And another fun filled week comes to a close. Nothing of particular importance, just the usual school stuff.
There was the Capitol Jazz Project concert last night. The official jazz band for the State of California. They were good, to say the least. Piano, drums, bass, sax/flute, trumpet/flugel horn, and trombone. All of them are the heads of the jazz departments for their respective state colleges, except for the bass player, who is a mail carrier for the post office. Go figure.
Also, Aiko had her brother, his roommate up this weekend. They stayed in our room, but I never actually saw them because I was always asleep when they got in, and they were always asleep when I got up and left. Oh well.
Guess I better do some homework. This week features many converging quizzes, presentations, papers, performances, and so on, and I since I got caught up in composing yesterday, I really didn't finish too much of it. Ugh.
It's funny, this is the first semester I've had that, for the majority of the week, I feel like I'm in college. Homework will do that, I guess.
Later.
9.28.2003
9.19.2003
Just for fun...
Seeing as it is Friday night, I took a little time and redesigned the site. Nothing really spectacular since there is only so much you can do with straight html. But it doesn't need to be fancy anyway.
Once again, I survived the week, even with chapel everyday. Not that that's a bad thing, but having chapel on T, Th cuts into my prep time for Theory Lab. Aside from that the week has been relatively uneventful. I've chosen to do my practicum at First Presbyterian. The one with Becky was going to require too much time (like 6-7 hours a week). First Pres's youth group requires less time, is smaller (try 5-7 kids, as opposed to 100 for the other one), and means I get to hang out with Ryan and Lauren. All in all, a good deal. I went on Wednesday and had a good time, so I think it will work.
Tomorrow should be a fun day. Lots of homework in the morning and in the evening there's a music major party over at Becky Levy's 'mansion.' She's living with a widow who has a rather large-ish house with a pool, spa, and so forth. So, that should be a nice break. And then next weekend, Jason is having a music major party at Shasta Lake with his motor boat, but I'll probably end up skipping that one on grounds of time constraints. There's also a concert that night by The Capitol Jazz Project with pianist Joe Gilman. He had his trio here last year and it was incredible, so that should be really cool.
Not too much else going on around here. Lots of trivial news that doesn't really matter that much to anyone who doesn't live here. Like Dr. Thorlakson's two nightmare days dealing with Immigration (he's Canadian.) He spent 8 hours yesterday waiting in line in Sacramento only to get to the window to find that he had to be at the office in San Francisco (thank you Dept. of Homeland Security). So, today he went down to SF, which was actually less painful since they're more efficient. But it was still annoying.
And then there's the news we got today that the Pinkston's (Dr. Pinkston is my theory teacher) are going to have another baby. Their first one, Lily, is almost two now. So that should be fun (they learned their mistake from last time, however, and the baby isn't due till after school is out).
Anyway, lots of random stuff, and so forth.
Well, I should probably do something more productive tonight or I'll hate myself tomorrow. Love to all.
Once again, I survived the week, even with chapel everyday. Not that that's a bad thing, but having chapel on T, Th cuts into my prep time for Theory Lab. Aside from that the week has been relatively uneventful. I've chosen to do my practicum at First Presbyterian. The one with Becky was going to require too much time (like 6-7 hours a week). First Pres's youth group requires less time, is smaller (try 5-7 kids, as opposed to 100 for the other one), and means I get to hang out with Ryan and Lauren. All in all, a good deal. I went on Wednesday and had a good time, so I think it will work.
Tomorrow should be a fun day. Lots of homework in the morning and in the evening there's a music major party over at Becky Levy's 'mansion.' She's living with a widow who has a rather large-ish house with a pool, spa, and so forth. So, that should be a nice break. And then next weekend, Jason is having a music major party at Shasta Lake with his motor boat, but I'll probably end up skipping that one on grounds of time constraints. There's also a concert that night by The Capitol Jazz Project with pianist Joe Gilman. He had his trio here last year and it was incredible, so that should be really cool.
Not too much else going on around here. Lots of trivial news that doesn't really matter that much to anyone who doesn't live here. Like Dr. Thorlakson's two nightmare days dealing with Immigration (he's Canadian.) He spent 8 hours yesterday waiting in line in Sacramento only to get to the window to find that he had to be at the office in San Francisco (thank you Dept. of Homeland Security). So, today he went down to SF, which was actually less painful since they're more efficient. But it was still annoying.
And then there's the news we got today that the Pinkston's (Dr. Pinkston is my theory teacher) are going to have another baby. Their first one, Lily, is almost two now. So that should be fun (they learned their mistake from last time, however, and the baby isn't due till after school is out).
Anyway, lots of random stuff, and so forth.
Well, I should probably do something more productive tonight or I'll hate myself tomorrow. Love to all.
9.16.2003
For your edification...
Just so you can start marking your calendars now, my Senior Recital is going to be on March 5, probably around 7:30. Maybe later because it happens to be a Friday and I know it's going to play havoc with everyone's work schedules, but that was best all around option given everything else going on around that time.
