Well, so much for actually keeping up this journal. Ah, well. I'm currently sitting at school, working on a paper that may turn into a thesis, if I'm lucky. It's completely overwhelming to be standing at the edge of a vast expanse of uncharted musicological territory. Electronic dance music is fascinating, and probably among the most important ( Read more... )

O sweet spontaneous ( Read more... )

I've found myself thrust into a world of numbers, protocol and double checking the likes of which I have never experienced. It is a world where I, never having shown any particular talent for any math related art, am suddenly responsible for invoices up to (but not including) $50,000. My work is double checked by others as a matter of protocol, ( Read more... )

This is an interesting take on things. Does this mean I don't exist?

HowManyOfMe.com
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Check out today's front page. It's a Convergence (familiar if you check the site often), and it's beautifully written. You'll have to scroll down a little ways to get to it.

http://mcsweeneys.net/

Here is an excerpt from the "ham-fisted" book with which I am currently passing the time ( Read more... )

I graduated from Oberlin today! Sat out in the sun from 9:30ish until 12:30, and I am SUNBURNED. But so is everybody else, so I guess it's ok. Today was a weird day though, but good. My parents, grandparents, aunt, uncle and cousin came to see commencement, but all but my mom and dad left after I got my diploma. It was exacly one bajillion ( Read more... )

It's very important to me that everyone check this site out. It will change your life.

http://www.chucknorrisfacts.com/

This weekend were the collegium concerts, all three of which were really great! However, on Friday we learned that Dr. Plank was sick and couldn't come to conduct! So we sang the concert sans conductor, though Noah did a fabulous job of conducting a couple of pieces that needed it. Saturday, Plank was back, and we all went to his house after the ( Read more... )

I would just like to say that alcohol is a horrible thing. You might think, "oh, but being drunk is fun!" and I would agree with you. But alcohol is still a horrible thing. In my case, it makes me dizzy for hours, curdles my insides, and keeps me from sleeping. Which is why I'm up at 8:11 on a Saturday morning after going to bed around 4. Alas ( Read more... )