Man...Sheena you really need to get a life. I have done absolutely nothing in the past week. All the plans that I had with people fell through, so I was left with the exciting agenda of eating, reading, sleeping, and watching movies. A lot of time spent talking to my dog, not that anything is wrong with that, I love my dog :) But sometimes it's nice to talk to people other than my younger siblings, parents, and pets.

I need to get out of the house, but there really is nowhere to go, I have no need to shop really---not that there are any decent places to shop...i shouldn't eat, no one to see movies with....let's throw a sheena pity party! i'm pathetic.

On the bright side--my upper range is even more solid now! I just need to start cracking down on the low...the bad part is I always get the urge to practice like now...when my whole family is sleeping, and I can't :( excuses excuses...

So---I don't think anyone from the UP reads this- but if you do, SAVE ME!

So, here I am at home. I've been here for less than a week and I've already read 10 books. Nothing's changed....bought new running shoes this morning, hopefully I run. Went out with the churchie people last night actually had a good time. Meg's wedding shower is tomorrow, and then Erin and I are driving down to Marquette for her cousin's wedding reception, which means I have to find something to wear?!?! I have nothing! We've been playing lots of card games (which I love!) we're going garage saling tomorrow morning. I missed comments before..but now they're back on, and hopefully they're working..let me know if they're not! My grades are better than I expected. I have a 3.8 right now, and I'm only waiting on music history which should be an AB, that means my cumulative is probably going to go to a 3.6! Hooray, I can still not go to class. (I told myself if my gpa ever went below a 3.5 i'd start going to class!) I got an AB in that class I never went to! I love being a sheenastudent :) Call me sometime if you're in the UP..even if you're not! Cause I'm bored out of my mind and need something to do. I think I may go hang out in the video store where my friend works, until I have to go pick up my mom from work at 11. I need to buy white shoes for work this summer, and I can't decide if I should get nice ones, or just cheap ones from walmart or payless...we'll see! Well I'm going to look online for pumas and birkies...later!

I'm the weirdest person in the world. So here I am done with my exams...happy to be out of school. And I'm sitting in my room, and I just burst out into tears...i don't understand myself sometimes.

I'm DONE!! Hooray! Now I'm just chilling, I should be packing...but I'm not. I'm really tired, but want to be with people, oh well...social time will come, sometime? It'll be nice to be home...but sad to be gone. Don't really want to write as much as I thought I did...oh well. later.

So...
I PASSED MY JURY!
Percussion, Strings, Black Music, and Theory are done!

Now I'm doing my Ed Policy paper, which question 1
is 67/1500 done, and question 2 is 657/1500 done! and it's not due until Thursday I'll be fine!

And I'm studying for music history...which is ok. People are coming over tonight to work on it more.

John is copying Blackbird for me! and wants me to do the concerto competition next fall. The tbone/tuba softball couldn't happen, because of rain, but we had the tbones do the toothpick race! hee hee! WE WON :) It was a good time, though Tony didn't come, cause he was with Ho..good job ditching us loser!

Almost done...it's weird, I'll be home in less than a week. BUT HARRY POTTER is on JUNE 4th! I know..I'm a dork...hmm I need to figure out how to get comments working.

Ahh..the new background is Harbor...signifying my summer job..in HARBOR SPRINGS :) Ok...back to more reading and writing.

No more classes!
Kent Night was a SUCCESS!!!!

Now onto...
1. Theory Exam
2. Percussion take-home final
3. JURY--AAHHH!!!!
4. Ed Policy 12 pg take-home essay final!
5. Music History final
6. PACKING

too much to do, too little time.

Things to do for the rest of the semester--
1. Write Percussion paper
2. Write cello duet
3. Plan Kent Night
4. Study for Black Music History Final
5. Black Music History Final--this Thursday--in class
6. Go to Ed. Policy on Tuesday to get exam questions
7. Write that exam
8. Practice LOTS for my jury
9. Music Theory Final
10. Music History Final
11. Drink lots during finals week
12. Pack
13. Kick tbone butt in the softball game
14. Hang out with everyone
15. Hope for sun, so I can study/write on the Terrace a lot!
as for now...I should get dressed and go to the concert...

