That's the title of the playlist Tricia found for me to listen to while I wrote this. Nice.
Cheggout her blog. She does cool stuff just like I do. http://lastminutecreations.wordpress.com/
A month is a long time to be away from school. It's long enough to forget the pace at which you are required to move, to produce results, to achieve. It's also long enough to forget the feeling of your brain starting to get all bunched up in your skull because it's throbbing from the rapid intake of information. I've heard boxers get all bunched up in jeans. My brain doesn't like it, so I feel for all you boxer-wearers.
I'm going to make a list of why this is bound to be the best semester yet.
-In my ice skating class there are girls doing jumps and triple spins. But the teacher is so laid back that I am allowed to just zoom around the ice skating rink. I'm working on my left crossover, I'll keep you posted.
-Jazz improv is taught by a great teacher who's a total hoot.
Here's a quote to give you a taste: "Don't play right now. You play it, I'll transcribe it."
-I'm playing trombone with the jazz band. This is an ensemble that I've dreamed of being in since I arrived at UVM. They took me completely out of desperation, but he said he loved my enthusiasm, and now, well...I'm in it...I'm playing swung eighth notes...I have rarely been happier.
-I'm taking trombone lessons with a teacher who supports me, is generally excited about trombone, seems to like me, and enjoys teaching. It's weird. Definitely not something I've gotten used to over the past two and half years. I mean...what?
-I'm going to learn how to conduct. A conductor unifies musical interpretations...and also has to be coordinated, musical, beautiful, and in charge all at once. Needless to say, I've got my hands full.
Full of a baton with a handle made from wood called "Santos-Zebra"...so I have high hopes.
-I'm in a hand drumming class playing the Djembe and Conga. It's 2 hours of playing with interjections of philosophy lessons. We have to journal. I am psyched.
-And perhaps most importantly, we have made recent discoveries about our landlord. On Wednesday morning I came out of music history to find her sitting in the lobby of the music building. She looked just as confused to see me as I was to see her. (Which...is wrong.) She told me that she's taking private lessons in composition. Apparently she composes all the time.
Well, after a little research we found out that it's not only music that she composes, but children's books.
Cheggit out.
http://www.amazon.com/Martha-R.-Lang/e/B004E9LT3U
So, like I said...Best Semester Ever.
Join me in the celebration.
xoxo Gossip Girl.
Oh wait, no.
PS: if anyone reading this has a blog please send me the link, I want to follow other people but I don't know how to find y'all.
Good luck!
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