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H8
Wow. In all the dumb shit in my life, this has really been something that has affected me more than I thought. Even though I know I only surround myself with people who except me for who I am, there's something about the government not acknowledging the love that I feel as somehow illegitimate, and for my home to have been ruled that way ( Read more... ) -
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Wow, it feels so amazing to be out of Concord and in Davis right now. Well, being away from my family is probably the best thing. It's fucking great and I think I'll be in Davis for just the right amount of time, Today through Wednesday. I don't even want to think about the awful Disneyland and Hearst Castle vacation. No twenty-something ( Read more... ) -
Bantjes
"Inspiration is cross pollinating. so... a piece of mine may inspire a playwright, a novelist, or a scientist, and that in turn may be the seed that inspires a doctor or a philanthropist or a babysitter, and this isn't something you can quantify or track or measure and we tend to undervalue things in society that we can't measure. but I really ( Read more... ) -
Just Dance
Sooooo if you see some gay boy on the news with several items from QVC, stolen pints of ice cream from safeway, and found passed out in a shopping cart....that may very well be me ( Read more... ) -
Great Expectations
So pathetic ( Read more... ) -
Flower pots
My family is ridiculous and it drives me crazy. Everything has to appear like it's pleasant, or some plastic display of how happier we are. My sister talks in that fucking baby-voice like she's innocently skipping through daisies while we all know shit is going down her life ( Read more... ) -
Finals week.
I have a composition for a string trio, four essays, an audit and one actual sit down final exam with a scantron do do this week. All by Thursday actually, and the stress is pretty unbelievable. I made a lot of progress yesterday and today on study for my anthropology exam and my final audit. I've...been thinking about my compositions and ( Read more... ) -
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Tone:
"Nice tone", "high register a little shrill, low and midrange is good"
Rhythm:
"Good rhythm", "be careful not to rush, especially in hard parts"
Technique:
"Good articulation", "keep breath coming though the entire phrase", "fast finger work occasionally sloppy"
Interpretation:
"I would encourage him to *perform* more, to make more contrast", " ( Read more... ) -
FLASHBACK
The backbone of my high school career? Seating charts ( Read more... ) -
Shostakovich
Even over twelve hours later, the pangs of embarrassment are just as loud as when it happened ( Read more... )