Confused?

Second post! Wow. Anyhoo.
So in grade school the Dark Ages was taught as a period of darkness where nothing particularly good happened (at least nothing that led to anything else).
In history of science last term, we were told that the Dark Ages were wrongly named and that they were a period of at least some prosperity and that grade school was wrong.
In music history we were taught that the Dark Ages weren't dark and were somewhat prosperous.
And in Foundations of American Ed, we were taught that the Dark Ages was a period of great stagnation in which nothing of any importance happened.
So which is it?!
Make up your minds!
It's confusing!
One period of time can't be overall both prosperous and stagnant. That's an oxymoron (just like how I found this powder at work called dumpster fresh...it's supposed to make dumpsters not smell bad, but that's impossible! They will always stink!).
And that's my mental conundrum for the day.
Have a happy night!

Weekend!

This weekend has effectively rocked my face off.
Watching The Importance of Being Earnest was a great time and I really like that movie/play. The parts of ...A Slipper and a Rose? Something along those lines...that I actually saw were really good (I was very much sleepy and the futon was very magically comfy).
And on Saturday there was Rob Pavaronian hosting the battle of the bands and that was absolutely freaking amazing. He's a music nerd comedian that did a rant on Pachelbel that's the most ingenious thing EVER...so Sarah had some shirts made and we completely decked ourselves out in punk-ness and had an amazing time. And we GOT TO MEET HIM! And take a picture with him! And it was just amazing.
Today...
Started off somewhat =P-ey. I started doing homework at 1130 and my first true break was dinner at 5. Then I did more homework. And there's still stuff I haven't finished quite yet. I got a lot done...but I neglected a LOT last weekend and now it's biting me in the behind. But it's ok. Because if I was a chem major it would be calc 2, o chem, physics AND bio that would be kicking my rumpus right now. Theory and history and practicing I can handle. I'm almost caught up with history and that makes me very much joyous.
But then!
There was some Jane Austen movie watching in the land of Sarah and Rachel V's dorm that made everything very much happy. There was some Bridget Jones, too, which is awesome. So even though I don't want it to be tomorrow (it's a Monday...I'm not fond of those...) I'm glad I had a happy end to the night.
Sometimes a good movie and a half with some close friends makes life very much happy.
And now I'm going to do one last listening log, prepare my backpack for my first few classes and head off to dreamland. Which is a glorious place.

Freaking weather...

Thank you wind chill!
School is delayed today meaning no field experience for me. ...again...for the third time this term...
=P
I'm not exactly the happiest camper ever.
BUT.
Then I looked at the temp...
Currently -17, -25 with wind chill...
And realized maybe it's a good thing I'm not walking to school today.
Yesterday's -15 was more than cold enough...
COLD.
Cold cold cold.
So...
Instead of more sleep today, I'll take advantage of my extra two hours and forty minutes and do something.
Namely ear training, music history and ED 100 stuff.
So it'll shave some of my weekend homework duties off...
And that'll be happy.

More Dreams.

