So, all of my angsty bullshit is over, so I feel like I should actually tell y'all what was going on. Jack was getting ready for his recital and didn't have time to hang out with me. That was all fine and dandy, but i just kept finding myself getting caught up in over analyzing everything that he or I did and getting really upset about it. ( Read more... )

still more angst. It sucks a lot, but today is the day of truth. I should have some shit figured out by saturday at the latest. :)

In general, I'm really proud of myself for keeping an even emotional keel, as it were. I find that I generally have the same countenance most of the time. Variations of this demeanor are usually subtle and unimportant. Often it's just that I'm tired or slightly frustrated with my self, or I'm hungry, or I'm a little bit stressed. Even the ( Read more... )

Today I played in a masterclass with Alex Klein. It rocked. I played a solo waltz by the Brazilian composer Francisco Mignone. Mr. Klein happens to be Brazilian himself, and he had tons of cultural speculation about the piece based on that. It was really great hearing him talk about the Mozart bassoon concerto with another student as well. It ( Read more... )

So it's official. Well not totally, but still. I'm buying the pallisander wood heckel 11969. The payment hasn't been made yet, but it'll happen in the next couple of days. I'm bringing it home for spring break and can't wait to start really practicing on it.

So it's been a while since I've last posted. I have lots of news, so this entry may be fairly lengthy ( Read more... )

Just an fyi:

I liked my exclusive college-only facebook a lot... therefore i'm not planning on friending any of my friends from high school. No offense, y'all.

So I'm back in Oberlin. Classes are up and running and whatnot. A lot has happened in my life in the past week or so, so I figured it was about time that I tell y'all about it ( Read more... )

I'm searching for the right words to describe how music affects me, but am coming up with nearly nothing, and certainly nothing worth writing down. So I thought I would ask y'all to describe something about how music affects you or what it means to you or something in order to facilitate my search for undoubtably similar words.

The best word, and ( Read more... )

I'm officialy really, really, dreadfully, terribly, awfuly, absurdly, icredibly, horribly, really, really sick of being in Seattle with nearly nothing to do. I'm practicing and reading and whatnot, but I'm soooooo BORED. I can't wait until I go back to Oberlin on a red-eye the night of February 2rd.

CAN'T WAIT