So Fox News is, unsurprisingly, at it again.

In this article, Fox News claims that Obama's tax plan, which would reduce the amount the top tax bracket gets back from donating to charity (from 35% to 28%), will negatively affect how much the wealthy contribute to charities.

To determine this, they did a study. They polled the wealthy with the question ( Read more... )

For those of you out there on my friend's list that are Daily Show fans, politics fans, fans of anything really funny, and fans of British comedians, I highly recommend subscribing to The Bugle podcast. It's John Oliver (of Daily Show fame) and a British comedian named Andy Zaltzman keeping you up to date on recent events in the most hilarious way ( Read more... )

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So here's the deal, folks.  Schedule is this. In about an hour, I have my Japanese final. Tomorrow at the same time is my linguistics final. Friday at 5 PM, my final paper for CHJA 120 is due ( Read more... )

- Comment and I'll give you a letter.
- You'll then have to list 10 things you love that begin with that letter.
- You may choose to do it at your journal or leave a comment here.
- Afterward, post this in your journal and give out some letters of your own.

THE LETTER "R"

1.)  Roronoa Zoro!
2.)  Rachmaninoff
3.)  Reuben sandwiches
4.)  Ryutaro Nakamura
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Okay, so my senior recital is going to be on April 18th at 1:30 pm. It will be awesome. The Rachmaninoff cello sonata I wanted to play a movement of came in yesterday, and it's not all that hard, so I'm definitely going to do that instead of the Chopin.

In other news, blah.

I need to start researching for my CHJA paper today. I hate this part.

"I am pleased to inform you that the music department faculty has approved your proposal for a senior recital next year.  This year we received an unprecedented number of requests to present recitals, and as a result have had to think very carefully about both scheduling and resources.  Therefore, though we will make every attempt to honor your ( Read more... )

So the Employment Office actually found a job for me this summer. Too bad I already went ahead and found an internship.

Well, fuck.

So I submitted my tentative program for a senior recital last week. Here's what it looks like.

Schumann - Fantasy Pieces (around 10 minutes)
Bach - Suite No. 2 for unaccompanied cello (probably 20-25 minutes)
Brahms - Sonata no. 1 for cello and piano, mvt. I (around15 minutes)
Chopin - Polonaise Brilliante (around 10 minutes)

Here the issue, though. I ( Read more... )