Okay, got the date. Now I just need the music. Sigh.
Oh, and speaking of dates, graduation this year is Saturday, April 24 at 10 a.m.
Kinda early. This gives us over two weeks of choir touring and we'll still be back a bit after May starts. And we'll be doing recording this year after tour, which may be good or bad. We'll see.
Now it's time for bed. I have what will probably be the hardest day of few classes to date tomorrow. And if that sentence made sense to you, you should go to bed too.
'Night.
Okay, got the date. Now I just need the music. Sigh.
Oh, and speaking of dates, graduation this year is Saturday, April 24 at 10 a.m.
Kinda early. This gives us over two weeks of choir touring and we'll still be back a bit after May starts. And we'll be doing recording this year after tour, which may be good or bad. We'll see.
Now it's time for bed. I have what will probably be the hardest day of few classes to date tomorrow. And if that sentence made sense to you, you should go to bed too.
'Night.
9.14.2003
Sunday
Well, today was a good day. The highlights being...
1. Ross Hauck. He's an incredible singer. He did a concert of art songs (Schubert, Irish folk, and Spanish) and American songs (20th century composers like Bernstein, Leher, and so forth). Like I said, he's one of the best singers I've ever heard, and a really nice, and funny, guy on top of it. Tomorrow he's doing a master class with the vocal students that I'll probably sit in on.
2. Went to Aiko and Lisa's for dinner (with Josh and Laura). Sure beats cafeteria food, that's all I have to say. Then we watched a movie. And met all of their housemates. And I suffered random and not so random beatings. All in all, a typical evening with Aiko and Lisa.
And tomorrow is Monday. Woohoo. Another week of school, and all it's joys are upon me. Better get back to composing before my lesson tomorrow.
Take care.
1. Ross Hauck. He's an incredible singer. He did a concert of art songs (Schubert, Irish folk, and Spanish) and American songs (20th century composers like Bernstein, Leher, and so forth). Like I said, he's one of the best singers I've ever heard, and a really nice, and funny, guy on top of it. Tomorrow he's doing a master class with the vocal students that I'll probably sit in on.
2. Went to Aiko and Lisa's for dinner (with Josh and Laura). Sure beats cafeteria food, that's all I have to say. Then we watched a movie. And met all of their housemates. And I suffered random and not so random beatings. All in all, a typical evening with Aiko and Lisa.
And tomorrow is Monday. Woohoo. Another week of school, and all it's joys are upon me. Better get back to composing before my lesson tomorrow.
Take care.
9.12.2003
Another week, Another pile of homework...
Well, I survived another week. Of course, I've had professors with the flu on one side, and professors and students with colds on the other, and I haven't been feeling so hot lately, so that may change.
But, in the meantime, I have lots of homework to do tomorrow. Most of it is reading and listening to music, so it's not too bad. The real annoying one is the map studying for Geography. Actually, that class is a bit more interesting now. We have more in class discussion and it turns out Dr. Claspill is actually a mountain climber. So, if we can get him talking history or mountain climbing, things are interesting. The biggest problem though, is that right before I have Christian Theology: God and Humanity, which is extremely intellectual discussion. So, I go from that straight to Geo, which is all note taking and sitting there bored and waiting for choir. On the plus side, I sit near Annabelle and we get to amuse each other with comments, stories, and the like (discreetly, of course), but it's still an hour and a half of my life I'll never have back.
In other news...well...I guess there really is no other news. School is pretty much it. I guess I could mention that on Sunday we have this famous tenor, singer, dude coming to give a concert. Then on Monday he's giving a master's class for vocal students, which I'll probably sit in on (being a composition major and all, it's good to get a working knowledge of all the available mediums). And after the concert on Sunday, Josh and I are going over to Aiko and Lisa's for dinner and movies. This could be good or bad because the last time we talked about it, I insulted Aiko and she threatened to cook every single type of food I don't like. We'll see.
Well, probably should be off to bed now. Lots of work to do tomorrow. And, as usual, the problem isn't time, it's motivation to use the time I have. So...I think I can, I think I can, I think I can...
G'Night.
But, in the meantime, I have lots of homework to do tomorrow. Most of it is reading and listening to music, so it's not too bad. The real annoying one is the map studying for Geography. Actually, that class is a bit more interesting now. We have more in class discussion and it turns out Dr. Claspill is actually a mountain climber. So, if we can get him talking history or mountain climbing, things are interesting. The biggest problem though, is that right before I have Christian Theology: God and Humanity, which is extremely intellectual discussion. So, I go from that straight to Geo, which is all note taking and sitting there bored and waiting for choir. On the plus side, I sit near Annabelle and we get to amuse each other with comments, stories, and the like (discreetly, of course), but it's still an hour and a half of my life I'll never have back.
