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Music, Psychology, and War
So right now, I’m reading a book for a term paper that I’ve borrowed from a friend of mine. That it is hardcover and autographed by the author makes it seem all the more awesome, and that the author seems like an older, male version of me makes reading it all the more exciting.
So I was not surprised when, reading this section a few moments ago, I ( Read more... ) -
Spoiled As An Undergrad
So I'm starting to realize just how awesome she is. When I sent that fateful email to the associate dean two years ago and asked him to 'convince me' that this was the best school for me, she was just one of the ten or twelve or so professors to whom he introduced me. I remembered her clearly because a) she was a female research scientist, of which ( Read more... ) -
WHY?!
So I thought I destroyed my hand this week playing a weird Hanon exercise requiring 2 to turn a third over 1 instead of just a second. I left the keyboard lab in tears, it hurt so much. I wore an ace bandage for a few days. I cried at night because I thought I wouldn't be able to play anymore, let alone hold a pen with my dominant hand.
After a few ( Read more... ) -
Let's Hope
So I know the typical belief that what separates humans from other organisms is our intelligence and creative abilities. Without us, there would be no pursuit of philosophy or science, no understanding of abstract mathematics, etc. However, there are stories in our culture that suggest that what makes humans really special (though not necessarily ( Read more... ) -
Where Were They When I Needed Them?
So this semester, I am taking a class on the history of psychological inquiry in the West from the Renaissance forward. And looking back through the existential crisis I had spanning childhood and adolescence (which I may or may not still be in), I realize how incredibly helpful the information I'm now gaining from this class would have been at age ( Read more... ) -
Musicals Have A Purpose
This post is dedicated to anyone who has been or has ever wanted to be on the stage...
The lovely Penny from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is my example that it is possible to do whatever you want and then do whatever you want; Felicia Day got a BS in Mathematics from UT and now she's a professional violinist, actress, and singer. (Check out her ( Read more... ) -
Oh, Shit! Am I Growing Up?
So for some reason, the shiny confidence and certainty that I had a few years ago decided to part from me and it makes me want to capture some cute little furry animal and eat it alive because then at least I would confidently and certainly be something, if a tormentor of cute little furry animals.
I'm not much of a Musician anymore. I'm not much ( Read more... ) -
Testing My Confidence By Posting This Here...
So he asked me to write down the mess in my soul for him to read. Well, I took his request with a grain of salt, so I wrote the plain, cold, and untouchable truth. I am only posting this here to make myself feel confident enough to actually send the damn thing; read at your own risk.
“Hello” by Oasis
I have had to lose hundreds of people in my life ( Read more... ) -
Missing You
I do not know when I am to see you next.
This thought terrifies me.
I need a scheduled date to continue life,
Heart no longer on hold.
I can not that old mistake again,
Waiting, disappointed.
I love you too deeply to let you slip through
What remains of my life.
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Can God Be Known Through Fiction?
So I was out walking my doggie the other night in the subfreezing snow-blanketed landscape, thinking about something a character had said. The ancestral mother hunts in the icy climes to the extreme North with a fearsome nocturnal disguise, and when this knowledge was met with shock by some of her children, she said that she wears that mask by ( Read more... )