flavor flav

These are some pics from the last stand of the band. We came, we saw, and a lot of people danced. Good times.

final farewells and concert

Welp i just said bye to tobi, and now I'm really depressed. Saying goodbye to my friends has never been so hard before, it's really really weird. I don't like it. Tomorrow I have dress rehearsals most of the day for the celebration concert on friday night. I am performing with chorale and yazz band, so be there. I can't wait to get out of the empty shell that this school has become in the past two days and be home with my family and friends. Can't wait, and here they are...

freyunds

Todays was the last day before Kyrie and Sienna leave, and their impending absence is bringing a sense of finality to this semester. We went down to Vincent and Kiko Howard's and had burgers and not beer, and some sweet times on the trampoline. I have enjoyed the last month of this semester so much more than the rest of it. I have really cool friends, and we have had some really sweet fellowship. Here are some pics of my friends. World, be jealous.

happy

This song has appropriately alleviated all feelings of strife from earlier today. It is called 'Feels so Good' and it is by the amazing Chuck Mangione himself. It is incredible how music has the power to dampen one's spirits then pick them right back up again. Thanks Chuck. Feels So Good by Chuck Mangione

angry

I just played my piano jury and it was absolutely humiliating and awful. I was sick for three quarters of this semester and have gotten in maybe a third of the time that I would need to prepare my pieces well, and I just wasn't ready to do it. A jury is supposed to be an accurate representation of how hard the student has worked for the semester; their best work. What just happened in front of the music faculty was a joke. I am angry that I was forced to play in spite of my condition, and I will be even more upset if I get graded down significantly because of it. This is the most upset I've been in a long time. I punched a wall, and now my hand hurts.

Don't think twice, its all right.

Today is cleaning day and it is also the last Saturday/weekend I will spend at school. I am ready to get home and relax for a little, maybe write some music, maybe not. We will see. I have 3 exams, an 8 pager, and a piano jury left before I am gone. I will be very very relieved when all this is behind me. Bob Dylan has really been speaking to me recently, I think his lyrics are really sweet and often applicable poetry. Thanks, Bob.

photo boof

Check out these sweet pics taken in the "Cave of the Spectacular Conceptions".