Folk musicians make me think about life too much.
So livejournal has been a depressing place to be as of late. Too many people are too upset with life. I personally see no good reason for being upset with life. It's going to keep happening, so why not make the best of it? Sure life can get complicated with schoolwork, grades, relationships, money, the lack thereof, family, and any number of other issues, but how they affect your life is up to you. Struggles are difficult to overcome, but that's what makes life interesting! When you finally overcome your obstacles, think about the pride and satisfaction that you will have in yourself. You'll probably look back on these days sometime in the future, and realize how pithy and insignificant your problems were, but you will still respect that it was legitimately difficult to get through! Think back to when you were in elementary school, when the "serious" issues at hand were bedtimes, allowance, dessert... these things were important!!! 'Round about middle school, those things were no longer an issue, now it was curfews, boyfriends and girlfriends(Do you like me? Check 1. Yes No), clothes, and your fat drooly gym teacher that gave you a B. In the big picture, none of these things have any real significant consequence. Albeit there may have been honest tears shed over the early curfew when all your friends were still allowed to stay out, it hasn't ruined the rest of your life. Try to look at the big picture, and look at your problems as one of life's challenges, designed to keep you on your toes! Don't toss off my advice because you think that I have no issues, and my opinion is therefore voided. I try to practice what I preach, and it works! So suck it up and dive in head first (that too, once upon a time, was a big deal...THE DEEP END!!!). And if you need a hug, I'm always here!
In other news, I finally passed math...(and there was great rejoicing....yeeeaahh....). It is far, far too cold outside. When my hands get sore from walking outside, just because of the cold... it's too cold. Anyway, since my last entry, Road Trip happened. It was a great time, and everyone performed so well. My Dad (coincidentally) was here, and he brought my brother out to see the concert as well. They stayed with me for a couple nights, and it was a lot of fun to spend some time with them. They stole the concert poster from the Campus Center (that made me laugh) and now it's up on my wall. At the party afterward, everyone was laughing about how my Dad was "mackin' on all the Bowdoin chicks", then laughing even harder when they found out that hes a minister. Good times. My Dad is such a dork- I love that guy. The Bowdoin group didn't stick around for the party, which was somewhat disappointing. Now SHM has a few weeks in which nothing much is going on. In my opinion, that means it's a good time to get busy learning music like WHOAH, not to slack off.
I need to figure out how to balance my time better, between school work, other worthwhile work, mostly music related (Club fund raising, arranging, designing logos), and relaxing/spending time with friends. For the first part of this year, I've just been floating along, hanging around with people when they're getting together, doing the rehearsal thing, doing schoolwork when I'm home, then other work when I get tired or schoolwork. I think I need to structure things better. I need to OPTIMIZE MY PERFORMANCE!! (I get way too many spam e-mails with that subject) I don't want to spend less time with friends or on "fun" work, but I need to spend more time explicitly on schoolwork when I'm not doing those things. (This seems to be a recurrent theme in my livejournal...hmmm)
Next week is the middle of the term already. That is ridiculous. I thought I was used to the 7-week terms. I was wrong. It still feels like B-term just started. I should probably start doing some work. GEEEEZZZ. Thanksgiving is coming up in a few weeks. I'm excited for that. My immediate family is coming out here from MI, and all the extended Piper family is coming from wherever they are back to NH to be all together. We used to have big Piper family parties for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and 4th of July every year, but since they all started spreading out, the reunions have been few and far between. (FOCS) I always have really fond memories of those times growing up, so I recommended that we try to get back together this year, and it's actually happening!! It should be a lot of fun. There's also a quasi-Thayer family reunion going on out in Maynard, MA, with a good chunk of my Mom's side, and we're going to visit there too.
