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Ha, done my BMUS.
So now what? I can analyze music quite well, churn out a good 12-page paper in one night, can play piano (sort of), have developed a love for early 17th century french music.
MLIS PLEASE ACCEPT ME!
The last few weeks have been a whirlwind. The 'drams' came and went last week and I was a complete mess...let's hope this doesn't happen again. I am hopelessly addicted to Bones, still teaching piano happily mostly, meeting up with people I haven't seen in years, AND I started writing again!
What's this? Writing?
I haven't had the ability to write since first year really. And research papers don't count. I took out a story I haven't touched since first year. Amazing how things change, writing style is drastically different. But I'm making progress finally. I have approximately 12 scenes lined up in my draft book, a big thank you to a certain big monkey who helped me find a masculine voice. "Guys don't do that, that's lame. We're not girls." |
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Oct. 4th, 2006 @ 10:20 pm
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My avatar is a man. I should change that soon. Hm.
Anyways. Hello livejournal.
Today I had the crappiest day on campus. Lost a silver bracelet. Locked my keys in my locker. Lost my singer's music hours after meeting her for the first time. What else did I do? Barely had time to sit around. But I did see Una ^^. Didn't have time to eat dinner. Was locked out of my house for a period of time. Have yet to find time to sit down and practice (will go do that soon). On top of being sleep deprived and generally a lil cranky.
YAY SCHOOL.
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May. 4th, 2006 @ 12:02 pm
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Aha. All the marks have come in and I have done pretty well this year considering my half-ass studying attempts. Next year I'm going to aim for a scholarship. Bwhahahaha. Just like my dear viola player, he got a scholarship this year too <3.
Last night I had a dream about a guy named Nathan, and a girl named Yamai. Yamai was an artist, and a friggin psycho. It was an awesome dream, good enough to write about. Now I haven't had one of those kinds of dreams in a long time. Nathan resembles one of those enigmatic manga characters who tend to say "ah" and "sou" all the time.
So (Mary) Jane has managed to coerce me to go back to UBC today to practice today. However, I think I'm going to bring my laptop and write instead. Inspiration hits me rarely now.
My birds are displaying erratic behaviour. Highly bizarre. It's amazing how amusing two budgies can be. |
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Apr. 3rd, 2006 @ 07:47 pm
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So like..uhhh...my jury is in...16 days.
I feel like puking.
I can't wait for summer.
I miss t3h band.
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Nov. 15th, 2005 @ 10:24 am
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You know it's getting to the end of the semester when
a) You start showing up later and later and later to each class
b) You feel a prepetual weariness in your body
c) You are extremely reluctant to study or do any assignment
Here I am sitting in the computer lab wasting away time. I should probably start my paper on...I don't even remember what. But I am extremely tired. I woke up at 8:40 today. My tutorial is at 9pm. It takes me approximately 45-60 mins to bus to school. *le sigh* Managed to con a ride off of the parental units, or one parental unit, and get to class only 15mins late. Only to step into class and get my dictation exam and midterm thrown at me.
The marks are still so...*shudder*
I still hate music theory ><
I miss my bed + duvet.
Random notes to people:
MJ: *virutal hug* I hope you're doing all right :(
Ai Rei: I haven't talked to you in a while either. I hope you still plan to come over in the summer!!! |
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Yep. My last update was when?
Ah. Well. My heart still belongs to xanga.
So things that are happening..I've assimilated into the nutso faculty that is music.
Tis friggin awesome there :). I am having quite the good time, aside from music theory. I still hate music theory.
Oct. 27th, 2005 @ 09:46 pm
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I wish there was an extra six hours in a day.
Sep. 20th, 2005 @ 10:45 pm
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Ah school.
The music faculty is...very music-filled. I walk down the hall and there is some soprano belting out an aria, a trumpet player, an oboeist doing scales and a flutist flying up and down notes.
I go to class, it is weird abstract music theory:
Dr. Bob: What do these two pieces have in common?
Student: Same pitch?
Dr. Bob: Aha, you THINK you know what pitch it, but you don't. Not there yet. Next!
Student: Similar rhythm.
Dr. Bob: Again, you THINK you know what rhythm and meter are, but you don't. Not there yet. Next!
I go to more lectures and there is me falling a sleep in music history:
Prof: Zis is zee galant style...and afterwords it iz ze rococo style..you know ze french word rocaille??
Oh, let us not forget my private voice lessons where I have to do very strange exercises:
Carolina: Pretend to throw a wine glass behing you when you hit high notes!
Me: ...
Philip: ...
And of course there is the piano performance classes:
Dr. Hamm: Let's do some Beethoven! Something firey! Something passionate!
