Weekly update ^^v
First off, a belated happy birthday to Kyo!! And happy birthday, Kaoru!!!!
Wheee! Okay, where to begin? Things are going pretty well. I went to the doctor about my cartilege piercing, and the bad news was I had to take out the earring, but the good news was it wasn't infected! My skin had a reaction to the earring. As a precaution, the doctor gave me some anti-biotics, so I'm taking those until they're done >_< but he said I could try a 14 karat gold post and see if that works. If it doesn't, I just have to let the piercing close, which would make me really sad. I kept the piercing empty for a few days, then today I went to Claire's and got one of their piercing earrings. I cleaned it off and tried to put it in my cartilege. It worked!! The hole hadn't closed yet (YAY) so the earring went in easily and it's gold instead of stainless steel. I'm gonna keep a close eye on it, and if it starts to act funny again I'll take it out. Hopefully it'll all be okay, though, for I really do love my cartilege piercing. ^^v
On another note, I've come to the realization that I will not be truly happy in an orchestra unless I'm surrounded by good musicians who actually care about what they're playing and work to be able to play it. They don't have to be the most amazing players ever, because I'm certainly not, but it would be nice to have a stand partner who doesn't lose her music and not care. I enjoy my chamber group immensely - we all get along and work well together. And, random side note, our bass player is Japanese and his name is Dai (pronounced "die") so that's just cool.
Oh! I had a BREAKTHROUGH in my lesson on Thursday! I went in fairly worried about not being able to do the left hand position Ms. B wants, but I'm not going to do something that strains my tendons just to appease a teacher. I played my scale, and she immediately pointed out my lack of her hand position. When I told her that it hurt too much to do it that way, we started experimenting. I was getting so frustrated (I was already in a really bad state from the night before, but we're not going into that) that I was ready to cry, but I did NOT want to cry in front of my teacher, especially at my second lesson. So I came up with the idea of just letting my left hand go dead. Totally and completely, no holding it up or anything. I just let it rest on the neck of my violin. I moved my elbow in a bit more, my hand curled around, and BAM!: There was the sound my teacher wanted!!! AND I managed to keep that position throughout the rest of my lesson (which REALLY impressed Ms. B). It's made everything more effortless to play, but at the same time I'm not used to the spacing of my fingers, so playing in tune is a bit precarious. I just have to keep working at it until it all becomes natural. That will be a great day!
And, before I forget, a
Interview!! Leave a comment with "Interview Me" and I'll ask you five questions, which you must answer truthfully. You can also ask me five questions, which I must answer truthfully.
angelicvixen783 asked Rin:
1. What is your great achievement in your life so far and why?
~Meeting Yoshiki!!! lol, no, that was just fun and luck. ^^v Hmm, I think my greatest achievement so far in life has been learning to live for myself and not let what everyone else thinks bother me. Dropping my ed major, moving to CA, things like that have made me a stronger person. Plus, I don't care if people don't think I deserve one thing or another. I've worked hard to get where I am, and I'll keep working hard until I obtain my loftiest goals.
2. How does it feel to finally do the things you've talked about doing for so long?
~Absolutely wonderful. I feel freer, and happier than I've been in a VERY long time.
3. What's your favorite anime and why?
~Oooh, tricky question. In all honesty I think it is Gundam Wing. There's such a good story line in there, with all the political aspects of the series and the fact that they show the good and bad parts of both sides. The way the characters grow is also well handled, as is the stress the Gundam piolets face and how each of them handles it. A close second is Cowboy Bebop, for the way it's all put together and how you feel for each of the characters.
4. If you could be any character from anime or video games who would you be and why?
~Wow. Um.....well, if I was going to be a villain, I'd be Sephiroth. I get to dress in black and silver, have teal eyes, I have a HUGE sexy weapon (I LOVE swords!), I have badass theme music, and my name strikes fear into the hearts of all those who forget to save beforehand. If I was going to be a hero, I'd proabably be Yoji from Weiss Kreuz. I feel the whole losing a love and not wanting to love again thing, I like to flirt ^_-, and it would be cool to be an assassin who hangs people with an invisible wire that comes from my wristwatch. ^^v
5. What is your favorite ddr song?
~Depends on the version I'm playing (I only have two, lol). On DDR Max, it's "Exotic Ethnic" and on DDR Extreme it's "A".
Well, I can't really think of anything else right now. I should do some homework before going to Ryan and Kevin's 21st birthday bash tonight. Cyrus's 21st birthday and party are tomorrow night. And then it'll be a mere handful of days until TWO NIGHTS of Dir en grey!!!!!
