this is unbelievable.
long time, no chat. my apologies, if you'll accept them. i guess i can try and update on everything that's been going on ... but how do i go about that? step by step, i suppose.
school
philosophy // i still haven't read anything i am supposed to, all semester. over this thanksgiving break i have to write two 2-3 page responses for my second exam, as well as begin my 5-7 page term paper on Plato. i am praying to finish it but i cannot guarantee anything.
musicianship // i can't decide if i am doing okay in this class, or if i am a complete failure. i've learned nothing new on the piano and memorizing the circle of fifths has proven to be futile at best. i'm terrified of my theory placement exam.
english // i hate these basic classes. my teacher isn't even a professor - she is a master's student at the university and she grades horribly. papers i would be acing in high school are now getting C's, and she won't explain why. i have no worries about my grade in this class because i just don't care about it anymore.
math // i've been failing all semester but thanks to radioactive decay, i got a B on my most previous exam and bumped my test average up to a 73%. all i need is a 75% or higher in that class to get the hell out of math for the rest of my college career. i don't need anything else after that. oh, how i hope and pray for that. over break i have two sections of homework to do - matrices and systems of equations. i just finished the SoE part but the matrices i am having more issues with. i think i am just all mathed-out. an hour straight of homework is enough for the night. god ... all i need is that damn C.
music business // i had an A+ all semester until my most recent exam ... got a D and got bumped down to an 88%. i shouldn't be asking for the world because i haven't cracked open the book ... i mean, its spine is still unbroken. whatever. i'm going to kick ass on my term paper and get that A because ... well, because i said so.
spring 2005 // i registered for classes this morning. i actually got a really great schedule going, i think.
monday & wednesday
x ear training & sight singing I
10am - 1050am
x music theory I
1130am - 1245pm
x intro to creative writing
230pm - 345pm
x intro to photography
4pm - 645pm
tuesday & thursday
x piano level I
1pm - 150pm
x mass media and society
230pm - 345pm
x music business II
4pm - 515pm
depending upon how much i like the photo class, it will decide if i minor in photography or not. judging on my memories of photo from junior high, i will love it. a minor in photography would be a great supplement for my major. who knows ... maybe i could co-major in it. that's something to consider. i'm also considering studying abroad in florence in spring '06 for photography ... that is, if i do choose to get more involved in it. creative writing will be great because i will actually enjoy it ... poetry, stories, etc. that's what it's all about, not the damn correct way to persuasively explain a situation. fuck that. my theory, piano, and ear training / sight singing classes are all with the same professor, which i am thrilled about. i figure since they are co-requisites, i should have them be with the same teacher so that he will know my status all around and will help me the best. and i am STOKED about my mass media class ... we get to study music videos and stuff like that. booyah.
work
i uh, hate my job. at the limited, at least. i mean, i'm good at it and all. i've always been amazing in retail, especially at selling clothes. i don't know why, but i am somehow fucking fantastic at selling business casual attire, clothes i don't even wear on a daily basis. see the thing is ... when i work, i work LONG hours. 7-9 hour shifts. mostly weekends, when i want to be out with my friends, or be working on homework. i have to wear heels so my legs kill, and a girl who got hired a week after me was temporarily promoted to manager when my main manager took maternity leave last week. gah. i work the hours as is, why not promote me? apparently my availability isn't what it needs to be. whatever. my internship at the lounge is going okay. we just hired a new girl, melissa, who was the booking agent for the 15th street tavern (tavern = oldest and coolest venue in denver). anyway the tavern is closing so we stole her away. the problem is, scott doesn't take me too seriously, he favors mark and josh (the other interns) who are older and more established in the business. melissa, however, has apparently taken an interest in getting me more involved with booking for the venue. see now, this excites me. we're two nerdy girls ... she happens to be extremely experienced in the industry, and her interest in helping me out could be so beneficial. pretty rockin'.