Me: ....
Dr. Hamm: What better way to learn about emotion than through music!
Me: ...yes....*sweatdrops inwardly*
All in all I'm still getting used to doing music. I miss my arts courses. I miss classical studies with a passion. My heart weeps when I see references to antiquity.
*le sigh*
Sep. 13th, 2005 @ 09:51 pm
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1. Reply with your name and I'll respond with something random about you.
2. I'll tell you what song/movie reminds me of you.
3. I'll pick a flavor of jello to wrestle with you in.
4. I'll say something that only makes sense to you and me.
5. I'll tell you my first/clearest memory of you.
6. I'll tell you what animal you remind me of.
7. I'll ask you something that I've always wondered about you.
8. If I do this for you, you must post this on your journal. You MUST.
Nat on Me
1. Your bassist pic has now imprinted in my brain a picture of you all grown up as an emo kid with a bass... who likes video games!
My response: LOL, that was a Hallowe'en picture of me dressed up AS an emo kid...not that emo yet nat lol...but video games and bass <3)
2. I can definitely give you cd's that remind me of you: Moffatts - Submodalities, and Hanson - This Time Around... I miss those days!
My response: we were so young back then..lol...I'm almost ashamed..but at the same time, you're so right, those were great days. Come back to Vancouver again!
3. A pocky flavoured jello!!!
4. It's all about the Hanson, Moffatts, BSB, and Buffy crossovers my dear... all I can add to that is that we were young. o_o'
My response: Again, we were young. lol
5. The two of us playing an imaginary game all over Ottawa to which we were both detectives. Clearest moment was when we went to the gallery and one of the security guards told us not to use the walls as a table to write on.
My response: I have pictures of us at that gallery lol.
6. A panther, but not a massively huge one at that. Don't ask why, but panther was the first animal that came to mind. And you wouldn't be a mean panther either. :)
7. How fluent are you in French? I don't think I've ever uncovered that mystery.
My response: It used to be okay up until first year when I still took it...I understood maybe 80%..could speak some stuff..but it's been a while since I've done French.
Me on Nat
1. Selena - Escaflowne --> fanfiction
2. The Moffatts, Hanson...:P Our little thing
3. Cranberry!
4. Running around downtown Vancouver at the tender age of 13 and 15 going, "BAKA NO BUS."
5. Remember when you visited me in Quebec? That one time remains the clearest in my mind. I think I nearly cried when you knocked on the door.
6. Beaver...you're so busy lol
7. How do you manage your time so well?
I hope you're up to that promise of coming over next summer. I will be expecting you and Mr. B and you can come jam with me and my band! Man, we had some excellent times together :P
On another note...Ben is t3h cool. Omgggg...thank you thank you thank you. <3 You saved me from being at school for a gazillion hours.
Aug. 16th, 2005 @ 12:03 pm
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Today I went to EB and picked up Devil May Cry 3
I am a very very happy girl now ^______________________^
Aug. 14th, 2005 @ 12:15 am
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So I went to my second American Eagle interview today. Thanks to Ai Rei for her insightful tips last night :) They actually put me ON the floor for a good half an hour. It felt really weird. O_O But they said I did really well, and something about calling me back for when the next possible orientation is. That's a good sign, I hope o_O.
I'm so bored these days at home. I've only been playing Kingdom Hearts. It's so freakisnly cute with all the Disney characters. I believe I gave out a nice squeal when I saw Squall again. I can't beat the final boss in Devil May Cry normal mode T_T. I am not a very good gamer at all. Boooo. I said I was going to finish it and then get the third one.
Dude. I really want to go on vacation next summer. My goal is Tokyo for 2 weeks. But I highly doubt that O_O.
Jul. 24th, 2005 @ 03:38 pm
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All right, so I went for my first ever retail-clothing interview and totally bombed it. Bad vibes from the assistant manager. Oi. This reaffirms that clothes and I really don't go very well with each other. -_-" But hey, tis a learning experience.
Lately I've been sending out resumes left and right. So people, please call me back. Especially HMV, because I would really like to work in a record store. Music <3.
Florg once said to me, "J, music is your life." From the looks of it she's right, music is my life. I do it for fun, I study it, and I also work in the field. Wooooo. Now let me become a rockstar!
And OMFG I'M HAVING BAND PRACTICE ON MONDAY! ONE! ...even despite the problem that one of our guitarists is half way across the counry. But regardless! BAND! YAY! NEW REHEARSAL STUDIO! <3 <3 Band.
Jul. 20th, 2005 @ 10:25 am
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Sometimes I think I'm one of the world's least articulate people alive.
