Hello everyone. I would like for you all to comment more on my journal, it lets me know that people are actually reading it, and that I'm not wasting my time pissing in the wind. I hear a lot of you say you read it, but I'd just like the comments, it makes me feel like I am worth something on the inside (not really, but hey, whatev). Evidentally ( Read more... )

So I slept through orchestra this morning. That was great, I finally feel like I got some rest for once. So, wow, its only 8 more days until I get back home from Aspen. Which, I dunno, doesn't really seem real to me. I've been here so long, it doesn't feel like I'm going to ever go back. It's going to take awhile to adjust to the way things ( Read more... )

It's weird, being away for this long, a lot happens. First Phil West, the principal english horn player for the festival for the last many years died. Then there was my uncle, who I thought was doing better against his cancer, who I then found out wouldn't make it past that weekend. And now a really good family friend died. He was only in his ( Read more... )

So uh, yeah. I'm ready to get home now. Except that I wanna go home, and then immediately leave again for Cleveland. Hopefully Irvine will let me come study with him. Anyway, one of my room mates left today, and everyone got all emo and crap. At this exact moment I've locked myself in my room so that no one will bother me, I need some time by ( Read more... )

So this title, as usual, has nothing to do with anything. I just got back from my second lesson with Jeff Irvine. He's a really really good teacher for me, because he's organized, and I'm not. The viola is going just great, I had a concert last night for an orchestra. We played Mahler symphony 5, and it was grand. I'm not sure if I want to ( Read more... )

Yes, the title is the amount of days I still have left in Aspen. Things here are really awesome though. The last few have been really melancholy though. One of my uncles died, which was really sad, and then some of the people who were only first session have left already. Laura, Jessica, have a blast in Korea...but it won't be as crazy here ( Read more... )

I'm still here in aspen, studying away. things here have been going really really well. Life is good. I am in about three quartets right now, its crazy. Kotor, and wiffle ball seem to be the games of choice on campus lately. i really havent been participating in that too much though. my quartets are playing brahms quartet 1, bartok 2, bach ( Read more... )

This morning I leave for sunny Aspen, Colorado. For those who don't know, this is going to be over two months of extrememly hardcore viola work. I'm very excited, because I am basically going to own everyone when I get back. I encourage any of my friends to call me when I'm there, the number is (503) 750-2135. This is most likely the last entry ( Read more... )

So yeah, as most of you probably know, I've been kinda emo lately, so I'm not gonna explain. If you don't know, and you're curious, talk to me. So I found out yesterday that I might be moving to Hudson Ohio...That has its benefits and its drawbacks. I think I'd actually kind of like to move there, but I dont know, whatever. I'm just not gonna ( Read more... )

Today was a pretty normal Sunday, so I'm not gonna go into what happened early in the day. But this evening, I went to the Oregon Symphony. They played the Symphony Number 2 "Resurrection" by Gustav Mahler. I had never heard this piece live before. It is now one of my favorite symphonies ever. The texts added by Mahler for the chorus to sing ( Read more... )