trust your dog.

I just wrote that title and accidentally typed 'god' instead of 'dog'.
Subconscious coming out, or just a dyslexic typo? hmmm

Anyway, to the story at hand--
Baruch stayed with Ta on Monday night since both Phil and I were away. In the middle on the night, she flipped out barking, etc. Ta calmed her down and put her back to bed. In the morning, she woke up to find her purse and car missing. Yes, someone broke into her house while she was sleeping and took her purse and then stole the car. And we live in a good neighborhood...what's going on? It make my little bike incident seem totally innocent. At least no one came into my house.

In any case, Ta thinks Baruch saved her computer since it looked as though it was in the process of being stolen. And, I guess it's good Ta didn't realize something serious was going on and just pacified Baruch instead...it would have been a lot more traumatizing to actually confront someone while they are in your house, I would guess.

Good news this morning though--the police found her car. She doesn't know what condition it's in, but they caught the guy in it, so hopefully this will put an end to the Cleveland Heights crime spree (this was the NINTH incident of this kind around our area recently).

Other bad news is that Liz got in a car accident and probably totaled her car. She's kind of scraped up, but is okay otherwise, I believe. I don't want to steal her thunder, so if you want to read about her fiasco, you should go to her blog (link on the sidebar). The important thing is that she's okay, obviously, but it still stinks to have such experiences...

So, in the midst of all this drama was Jojo's birthday. We went to the Lizard late last night. It was fun to have a big group going out. Pictures to be posted soon. Jojo looked absolutely gorgeous. I love her glasses, but her eyes are her best feature. Get some contacts, chick-y! (As nice as a blurry world is, it's probably not the best idea on a regular basis...)

I had my Louisville audition. Didn't get it, needless to say. I have to figure out how to 'turn it on' in auditions. I sounded totally great right beforehand and there is absolutely no reason why I shouldn't have been able to at least advance. My fingers just spazzed out on stupid Stravinsky...and I love that excerpt because all you have to do is play fast notes...that's my thing. So what happened? I wasn't even that nervous. I don't get it. Any advice out there?

I need a job. I need to play the flute. in an orchestra. soon. or I will flip out.