days!
The final Thursday at The Company was uneventful - goodbyes and best wishes. Got a reference from my then-current boss, which is always handy.
The next day was largely consumed by me getting my learners permit, which now allows me to learn how to drive and (hopefully) get my licence in six months.
Last Saturday was spent setting up for the Palm Saturday Night Fete, which ended up being pretty cool, with fun times on the jumping castle. Afterwards we went out for slurpees, and a very odd photo.
Palm Sunday proper was spent at another parish, after which a bunch of us went to a talk held by a couple of the ethnic-centric youth groups in this city. The talk was good, but for a question-and-answer session there wasn't a lot of interaction. Afterwards was the first Bridegroom Matins.
Monday morning I went to the Presanctified Liturgy, then had dinner with a friend from high school that evening. Got home late, so missed the Presanctified Liturgy on Tuesday. Went to the Bridegroom Matins on Tuesday night, though.
Wednesday ended up being very busy. There was the Presanctified Liturgy in the morning, then I decided that, to plausibly go for the job that I'm going for, it was time to change my look. So, I went to the local barber and got a haircut. I haven't had a haircut at a barber's since I was 17 (when I got it trimmed for my formal), and it's been tied back since I was 16. My hair is curly, but if you stretched it out it would make it about an inch away from the end of my back (even without that, it made it to the end of my shoulder blades). I'd asked the barber if he could cut it so that it could be put into a ponytail if need be, but would also look good out of a pony tail. He took that to mean that the back side of my head needed to be tied back, but the hair on top and at the front and on both sides didn't need to reach. Of course, now it looks horrible in a ponytail, but it looks pretty good out. Then I went home and shaved, and remembered what my face looked like after about 2 years of having facial hair (which included the period of time between just having facial hair and actually having a proper beard).
Then I went down south to the Gold Coast for Easter services, and went to all the Easter services for one parish (a small, English-language parish) and most of the Easter services for another (which is bigger and has more services at different times). Awesome experience, and hearing about the unbelievable amount of English at the parish I usually went to, totally worth it.
Also had an interview while I was down there. Again, not wanting to say a lot until I know the outcome, but suffice to say I'm veryhopeful of getting the position.
Aside from having more English, the services were also shorter at the Greek Orthodox parish - the chanter there prefers briefer chanting, rather than the drawn-out style that can be so popular (for chanters only) when there's more than one chanter.
The Resurrection service itself was, as usual, awesome. Afterwards I was invited to someone's house, which was beautiful.
So I got back home in the morning (just) on Sunday, relaxed a little, relaxed today as well. Went out last night with the Saturday Nighters to Hungry Jack's, then went to Lucas' to watch How I Met Your Mother. I'm fairly sure that we can rename ourselves after the show (although 'the HIMYMers' may sound a little funny to the untrained ear). Taking the show's inspiration (when they called Barney 'Swarley' for an entire episode), we've decided to rename someone in our group. I shudder to think what the next inspiration we'll take is...
One thing that I have accomplished is composing the Kekragarial Vesperal Dogmaticon (i.e. the big hymn after the first 'Glory' in Vespers) for St Bede the Venerable of Jarrow, using the composition guide from St Anthony's Monastery (in Byzantine notation - naturally, since it's the only one I know). I'm planning to do the second one for Vespers and the one for Matins as well, so I'll post them all up when I've finished them.
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pistevo) wrote,
radiant
