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I had a concert last night. My school orchestra (we call it the Philharmonia) performed excerpts from Porgy and Bess. I've been enjoying playing the pieces, as they are quite different from the usual Classical fare, and extremely well suited to the story they portray. George Gershwin knew what he was doing when he wrote this, and did it well with ( Read more... )

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It's amazing how much difference a full night of sleep changes your perspective. I've been on the edge for the past few days, but today was so much better. Also, getting through Music History and Theory tests with as much or more proficiency than I was granting myself earlier was a nice surprise.

I'm trying to organize my life now. Which internet ( Read more... )

I've been in Ohio for four days. It's been interesting. School is going to be different, I can tell. There is a lot of emphasis on "being scholarly", and I'm not sure I approve, but I do not think I'll have too much trouble learning how to do that ( Read more... )

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I found out during my most recent relationship that I am less than romantic, even cynical. I don't do soppy declarations, romantic settings make me laugh, and trying to get me to do either requires a lot of motivation. That said, I usually enjoy weddings. Maybe weddings aren't romantic? Hmm, no. Two people pledging their lives to each other and ( Read more... )

My internet connection's being all iffy, and it has been this way since I got here. Some days it hates new pages, and on others it goes quicker than a greased eel. Today is an in-between day. It goes willingly enough most of the time, but sometimes it balks. Today is a sort-of break for me. My orchestra had no rehearsal this morning, so I slept in ( Read more... )

Excuse me while I rant:
I am officially in pain. It's not worse than cramps, because cramps are not constant, and as such are not endurable. However, my lower back really hurts right now. It's the dang beds here in the dorms. They're flat as (or flatter than) pancakes, and hard. I only complain because I've doctored up my beds in the past to ( Read more... )

About being in line at security around 7:20 in the morning, about what the campus and dorm rooms would look like. I was wrong, however, about everything else.

I'm now safely ensconced in my dorm room at Guilford college in North Carolina. My roommate (not Julie, as I phantom-remembered/hallucinated as I was coming in earlier) will not arrive until ( Read more... )