In other news...well...I guess there really is no other news. School is pretty much it. I guess I could mention that on Sunday we have this famous tenor, singer, dude coming to give a concert. Then on Monday he's giving a master's class for vocal students, which I'll probably sit in on (being a composition major and all, it's good to get a working knowledge of all the available mediums). And after the concert on Sunday, Josh and I are going over to Aiko and Lisa's for dinner and movies. This could be good or bad because the last time we talked about it, I insulted Aiko and she threatened to cook every single type of food I don't like. We'll see.
Well, probably should be off to bed now. Lots of work to do tomorrow. And, as usual, the problem isn't time, it's motivation to use the time I have. So...I think I can, I think I can, I think I can...
G'Night.
9.10.2003
9.09.2003
Practicum
So, tonight I went to the Opportunity Fair. This is basically an event held in the gym that features booths from a lot of churches and organizations that want Simpson student involvment. So, now I have many options for my Practicum. The two I'm really considering are both youth group music things. One is leading/teaching high schoolers how to be a worship team. The other is helping out on a youth worship team. Both things are being overseen by friends of mine. I'll probably go for one of them. The question is: which one? Decisions, decisions.
I'm also going to try and be on Pep Band (drums). This means my Tues. are going to be even longer. Oh well, it should be fun.
Yeah. Tomorrow is Wed. That means I have one class! Of course, I've still schedules lots of misc. stuff that will still fill it up, but that's okay, because it's all voluntary. Or something.
Okay, I'm thinking it's bed time. Goodnight.
I'm also going to try and be on Pep Band (drums). This means my Tues. are going to be even longer. Oh well, it should be fun.
Yeah. Tomorrow is Wed. That means I have one class! Of course, I've still schedules lots of misc. stuff that will still fill it up, but that's okay, because it's all voluntary. Or something.
Okay, I'm thinking it's bed time. Goodnight.
9.06.2003
Party!
Well, I made it through the first week. Granted, it was only 4 days, and my Fridays are technically a day off, but I still have a lot of homework.
Just got back from a Choir party over at Sarah's house. Played Old Maid with Cheryl, Nancy, and Becka, then a few other games. Then watched The Two Towers. Always good.
So, now I just have to motivate myself to get back to homework. I just have to keep telling myself that having only one class on Mondays doesn't mean I have enough time to get homework done for Tuesdays (on which I have 5 upper-division classes, in case you thought I was slacking off). We'll see how that strategy works.
Just got back from a Choir party over at Sarah's house. Played Old Maid with Cheryl, Nancy, and Becka, then a few other games. Then watched The Two Towers. Always good.
So, now I just have to motivate myself to get back to homework. I just have to keep telling myself that having only one class on Mondays doesn't mean I have enough time to get homework done for Tuesdays (on which I have 5 upper-division classes, in case you thought I was slacking off). We'll see how that strategy works.
9.02.2003
One Down!
Well, I've complete my first day of classes. It's going to be a challenging semester, but shouldn't be too bad for all that.
So, in between my five classes today, I found I still have time to eat, talk with friends, and take a trip to the Registrar's office to help them decipher my Application for Degree Completion so they don't think I'm trying to take 19 units next semester. Fun, fun.
Choir's going to be good. We have roughly 45 people this year, which means we don't fit on the risers. Oh well, the more the merrier.
Josh says "hello." He's doing better for the moment.
Well, I guess this is going to be an interesting year from what I've seen so far.
Now, after an hour and a half dorm meeting, it's time for bed.
So, in between my five classes today, I found I still have time to eat, talk with friends, and take a trip to the Registrar's office to help them decipher my Application for Degree Completion so they don't think I'm trying to take 19 units next semester. Fun, fun.
Choir's going to be good. We have roughly 45 people this year, which means we don't fit on the risers. Oh well, the more the merrier.
Josh says "hello." He's doing better for the moment.
Well, I guess this is going to be an interesting year from what I've seen so far.
Now, after an hour and a half dorm meeting, it's time for bed.
9.01.2003
Bring the Updates...Foo!
I'm all set up at school now. Got everything pretty much taken care of. Spent lots of money on all the usual stuff...books, internet connection, etc. But I've also seen most of my friends, which is nice.
I'm not in Cooper Heath this year, sigh. Which means I'm in a 4 person suite (two rooms connected by a bathroom). Oh well, I've got good guys with me, so it shouldn't be too bad.
Speaking of roommates, today I took Josh to the emergency room due to a kidney stone. What a way for him to begin the semester. Hopefully he'll be better for classes tomorrow.
Nothing much tonight, just dinner with Aiko, Lisa, and Laura, and then the Presidential Convocation, which is boring, but mandatory.
I'll try to update this at least once a week. Later.
I'm not in Cooper Heath this year, sigh. Which means I'm in a 4 person suite (two rooms connected by a bathroom). Oh well, I've got good guys with me, so it shouldn't be too bad.
Speaking of roommates, today I took Josh to the emergency room due to a kidney stone. What a way for him to begin the semester. Hopefully he'll be better for classes tomorrow.
Nothing much tonight, just dinner with Aiko, Lisa, and Laura, and then the Presidential Convocation, which is boring, but mandatory.
I'll try to update this at least once a week. Later.