Penn Masala at College Park

Penn Masala - a world-renowned Indian acapella group that originated at the University of Pennsylvania (NOT Penn St.) 15 years ago - gave a nice show here at the University of Maryland this afternoon. Take a look and listen:

Viva La Vida

The Remedy

Don't Stop Believin'

Here Comes the Sun

Heartless

She Will Be Loved

Desi Girl + Down

Homecoming Acapella 2011

If you were unable to make it to yesterday's acapella performances, featuring PandemoniUM and Faux Paz, or were unaware of the event, no need to worry. I have compiled the best-of-the-best from the annual acapella performance of the Fall 2011 school year:

Anoka






DaCadence

Faux Paz

Kol Sasson

PandemoniUM

Rak Shalom

Notes of the Day

Some days like today, I'll just jot down a few thoughts that I have at the moment:

• Such miserable weather outside - cold, steady rain/drizzle makes for an ugly day outside; on top of that, there is a Maryland football game against surprisingly 3-0 Towson Tigers of Division I-AA (my mom's alma mater)
• Going back to that point, I saw a group of guys and gals heading to the football game decked in paint - have fun!
• On the other hand, it's great to receive a compliment this morning on my musical tastes: During an emergency shift I had to cover around 10ish, I was playing a Maroon 5 song on Pandora. A resident walked by and said I had great musical taste! :)
• I just ordered a 36x24 bulletin board for my World Map poster through Amazon (yay for free shipping!), so I can place thumbtacks/push-pins on locations that I have been to globally - problem is it won't arrive until LATE this month/early November! :(
• I had a great day at the annual Maryland All-Nighter yesterday - listened to two acapella groups strut their stuff - an all-guys group (Generics) and an all-girls group (Treblemakers); got a free shirt that's 10X better than last year (AND IT'S PINK!!!) and saw a Cirque-de-Solei-like group perform in the food court
• Thank goodness that my next exam is on a Thursday; originally, I was going to have five straight weeks of Tuesday exams :(
• Then again, I'm more fortunate than others; one of my colleagues has two exams PLUS a ton of homework AND a quiz this week