Last night I went with magi_balthasar to see the Detroit Symphony Orchestra play the music of Final Fantasy as part of the Dear Friends concert series. I had a good time; we went to a nice, but hard to find, Japanese restaurant for dinner beforehand, and I'm glad Josh was driving because I am not so good at keeping calmish when I am driving and not sure where I'm going.

The music was good. They had a chorus to sing "Liberi Fatali" and "One-Winged Angel" as an encore. There was a glossy program you could buy, but I didn't think it was worth twenty dollars. We saw a couple people coming in costume (a little girl in a Yuna costume and a girl I think was supposed to be Vincent), a bunch of people in t-shirts and shorts, some "gothed-up" people, and someone who seemed to be wearing a prom dress and a feather boa. Not your usual symphony-going crowd, I guess. XD Some of the orchestral versions I'd heard before, from albums I'd downloaded acquired legally, but they did some new stuff, too--a song from FFXI and from Advent Children, as well as a nice version of "You're Not Alone." I hope they release a CD when the tour's over. Uematsu wasn't there, but there was a recorded message from him that was apparently to be played at all of the concerts. The conductor looked to be having fun with the music, which was good.

I went to see the doctor Friday and she says I probably have Irritable Bowel Syndrome. She said I should take a fiber supplement to help with that, and prescribed some different medications for my allergies, and told me I need to drink more fluids, and get more salt because my low blood pressure is what's been causing my lightheaded-and-nauseated spells I've been getting. Hopefully, if I do all that and get a little more active, I'll feel a lot better. That would be nice.


I haven't read many cheesy romance novels, so I'm gonna go with my Top Five Cheeses, for erstwhiletexan.
5. Cottage Cheese
4. Provolone
3. Velveeta (it's sort of like a cheese!)
2. Swiss
1. Muenster

Top Five Unfinished Stories, for fadingembers (I am gonna assume you mean stories I'm writing?)
5. Aluwen's story, which started out as a Suikoden fanfic.
4. Black Wings
3. Vail's redemption-type story, which I started for English 413.
2. Heian-type Court/politics/arraged marriage story, starring Shijia, which was a National Novel Writing Month project, and the one I'm sorta working on now.
1. Ocean of Dreams has to go here, doesn't it?

Top Five Dead People who have been on the Muppet Show, for avengangle
5. Vincent Price
4. Gene Kelly
3. Peter Sellers
2. Rudolf Nureyev
1. Gilda Radner

Top Five Toys from my Childhood [that I can remember off the top of my head], for drcristin
5. A toy sink I got for Christmas once. I only remember it because there's a home video of me washing plastic toy vegetables in it.
4. The dress-up doll set that was at my grandparent's house.
3. The Barbie-sized Luke Skywalker doll that was inherited from my older sisters, and took a lot of abuse.
2. Magnetic Marbles
1. Marmalade, a small Pound Purry kitten that I think was a promotional item from Arby's or something. She got a LOT of love.