A learning experience
Check this out. Happiness Is lyrics
The reason I'm listening to it at the moment is, well, for one it's a good song, but I love the lyrics. I think it's these lyrics that hit close to home right now:
"have you ever felt so out of place
that the smile on your face
was to keep from cryin’"
That has fit me so many times.
I changed my background for livejournal so that it matched my icon. It's not quite as pretty as the Saiyuki background, but I kinda like it.
Things have been going alright for me I think. I've been trying to keep up with homework, practice clarinet, and enjoy myself somewhat. I've kept up with homework for the most part anyway. I play clarinet every day so I rarely feel like practicing much more than that. And I've been a bit too worried about music in general lately. It's not something to stress over. I need to relax and just let it come. But I really need to build some confidence because I think that that's an important part of playing.
I've been learning a lot about myself lately. I can drive in traffic without worrying as much as I used to. I'm feeling a bit more confident about teaching (as in I was more nervous before). I'm developing an understanding for what I need to do musically too. There's a lot more than that too. I just can't really think of everything all at once.
I'm really missing Stu right now. I just saw him last weekend and have talked to him lots since then but still I miss him. I'm pathetic.
I'm liberal. I mean, I knew this before for the most part, but haven't ever claimed a party because, well I still don't like the majority of politicians that I know about. Anyway, my roommate was looking up some pro-Bush stuff on the web and was amuzed by it. Here I see a picture of an elephant peeing on the word "liberal", and to me that's inappropriate. I may not like Bush but I'm not going to think Liberals peeing on conservatives is funny either. Some things are just plain wrong. Oh well, I suppose that the Democrats do it too. Maybe that's why I didn't really claim a party before. I don't know. It's amazing Stu and I get along the way we do, even when we do discuss politics. We have conflicting views on some things and others we agree on. He will never tell me I'm right about certain points with Bush, even though I know he just isn't wanting to admit that the man hasn't done everything right. I don't know why he's so stubborn with it, but then I wouldn't have him any other way. Still, it's better when we do agree. Different life experiences and fields of study impact are political stance so much. I mean, look at me. I'm 20 years old, have worked in a Farm Fresh (believe me, you see why some are on welfare as well as why others don't deserve it), have worked with kids on the lower end of economical status, and have seen how No Child Left Behind is destroying schools. I never realized how radical it is to use music and art in the classroom instead of only stressing math and reading. Yes, math and reading are important, but not everybody will excel in those two areas. And by stressing testing so much, we turn kids away from learning. I'm sorry if I'm ranting. I just got a little irritable thinking about politics.
The reason I'm listening to it at the moment is, well, for one it's a good song, but I love the lyrics. I think it's these lyrics that hit close to home right now:
"have you ever felt so out of place
that the smile on your face
was to keep from cryin’"
That has fit me so many times.
I changed my background for livejournal so that it matched my icon. It's not quite as pretty as the Saiyuki background, but I kinda like it.
Things have been going alright for me I think. I've been trying to keep up with homework, practice clarinet, and enjoy myself somewhat. I've kept up with homework for the most part anyway. I play clarinet every day so I rarely feel like practicing much more than that. And I've been a bit too worried about music in general lately. It's not something to stress over. I need to relax and just let it come. But I really need to build some confidence because I think that that's an important part of playing.
I've been learning a lot about myself lately. I can drive in traffic without worrying as much as I used to. I'm feeling a bit more confident about teaching (as in I was more nervous before). I'm developing an understanding for what I need to do musically too. There's a lot more than that too. I just can't really think of everything all at once.
I'm really missing Stu right now. I just saw him last weekend and have talked to him lots since then but still I miss him. I'm pathetic.
I'm liberal. I mean, I knew this before for the most part, but haven't ever claimed a party because, well I still don't like the majority of politicians that I know about. Anyway, my roommate was looking up some pro-Bush stuff on the web and was amuzed by it. Here I see a picture of an elephant peeing on the word "liberal", and to me that's inappropriate. I may not like Bush but I'm not going to think Liberals peeing on conservatives is funny either. Some things are just plain wrong. Oh well, I suppose that the Democrats do it too. Maybe that's why I didn't really claim a party before. I don't know. It's amazing Stu and I get along the way we do, even when we do discuss politics. We have conflicting views on some things and others we agree on. He will never tell me I'm right about certain points with Bush, even though I know he just isn't wanting to admit that the man hasn't done everything right. I don't know why he's so stubborn with it, but then I wouldn't have him any other way. Still, it's better when we do agree. Different life experiences and fields of study impact are political stance so much. I mean, look at me. I'm 20 years old, have worked in a Farm Fresh (believe me, you see why some are on welfare as well as why others don't deserve it), have worked with kids on the lower end of economical status, and have seen how No Child Left Behind is destroying schools. I never realized how radical it is to use music and art in the classroom instead of only stressing math and reading. Yes, math and reading are important, but not everybody will excel in those two areas. And by stressing testing so much, we turn kids away from learning. I'm sorry if I'm ranting. I just got a little irritable thinking about politics.