Skewl
Hey, long time, no (meaningful) update.

I've gotten into this habit of reading people's journals daily but never commenting, dont take it personally.

School has been going really well, we're in week 3 of 2nd quarter and its turning out to be better than the 1st overall. I'm taking two non-music classes (econ of the world wars and lit of existentialism), which are both really intriguing and a great break. On the music side, im taking this kickass high brass class...we're learn a ton about trumpet (horn is next month) and a ton about how to teach it, its cool. I'm glad that i took a quarter of just music, because it made me realize how much i miss other stuff. I discovered I need that balance.

Ive also discovered im not an existentialist.

Im applying to be a CA (community assistant...aka RA) for next year, so I have a 4 hour group interview in two weeks, and then if im still being considered, a 1 hour individual interview later in February. I'd really like to do it, I think it would be a valuable experience unlike anything I've done before. We'll see what happens.

Musical epiphany of the day: You can only make 4 different augmented triads...so each note in the chord could potentially be the root. Confusing.

My mom found this writing utensil called a Double Click: you twist the cap one way, its a black pen...you twist it the other way, its a mechanical pencil. Its easily the most useful invention of the last 1000 years.

"Only 30 anti-nuclear protesters showed up recently to oppose a plutonium-fueled mission to Pluto. The most raucous it got was when protesters tied colorful origami birds to the fence of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station." - ChiTrib

Its hard for me to write a coherent post these days. I guess ill stick to the random stuff.