23. Something you always think "what if..." about
Sometimes, I think "what if I had gotten into Indiana or Louisiana State? Would I be singing? Would I still be doing music at all?"
Both of those schools have fantastic voice programs. If I had come to realize while I was at either one of those schools that I wanted to sing, I might not have ever gotten the chance. At ECU, though, I was...the program at ECU has such a broad range of talent and voices, and I had enough natural talent with it that they decided that I was worth the risk. Even though I was basically top dog in the studio as a second-semester freshman. Part of the reason I switched was definitely because I was unhappy with my flute teacher, but didn't want to switch schools...and I wonder how long I would have stayed with flute if I'd liked my teacher better. If I had been studying with Kemler or Robertello...where would I be?
I bet I would be very, very confused as to why I didn't love what I was doing. Why I still wasn't being fulfilled by it.
I think singing is right for me. I need to try harder and practice more, but it's already certainly more gratifying than flute was.
I guess I'll always wonder if I should have been a bricklayer or an interior designer or a geologist. Or any of the other random things I ever wanted to be.
In other news, I had a huge grocery list that I decided to split up between Harris Teeter and Wal-Mart. I went to Harris Teeter this afternoon and decided to get only the essentials...walked out with milk, eggs, bread, produce...and beer.
It's about priorities, people.
And I ironed just about every skirt and every other dress that I own today while watching Moby Dick on TCM. It took me the entire movie, plus some. I can't believe how long that took. It's really worth it, though...after four years never ironing a thing in college, wearing a nice, unwrinkled, pretty skirt is really refreshing, and makes me feel like a lot less of a bum. I almost feel pretty right now.
I've been having major issues feeling pretty, lately.
Both of those schools have fantastic voice programs. If I had come to realize while I was at either one of those schools that I wanted to sing, I might not have ever gotten the chance. At ECU, though, I was...the program at ECU has such a broad range of talent and voices, and I had enough natural talent with it that they decided that I was worth the risk. Even though I was basically top dog in the studio as a second-semester freshman. Part of the reason I switched was definitely because I was unhappy with my flute teacher, but didn't want to switch schools...and I wonder how long I would have stayed with flute if I'd liked my teacher better. If I had been studying with Kemler or Robertello...where would I be?
I bet I would be very, very confused as to why I didn't love what I was doing. Why I still wasn't being fulfilled by it.
I think singing is right for me. I need to try harder and practice more, but it's already certainly more gratifying than flute was.
I guess I'll always wonder if I should have been a bricklayer or an interior designer or a geologist. Or any of the other random things I ever wanted to be.
In other news, I had a huge grocery list that I decided to split up between Harris Teeter and Wal-Mart. I went to Harris Teeter this afternoon and decided to get only the essentials...walked out with milk, eggs, bread, produce...and beer.
It's about priorities, people.
And I ironed just about every skirt and every other dress that I own today while watching Moby Dick on TCM. It took me the entire movie, plus some. I can't believe how long that took. It's really worth it, though...after four years never ironing a thing in college, wearing a nice, unwrinkled, pretty skirt is really refreshing, and makes me feel like a lot less of a bum. I almost feel pretty right now.
I've been having major issues feeling pretty, lately.