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[09 Nov 2009|04:23pm] |
Classes I'm registering for:
-Music Theory IV
-Aural Skills IV
-Music Literature IV
-Pre-Internship Clinical Training Music Therapy II
-Methods and Materials in Music Therapy
-Keyboard Skills
-Voice Skills with Special Populations
-Voice lessons + Voice Studio and Area Recitals
-Abnormal Psychology
Yeahhhh, and that's only 16 credit hours or so.
I wanted to do Music Therapy Improvisation Ensemble IV, but that conflicts with stupid Keyboard Skills. My old choir director guilt tripped me about quitting choir, but this is the hell year for music therapy students. I do miss singing, but University choir switched it's schedule. Now it meets Mon/Tue/Wed/Thur from 3-4. Yeahh... no.
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[09 Nov 2009|03:43pm] |
Marching band is finally over! It was a pleasant surprise to get first place--the craziest finals I've ever seen. What I'm most happy about though is that they truly played their best show on Saturday. Scores and placing aside, that's what mattered to me most. Also my section, what a great group of kids. They worked harder than the pit has ever, and they really got recognition for it.
Now that it's over, I am a bit relieved. I had been so drained and getting behind in homework, pulling many cram-sessions doing paperwork. I'd like to say my life is easy now, haha, but I have to catch up ASAP. Then after that, it will be the same amount of hard work, I'll just be better at it, I think, and more punctual.
Crazy fall so far. The last two weeks had been hell weeks, staying up late and getting up ungodly early to do work. I got even more work done early in the week this time (still not all I needed to do though) before Mariah got back this weekend. Still went by fast though. With some other crazy things going on, like my cousin having a brain aneurysm.
Buhh, that aside. Now I have to double up on observations to make the minimum for this semester. Which will be harder to do around the holidays. I'm also racing to record and get an album done before Holly Mae moves. :( :( :( Her partner Alana did not get hired back from U of M, so they are temporarily moving to Berlin the start of the next month. I really want to get it done in time, and play some shows before we part ways. Hopefully we'll continue to colaborate across the country and internationally, via the internet and cutting tracks.
Where was I now? Oh, yes. Clinical report time...
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[08 Sep 2009|01:34am] |
In the meantime:
Holly Mae and the Painted Room
The wonderful indie-folk group I play with. Holly is the most beautiful song-writer, drawing her lyrics from mythology and literature. I prefer her voice live too, when it's candid and honest. She's like a story teller.
autumnbox.tumblr.com
I also just started this tumblr. Don't worry, it's not replacing my livejournal. It has a different direction. It's just a feed of interesting things I come across, or things that I like. Go read! It will only take a minute to catch up.
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| OMG SO LONG |
[08 Sep 2009|01:23am] |
I've been really bad at updating, I know, but I have a lot to say! Just haven't been able to keep up/get around to it. (Well shoot, summer wrapped up fast. Didn't it?) I was teaching summer band in July. Then all of a sudden my band had a bunch of shows and festivals to play in August.
The middle of the month I was up teaching at Interlochen. Yes, it's a week, but I really don't mind it. It doesn't feel like work at all, and as instructors, we do whatever the f*ck we want. I also loved just being up north. HMPR played a show up there too, and it's just so relaxing to be away from home or to mix up routine.
Then Neil and I spontaneously bought tickets to New York! We went and stayed with Clare in Spanish Harlem. Saw the sights, also visited with his cousin Rebecca.
Recently, Erin and I moved into our apartment and it is soooo cute. Then after just a couple days I went to Florida for labor day weekend, but now I'm back!
I know, so much stuff. Right? And I'm going to update about it ALL. Eventually. But bare with me, because it is a lot of fun, exciting stuff to cover. I will get to each thing at some point though.
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| Texting while driving |
[20 Aug 2009|01:50pm] |
This is really gruesome, watchout.
But really, everyone should watch it. PSA from the UK.
