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Ahh, I can finally relax. This week has been extremely hectic, and I'm definitely glad for the weekend to come. Anyways, here's a bit of a summary of my week.
Last Saturday was the last CLC house party of the year, which means pretty much my last time "going out" on the weekends. They had a few bands there, including two, well, hard-rock/punk bands. I usually don't enjoy that music much, but in concert, with a bunch of friends, it's a lot of fun. I actually was in a mosh pit for some of it, and it was actually pretty fun. I never thought that pushing and slamming into other people would be enjoyable, but in a friendly atmosphere, it actually is.
Sunday was the last Chamber Singers performance of the year. We sang two double-choir pieces with the Nazareth chamber choir at their concert, and then left. They were both pretty awesome pieces: Bach's "Komm Jesu" and "An Apostrophe to the Heavenly Hosts" by Healey Willen. Oh, and our transportation to and from the concert (and rehearsal): a party bus. How awesome is that.
Academically, the week has been a bit of a challenge. I was up until 6 am Wednesday night working on a CAS research proposal (of course, it didn't help that I started it at 3 am after 2 hours of procrastination), and then slept through the class I was going to turn it into. Also, missing that class results in a 2% reduction of your final grade. Which sucks. Then Thursday I was up until 4:30 doing econ and physics, but that's my regular weekly schedule. I slept through a guest speaker in Analysis of Rock who was talking about Cream, which was kind of disappointing, but the last guest speaker was rather disappointing. Whatever. I also found out that I'm getting a mid-B in physics right now, which is rather disappointing, considering I got a solid A last semester in a supposedly harder class. It's the result of one test that didn't go all that great (the one I was joking about), combined with one homework assignment I forgot to turn in, which is pretty stupid. Hopefully my next midterm (on Thursday) will go much better. I'll definitely bring my pencil sharpener to it, anyways.
Wednesday night was also a candlelight vigil for Virginia Tech. It was well-done, and well attended. But other than that, it seems that not many people are talking about it much. Other than in my church group's dinner dialogs, I don't think I've really heard anyone talk about it at all. I don't know if that's shock or discomfort or what, but it almost seems unhealthy. My reaction to it has been, well, mixed. At first, it was just another random tragedy in the news. It might have hit a bit close to home, but I still wasn't really that affected. I pay less attention to news regarding this than other things. But at times, especially when reading the victims' stories, I almost cry. It's confusing, and I feel kind of bad about not being affected more. Has my reaction of crying for others' losses been lost or subdued? Or is it still too distant to really affect me? I don't know. Anyways, my prayers are still with Virginia Tech.
Also, on Thursday, my dad came to visit me here, which was really awesome. He had some business in Pennsylvania, so he made the side trip up here to visit me. I showed him around campus, then we went out to eat at a Thai place (I hadn't had Thai in a long time, and it was very good). We then checked out the Sibley Music Library, which is Eastman's library, and the largest private collection of music in the world (I think... maybe just the country). It was actually pretty fascinating, and I hadn't been there in a long time.
So yeah, that's the fun stuff that I've been doing.
Last Saturday was the last CLC house party of the year, which means pretty much my last time "going out" on the weekends. They had a few bands there, including two, well, hard-rock/punk bands. I usually don't enjoy that music much, but in concert, with a bunch of friends, it's a lot of fun. I actually was in a mosh pit for some of it, and it was actually pretty fun. I never thought that pushing and slamming into other people would be enjoyable, but in a friendly atmosphere, it actually is.
Sunday was the last Chamber Singers performance of the year. We sang two double-choir pieces with the Nazareth chamber choir at their concert, and then left. They were both pretty awesome pieces: Bach's "Komm Jesu" and "An Apostrophe to the Heavenly Hosts" by Healey Willen. Oh, and our transportation to and from the concert (and rehearsal): a party bus. How awesome is that.
Academically, the week has been a bit of a challenge. I was up until 6 am Wednesday night working on a CAS research proposal (of course, it didn't help that I started it at 3 am after 2 hours of procrastination), and then slept through the class I was going to turn it into. Also, missing that class results in a 2% reduction of your final grade. Which sucks. Then Thursday I was up until 4:30 doing econ and physics, but that's my regular weekly schedule. I slept through a guest speaker in Analysis of Rock who was talking about Cream, which was kind of disappointing, but the last guest speaker was rather disappointing. Whatever. I also found out that I'm getting a mid-B in physics right now, which is rather disappointing, considering I got a solid A last semester in a supposedly harder class. It's the result of one test that didn't go all that great (the one I was joking about), combined with one homework assignment I forgot to turn in, which is pretty stupid. Hopefully my next midterm (on Thursday) will go much better. I'll definitely bring my pencil sharpener to it, anyways.
Wednesday night was also a candlelight vigil for Virginia Tech. It was well-done, and well attended. But other than that, it seems that not many people are talking about it much. Other than in my church group's dinner dialogs, I don't think I've really heard anyone talk about it at all. I don't know if that's shock or discomfort or what, but it almost seems unhealthy. My reaction to it has been, well, mixed. At first, it was just another random tragedy in the news. It might have hit a bit close to home, but I still wasn't really that affected. I pay less attention to news regarding this than other things. But at times, especially when reading the victims' stories, I almost cry. It's confusing, and I feel kind of bad about not being affected more. Has my reaction of crying for others' losses been lost or subdued? Or is it still too distant to really affect me? I don't know. Anyways, my prayers are still with Virginia Tech.
Also, on Thursday, my dad came to visit me here, which was really awesome. He had some business in Pennsylvania, so he made the side trip up here to visit me. I showed him around campus, then we went out to eat at a Thai place (I hadn't had Thai in a long time, and it was very good). We then checked out the Sibley Music Library, which is Eastman's library, and the largest private collection of music in the world (I think... maybe just the country). It was actually pretty fascinating, and I hadn't been there in a long time.
So yeah, that's the fun stuff that I've been doing.