this weekend was pretty much exactly what i needed ( Read more... )

you gotta love a piece of music when you can sight-read both the vocal line and the piano accompaniment at the same time and end up pulling it off better than fairly well ( Read more... )

i don't know what the fuck is wrong with me ( Read more... )

if i keep this up, i'm going to gain the freshman 15 (or 50) my senior year ( Read more... )

this monday-thursday, tuesday-friday class schedule is really messing with my head.  i was totally preparing to go to my 11:00 epic heros class tomorrow morning.  however, tomorrow's wednesday, and i have no class.  we have common time.  but i think i'm gonna pass on the common time discussion.  i'll just enjoy the time off ( Read more... )

peter secured a full time position teaching horn at iowa state ( Read more... )

i just saw a commercial for nationwide car insurance.  the kids were in the back seat playing the "this is a this..." game, like we did obnoxiously in the one-act play "this is a test".  it made me smile and giggle a little ( Read more... )

i just happen to escape to the planetarium.  something about running away in there, even if just for a few minutes, makes everything seem okay.

not gonna lie... it freaked the shit out of me when my phone rang just as i got in and it was joe.  he was calling on behalf of matt, who had been trying to get the account number for smyth.  it was just ( Read more... )

i've been spending a fair amount of time in beckman.  no one will show up to smyth, even if i invite them... so i just go there uninvited.  it's a good way to be friendly.  i just might actually be making friends.  or enemies.  but those can be fun too ( Read more... )

back to dubuque!!!  i just have to sleep, pack, and go ( Read more... )