love and friendship
well i met a guy here in colorado, named keegan. he's in my english class, is a creative writing major, a 19 year old junior (yes he is THAT smart) and a musician / poet. gave me a ride home the day after halloween when it snowed, but we don't see much of each other. he is sweet and extremely attractive and i only wish i could see him and talk to him more. too bad we never exchanged numbers. otherwise, my love life is dull. i miss having boys in my apartment and think the suite should come back right now. everyone is dating someone, and that someone is not me. oh, and i do have a stalker. how fucking cool / weird is that? laura has a stalker. his name is devin and he lives in golden. i see him at all the shows i go to, we run in the same circles. one night he IMed me on AIM and since then, hasn't left me alone. he wants me to drive up to golden (40 miles away) all the time to see him, which i won't since we technically never met. he thinks i don't make enough time for my friends, IE him ... truth is, i do not make time for him because he creeps me out. i told him i am dating josh (from the suite) and we're trying the long-distance relationship thing but he doesn't want to believe me, which makes him smart because it isn't true but STILL i wish he would believe me. oh well, whatever. i guess it makes life interesting. i have my three closest friends up here, dani - katie - and seabron. they pretty much keep me entertained to the point where i don't want to kill myself all the time. amber and i have started talking again so that's pretty cool, even though i can't tell my mom because she'd skin me alive. (for those who forgot, amber was the girl who was supposed to move to colorado with me but backed out last minute). yeah my mom is bitter and me? well i just don't care anymore, i'm better off up here living alone so why be bitter. if she had moved here i never would have met dani or katie or anyone, for that matter. so i choose not to be bitter, but i also choose not to get as involved as i used to be. i'm not a one-friend kind of gal anymore.
thanksgiving plans and thanksgiving break
i'm spending thanksgiving with dani's family because i otherwise would be alone in my apartment, crying or something emo like that. i would have been in california but the money situation dictated otherwise. i am working all week but luckily i managed to coerce my managers to schedule me for 25 hours with the final 15 being on call, just in case they need me, which i pray they won't. i'll be spending the rest of my break doing homework ... term papers in philosophy and music business ... solution essay in english ... worksheet in musicianship ... philosophy essay test ... sectional homework in math. oh well, at least the semester is almost over now.
the trip back home
i'm going back to arizona from dec. 16th - jan. 4th. i wasn't going home until the 18th but jim forewarned me of a show in yuma with .thedecember drive (my current favorite band) and how could i miss my favorite band playing a show with beyond analog, the band that got me involved in the business to begin with? so i'll be going to yuma for that show on the 17th. new years eve is a night of party hopping, and mill ave. with amber and her brother josh (again, something for only my father's ears, and not my mother's). good times. tried to talk the suite into driving out but i doubt that will happen, but again, a girl can always wish.
wow ... i think that's basically an entire update on my life. hopefully i can keep up to date with this livejournal, it makes me feel a tad more organized for some reason. speaking of organization, laundry calls my name ... i can't see my bedroom floor anymore. working another glorious 8 hour shift tomorrow. oh and i got my hair cut. i'll have pictures for you one day soon. love you all.
school
philosophy // i still haven't read anything i am supposed to, all semester. over this thanksgiving break i have to write two 2-3 page responses for my second exam, as well as begin my 5-7 page term paper on Plato. i am praying to finish it but i cannot guarantee anything.
musicianship // i can't decide if i am doing okay in this class, or if i am a complete failure. i've learned nothing new on the piano and memorizing the circle of fifths has proven to be futile at best. i'm terrified of my theory placement exam.
english // i hate these basic classes. my teacher isn't even a professor - she is a master's student at the university and she grades horribly. papers i would be acing in high school are now getting C's, and she won't explain why. i have no worries about my grade in this class because i just don't care about it anymore.
math // i've been failing all semester but thanks to radioactive decay, i got a B on my most previous exam and bumped my test average up to a 73%. all i need is a 75% or higher in that class to get the hell out of math for the rest of my college career. i don't need anything else after that. oh, how i hope and pray for that. over break i have two sections of homework to do - matrices and systems of equations. i just finished the SoE part but the matrices i am having more issues with. i think i am just all mathed-out. an hour straight of homework is enough for the night. god ... all i need is that damn C.
music business // i had an A+ all semester until my most recent exam ... got a D and got bumped down to an 88%. i shouldn't be asking for the world because i haven't cracked open the book ... i mean, its spine is still unbroken. whatever. i'm going to kick ass on my term paper and get that A because ... well, because i said so.
spring 2005 // i registered for classes this morning. i actually got a really great schedule going, i think.
monday & wednesday
x ear training & sight singing I
10am - 1050am
x music theory I
1130am - 1245pm
x intro to creative writing
230pm - 345pm
x intro to photography
4pm - 645pm
tuesday & thursday
x piano level I
1pm - 150pm
x mass media and society
230pm - 345pm
x music business II
4pm - 515pm
depending upon how much i like the photo class, it will decide if i minor in photography or not. judging on my memories of photo from junior high, i will love it. a minor in photography would be a great supplement for my major. who knows ... maybe i could co-major in it. that's something to consider. i'm also considering studying abroad in florence in spring '06 for photography ... that is, if i do choose to get more involved in it. creative writing will be great because i will actually enjoy it ... poetry, stories, etc. that's what it's all about, not the damn correct way to persuasively explain a situation. fuck that. my theory, piano, and ear training / sight singing classes are all with the same professor, which i am thrilled about. i figure since they are co-requisites, i should have them be with the same teacher so that he will know my status all around and will help me the best. and i am STOKED about my mass media class ... we get to study music videos and stuff like that. booyah.