So I just took a nap...
I was in my dorm and it was this year and I was doing something right before I was going to leave to go to Rachel V and Sarah's dorm that involved the three reclining chairs we have (we really have none). When I got to the other dorm, Mary Kate was there and Rachel was trying to convince her to come to some Shakespeare watching thing she was going to with some guy named Tim. Kate didn't want to go because she didn't know Tim and thought it would be awkward. Then I realized that I had a Shakespeare related class to take with Dr. Earl and that I should REALLY catch up on that stuff because I didn't remember anything from it at all. Sarah was heating up something for herself, but I had already heated up a muffin for myself in her microwave and was sitting in Rachel's dorm eating it when Sarah angrily marches in and demands to know why there is an extra muffin still in the microwave. I'm all "...I guess I accidentally grabbed two?" and she (in all seriousness) says "Well, next time to need to be more careful. Look! You hurt it's feelings!" and she leaves and Rachel and I start laughing and making fun of her last statement.
Then I was back in my dorm and it was literally today, I was going to be leaving for Rachel's and everything, but I'm remembering that I have a break coming up for some odd reason (even though I don't) and I was recalling the last time I came back from a break, where I listened to a Lilo and Stitch CD and drove the whole way and then remembered the last time my dad drove me back home and we took a highway that doesn't exist, goes in the direction of Iron, IL (which I don't think exists, either) and has a bridge that is exactly like a roller coaster. So I decide to take a nap and throughout the nap I keep hearing my dad's voice but I assumed that it was because I was having a dream involving him but then I wake up and discover that it really WAS my dad's voice, and he was in the next room with my mom and Snoopy and Tink and for five whole minutes me and Nate as babies (it was a paradox!) and I wasn't supposed to exist in twenty year old form when the babies disappeared and it was just Nate and I as we are now and my parents are explaining to me how they came to visit and give me my mom's car, all I have to do is drive them back home/drive myself back on Sunday and I only pay for part of it (as my mom was trying to explain, it cost 99 grand but if i only thought it was worth 39 grand that was fine. Which it wasn't worth 99 grand) and we were eating crackers that had the top cracker states in the world stamped on the back and my mom brought a bunch of stuffed snowmen so I could choose one but Nate wasn't allowed to have one and I was sad that they picked this weekend to visit because I wasn't going to be at school.
And then I woke up.
...
Wartburg track and field?

IT'S FRIDAY!!!

Huzzah!
I'm excited.
Not much is going on right this second...
I just have some time to kill.
So I'm killing it.
*stab*
Heheh...
Aaanyhoo.
Yesterday was pretty much amazing.
I woke up for work a little late (kept pressing the snooze, was dreading it, lost track of how many times I did press the snooze...). Being late isn't any big deal, just as long as we actually show up in the morning it's all good. So I got there later than normal and the guy that's been put on our floor decided to take over the bathrooms. So, for the first time since November, I GOT TO CLEAN THE CLASSROOMS!!! I LOVE cleaning the classrooms. Seriously. For whatever reason, wiping of desks and cleaning chalkboards is happy in my world.
And then I was supposed to do field experience.
But lo and behold, my school had a snow day. So I slept instead for a few hours and was very much happy.
Then my mini-presentation was happy in my K-8 methods class. Band was joyous. I went running again and that was, as always, wonderful. And slept very soundly.
Not much else has been going on in Rachel's land, so I shall leave you with the dreams I've had over the past couple of nights. Enjoy.
Wednesday night: My mom and I were out running errands and decided that we would pick up some food to bring home for lunch. EXCEPT. The guy handing my mom the food made her mad for some odd reason, I have no idea what it was, so she decided to kill him Sweeney style and stuff him in the trunk of the car. I was all "Mom...I totally understand why you killed him and everything, and that's fine, but he's still bleeding! It'll ruin the trunk!" to which she responded "Don't worry, I have it all planned out." Then it switched to me giving an aunt some things I thought would be very useful, including five hair dryers, a curling iron and the longest book I've ever read.
Last night: I went on a band trip somewhere and saw a bunch of Broadway shows (though I'm pretty sure we didn't go to NY). After coming home, I was sitting in the kitchen eating dinner with everyone when there's this ominously loud plane noise overhead and me along with everyone else at the table inferred it as a plane was about to crash and I had this sudden dread that it was going to land on the roof of the kitchen right above where I was sitting so I freaked out and screamed at my mom "I LOVE YOU!" when everyone looks at me like I'm nuts and my dad says "What are you talking about? That's only our backyard neighbor on his riding lawnmower..." And so it was. Then my mom found out that Sweeney Todd was being revived in Denmark and REALLY wanted to go see it, so we all packed up and went to leave except she didn't want to fly. She wanted to walk. So we set off with our overnight bags and pillows and managed to walk to Denmark. And it took less than a day. After we arrived, we were really hungry and my mom realized that she hadn't switched our money over to Francs so we start heading off towards a bank when she spots some random lady on the side of the road who claimed she would switch our money for us if we gave her twenty bucks and got lunch at McDonald's. I was trying to talk my mom out of it, but she thought it was a really good deal and went with it.
And I woke up.

Realization...

