Today was interesting and a little surreal. To start I'll just say that my acne was OK today, it wasn't great but it wasn't as bad as I thought last night. I'll still had that gross red scab right next to my mouth which made me feel awkward but the other spots I thought might develop into something seem to have receded. Tomorrow is the derm appt. can't wait to see what my derm says.

In other news I found out a friend of mine died today. It was quite tragic and the details surrounding her death are still mysterious at this point. I'll say that I didn't know her too well and we weren't particularly close but I am a little haunted by the situation.

The news of her death didn't really impact me as much as the fact that everyone I knew who also knew her was really emotional over the whole thing. Seeing everyone else so upset made me upset and so now I'm feeling a little solemn and pensive.

The story is is that this girl was in my vocal jazz tech. class last semester. Vocal tech is basically training for jazz singers. We perform songs in front of the class on a weekly basis with a backing band and give each other feedback after each performance. There's only about 10 of us in the class at a time so at the end of the semester we tend to form tight emotional bonds with each other as singers. She was one of the singers in the class last semester.

You actually may have heard of this girl, Dora Magrath. She disappeared on friday night in the St. Louis area or thereabouts and her body wasn't found until last night. Her missing person's story made some national news stations when she went missing friday. Here's the news story with video

http://cw11tv.trb.com/news/kplr-news-02240...0,2297796.story

It's kind of bizarre seeing her like this. I got to know this girl and her voice quite intimately over the course of last semester. She was such a talented singer and songwriter. Not to mention one of the most supporting and warm-hearted people in the class. Seeing her make news headlines is really strange. In supplement I found her myspace page.

http://www.myspace.com/doramagrath

Her acapella version of her original song 'Sky is Blue' gave me chills. Not only for her breathtaking performance on the song but for the nostalgia that it now gives me of an incredible talent we have now lost. She will be missed.

RIP Dora