外国语学院毕业生

It's nine o'clock on a Saturday

And the doorbell is ringing again

There's an old man at the dumpster

Digging for plastic and tin

The doorbell plays me a melody

I sure wish they would go

It's loud and it beeps and I still want to sleep

While I can pretend I'm not home

La la la, de de da

La la, de de da da da

I sing a song for the mystery man

Sing them a song, "Goodbye"

Well, I'm not in the mood for company

And you've got me feeling uptight

Now the man at the door is a friend of mine

It could be one friend or three

And I'd like to joke or to buy them a coke

But right now it's just to early

I sigh, Go away, you're killing me

As the smile runs away from my face

Well I'm sure that I could dream some more

If they would just leave this place

Oh, la la la, de de da

La la, de de da da da

And that's what happens when you ring my doorbell at 9am on Saturday.  I'm singing Billy Joel all day and end up with some words of my own.

Speaking of singing, if you know me at all...you know that I am the worst.  I love singing, but nobody else loves my singing.  Until....China.  Tonight was a graduation party for the Foreign Language College and some students of mine begged me to join their group and sing with them.  I reluctantly agreed, thinking if there were six of them and one of me, no one would have to endure my voice.  I also was not made aware that a thousand people would be in attendance.  I love my students and I thought we'd have some fun together.  Fun, is the one word I cannot honestly use to describe today.  Funny; however, fits perfectly.  The powers that be decided to cut our group from seven to three this afternoon, thereby increasing the likelihood that the poor audience would have to hear my voice amongst the din.  Think of the most annoying song you've ever heard.  Then, picture me singing it with two other students in front of hundreds of screaming fans.  Did I mention that we forgot the words?  (Partly because I learned the song last night).  In case you were wondering, we performed "Big Big World" which is an English song that's immensely popular here and totally unheard of in America.  I hate it.  My fondness for the song aside, it was an event I will never forget, and the performance as a whole was totally enjoyable.  I laughed continuously and I'll try to post some videos to facebook soon.

All of us contain Music & Truth, but most of us can't get it out.

-Mark Twain