work
i uh, hate my job. at the limited, at least. i mean, i'm good at it and all. i've always been amazing in retail, especially at selling clothes. i don't know why, but i am somehow fucking fantastic at selling business casual attire, clothes i don't even wear on a daily basis. see the thing is ... when i work, i work LONG hours. 7-9 hour shifts. mostly weekends, when i want to be out with my friends, or be working on homework. i have to wear heels so my legs kill, and a girl who got hired a week after me was temporarily promoted to manager when my main manager took maternity leave last week. gah. i work the hours as is, why not promote me? apparently my availability isn't what it needs to be. whatever. my internship at the lounge is going okay. we just hired a new girl, melissa, who was the booking agent for the 15th street tavern (tavern = oldest and coolest venue in denver). anyway the tavern is closing so we stole her away. the problem is, scott doesn't take me too seriously, he favors mark and josh (the other interns) who are older and more established in the business. melissa, however, has apparently taken an interest in getting me more involved with booking for the venue. see now, this excites me. we're two nerdy girls ... she happens to be extremely experienced in the industry, and her interest in helping me out could be so beneficial. pretty rockin'.
love and friendship
well i met a guy here in colorado, named keegan. he's in my english class, is a creative writing major, a 19 year old junior (yes he is THAT smart) and a musician / poet. gave me a ride home the day after halloween when it snowed, but we don't see much of each other. he is sweet and extremely attractive and i only wish i could see him and talk to him more. too bad we never exchanged numbers. otherwise, my love life is dull. i miss having boys in my apartment and think the suite should come back right now. everyone is dating someone, and that someone is not me. oh, and i do have a stalker. how fucking cool / weird is that? laura has a stalker. his name is devin and he lives in golden. i see him at all the shows i go to, we run in the same circles. one night he IMed me on AIM and since then, hasn't left me alone. he wants me to drive up to golden (40 miles away) all the time to see him, which i won't since we technically never met. he thinks i don't make enough time for my friends, IE him ... truth is, i do not make time for him because he creeps me out. i told him i am dating josh (from the suite) and we're trying the long-distance relationship thing but he doesn't want to believe me, which makes him smart because it isn't true but STILL i wish he would believe me. oh well, whatever. i guess it makes life interesting. i have my three closest friends up here, dani - katie - and seabron. they pretty much keep me entertained to the point where i don't want to kill myself all the time. amber and i have started talking again so that's pretty cool, even though i can't tell my mom because she'd skin me alive. (for those who forgot, amber was the girl who was supposed to move to colorado with me but backed out last minute). yeah my mom is bitter and me? well i just don't care anymore, i'm better off up here living alone so why be bitter. if she had moved here i never would have met dani or katie or anyone, for that matter. so i choose not to be bitter, but i also choose not to get as involved as i used to be. i'm not a one-friend kind of gal anymore.
thanksgiving plans and thanksgiving break
i'm spending thanksgiving with dani's family because i otherwise would be alone in my apartment, crying or something emo like that. i would have been in california but the money situation dictated otherwise. i am working all week but luckily i managed to coerce my managers to schedule me for 25 hours with the final 15 being on call, just in case they need me, which i pray they won't. i'll be spending the rest of my break doing homework ... term papers in philosophy and music business ... solution essay in english ... worksheet in musicianship ... philosophy essay test ... sectional homework in math. oh well, at least the semester is almost over now.
the trip back home
i'm going back to arizona from dec. 16th - jan. 4th. i wasn't going home until the 18th but jim forewarned me of a show in yuma with .thedecember drive (my current favorite band) and how could i miss my favorite band playing a show with beyond analog, the band that got me involved in the business to begin with? so i'll be going to yuma for that show on the 17th. new years eve is a night of party hopping, and mill ave. with amber and her brother josh (again, something for only my father's ears, and not my mother's). good times. tried to talk the suite into driving out but i doubt that will happen, but again, a girl can always wish.
wow ... i think that's basically an entire update on my life. hopefully i can keep up to date with this livejournal, it makes me feel a tad more organized for some reason. speaking of organization, laundry calls my name ... i can't see my bedroom floor anymore. working another glorious 8 hour shift tomorrow. oh and i got my hair cut. i'll have pictures for you one day soon. love you all.