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Monday, April 29, 2019

Do It (Out of Class) 7 minutes- Emily Brown

(the video that includes me is in Anthony Ryder's post)

I was wildly uncomfortable with the assignment. I could not have done it alone. I have never been good at singing, and I haven't sung in a public setting, where strangers could potentially hear, in years. I can't hold a note, or match pitch, despite years of singing lessons. Some thoughts I had during the 7 minutes included:


  • Am I even close to my note?
  • Is anyone on a note?
  • Is it only Eliza who is hitting her note?
  • Why is this taking so long?
  • How has it only been 2 minutes?
  • Seven minutes is a fucking long time
  • Eliza has to be close to twerking
  • Anthony has to be sick of "heart and soul" 
  • Why doesn't he switch songs?
  • This is it- this is how I'm going to die, these seven minutes will stretch out into oblivion, everything will fade away from around me, and I will reabsorb into the ether as an uncomfortable mass who can't sing for shit, the heat beating through these windows will consume us as we try to stay on a note, and I will die embarrassed and embarrassing and
  • It's been seven minutes? Thank god

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