dark dizzy merry-go-round

hey, it's only been two weeks since i posted! i'm getting better - at least it's not almost a month since :P

so. in the past two weeks, the biggest thing that's happened to me is going to chicago. yeah, chicago. the art league offered a trip - $35 for the hostel and admission to two art museums. lauren loves that city, so she convinced me to go and i am happy i went. apart from the people we had to spend time with: the art majors that were in charge of the trip were really rude and condescending and not open at all. i mean, if you didn't want us on this trip, don't offer it to everyone. so we had to spend two 6 hour trips in the car with them... ooh it was frosty lol. but apart from that, lauren and i pretty much just wandered around the city by ourselves. we did the usual touristy stuff:

the bean



navy pier



i took this on navy pier too. it's probably one of the best shots i've gotten in a while



john hancock observatory



caught a comedy club



generally caused shenanigans



and saw some really cool art





so yeah. that was definitely an awesome time. i want to go back! there are so many things i haven't seen.

since then, i've just been doing schoolwork and more schoolwork. i am fairly well caught up on everything, it's just a lot to do all the time. i have finalized my schedule for next semester, everything is the same except the gym: i'm taking bowling for credit instead xD i'm so stoked lol

so today, five of us music ed. majors went to indianapolis. the Bands of America semi-finals were today, so we took advantage of free tickets through MENC (music educators national conference). too bad we got there late, couldn't find the ticket booth and went all around the stadium until an hour later where the lady in charge was finally contacted. it was ridiculous. first of all, the indy colts stadium is fricking huge! and the bands... oh the bands. i have never seen that caliber of marching band. makes the ehspmb shrivel in comparison. i can't believe the time and money put into these competitions. such elaborate sets and costumes and themes oh my god. i'm actually chatting with brenda right now online and she's already talking to me like i'm going to get the ehspmb director position and if i'll compete. HAHA. with the way things are going, i'll be really relieved to get a freaking JOB. i'm actually working on a marching band project right now for my class. we have to chart the drill for a halftime song. i'm doing Takin' It To The Streets. i know, how original, but i already had it in one of the pitches for my shows so i just decided to use it. i can't wait to finish it!

so anyway. i think this is it for this post. bai!

f minor = millipedes.

blah blah blah i suck at posting. yeah, i know.

nothing major has been going on, really. basically, the biggest thing that's happened recently is going to the symphony. the springfield symphony had a concert this past saturday night, and the music department gets tickets for free, so hey why not take advantage of that. they played two pieces by beethoven, and a piece by a contemporary composer named lowell liebermann. that was definitely my favorite, by far. our piano professor, dr. d, played the piano solo in the concerto.



i was so impressed. i mean, not that i was expecting crap, but i had no idea what to expect and it was amazing. dr. d played a little for us in our class from the last movement, and putting it together with the rest of the orchestra fit so well! we actually got to meet the composer; he came to the area on tuesday, and talked at wittenberg on wednesday and friday.



it was really neat to get his insights into his job - he writes full time on commission. that's all he does - write music. unbelievable. the whole night was just nice to get out, get a little dressed up, and enjoy some really spectacular music.

the rest of the weekend was okay. rachel and i took a trip to michigan to take her friend to her boyfriend's. it's only about three hours from here to michigan, i thought it was a lot longer. guess i'm just used to coming from elyria. sat in a car for about 6 hours... jammed to a lot of songs! haha.



lauren and i also went bowling this weekend. i hadn't bowled in such a long time, and i did pretty well considering the circumstances. my best was 136, which is impressive for me!



but this cop kept following us and watching us the whole time, and it was so annoying because we weren't doing anything remotely suspicious, so why waste your time on us when the drunken hillbillies next to us almost got in a fight, and the wanna-be gangster pre-teens on the other side of us were trying to be cool and practically slid down half the lane. ugh, it's so annoying. can't i enjoy anything without being stereotyped or prejudiced against?!

anyway...

just waiting until i can go up with lauren to the gym to play raquetball. i need the exercise. though i have lost weight, 'cause i got to go down a size in the new jeans i bought!

oh! my friend katalin asked me a wonderful question today, and i think i'm going to try to end every blog with it from now on. she asked: "what's the most beautiful thing you've seen/experienced today?"

so - in music history today, we're talking about the end of the renaissance and into the baroque era, and we listened to an english composer. he started using different intervals of thirds and sixths, rather than just fifths and octaves. the harmony was incredible! it was all i could do not to close my eyes and drown in it.

so there. my little moment. yay!

in case you were wondering about the title of this blog, i'll tell you. today in piano, we were practicing our minor scales. we just happened to be running through f minor, and when we were done with scales, dr. d randomly launched into a story about how he has millipedes in his house and he had to kill one. he said they were the cutest of all the insects, and that my fingers playing the f minor scale reminded him of millipedes. it was just really funny, 'cause we had finished the scale and were waiting to go on when he jumpes into this really random segue!! that's definitely one i'm going to remember.

until next type.....

khaki

i really wish i were in elyria tonight to see straight no chaser.

it's hard being away from home sometimes. i talked to my mom on the phone last night and for some reason i seriously got choked up when i was talking to her. you would think that it would get easier to be away from home since i'm not new at it anymore... but sometimes when things are tough and i'm stressed and unmotivated, my family and friends are the ones that rejuvinate me. and they're not here.

i just watched the movie "Shrink". it's with kevin spacey. (i know all of you are rolling your eyes at me right now...) but i think it's a really great movie. it's about a therapist who is dealing with his own issues so he can't/doesn't deal with his patients'. it's a thought-provoking movie, kind of sad, and the ending is vague... but for this kind of movie it works.

last night lauren and i went out. we pretty much made the run of campus... started out at one corner at burger king. i didn't realize how big whoppers really were. after that we went to the beta house for their "rave". lost epically at my game of pong; at least we didn't have to do a naked run. by the time we got there most people had left to go to the bar, so we didn't stay long. when we left beta, we went to our friend jared's house. by that time everyone was pretty worn out... so we didn't stay very long there either. lauren came back to my room with me and we played war for an obscene amount of time. didn't go to bed until about 3. maybe later, i wasn't really paying attention to the time, haha.

i've just been kind of sitting around today. got some homework done, and i'm starting to work on my marching band project - we have to pitch three band shows, pick the music, and pick the guard costumes. i am so excited!!

well, the buckeyes just won, so now i have to find something else to watch on tv. until next time.

under the table

i am so frustrated.

is there no hope for me?!

cannot i not find one decent male who's not a creeper or a freak?!?!



anyway. three days until the weekend!
lauren and i are going shopping tomorrow afternoon. i'd like to get some new cute tops.
today was decent, i guess. tuesdays aren't my favorite, and thank god i have these classes only two days a week. i have to start off at 8:30 in the morning... and i am NOT a morning person. but brien and i went to get chinese today, so that was awesome, haha. string methods was okay. i was trying my damndest not to fall asleep in that class, and i could totally tell brien was struggling too. after that, i have my child development class where we take notes for an hour and a half. funnnnnnnnn. and then band, so that's an hour and a half gone again right there. i've got a test tomorrow in history, and it really shouldn't be difficult. trudy faber recruited me to play with the handbell choir, because they need another person in the bass since the girl who's there now isn't very good apparently. that's another hour tomorrow afternoon, but i'm really excited about it. trudy seems to like me anyway, which is helpful, lol.

umm.... what else is important enough to post...

not much, haha.

i'm just trying to stay afloat.