lecturing my tenor-bass choir, January 29, 2004
Ms. Worley: "Listen up kids, this is a lesson you need to learn not only for this class but for LIFE! Don't you EVER go pointing fingers at other people in this class, pointing out what they're not doing right. You need to learn to take a hard look at YOURSELF before you even THINK about pointing out the flaws in other people. Because chances are you'll find something YOU can do better, something YOU can improve on, that you don't need other people to point out to you. Now, if you're perfect, if you've got no flaws and there is NOTHING you could do better in this class, then you can bring me a signed letter from GOD to that effect, and MAYBE THEN I'll tolerate finger-pointing in this class. [pause] Was ANY PART of that UNCLEAR, gentlemen?"
discussing our former Spanish names in Spanish classes long ago, November 3rd, 2003
Sara: "Guess what mine was..."
Terri: "Margarita?"
Sara: "No... that would have been perfect though..."
Terri: "Ha I bet."
Sara: "Well... tonight it would've had to be... Hurricana."
Terri: "Well then I guess that makes me Whiskey."
Theory IV teacher, discussing augmented 6th chords, September 4th 2002
Schwarz: "You talk to a flat 6, and all that he's gonna say is "I wanna go down." You know, ask him how he's doing, what's going on, he's going to say "I don't give a shit about that, I'm going DOWN. I'm going DOWN NOW!"... Of course, if you ask sharp 4, he says "au contraire mon frère, I'm going up."
discussing music videos with Theresa, September 3rd 2002
Theresa: "You've seen the video for that "Hero" song, right?"
Terri: "yeah..."
Theresa: "You know, it's like... there's not a guy that sings that song that isn't ugly... and I'm just thinking... man, this is a competitive market, right? How can this happen?" "
Choir director... discussing modest concert attire, August 28th 2002
Dr. McCoy: "I know that styles have changed since I was your age and I know your parents may not have that much say in what you do anymore... but I'm your Daddy now."
Theory IV teacher, August 26th 2002
Schwarz: "...like crazy psychotic murderous dreams, I don't know if you ever have them, but really they're kinda fun..."
discussing soap operas with Mom, January 9th 2002
Mom: "Amnesia has been in soap operas for as long as I can remember."
Theory IV banter... discussing Set Theory; September 10, 2001
Isgitt: "I use P-T and P-E instead of P-10 and P-11, so I only have one digit. Makes it less confusing."
Student: "Can we use P-10 and P-11 if that's less confusing to us?"
Isgitt: "[sigh] See, I'm trying to be all scholarly and obscure here, and you're just like... aw."
Theory IV banter... discussing enharmonics; September 10, 2001
Student: "What's the reasoning behind spelling a chord that way?"
Isgitt: "Opium. Ha. No. Actually, in the real world, it would be for performer convenience. In this class, it's just to confuse you."
Theory IV banter; September 10, 2001
Student: [commenting on an example being written on the board] "... but that's not doing something funky like the other one was..."
Isgitt: "Oh I'm about to make it get funky..." [spells the chord on the board] "Oooooh, that is nasty...."
September 10, 2001
Aaron West, the Pop Music teacher: "I feel sorry for Sampras, you know? I mean, he was #1... until he got married. You'll notice a correlation there throughout history... no, really... so many men have had these great wonderful careers, you think they're really going places, and then they get married and pbbbbt. You'll notice Beethoven never got married. But poor Sampras... I can hear it now... "Honey, I'm going to go practice!" "Again?! I never see you anymore..." "I'm sorry dear, but I have to go practice, I'm world champion..." "Oh honey, you don't need to practice... you're World Champion" And then, next thing you know, Sampras is getting beaten like a stray dog on the court by some 20 year old punk."
September 10, 2001
Ms. Chisholm: "So, "we're", "weary", "werewolf"... all the same vowels."
Omar: "Did you say "weeeeeeeeeerewolf"?"
Ms. Chisholm: "Aha! Someone was listening! Omar, you should get a cookie."
September 10, 2001
Ms. Chisholm: "For instance, the difference between "don" and "dawn"... I'm not going to be a stickler about that, but some of you will go on to graduate work and have someone who will be. In that case you should say [switches to Dumb Student Voice] "oh yeah, I learned that... I'm not doing it, but I learned it...""
a classic Chisholm quote; September 10, 2001
Ms. Chisholm: "Alright, we're going to frolic on for now, and we'll torture the rest of you on the next page."
said sometime during Spring 2001... a classic Hudnall-style rambling quote
Ms. Hudnall: "There are different kinds of G chords just like there are different colors of blue and green, boys and girls. Just like there are different ways to ground meat, alright? What do you like with your peanut butter? Are you following me?"
the gist of how German Diction class went on April 2nd, 2001
Terri: (whispering something to Sara... probably about the new Rolling Stone or something)
Dr. Sundquist: "Jazz Singah, is there something you'd like to share with the class?"
Terri: "No."
