peace be within thy walls

...which is the wrong lyric language for the rest of this entry, but it's what we just finished singing. (Concert is close enough -- three rehearsals left -- that our director is getting super-frazzled; I totally just want to give him a big hug and a giant fluffy teddy bear and a cup of hot chocolate. With $booze_of_choice in it.)

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So, anyway.

If you are within driving distance of Sacramento (the CA one, in case there are others) and are interested in eastern european folk music, there is a concert Sunday that you totally should go to! One of my singing groups is performing -- songs from Bulgaria, Russia, Bulgaria, Finland, Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, and Bulgaria, all in the native languages -- as part of the Crocker Art Museum concert series, this Sunday, Nov 22, at 3pm. (Concert will last approximately an hour, depending on how long people talk and if we decide to cut any songs.)

... because the universe is annoying, we won't actually be performing *at* the Crocker; instead, it will be at Capistrano Hall, CSUS.

More details here. Tickets are (free for members, but otherwise) $12, or $5 student/senior.

Come! It will be awesome! You will even get to hear me completely butcher Finnish and Bulgarian all by myself in a couple of places! zomg!

Awesomest loot ever

So, Thursdays are WoW raid night [which does, yes, mean that I can't watch SPN live, but I usually manage it by the morning after, sans ads], and we were doing Ulduar. Our guild has a bunch of newish 80s, and a pathetically-geared rogue, so we're still doing early-Ulduar stuff, but we did manage to down Ignis for the first time.

Grrishly, I had Random Disconnect right after we killed Deconstructor.

By far less grrishly, I came back in time for Loot. Specifically, Treacherous Shoulderpads.

At first, I was just "yay better loot".

And then I put it on.

Turns out there's an animation. Turns out, these things have, like. Glowing bladed lightning tentacles.

Seriously.

(Naturally, I immediately informed #yuletide of this.)

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(I also got boots and a sword. Ulduar was nice to me tonight.)

(Also, it amuses me that gear from the Headless Horseman is viable -- I've still got the sword and the melee ring equipped.)

(...I *seriously* need to get an upgrade for my wrists, however. Everything else is a mix of ilevel 200, 219, and 226. the bracers? are ilevel 187. ...yeah.)

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Glowing bladed lightning tentacles, you guys.

My shoulders have *tentacles*.

*glee*