I'm going crazy in my tiny, window-less office, which I have recently been told is too humid. Great, that won't affect my giant powder-puff hairstyle too much. Seriously, I check my email like every 7 minutes or so, and I've checked Facebook, myspace, and livejournal all in the last 20 minutes. Lame? You betcha. Okay, gotta go check the email ( Read more... )

I've been in the choral library for the past 4 hours, and I have 1 more to go. I started off extremely productive. I even neglected to prop the door open like I normally do, to discourage visitors. Then, I printed up a statement of intent for the choir tour, and put away all the music that was on my desk. We're talking 1000s of copies of music ( Read more... )

I am burnt out! When you put it into perspective, I would say that I lasted quite a bit longer at Shenandoah without wanting to jump off a building that I should've. Unfortunately, I didn't quite make the 6 year mark. 5 and a quarter is good, but not great when I still have a semester and a half and all I can think about is packing up and moving ( Read more... )

All week long, I've been working my ass off on projects for Dr. Cooksey. And every Friday, it's the same 2 hours of disappointment. His disappointment at me for not knowing how to pedal on the organ while simultaneously playing "We're Marching to Zion" on two different manuals, and also for not being able to correctly chant the Vespers hymns from ( Read more... )

Today is one of those, stuck in school for 12 and a half hours kind of days. I'm really burnt out right now, which isn't good, considering it's only mid-September. I'm in need of a break. And not a Frappucino, Corona, 5 minute break. I want to change my whole life ( Read more... )

This weekend was spent bach-ing it up. Well, actually not as much as I'd planned, but plenty, anyway ( Read more... )

I'm ready to be done with school. I just got out of an hour with Dr. Averitt, which isn't bad--he's nice and smart. But it was so boring! I just want to apply what I've learned and move on. I felt like the oldest person in the class. Except for the new African guy who may or may not be getting anything out of the class. And Mary, who ( Read more... )

School's back, and I'm quite busy. I took on a job working in the choral library, which is nice, but it comes with the added responsibility of being Mr. Shafer's assistant, which is a full-time job in and of itself. I'm finding myself able to meet the challenges. I just don't want to take myself too seriously, and I want to have time for friends ( Read more... )

Today, I started working in the choral library. I've been trying to work in there all summer, but, due to the laziness or ineptitude of the previous choral librarian, I had a lot to fix. I had to procure a new computer, get rid of two old computers, install software on the new computer, and learn how to use the software. I mean, this software is ( Read more... )

So much has changed since my last entry, yet so much is the same. I'm still very happy, but for a new, random, and unexpected reason. You know James Martin? Of course you do, the cute little trombone player. He's all mine! He's just the sweetest, and we get along great. I'm not going to say things are perfect; if they were I'd be scared. But ( Read more... )