Jul. 5th, 2005 @ 04:19 pm
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I think...I'm beginning to dislike the person I've become.
I feel gross in this skin and with what is underneath.
I feel quite useless. Thank you.
Jul. 2nd, 2005 @ 11:38 pm
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So yesterday I gave my friend's student a lesson. The student has his grade one piano exam this Thursday, so my friend thought it would be nice if the student got some different feedback from a different teacher. The student is not bad, but he has some areas that need fixing (though it is kind of futile since it's too close to examination date..oi). All the problems were addressed by my friend during the past few months, so the two of us are chalking up the mistakes to the kid's nerves. It is his first piano exam after all. And piano exams can be very very scary.
But..hmm...somehow MY piano teacher heard about what happened with the student, and apparently I ripped the student apart? I guess my friend called her (we are both her students) since he was worried. That kind of jerked me when she told me -_-''. Oi. Since when was I a hardass teacher? Yeah, I admit I'm pretty strict on certain things, but I don't bash students -_-''.
I feel kind of bad now...because the kid is going into the exam on Thursday. The last thing I want to do is for him to think he can't make it through this exam. I seriously hope I did not discourage the kid :(. Now my friend is worried sick about his student. But then again, I would be too.
Booooooo :(
I hope he does well.
*sighs*
The process of learning how to teach is long and arduous -_-''.
Jun. 20th, 2005 @ 07:52 pm
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This not thinking about it thing is much harder than it seems.
I guess I'm like every other girl out there.
And I thought I could be the exception...mmmmm...no.
At this rate I will become a monk.
I miss Deus ex Machina so much right now.
It felt weird playing bass standing up today..that shows you how long it's been.
I miss playing so hard my fingers would hurt for two days.
In other news..I wish I were a better gamer.
Devil May Cry is so fun.
And Dante is so hot.
I just wish he wouldn't get himself killed so much.
And it absolutely sucks because when I switch between playing Shinobi and DMC. The controls are almost the exact oppostite. I hit a wrong button and I fall to my death in Shinobi. *sighs*
Jun. 15th, 2005 @ 12:25 am
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I am awaiting the arrival of a certain alien.
Until then I am pondering ditching two people I'm talking on msn for Castlevania. My fingers itch to play again. Leon is so pretty! <--but that's besides the point of why I want to play.
Hmm..the alien has arrived, but I see no UFO in site. *ponders*
Okay, to Castlevania it is.
*cackles*
Jun. 3rd, 2005 @ 02:27 pm
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Herrmmm...
El-Jay and I do not communicate much. I am still a xanga user. But even then the appeal of blogging on xanga is slowly ebbing out of my system. My life is mundane, there is not much to say. It is mundane yet it is frustrating at the same time. Ho hum how is that possible. There is a certain individual I would like to stab, but alas, let us all remain courteous and civil mmmm?
May. 8th, 2005 @ 09:06 pm
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This is LJ.
So I'm going to angst like a proper em0 kid.
No one ever gives a flying fuck anymore.
Sick of putting with shit.
The end.
Period.
Feb. 21st, 2005 @ 11:33 pm
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I'm too lazy to cook anything, so just plain rice in the morning. My parents have left me all alone for 9 days. Yay for the freedom. Yay for the lack of nagging. But booooo..no good food.
Why can't I find any decent agendas? All I'm asking for are the usual days of the week page, AND a monthly calender. But this year no place seems to want to give me either. And when they give me either, the monthly calender is this hideous green thing with HUGE numbers and no room to write. I NEED THE MONTHLY CALENDER YOU BASTARDS...how else am I supposed to remember when my assignments are due/how much time I have left to procrastinate? Instead of a monthly calender, the new agendas give you world maps. I don't need world maps damn you. Maybe I should just steal those agendas from high schools, they were efficient.
Yay, so I spent a total of two days trying to look for those agendas. I went to Daiso three times in the last week. I don't ever want to go again. Daiso is the world's most ASIAN place in BC...situated on No. 3 Road in Richmond's Aberdeen Center read "Ba-ga-deen" in Cantonese, next to Parker Place and Yaohan.
"Irrashaimase!!! Welcome to Daiso" stupid chain reaction.
Bitch bitch bitch. Had a hard time finding normal sized post-it notes too. Boooo..made me make that third trip to Daiso. Went to fabric stores to find that fluttery stretchy material to make that Amy Lee-like skirt...but nooo..no one has it.
But Bend it like Beckam is one of the most brilliant and random films I have seen in AGES.
Aug. 29th, 2004 @ 10:59 am
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