Yesterday morning I watched part of a NASA spacewalk live online; their Discovery team was on a multiple-part mission that included installing this huge solar panel to the "STS-119 vessel" that can power like 40 households! Yesterday the robotics team from the base was helping 2 astronauts attach parts of the "truss," which involved a lot of complex operations...plus they were all in space suits and no gravity, which looked like it made things 90% much more difficult. It was SO COOL. Plus you could see the Earth behind them and it was all happening live...very amazing. Check out NASA's website for some breathtaking pictures!
Yesterday was just a good day in general. Got new music and went running downtown by the waterfront...school was really short, karate was really fun...it was just an all around good day.

Yay for Friday! What am I talking about? This was an easy week. I'm excited though becauseI finally get to hang out with Lauren today! Then I'll be at the dojo for like 7 hours on Saturday...but we might be learning some Arnis, which is a martial art that uses sticks to simulate a weapon attack (Short single-stick demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVHpX33nmMI&feature=related). I've never done it but I've seen it and it's COOL and applicable to karate.
Then on Sunday I get to go see Savannah (one of mah best friends/distant cousin :-D) at Pike Place Market for a couple of hours!! I get to drive myself through the city, which should be an experience...then Kyle is coming over :-D and I'm playing in the honors recital. OKAY STORY:

Emily's phone: "You have...ONE new message. First unheard message, sent, TODAY at, 2, 34, PM. 'Hi Emily, it's Keva [my piano teacher], turns out your adjudicator wants you to play the Arne Sonata for the honors recital this Sunday..."

[We interrupt this story for a brief history. The honors recital is meant to honor students whose performances impressed the adjudicator during adjudications.

My performance, particularly with the Arne Sonata, was not what I would call particularly impressive. Let's just say, I managed to recover from my MANY mistakes somewhat gracefully. Basically, I played the piece well when I wasn't struggling to get my fingers to actually do what I tell them for once.]

Emily: "............uhh, really?? Ohkaaaay then. Sure, I'll perform, what the heck?"
God: "You realize I'm giving you a chance to go wipe your pride off the floor."
Emily: "sssiiiggghhh."

So I guess I'd better go practice...