I voted... and other rambling thoughts
I voted. I voted. I voted.
So, as you can tell, I went to the polls and voted today. I walked there since it wasn't too far from my apartment. The whole time, I was on the phone with my mother who had been in line already for almost an hour. I found it hilarious that including the walk to and from and having to reregister, the whole thing took 45mins, while my mother's deal, which was right around the corner from the house took over an hour. Yay Appleton. So, I'm sort of an adult. I need to take care of my other adult duties for the day such as getting ahold of the managers and finally officially signing the lease. I also need to call my other boss and find out what time I need to come in for work today. Pleasant. Then, maybe I'll feel a little better about life.
Other than that bit o' responsibility, life is sufficient. I'm still a bit anxious about this grad school business. I need to keep researching schools. I just hate doing it. It's so fricking tedious. I wish it were easier to make this decision, but even though I have an answer when people ask me what I want to study, I don't fully believe it. How does one decide what to study intensely for approximately the next 6-8 years of life? I just wish it didn't feel like a means to an end. I mean, I want to teach freshman and sophomore music theory. I don't want to study upper level music history. Schenker had some interesting ideas, but I don't care about them other than the basics. I also don't care about 20th century aural skills beyond the basics or whatever. I wonder if there's a way to specialize in the basics. Hmm, maybe I could keep myself interested by studying early theories, like Rameau or something. But do I have to study comp also if I want to study theory? Ick. That thought is totally unappealing. Hmm, looks like it's time to check in with my old theory profs.
So, as you can tell, I went to the polls and voted today. I walked there since it wasn't too far from my apartment. The whole time, I was on the phone with my mother who had been in line already for almost an hour. I found it hilarious that including the walk to and from and having to reregister, the whole thing took 45mins, while my mother's deal, which was right around the corner from the house took over an hour. Yay Appleton. So, I'm sort of an adult. I need to take care of my other adult duties for the day such as getting ahold of the managers and finally officially signing the lease. I also need to call my other boss and find out what time I need to come in for work today. Pleasant. Then, maybe I'll feel a little better about life.
Other than that bit o' responsibility, life is sufficient. I'm still a bit anxious about this grad school business. I need to keep researching schools. I just hate doing it. It's so fricking tedious. I wish it were easier to make this decision, but even though I have an answer when people ask me what I want to study, I don't fully believe it. How does one decide what to study intensely for approximately the next 6-8 years of life? I just wish it didn't feel like a means to an end. I mean, I want to teach freshman and sophomore music theory. I don't want to study upper level music history. Schenker had some interesting ideas, but I don't care about them other than the basics. I also don't care about 20th century aural skills beyond the basics or whatever. I wonder if there's a way to specialize in the basics. Hmm, maybe I could keep myself interested by studying early theories, like Rameau or something. But do I have to study comp also if I want to study theory? Ick. That thought is totally unappealing. Hmm, looks like it's time to check in with my old theory profs.