Does anybody want to drive me around to run errands sometime today? Or feel like lending me an automobile? Or helicopter? (No harm in asking) I would ride my bike if it weren't so cold that my breath crystallizes and falls shattering onto the ground. Ok so thats a litte exaggeration. But come on, it's cold. I have to go wax some guy's car in a few minutes with some Club guys as a fund raising event. That will be at least as much fun as a game of twister with 3 halibut. And a flounder. Ok I have to run. More later. PEACE OUUUUUUUUUTTT. Geez. I have a lot of energy. I think it's from the SUPER-ENERGY SUPER BARS that I made with the assistance of Jack's kitchen the other day. They're great. Cheerios, peanuts, raisins, pretzels, oatmeal, cinnamon, peanut butter, and chocolate chips, all held together with honey. Massive amounts of carbs and sugars. (But the good kinds-- ) They're better than coffee. Ok I'm out for real this time.
In other news, I finally passed math...(and there was great rejoicing....yeeeaahh....). It is far, far too cold outside. When my hands get sore from walking outside, just because of the cold... it's too cold. Anyway, since my last entry, Road Trip happened. It was a great time, and everyone performed so well. My Dad (coincidentally) was here, and he brought my brother out to see the concert as well. They stayed with me for a couple nights, and it was a lot of fun to spend some time with them. They stole the concert poster from the Campus Center (that made me laugh) and now it's up on my wall. At the party afterward, everyone was laughing about how my Dad was "mackin' on all the Bowdoin chicks", then laughing even harder when they found out that hes a minister. Good times. My Dad is such a dork- I love that guy. The Bowdoin group didn't stick around for the party, which was somewhat disappointing. Now SHM has a few weeks in which nothing much is going on. In my opinion, that means it's a good time to get busy learning music like WHOAH, not to slack off.
I need to figure out how to balance my time better, between school work, other worthwhile work, mostly music related (Club fund raising, arranging, designing logos), and relaxing/spending time with friends. For the first part of this year, I've just been floating along, hanging around with people when they're getting together, doing the rehearsal thing, doing schoolwork when I'm home, then other work when I get tired or schoolwork. I think I need to structure things better. I need to OPTIMIZE MY PERFORMANCE!! (I get way too many spam e-mails with that subject) I don't want to spend less time with friends or on "fun" work, but I need to spend more time explicitly on schoolwork when I'm not doing those things. (This seems to be a recurrent theme in my livejournal...hmmm)
Next week is the middle of the term already. That is ridiculous. I thought I was used to the 7-week terms. I was wrong. It still feels like B-term just started. I should probably start doing some work. GEEEEZZZ. Thanksgiving is coming up in a few weeks. I'm excited for that. My immediate family is coming out here from MI, and all the extended Piper family is coming from wherever they are back to NH to be all together. We used to have big Piper family parties for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and 4th of July every year, but since they all started spreading out, the reunions have been few and far between. (FOCS) I always have really fond memories of those times growing up, so I recommended that we try to get back together this year, and it's actually happening!! It should be a lot of fun. There's also a quasi-Thayer family reunion going on out in Maynard, MA, with a good chunk of my Mom's side, and we're going to visit there too.
Does anybody want to drive me around to run errands sometime today? Or feel like lending me an automobile? Or helicopter? (No harm in asking) I would ride my bike if it weren't so cold that my breath crystallizes and falls shattering onto the ground. Ok so thats a litte exaggeration. But come on, it's cold. I have to go wax some guy's car in a few minutes with some Club guys as a fund raising event. That will be at least as much fun as a game of twister with 3 halibut. And a flounder. Ok I have to run. More later. PEACE OUUUUUUUUUTTT. Geez. I have a lot of energy. I think it's from the SUPER-ENERGY SUPER BARS that I made with the assistance of Jack's kitchen the other day. They're great. Cheerios, peanuts, raisins, pretzels, oatmeal, cinnamon, peanut butter, and chocolate chips, all held together with honey. Massive amounts of carbs and sugars. (But the good kinds-- ) They're better than coffee. Ok I'm out for real this time.