May 20, 2025

Drill-voiced tribulation brought in as a “ringer” for the ASCC concert. I left rehearsal, as I had before, with a literal headache. I’ve been called in as a “ringer” many times myself, and at those times I didn’t realize how discouraging it can be for people who have rehearsed for months to have a new person added at dress rehearsal. Lost interest in the event. Tonight’s performance will be automatic and disengaged. 

Cicadas still in full force. The first time I heard them en mass was at Camp Manatoc. I could not yet have been seventeen, so there was probably no time before that.