Recital=Done....thank god. My family just went to the hotel, they're going to leave in the morning without seeing me. That's ok, we spent a lot of time together today. Jo and Lynn are the best roomies ever, they bought me a bouquet of roses :) I'm having a Raspberry Smirnoff Twist to celebrate, and then I might head over to Katie's to watch Friends with her and Kathryn. Not too exciting...but I am so worn out, and just need a couch to collapse into.

Now I need to learn my scales for my jury so I can kick it's butt...and write my perc. and cello things for monday....

ok, I'm out. Thanks to everyone who came!

beige rhetoric

blue adverb sits social construction
it was troped and soothingly metonymized
waxing amazing and gooey
the only lapping rhetoric was the nostril-
magenta remembrance of themes past when poodle howls
beige epistemology soothingly toward blue identity
now, beige chickens by the red wheelbarrow



hmm....bad poem

WhAT A GREAT DAY!!!!!!!!!!!
so..here's the good things that happened to me today
1. GREAT WEATHER
2. Terrace time!
3. Lunch on Janet's roof with good music, conversation and a great view
4. passed my ed audition
5. good lesson and dress rehearsal!
6. found out I got a B+ on the midterm for the class I've never been to
7. and after work, we're having Jagermeister, and Irish Car Bombs in my room before Jazz!!!!!!!!!! wahoo :)

I can't wait for my recital/school/juries to be over! So I can PARTY! I'm going to see if my dad can maybe come pick me up a couple days later, so I have a few days to chill here. We'll see.

Come to my recital...May 1st 7:30 St Francis House, it's going to rock!

I'm planning Kent night...to celebrate, mourn the loss of Kent for next year :(

Anyone want to party during exam week, I'm up for it, Monday, Tuesday, or Thursday!

TUBAEUPH/TBONE SOFTBALL GAME--after juries on Monday, May 10! Should be a great time! we better win!

hmmm...so yeah..I hope the rest of work goes fast, I want to chill, drink and listen to the UW jazz band :)

Take the quiz: "Which American City Are You?"

New York
You're competative, you like to take it straight to the fight. You gotta have it all or die trying.

so, I just went and retook it...to see if I could still tell the truth, but be a little nicer...and I only moved up to the 6th level of hell...I'm a crappy person!

You are 19% geek

OK, so maybe you ain't a geek. You do, at least, show a bit of interest in the world around you. Either that, or you have enough of a sense of humor to pick some of the sillier answers on the test. Regardless, you're probably a pretty nifty, well-rounded person who gets along fine with people and can chat with just about anyone without fear of looking stupid or foolish or overly concerned with minutiae. God, I hate you.

Take the Polygeek Quiz at Thudfactor.com

Man...I'm writing a lot lately, guess I just need an outlet. I get like this sometimes. I'm going to answer Lauren's questions...not many people read this blog I guess....oh well ;)

1. If you could live anywhere in the world, regardless of money, occupation, etc, where would it be?
hmmm....that's a toughie, well, I've always wanted to live on a cliff, and in a castle (or huge manor, I don't care how drafty people say they are ;) So...I think I would choose Ireland (despite all the political uprising) Just because I love the green photos I see....and castles, and cliffs and sheep....now this might change after I visit it eventually, who knows I may hate it....but right now, that's my dream! (and I'd play in a brass quintet too...that's my other dream, though it's not about where I'd live)

2. How many licks does it take you to get the center of a toostie roll pop?
Actually A LOT! It usually takes me 2 or so tries to eat a tootsie pop, it's just too much sugar, so I have to rewrap it, and attempt it later.

3. What's the best class you've taken at college?
I don't think I've taken a best class...I've liked certain aspects, playing all the instruments in percussion fundies rocks....David my theory TA this semester is great, so I'm really getting into Contemporary music in theory, which is something I NEVER thought would happen with my dislike for modern music...but no more! And Botany 100 was great...as our labs consisted of stuff like walking in the woods, eating fruit, and pretending we were molecules :) Hopefully one of these days I'll take a class that I LOVE! Cause I really need that.....

This one has the potential to be an interesting exploratory exercise, and I'm interested in seeing what comes of it. Here's how it works.

