The problem with school is that you have to do work for it, like write papers and do projects. Sometimes those are worth a lot of your grade.
The problem with being in a program where the quarters are 10 weeks long is that you have midterms to complete during the fourth week, to be turned in on week 5.
Okay, focusing now.

A while back, I played for a wedding at the Valley Green Inn. There were a whole bunch of ducks and geese that hang out there. In addition to the regular varieties that one would expect, there were a few of these creatures:
http://flickr.com/photos/lou19403/2134100950/
Has anyone seen a bird like this before? What is it? I can't even tell if it's ( Read more... )

I almost never remember my dreams, but I'm glad I remembered this one:
We were all at Pinewoods hanging out in the camphouse after the dance. You know how Scottish dancers sometimes do strathspey/reel medleys? (like, couple 1 dance as a strathspey, then for the second time through as a reel, then couple 2 start the dance again as a strathspey, ( Read more... )

Sometimes, I make the mistake of not doing what I want to. There are many situations where that is appropriate. But sometimes, it's nice to just take a break and relax and do what you want. I could have gone to the session or Perdues last night, but I would probably not have had a very good time. Instead, I:
-Played with the cats. Like, really ( Read more... )

After many years, I don't remember my middle school music teacher's name. But I do remember him wandering around the room singing "Machaut, Machaut Mass" to the tune of "Nacho Man"
(this reminiscence brought to you by this week's homework)

I am not an easy person to be friends with.
If you are reading this, I love you. Thank you.

Am I the only one who routinely runs out of milk while eating cereal? Everyone else seems to refill the cereal to use up the extra milk... who are these people and how do they eat?

In case it wasn't clear to anyone, I have a scarf fetish :) I bought a new green one at the Farmer's Market on Saturday, after walking by it for about three weeks in a row...
The whole scarf-wearing thing started in NY when I spent a lot of time working in the cold room (at 4 degrees). Everyone has a part of the body that feels the cold more than ( Read more... )

I'd been wondering for the last couple of days: "Why did people make covered bridges?" Why not just regular bridges? Was it because of snow? It's not like the roads were being plowed then or anything (in fact, as one of the sources will mention - a job of a bridge tender used to be adding snow onto the bridge so that sleighs could cross). Were ( Read more... )

...that I am now in Seattle where gas is about $4.40/gal