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[21 Jul 2009|09:15pm] |
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Bah, after working in the sun and having a late lunch, I spent the afternoon rediscovering myspace. It was actually very fun and relaxing, a nice break from facebook. It felt like when I drive off to Ann Arbor without telling anyone. Or when I've lost my phone for a day.
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[15 Jul 2009|09:10am] |
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Damnit, I hate being confused!
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[10 Jul 2009|10:46pm] |
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What does mean when someone tells you to stop by their restaurant? Do you eat, or just pop in? And what if it's a nice restaurant?
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| WATCH OUT |
[28 Jun 2009|08:52pm] |
I know a lot of celebrities have been dying expectantly, blah blah blah. But after Billy Mays also dying at 50... I was thinking about it more.
I mean, that's not old at all. My aunt just turned 50, wtf. And today I learned Joan Jett is 50. I'd be devastated if either of them died. It would be crazy and sudden. But you know, things come in threes... so, other celebrities who turned 50 in 2008:
Ellen Degeneres
Michelle Pfeiffer
Prince
Sharon Stone
Madonna
Viggo Mortensen
Jamie Lee Curtis
Kevin Bacon
Chris Colombus
Fabio
Flavor Flav (what)
Hugh Laurie
Irene Cara (Flashdance song)
Jeff Foxworthy
Jennifer Granholm
Keith Olbermann
Kevin Sorbo
Lita Ford (also a Runaway like Joan Jett)
Megan Mullally!
Sade
Scott Hamilton
Shaun Cassidy
And there's more like Andrea Bocelli.. but I don't know if that means anything to you guys, haha. They'd all be sad, mainly because it'd be an untimely death. Personally though, I'd be sad especially for Ellen, Hugh Laurie and Grandholm.
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[11 Jun 2009|07:24pm] |
Back to the drawing boardcoffee shop, writing.
A midnight experiment,
To see if I can still feel.
With an eclipsed moon
Red like lambrusco,
I could feel and hear my blood
Racing and pounding in my ears.
We pooled together our loneliness.
I'm not sure if I resurrected human compassion
In just an hour of dreaming,
Or if I made things worse.
You were always the sensible one,
Able to detach emotions from your reasoning.
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[12 May 2009|05:22pm] |
"You keep reading those romance novels, and you'll be a lonely soul."
I'm sitting at Java Hutt, trying to book some shows for Holly Mae and the Painted Room. These two women came out and sat down in the patio with me to smoke. The one who is preaching turns to me, and says,
"Excuse me, I don't want to offend somebody who doesn't even know me." She is giving a disclaimer of some sort, or I guess asking my permission to continue with her advice. I wave to her that it's alright, "Oh, it's fine!"
"Get yourself some dick. Just get yourself some dick or something. Get yourself some vagina. Some dog. Some cat. Horse. You know beastiality is in right now. Yeah, it's the new black."
I may be coming back to edit this entry and add some more, if the conversation stays this interesting...
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[11 May 2009|02:37pm] |
Blehh. I had a rough day yesterday. I broke up with my not boyfriend. (Really, I just let this guy down, but still felt bad about it) I thought I'd get to see my aunt yesterday, but she wasn't at my grandma's. :( I wonder where she goes during the day.. She says she hasn't been spending time with friends. I did watch "the game" though with my granddad. That was in fact awesome.
I had felt a high this week, and it was great, but I think I've come down from it this weekend. A bit frustrating, when you have a defining moment, and want to get on with your life, but you're still left where you were before.
So I was feeling a bit anxious and ran off to Ann Arbor/Ypsi. It's kind of nice to go somewhere no one knows you're at. And now I'm laying in the grass, in the sun.
I had a nice long talk with Mandy on the phone though. I've really missed her. Reminded me of all the summer plans I want to fulfill. I need to get a new bike chain and tires.***
And now my aunt just got a hold me. I will probably see my brother/nephews before leaving, and then stop to visit with her on the way home.