To do list:
~Read two chapters in Music History book
~Complete related listening logs
~Finish bibliography for ED 100 article review
~Prepare for test on Friday
~Practice flute for hour long lesson on Wednesday
~Practice mallets for class Wednesday night and complete readings
~Do ear training assigned for this week (I don't have time to play catch up when it's actually due)
~Work on sight singing (again, no time for catch up...even if it's only a little bit, it's something)
~Five hours of field experience
~Figure out what's going on with piano lessons
~Finish theory worksheet that looks very much confusing (though that could be because we didn't finish everything today and it's not due until Friday...)
~Prepare five minute-ish "presentation" for methods K-8 on Thursday
~Start looking for a journal article to review, due next week
All must be completed by Friday afternoon, aside from the K-8 article review.
On top of normal work going and class attending and band attending and such.
Hello workload...how "nice" to see you...
Re-stating of mantra for this term:
It's not organic.
It might be Greek music theory, but it's not organic. Or calculus.
And I am not letting myself freak out. Freak out time is done now. No complaining, either...
And done.

Life!

It's been a while since I've done a true update.
Well...
Things are off to a really good start.
My classes are going well. The true workload hasn't set in yet, but I know I'll be able to handle it when it does...theory (so far) is about the same as last term, and while there's a lot to remember for music history I've got a really good prof so it's just a matter of me setting up a regular study schedule and sticking to it no matter what (test or none...I don't have any open spaces in my schedule for cramming or sudden hard-core several hours a day studying). Methods k-8 is a lot of fun during class time, and (so far) the projects don't seem *too* daunting...except the one where we teach the class a song...I do not like singing in front of groups. Particularly ones who can tell I can't really sing. (I know, I know...music ed major, duh, there's going to be singing...but that doesn't mean I have to like that part of it) I'll be fine. Just very much nervous.
What else...
Last weekend was pretty much awesome. Off campus and amazing. Along with the WORST MOVIE EVER!!! (In the Name of the King...don't see it. Just say no) but it was a lot of fun making fun of the bad parts (which was the ENTIRE MOVIE!).
This weekend is road trip to Rachel V's house! HUZZAH! I've never been completely off campus overnight...aside from breaks...since I live so far away going home on weekends is rather pointless...so I'm really looking forward to it.
Work is work. But I'm only on dishline once a week so that's not too shabby.
I've also started running again and it's making me very very happy. I'm already back up to 3 miles! =D And no matter what the work load I am making time to run three times a week. It makes me happy. But no more than three times a week...I'm going to be stressed out and I'm not willing to make an accidental repeat of senior year. Besides, I just bought a bunch of very well fitting pants and they make me very happy. =]
And tomorrow I start field experience at the grade school! And I get to wear my pants and shoes of awesomeness! I'm excited for the field experiencing, too...it should be a good time. Fifth and sixth grade musicians are always a lot of fun (seriously...half of them are smaller than their instruments, unless they play the flute or something of that size, and they're just cute). The cuteness might wear off after teaching them three times a week, but hey, it'll be a happy time.
Annnd now I need to do some homework...the stuff that's due this week and stuff that's do early next week since I'm gonna be gone for most of the weekend. Good times!
...and I am very very happy that none of it is organic or equation-related. No x's to solve for this year! =]=]=]

Victory is mine.

Dominique SO forgot that she gave me that 20 cent piece at the end of last term.
In fact, she started picking things out of a Baroque book and a French book that I already own.
BOOYA!
*is very happy*

Sandy and Rachel squared hilarity.

Charlie and the Carnibal Factory!
Carnibals being a cross between carnivals and cannibals.
So they're very festive cannibals.
Enter as a human, exit as a patty.
...
BAHAHAHAHA! =D

Discovery of the day...

Baking soda and baking powder are NOT synonyms.
They are opposites.
Which would explain why my muffins came out flat...
Also, be careful when holding a small glass container of just melted butter. It's kind of hot. And tends to dribble in places you weren't intending for it to go...like under the muffin liners. Or all over the pan you're baking them in.
And flour is still messy if you stir it too fast.
Yay adventures!