Rastlose life!
It's been a busy, busy past few weeks! I had my senior recital last friday, which was highly enjoyable for me - thank you very much again to everyone who came out! Makes me think seriously about my choice of major, having that much fun performing - but I'm sure I'll find a way to have my cake and eat it too. It becomes more and more challenging to stay optimistic about becoming a music teacher. I'm sure that a lot of it has to do with a kind of weeding-out factor within the program, and I'm sure it also has to do with the reality of having to self-motivate throughout life. I'm faced with the task of writing a "manifesto" for English on Tuesday, so maybe I'll dredge up some optimisim for that :).
So, right now there are 10 men in my basement, as Danny's LAN party is in full swing. It's going a lot better than I thought it would - I figured I would need to run away to keep my sanity, but I seem to be getting by with a bag of milano cookies just fine. Andrew the O made an irish beer and beef stew in the crock pot today, so the delicous smell of yeast and meat has been filling the house for the past four hours - a nice perk! We're certainly making a daring effort to be more social, it seems - we're having a huge arse Halloween Party on the 28th, and I'm trying to get together the good old high school clique for some kind of X-mas din din thang.
Now that the recital is over, the next thing on my mind is the Praxis II on the sat. before Thanksgiving - this is the test I have to pass before I student teach, it's all music-y content knowledge stuff. I think I'll do fine, but I certainly can't just phone it in. I should find out my placements for student teaching within the next few weeks, though - exciting!
So, right now there are 10 men in my basement, as Danny's LAN party is in full swing. It's going a lot better than I thought it would - I figured I would need to run away to keep my sanity, but I seem to be getting by with a bag of milano cookies just fine. Andrew the O made an irish beer and beef stew in the crock pot today, so the delicous smell of yeast and meat has been filling the house for the past four hours - a nice perk! We're certainly making a daring effort to be more social, it seems - we're having a huge arse Halloween Party on the 28th, and I'm trying to get together the good old high school clique for some kind of X-mas din din thang.
Now that the recital is over, the next thing on my mind is the Praxis II on the sat. before Thanksgiving - this is the test I have to pass before I student teach, it's all music-y content knowledge stuff. I think I'll do fine, but I certainly can't just phone it in. I should find out my placements for student teaching within the next few weeks, though - exciting!