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[01 May 2009|01:27pm] |
After a week of being a recluse, I finally got out of the house. She would have wanted that. I grabbed drinks at Sidetrack with my MT/guitarist friends. Then Clare, Neil and I went out for beer and pool playing. It felt good to be out, and it reminded me that it is possible to still have fun. Last night, I danced my pants off (quite literally, almost) and sweated out all the alcohol I drank this week.
With the stress of this month and especially this week, I haven't really been sleeping or eating well. I'm down five pounds. That may change though once I fully move back home.
Thank you, those people who made me laugh, and those who worry about me.
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[24 Apr 2009|07:01pm] |
I hate this. Now that I'm older, I actually want to spend time with my family. But now it's too late with her. I never got the chance.
After lunch with David at the Aut Bar and the library, I just slept all day.
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| At the Ugly Mug |
[23 Apr 2009|12:08pm] |
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I just wrote out my summer objectives, and it was very satisfying. It included different sections for: Work, Projects, Purchases, Places to go, and my Birthday Week. Looking at it written down, I actually feel better about my work situation. Marching band instructing still isn't a lot per hour, but the stipend is pretty great. I won't disclose how much, but Elon did offer me another job. It would be teaching summer band for three weeks = $400. Which is pretty great for just 2 hours a day. I haven't decided yet, but I should probably take it... right?
As for an actual part-time job, my goal is: Aim for barista position, preferably at a small business place. If not, then I'd say Starbucks (benefits!). Most (good) cafes want experienced workers (which is an enigma, people have to start somewhere!). The Ypsi-Arbor area has a surplus of coffee-shops, so I want to get experience in now before I apply at places in the fall.
Other than that, my ideal places to work would be a bakery or tea house, or something outside like painting or landscaping (which is good pay too!). So far I've just gotten leads on a photography place, and on a book-binding place (hahaa). The places are a little bit far and have longer hours than I'd like.
Last resort - Coldstone Creamery. I've worked there before. People are constantly quitting, and they are often hiring. I actually didn't mind it before, because I liked mixing ice cream (and the free stuff I got!), but the pay is meh and customers were sassy.
I'm also hoping Gross Pointe NHS has an end of the year choir concert they'll call me in for. That's always an easy $250 paycheck.
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[20 Apr 2009|01:49pm] |
In other news: Friday after classes got out, Shannon and I checked out poetry from the library. We laid in the grass of the Diag and read, ate an orange and banana bread, played the harmonica.
BEAUTIFUL
And if the Ugly Mug and Cafe Luwak weren't already enough, I've fallen in love again. Beezy's Cafe is wonderful, and the manager has random outbursts of singing jazz and blues. <3
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[20 Apr 2009|01:30pm] |
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I'm finally starting to free up some time. There were so many things to do this weekend. So many things I could have done Saturday- seen Steve Carell, Sufi music and dance at the art museum, local bands, an Arrested Development play. But for some reason you visited, and we ended up not doing much of anything, wasting time. I would have done it all, but I missed it out of some sort of stupid obligation to you. If we were actually exclusive or official, I'm pretty sure we would have gotten into an argument.
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[14 Apr 2009|12:42am] |
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Hey, any gay friends of mine/yours want to perform music on my friend David's radio show? Called Closets are for Clothes. Can be covers or originals. Songs by gays or about gay issues. Or maybe just about love!
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[12 Apr 2009|08:33pm] |
Why did this week have to be so hard? I had been stoic for so long, but lately I've been crying here and there, seconds at a time. I'll be fine, and then something isolated will trigger me.
Luckily, Amanda's housewarming was last night which broke up the insanity. I could temporarily forget about things and met some new people.
This pretty girl told me I had a haunting voice, that 'needs to be recorded if it hasn't already.' After a request she was silent, "Sorry, I'm just mesmerized by you."
This next week can't possibly be worse, right?
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