It's been a busy month and a half. Hmm...I never know where to pick up from after these long absences. Well, a few things have happened that are worth mentioning, so I'll divulge them in subsequent posts, updated within much smaller intervals ( Read more... )

It's funny how no matter how familiar you are with performing a certain action, you can still remain susceptible to mistakes every now and then. Well, not so much funny as it is annoying. Maybe it's simply stupidity on my part, but I had one of these flubs when I was eating KFC last week ( Read more... )

This doesn't have anything to do with this post, but I still feel the need to say that ytmnd.com has become the bane of my existence. Now, on to business:

Speakers found. I'm still surprised by how much good speakers go for. You can easily get a nice 2.1 setup for $20.00 or less.

The new arrival has prompted a much-needed revamp of my room. I'm ( Read more... )

After a lengthy hiatus, I finally have some news worthy of a blog entry. After several months of pestering and subtle (read: vulgarly obvious) convincing, my mother finally broke down and bought me a new computer. Yep, I now possess a pc which I may justifiably label a "rig ( Read more... )

Within the past week, I've had my musical horizons widened farther than ( Read more... )

Last night's War Requiem performance went pretty well. This was a tremendous challenge for all of the music students due to the sheer size and magnitude of the concert, but we pulled it off. Britten's piece calls for a full orchestra, a chamber orchestra, a full choir, a boys choir, organ, and three soloists: a baritone, tenor, and soprano. Because ( Read more... )

I recently came back from my first performance of two this weekend. This entire week has been set upon the theme "Waging Peace in a Time of War", with lectures concerning composers who were involved in the ravages of war, in conjunction with performances of their works throughout this weekend. By my standards, today was one of my most lukewarm ( Read more... )

Late last year, I decided to do something I've been planning to do for a while: sell a few of my old games. I went through my collection and made a list of all the items that I wanted to ditch for cash ( Read more... )

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I honestly don't know what I'm thinking sometimes. Throughout this freshman year of my college career, I've been bombarded with assignment after assignment, essay paper after essay paper, all while juggling regular orchestra and jazz rehearsals. It's rougher on me being a commuter student, having to put up with 1 1/2 hour rides to the university ( Read more... )