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slow(ed) down
It's dark outside and I need light. I'd probably do better if I moved south, but I don't think there's anywhere I'd want to live that's south of here. The kitten's sitting on my windowsill, watching the snowflakes fall. Little does he know I'm about to drag him off to the vet ( Read more... ) -
99 months
This song basically reflects how I feel about life.
"99 Months," The Burning Hell (Tick Tock, 2006)
days feel like weeks on days like this
and weeks feel like being repeatedly kicked in the ribs
but hey, three cheers, and hip-hip-hooray
we're not dead, not all dead anyway
it's astonishing, but let's get on with it
the bars are still open
and there's a ( Read more... ) -
This town
As much as I need to get out, I know that I'm going to miss this town when I leave. -
Philip Glass
"In my student days, I knew a lot of composers, many of them more talented than myself. But I learned one thing most of them did not: good work habits. When I was still a teenager, I forced myself to write music during a set period every morning, and I also forced myself to stop at one in the afternoon. I refused to take down musical ideas at ( Read more... ) -
The Future
I've been giving a lot of thought recently to what I want to do next year. It's a difficult decision. I am not someone who decides things quickly - my mother commented recently that I make simple decisions far more difficult than they need to be. I had been planning to take a year off from school, to move to a city with better resources and to ( Read more... ) -
that was a bad idea.
It's the end of the four-day weekend and I didn't get nearly as much done as I should have, but isn't that always the case? I did some reading on Steve Reich and Philip Glass for research methods, worked on my second composition project, and really, I guess that's about it. It wasn't much. I probably shouldn't have gone out of town overnight, ( Read more... ) -
stop waiting
I'm not doing what I need to be doing with my life. Some things are beyond my control, but others are not. I wish I hadn't waited so long to start composing. I wish I'd tried to get into photography instead of taking research methods. Why am I doing an honours degree in music, and why am I doing it here where I end up taking courses that don't ( Read more... ) -
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I don't think there are enough places to go. I state the obvious. I don't explain what's not. Why speak at all? It's too late not to. I have tea and I'm drinking it, and that I've made tea is probably a good sign. I've only managed to eat one meal today, but I have tea. How many hours until the weekend's over? And then what? I read that ( Read more... ) -
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I think I know what's wrong with me, and unfortunately, there's not much I can do about it, but hopefully it will pass ( Read more... )