I want everyone who reads this to ask me 3 questions, no more no less. You may ask me anything.

Then to go to your journal or weblog, and copy and paste this allowing others (including myself) to ask you anything. Let me know if you do this!

Answers will be given in a follow-up post.

I can do it!

Old friends are so great! Thanks for a great conversation, let's never lose touch again :)

So, tonight Biz turned 21, that is crazy, I hate being so young. Though I'm happy for him, and I drank a few glasses of wine for him while I was writing my paper which is now finished. As soon as this glass is done, I'm going to fill my nalgene and go to sleep! Hooray for sleep, and since I'm going to the SERF with Kim tomorrow night, I don't need to wake up tomorrow morning to go! Hooray for that! And I'm listening to Boyz II Men, I love them, I always have!

Jules--I hope your life turns around for the better, get to know Rob, I think you'll like him :) And then I'll have to come visit you two! You need more friends! Friends are the best things in the world!

Congrats to Jerry and his show and purchase!

hmmm...I have to transcribe a Bob Dylan song for theory, should be exciting as he doesn't really sing real notes. Though on a cool note, in Theory on Friday we're going to play In C, it's a minimalist piece by Terry Riley. I am so glad i have David as my TA this semester, I have learned so much, and really want to know more, he makes it so interesting! Maybe I'll get not a B in theory this semester, though I doubt it, I can always hope!

I guess I've found a way to accept this break up, and now I can live with it. Hooray! I hope spring comes back I really want more warm weather.

If anyone wants to SERF or just walk, or do something active, let me know, I'm up for it all! Or if someone just wants to bask in the sun on Bascom, I'll be there for you!

Night, my glass is almost empty!

Wine and CMT...that'll fix things won't it....please....

So, today was an easter to remember...laundry, dishes, cleaning, john and katie's recital. i wonder if there is a thing with easter and ex-boyfriends for me. Last Easter while walking through Library Mall, I saw an exboyfriend from high school that I hadn't seen for 3 years....then this year, my boyfriend basically breaks up with me. He wants to be friends after what he's going through is done, but things might not change, he has to think....so yeah, the guy I love, doesn't know if he wants to be with me anymore, though he still loves me, his life is confusing....I've been through it before, now I know how hard it was on him...I hate hanging in limbo, not knowing. I love him so much, we've been through SO much together.

Other than that, my life has been ok....I've been sick lately which sucks....but my preparation for my recital is going good. You should be there, May 1st at St Francis House...it should rock. If only I could get all my proficiency learned as well....

I hope things work out....until then, it's wine and CMT.....

procrastinating...like usual. I have 3 papers due tomorrow, for a total of 16 pgs, and I haven't started yet. Man, am I doing great. But I heard another trombone candidate today, Mark Hetzler, from Empire Brass, he was AMAZING!!!!!!! He played Monk's New York Requiem....gorgeous piece! Well...I should try and get something done before quintet rehearsal.

Man....What a crappy semester. So, the other day in my horrible 8:50 lesson, I started sobbing, and could not stop for like 2 hours, so I skipped some classes. and now the whole world is crashing down...I've just got SO much to do that it's insane. I really need to cut things out of my life, but I have no idea what, as I need everything i'm doing. i could not graduate in 4 years, and drop my course load down...or just not practice, or not work and be broke. I can't wait till spring break, I really need it. It will be so nice to be down in AZ with Adam for that whole week! I'm excited. On a good note though, my mom sent me flowers and balloons today, after my bad yesterday, so that was awesome and unexpected. I haven't really been writing much in here...no time. Right now I should be writing one of the 3 papers that are due on tuesday, that I won't have time to write this weekend. Tomorrow I have the PPST test to get into the school of ed at 7:30 in the morning. I realize that my blog is very different from everyone's very intellectual blogs...but this is just a place for me to rant....ok, that's all I can do. later.

crazy...I just got a call from a teacher in my high school, apparently one of my old teachers (drama advisor) is getting charged with molestation, and they're reaching back a few years to see if there's a history....I suppose we all knew never to be alone with him, because he made us uncomfortable, but he never like put the moves on any of us, but it always seemed like intent was there.....this is sort of throwing my stomach in knots...