Ja ne, minna-san!
Wheee! Okay, where to begin? Things are going pretty well. I went to the doctor about my cartilege piercing, and the bad news was I had to take out the earring, but the good news was it wasn't infected! My skin had a reaction to the earring. As a precaution, the doctor gave me some anti-biotics, so I'm taking those until they're done >_< but he said I could try a 14 karat gold post and see if that works. If it doesn't, I just have to let the piercing close, which would make me really sad. I kept the piercing empty for a few days, then today I went to Claire's and got one of their piercing earrings. I cleaned it off and tried to put it in my cartilege. It worked!! The hole hadn't closed yet (YAY) so the earring went in easily and it's gold instead of stainless steel. I'm gonna keep a close eye on it, and if it starts to act funny again I'll take it out. Hopefully it'll all be okay, though, for I really do love my cartilege piercing. ^^v
On another note, I've come to the realization that I will not be truly happy in an orchestra unless I'm surrounded by good musicians who actually care about what they're playing and work to be able to play it. They don't have to be the most amazing players ever, because I'm certainly not, but it would be nice to have a stand partner who doesn't lose her music and not care. I enjoy my chamber group immensely - we all get along and work well together. And, random side note, our bass player is Japanese and his name is Dai (pronounced "die") so that's just cool.
Oh! I had a BREAKTHROUGH in my lesson on Thursday! I went in fairly worried about not being able to do the left hand position Ms. B wants, but I'm not going to do something that strains my tendons just to appease a teacher. I played my scale, and she immediately pointed out my lack of her hand position. When I told her that it hurt too much to do it that way, we started experimenting. I was getting so frustrated (I was already in a really bad state from the night before, but we're not going into that) that I was ready to cry, but I did NOT want to cry in front of my teacher, especially at my second lesson. So I came up with the idea of just letting my left hand go dead. Totally and completely, no holding it up or anything. I just let it rest on the neck of my violin. I moved my elbow in a bit more, my hand curled around, and BAM!: There was the sound my teacher wanted!!! AND I managed to keep that position throughout the rest of my lesson (which REALLY impressed Ms. B). It's made everything more effortless to play, but at the same time I'm not used to the spacing of my fingers, so playing in tune is a bit precarious. I just have to keep working at it until it all becomes natural. That will be a great day!
And, before I forget, a
Interview!! Leave a comment with "Interview Me" and I'll ask you five questions, which you must answer truthfully. You can also ask me five questions, which I must answer truthfully.
angelicvixen783 asked Rin:
1. What is your great achievement in your life so far and why?
~Meeting Yoshiki!!! lol, no, that was just fun and luck. ^^v Hmm, I think my greatest achievement so far in life has been learning to live for myself and not let what everyone else thinks bother me. Dropping my ed major, moving to CA, things like that have made me a stronger person. Plus, I don't care if people don't think I deserve one thing or another. I've worked hard to get where I am, and I'll keep working hard until I obtain my loftiest goals.
2. How does it feel to finally do the things you've talked about doing for so long?
~Absolutely wonderful. I feel freer, and happier than I've been in a VERY long time.
3. What's your favorite anime and why?
~Oooh, tricky question. In all honesty I think it is Gundam Wing. There's such a good story line in there, with all the political aspects of the series and the fact that they show the good and bad parts of both sides. The way the characters grow is also well handled, as is the stress the Gundam piolets face and how each of them handles it. A close second is Cowboy Bebop, for the way it's all put together and how you feel for each of the characters.
4. If you could be any character from anime or video games who would you be and why?
~Wow. Um.....well, if I was going to be a villain, I'd be Sephiroth. I get to dress in black and silver, have teal eyes, I have a HUGE sexy weapon (I LOVE swords!), I have badass theme music, and my name strikes fear into the hearts of all those who forget to save beforehand. If I was going to be a hero, I'd proabably be Yoji from Weiss Kreuz. I feel the whole losing a love and not wanting to love again thing, I like to flirt ^_-, and it would be cool to be an assassin who hangs people with an invisible wire that comes from my wristwatch. ^^v
5. What is your favorite ddr song?
~Depends on the version I'm playing (I only have two, lol). On DDR Max, it's "Exotic Ethnic" and on DDR Extreme it's "A".
Well, I can't really think of anything else right now. I should do some homework before going to Ryan and Kevin's 21st birthday bash tonight. Cyrus's 21st birthday and party are tomorrow night. And then it'll be a mere handful of days until TWO NIGHTS of Dir en grey!!!!!
Ja ne, minna-san!