Archive for the 'musings' Category
The two foremost things I have learned so far from selling a large part of my soul to Miami traffic over the course of three months:
1) If you park at a meter that has more time than you need already paid for, use up only the time you need, and then leave the rest for the next poor soul looking for a parking spot on a Saturday afternoon in a highly commercial area. Everyone will feel better.
2) It’s not your fault that some other people are just jerks.
(These thoughts are brought to you by a long morning discussion on personal karma - the kind you feel happens regardless of actual supernatural existence or not; the kind you feel that you just should act in favour of as a decent human being and member of society.)
November 23 2008 | musings and travels | 1 Comment »
Dear members of planet Earth (and possibly some beyond):
Is the task of being considerate to other people and perhaps once in a while thinking about someone other than yourself that difficult, terrible, terrifying, and distasteful of a concept to you?
Sincerely,
[someone who does really does not appreciate - nay see what you would truly accomplish beyond pissing yet another female off at the WRONG time of month - being yelled at and called a "b----" as she is crossing street because you're in too much of a rush to make a right turn on a red light/too stuck inside your own thick head to realize that her slow walk might - MAYBE, perhaps, just MIGHT POSSIBLY -be caused by that giant blue mound about twice her size sticking off her back (filled approximately six pounds of books, no less...yes, BOOKS. You know, the things with paper and words on the paper that sometimes tell you information...), also known as a backpack to people who attend the University as actual students. (You know...STUDENTS: people who are trying to learn something useful at a semi-credible institution with an overinflated athletics department...)]
October 14 2007 | musings and semi-facts | 4 Comments »
I hope that many years from now, when I am legally “old”, I will still have the spirit and energy I have today, and be as in love with that person (who and wherever he may be) as the day we recognize those feelings.
September 24 2007 | musings and relationships | 2 Comments »
If you are drinking a cup of good coffee, please take the time to appreciate it. I forgot to do so today, and when I realized what had happened, it was really rather disappointing.
September 12 2007 | food and musings | 2 Comments »
Shopping depresses me. These days I can no longer tell what’s supposed to be a top, a skirt, or a dress. The amount of time spent staring at the piece of clothing in question is frustrating enough to not buy it. Is it just a piece of clothing that’s multitasking? I’m doubtful of how effectively it would act in each separate field in the first place. What if you bought it and then wore it all too obviously and erroneously as another piece of clothing? Who wants to pay the money to be wrong? And why would anyone want to go through all these troubling thoughts for a top/skirt/dress - possibly convenient multitasking abilities or not?
Then there’s that infuriating percentage of styles and featured outfits today which promote donning the least amount of clothing possible just barely appropriate for your age. Witness babydoll tunics, especially when paired with no pants and some flats. Apparently presenting the illusion that you are just left of pregnant and/or trampy is in.
I won’t even get started on leggings and their rampant abuse in today’s “style.” Let’s just say they should be entirely avoided outside of the gym.
The sad fact of fashion is that no person can look amazing in every possible piece of clothing unless they or the clothes come with built-in airbrushing. And that will be one expensive day indeed.
July 17 2007 | fashion and musings | 3 Comments »
So another official school year has ended. It was truly beautiful school year and I will miss the graduates of this year, both graduate and undergraduate, more than any other year. This year, in terms of people, I got a bit of courage to get to know people who I had always seen around, but never really talked to, and discovered how amazing they and their ideas were. They opened my eyes to whole new sides of the arts we were all involved in, each other, and even myself. Without the encouragement of some these people, I might not have admitted to myself how important a love for what you do is. They are all so passionate (though they may not realize it haha), and it’s inspiring.
Musically, as this blog has documented, the past school year has been amazing. First there was Jacare Brazil and working with Skye Steele in the fall semester added onto the Carmina Burana ballet. There was the whole realization of a desire to explore all the possible diversities of my instrument. The Spring semester was just as enlightening with a plethora of masterclasses with well-respected artists, perhaps most influentially The Turtle Island String Quartet - which just further fed that hope to play my instrument in new ways.
My Junior recital went well, and it turned out to be a thrilling experience after all. And while negativity and drama in the preceding weeks threatened to completely overshadow them, both the performances of La Traviata (with the University Orchestra) and the Respighi Quintet in f minor went well. The latter performance was a complete dream come true, with an ensemble of wonderful ladies who I will forever associate with this great piece. The next “dreams come true” were actually being awarded a music scholarship I worked for (but didn’t expect at all to receive), and playing Les Miserables with the P.K. Yonge Research School. No words can describe the absolute wonder of being able to participate in a production such as the P.K.Y. put on (though previous years’ were fantastic as well) or the honor of receiving the scholarship.
These feelings are enthralling enough that I almost feel like there’s just no leaving music for me; that this world is where I truly belong.
And of course, there was the entire fact that the university won three championship titles in two years, which just made for all sorts of observations on environmental influences. Especially that of unity. Again, I find that unity is one of the most beautiful things around. Why is still unclear to me. Perhaps because there’s not really that much of it in pure stages these days anymore.
But let’s stay and share this happiness for a while, and not think of why so many people take advantage of shared feelings. Here are some songs to wish those moving on the best in their futures, that we will all still remember each other years from now, and also that kind of just sum up the thoughts above.
[all songs listed on savefile.com. ]
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[MUSIC] Please support the artists and buy their CDs!!
+ [Keep Tryin'] - Utada Hikaru (lyrics translation)
+ [Arigato] - Home Made Kazoku (lyrics translation)
+ [Feeling Good] - Nina Simone
+ [Whistle Down the Wind] - Lottie Mayor (composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber)
May 07 2007 | music and musings | No Comments »
I firmly believe in standing up straight.
May 01 2007 | musings | No Comments »
Let’s chase fantasies. After all, they’re only fantasies until they become real. They have every right to be taken as seriously as anything else.
Hello, rum and coke. You are so nice to me.
Here’s my very late new year’s resolution: think before you talk.
In new news, I have discovered the joys of sundresses on semi-hot days, especially when paired with sandals.
Now…why do I have this cut on my finger? It’s from before the rum and coke, no worries, but I’m curious all the same.
May 01 2007 | musings and relationships | 1 Comment »
It’s funny: years ago I came up with the thought that if one day I finally became the person I always wanted to be, I probably wouldn’t recognize it, and to this day I still believe this.
Lately, I’ve had to think a lot about who I want to become because of upcoming applications for grad school.
I think I have settled on a goal and a passion. But I pray that I am not striving for a horizon I cannot reach.
Perhaps my thoughts are overglamourized. Especially because I just discovered the Eminence Orchestra of Australia and completely fell in love with their performance videos. More specifically, I fell in love with the videos of them performing and recording in small ensembles, and that is what I want to do. In a fit of exhilaration, I sent a query in their “Contact Us” section asking what they would advise for me in order to end up on that career path.
I feel like an idiot fangirl. I guess I am. Now if only I could guarantee that this sorta-reckless behavior would amount in success, be it dreams or financial or personal or all of the above.
*goes into the corner to feel stupid*
April 25 2007 | games and music and musings | 2 Comments »