Dr. Sundquist: "OK"
a few minutes later
Terri: (leans over to get something out of her bag, apparently looking unattentive)
Dr. Sundquist: "Jazz Singah, do you have a question?"
Terri: "No."
Dr. Sundquist: "OK"
a few minutes later
Terri: (opens a Diet Dr. Pepper)
Dr. Sundquist: "Jazz Singah, did you bring enough for everyone?"
Terri: "No."
Dr. Sundquist: "OK"
said all the time
Dr. McCoy: "I said sing it artistically, not autistically."
said on March 5, 2001
Dr. McCoy (talking about his hands): "These cost me 40 grand. Watch them."
one decent, albeit non-surviving quote from the original Rambler Three
That's the way the world works. You make the same mistakes people before you made, and then you watch people make the same mistake again after you. And somewhere out of that is born the desire to improve, to teach, to grow, to evolve. And such is life.
said on January 18, 2001
Ms. Hudnall: "Do you ever use music for play or fun or entertainment? [dramatic pause] Or do you just major in it?"
said on January 17, 2001
Mr. Sundquist, as my voice teacher: "Jazz Singah, let's pick out this semester's music. Did you bring your Ella Fitzgerald book? I figured you'd like to do a tune for juries... (singing) shoo baht lee doot n lee aht be dwee bat zip shoop bee laht meh dwee zee bop day yoot n bee lah doo bee...."
said on January 17, 2001
Mr. Sundquist, a little later: "But actually, when you want to, you can really make a good sound..."
said on January 17, 2001
Mr. Sundquist, German Diction: "This is by far the easiest class on campus" seconds later... the key to making German Diction class "easy" "Your first assignment is to memorize pages 222 through 253 of our text."
said on January 17, 2001
Mr. Sundquist, German Diction: calling roll and asking for people's voice teacher in the process "...and Terri Worley.... we all know who she studies with..."
said on January 17, 2001
Brett, my piano teacher: "Basically, I know you guys don't want to be here, so I try to make it as painless as possible... So just suck it up for these next two semesters and you may never have to touch a piano again."
said on January 17, 2001
Brett, my always excited piano teacher: "Oh yeah... I need you all to sign this... attendance policy blah blah blah... pass it around..."
said on January 16, 2001
Ms. Hudnall, Music For Children: "If you're going to represent music, you've got to represent ALL of it."
said on January 6, 2001
Wayne: after reading the other 1/6/01 quote about the green candies "You know.... you should save those for March"
Dad: WAY too excitedly "OOOOOH! You're right! I didn't think of that! I'll put these away..."
said on January 6, 2001
Dad: gesturing to a bowl of Christmas candies in green foil "You may ask... "What's with all the green candies?"
Terri: on cue "What's with all the green candies?"
Dad: "Well, at Christmas when you buy candy you get it wrapped in green and gold and red and silver, right?"
Terri: "uh-huh"
Dad: "Well, if you take out all the green, what do you have?"
Terri: "Red and Gold and Silver.... and...?"
Dad: way too excitedly"AND... That's what they sell for Valentine's Day!"
Terri: gasp of dismay "How cheap are you?!?!?!"
Dad: "Do you really have to ask? Christmas candy is half price after Christmas..."
said on October 26, 2000
Sara: singing to herself while on hold on the phone "Say my name, Say my name..."
Terri: simultanously... muttering "Sara. Sara... Sara!"
Sara: annoyed "WHAT?!?!?"
Terri: like a wounded puppy "I was just saying your name..."
on Dawson's Creek, October 25, 2000
Pacey (Joshua Jackson) and Joey (Katie Holmes) discussing Joey's college plans, in a true moment of insight
Pacey: uncovering a stack of mail in Joey's room "What's all this stuff?"
Joey: "Oh, that... it's just junk mail... stuff that came over the summer..."
Pacey: "You get "junk mail" from Princeton University?"
Joey: "It doesn't really mean anything... the stuff comes from everywhere... (flipping through some of the mail) What, like I'm going to go to St. Olaf College... or the University of Hawaii, or Valparaiso University? I mean, where is that? Like in Brazil or something..."
Pacey: "But you are going to go somewhere..."
Joey: "Not right this minute... It's early yet anyway. Maybe I'll just... Maybe I'll just go to one of those fictional colleges, you know? Like on those lame high school TV shows that go on for way too long, and then just in time to save the franchise, all of a sudden it turns out that there's this amazing world class college just right around the corner where all the principal characters are accepted. Hmmm... but just to be safe, we should probably start the application process."
said on September 21, 2000
discussing a Russian-turned-American Olympian while watching an interview with him
Pat: "Do they not have articles in Russian? Does he not know how to use "the"?"
Terri: "I know! Look, he doesn't even know how to sing the national anthem! He's not even mouthing the words! Everyone mouths the words..."
Pat: "It's the articles that are confusing him... (singing as if to be the Russian) And rockets red glare! Bombs bursting in air! Gave proof through night that flag was still there."
