As I did last year, I am splitting my Christmas entry into two parts, one to list the gifts and one to go over all the events and persons involved in said events. Here is the first part, which is the list of gifts ( Read more... )

After my Jazz Pedagogy final this morning, Steve Haines informed me that he is moving up Travis Morgenstern to the Jazz Ensemble for next semester. I will be playing with the Jazz Band. The reason is because, although my reading skill is very good, I need to work on my improvisation and chord skills. Although the band is much better this year ( ( Read more... )

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For my birthday in September Sarah gave me tickets to a Panic! At The Disco concert, part of their Nothing Rhymes With Circus Tour, which would take place November 10th in Charlotte. When the day came Sarah and I met outside the Music Building after Jazz Ensemble and headed off to Charlotte. Aside from one wrong turn the drive went easily. We ate a ( Read more... )

I now have a new computer, thanks to the events of this past weekend. I'll keep this short, so as not to bore all of you with small details, but the basic gist of the story is this: I dropped my old iPod a week or two ago and needed to replace it. I bought a replacement, but when I tried installing the software required, somehow it brought about a ( Read more... )

The one-year anniversary episode of "The Colbert Report" just finished and I have to say that Stephen Colbert is just as awesome now as he was when the show premiered last October. The show still has its sarcastic wit and continues to be (in my opinion) funnier than "The Daily Show," although I will forever be loyal to Jon Stewart. Tonight's WORD ( Read more... )

Since school's been back in session for a week, it's time to update on the events of Fall Break. This section will be short. Most of break was spent louging around the house looking after the dog. I brought home American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis to read; I ended up finishing it a day before the break ended. On Saturday I took my busted iPod to ( Read more... )

Two weeks ago I went to another Electric Six concert with Sarah and David. Although we had known about the concert for weeks, David had been putting off giving us an answer, due to an exam he would be having the Wednesday after. As I predicted he would, he relented, although AFTER I had already bought tickets for Sarah and myself. On the night of, ( Read more... )

Yesterday I dropped my iPod in the elevator and it started acting quite strangely. I thought it had fixed its problems by last night, since all but one song (which I assumed was corrupted) played normally and I had no trouble scrolling through the menus. This morning, I unplugged it from my computer to discover that, not only had it not been ( Read more... )

After much delay, Elder Signs Press sent me an email this morning telling me that they would not publish the story I submitted to them in April, "Open Wide," in their magazine DARK WISDOM. While I am disappointed, I can't say I'm surprised. I am, after all, just starting out and I'm sure that my stories will get better with more experience. I'm not ( Read more... )