The rain drops precipitating on this dreary day are like the thoughts inside my head--heavy and bleak. All of a sudden, I'm feeling the pressure of the semester winding to a close. I was in a perfectly fine mood earlier today, but after I went to Heilman to practice all of the mallet-related music for my Percussion Jury I became rather frustrated and agitated. I just want to relax. I would really like for the semester to be over, so I can sit around and read, play a game, hang out with my mom, visit my friends, go to work and save up money, etc. Before I relish in being able to do all of those things, I have to worry about putting together a presentation on Wicca for class on Wednesday, do a video project, have my piece ready to perform in Forum on Tuesday, be able to play all of the shit for my Jury, go back and complete some piano class assignments I skipped over, finish my piano composition by Friday, etc. I hate when the semester draws to a close and your professors have diligently put off projects and assignments until the last minute, expecting students to have no problem working their asses off in two weeks or less to complete everything. I know that I will get everything done, but that does not make the situation any less frustrating.

On a good note, schedules were given out and I got into all of the classes I signed up for (thank God). I probably would have had to have hurt someone if I had to do the run-around I did this past year to find classes to fill my schedule. For once, I have a quasi-normal schedule. My major classes--major meaning 4-credit hours--are Greek, Study of Jazz, Studio Techniques II, and Philosophy of Religion. Of course, on top of that I have a percussion lesson, composition lesson, symphonic band, percussion ensemble, forum, and I'll most likely get dicked into playing in orchestra and/or some other ensemble. As I wrote at length about in my previous, mammoth written entry, I'm more than excited about my living arrangements for next year. I don't exactly have difficulty sharing a room with someone, but there's no one I'm close to/am friends with that can room with me, and, as this year has proven, everyone left is either an asshole or a winner or a combination of the worst. So, I'm quite elated to have a room to myself, and a large room at that.

Thinking of summer, more specifically of jobs and saving money, I'm kinda hoping that I can get a job at the YMCA, because I would then be able to use the fitness facilities for free. The Radisson really isn't a bad place to work, but my manager is rather incompetent and I'm tired of being dicked over in my pay because unable to read a timecard, or do math, whatever her problem is. Also, you couldn't ask for a better co-worker anywhere--Tom is probably the hardest working man I know, his work ethic is top notch, and he's a cool guy. However, aside from not getting paid properly on numerous accounts, I hate the fluctuating hours. I think that I would much rather have a steady job, where you know that you're gonna work 8 hours 5 days a week, or whatever, instead of 11 hours on a saturday, 6 on sunday, 2 on monday, 5 on friday, etc. I'm planning on returning initially, but I will be looking for employment elsewhere, or at least in addition to the Radisson. In conjunction with the job idea, I'd really like to talk to Miss Ruth at Totem and see if I could possibly intern as a piercer. I'm very interested in piercings and tattoos, but I don't think I have the skill/talent to tattoo, so I'd go for piercing instead. I'm willing to bet that a lot of people would be surprised by the people that are piercers and tattoo artists. They're good people. I have to laugh at people that pigeonhole those people as satanists/deliquents/freaks/whatnot, because if they would set aside their ridiculous prejudices, they would see that those people are usually rather nice, intelligent, hilarious (and usually sarcastic/witty, which is even better), and a lot less weird than most people. It would be awesome to be an apprentice piercer. Even if not, Totem will have business from me this summer anyway.

Well, I'm sure I could go on, at great length, but I think I'll end there for now.

I hear that.
I still don't know what any of my final exams/assignments are going to be and they start next week. It seems like this semester is as it is for everyone: abrupt. And this rain isn't helping much either.
» flanger001 on 2004-04-26 08:16:38

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