Terri and Pat: "Oh say does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave? O'er land of free! And home of brave!"
said on September 20, 2000
a fellow jazz singer, after receiving a number of complements on her messy hairdo
Temple: "I don't think I'm ever going to brush my hair again... it's way too fun not to..."
said on September 20, 2000
after I did something right in voice lesson
Sundquist: (my voice teacher) "Ahhhhh! Ahh! Ahhhh....ah....ah.... yes! Yes! Ahhh... ahhh.... ahhh... ahhh.... that's it! Ahhhhhh... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... very good.... ahhhhh!"
said on September 5, 2000
debating the purpose of wading pools on a frat house lawn, directly beneath a terrace
Sara: "Diving practice, maybe? Maybe they're not the smartest frat boys in town."
Terri: "Maybe they're the local suicidal fraternity. You know, [sales pitch voice] "Have you ever wanted to close the windows, stick your head in an oven and turn up the gas? Ever contemplated downing 85 valium at once? Are you pining for the opportunity to take a dive into a shallow pool? Well then Sigma Phi Epsilon may be for you!"
said on September 5, 2000
my Government professor, on Texan values
Prof. Casey: "Three things are sacred in Texas. One: the prayer before a football game. Two: the football game itself. Three: the gun in the bed of the truck that you fire after the game is over."
from our text for conducting class: The Modern Conductor by Elizabeth A.H. Green
perhaps the most repeated phrase on AOL IM
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"The best conductors are innately endowed with musicality - a term that need not be defined, because those who have it know what it means and those who do not will never understand it through definition. Finally, conductors must have a mind trained to work as fast as lightning and a thousand times more continuously. The art of conducting is the highest, most complete synthesis of all facets of the musical activity, and it should be so regarded by anyone dedicated to the profession of the baton."
Ethan: "my bad"
Terri: "your bad"
Ethan: "Oh no... what have I done... SHIELD YOUR EYES, KIDS!"
Terri: "YOU'RE BAD!"
at Britney
Sara: (to Terri) "Hey Brown Eyes... I know what you're full of..."
en route to Britney
Terri: "Note to self: Don't lick fingers after fondling pepper spray.... [screaming]"
en route to Britney
Sara: "You know, one day all this pent up energy in you is just going to have to come out and your head's gonna explode and all this confetti's going to come out and I'm going to say "I knew it!""
Terri: "Are you saying my head is full of confetti?"
Sara: "Well... if all this blood and stuff came out I wouldn't be able to handle it..."
at the music splash week petting zoo
Grace (child): "Hey Mr. Petting Zoo! Can I pet you?"
Clint: "uh, sure... I'm a pet-ophile."
discussing maternity wear
Sara: "Girl, I'm gonna go crazy the day I get pregnant and people expect me to start wearing denim... I mean, because, doesn't my baby deserve better?"
making Sara tell me what to wear
Sara: "Where are your black pants?"
Terri: "They're in the dirty clothes... I've worn them for like the last 8 days..."
Sara: "Well, I say you've been wearing them for 8 days, why stop now?"
my five-year-old nephew, congratulating my Dad on a correct answer to a riddle
Michael: "That's right, Dado! Firm solid!"
discussing our mutual love of Christmas music
Terri: "... and that's why when I get famous, all I'm going to do is Christmas albums... a whole bunch of them. One every year."
Sara: "awww... poor Jews"
from that ever-lovin show FRIENDS, in the episode where Joey has a thing for jam
Chandler: "so, Joey, tell me.... (holding out right hand) The girl from the copy place, buck naked... or (holding out left hand) a big tub of jam...?"
Joey: "put your hands together"
TV Ad for Keeping the Faith: "so-and-so says Keeping the Faith is `Funny as Hell'"
Terri: "It's funny as Hell? Well, now ,that's got to be pretty funny... I mean... [cracking up] just think about it.... Hell! [uncontrollable laughter] I mean, now that's funny stuff! [clutching side, wiping away a tear] Whew... funny as Hell... Imagine that. "
(this went on for a good couple of minutes, but I won't type it all out)
Terri: (while crossing the street) "I don't really trust the cars to stop for us, you know?"
Sara: "Yeah, especially when you hear about other students getting hit and stuff, it just makes you feel like you're two points waiting to happen..."
Mrs. Chisholm: (French Diction Teacher) "OK, class... next time: Individual Torture Day... be afraid, be very afraid."
Sara: (in regard to her driving methods) "I'm not funny, I'm just being thorough.... Henry Thoreau..."
Sara: (after allowing Terri a sip of her Diet Coke) "Awwww... I'm turning you into an addict... my little MiniMe..." [pause] "Well, except you're not really all that Mini"
Terri: "Or all that much me.... errr.... I mean you..."
Sara: (for the eighteenth time) "Does my hair look weird like this?"
Terri: (exasperated) "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!" [pause] "built the ark...."
