Cracked out
This week has been completely effing insane, and I can't say how glad I am that's over. I'm starting to enjoy my life, weirdly, because it isn't actually getting much nicer yet. My final recital was on thursday evening. I played the Bach Gavotte en Rondeau, amazingly better than I've ever played it in concert before; Lilium, the Elfen Lied opening theme by Kumiko Noma, arranged for violin and piano (my music teacher, who accompanied me, was absolutely in love with the piano part. "Oh, it's like Rachmaninoff!"); Two Klezmer dances, a bulgar and a something else, for solo violin; and Fritz Kriesler's Schön Rosmarin, sooo much fun! It's so Vienniese. ^_^ I'm thinking I'll play Lilium and Schön Rosmarin for the final concert, too, maybe with something from the Honey and Clover soundtrack (Yotsuba no Clover transposed up for a violin instead of a cello would sound lovely).
I also spent most of the week, since Tuesday, pretending not to be sick so that my father would stay off my case and not stress, which was the last thing I needed with the recital coming up. I did stay off school on Friday, though, and just slept until 1pm and then went in for my Japanese class at 3:40. I finally shook the cold off this morning. Ugh.
Anyhow, I've been having some pretty heavy thoughts about what to do with myself in the future. I think I still want to go to Oxford, but not for Computer Science. I want to go there for the culture, to have a nice life. So, there is a chance I will study humanities, so I don't have to spend so much time studying and can have more time for conversations and parties and friends. I'm looking at either Classics+Philosophy (learning ancient Greek! Then I can make like Popper and read original pre-Socratics ^^), or Physics+Philosophy, since I might be good enough after my gap year to take on physics without having to spend too much time working hard. I've already done topics from the first year, like differential equations.
So: traditional Oxfordian, or John Galt?
I also spent most of the week, since Tuesday, pretending not to be sick so that my father would stay off my case and not stress, which was the last thing I needed with the recital coming up. I did stay off school on Friday, though, and just slept until 1pm and then went in for my Japanese class at 3:40. I finally shook the cold off this morning. Ugh.
Anyhow, I've been having some pretty heavy thoughts about what to do with myself in the future. I think I still want to go to Oxford, but not for Computer Science. I want to go there for the culture, to have a nice life. So, there is a chance I will study humanities, so I don't have to spend so much time studying and can have more time for conversations and parties and friends. I'm looking at either Classics+Philosophy (learning ancient Greek! Then I can make like Popper and read original pre-Socratics ^^), or Physics+Philosophy, since I might be good enough after my gap year to take on physics without having to spend too much time working hard. I've already done topics from the first year, like differential equations.
So: traditional Oxfordian, or John Galt?