Let's switch subjects

After such a long and rather depressing post on Sachsenhausen, I thought perhaps we should change it up a little. Okay, maybe a lot in actuality.

Here's ten things that are on the ground right now for me:

1. Americorps finally contacted me. Now granted, it was about a new program I had applied for, but it's still super exciting to be going through a formal application process. This particular program requested more material from me, a sample of my writing style, two more references, a resume with cover letter, etc. I'm really excited, and already have my new references lined up, so life is looking good for the next few days. Maybe I'll have plans within a couple of months!

2. My internship is going awesome. It's lot of data, and number crunching right now, but I'm just loving the logistics of everything. I also love the fact that what I'm doing could have a lasting effect on the way things work at William Jewell. That may be the most exciting thing for me.

3. My piano recital is in T-six weeks! I'm faltering a little on some of the line up in repertoire, we're just the slightest bit short right now, but I may have figured out a solution to this problem, so check back in. I'll be announcing the date formally in three weeks, but the unofficial date is March 10th, at 5:30 pm.

4. If the piano recital is six weeks away, this means I only have 13 more weeks in which to write, assign, and rehearse everything for my composition recital. On that front, things are coming together slowly, but surely. My quartet has been assembled (yay, thanks Peter for agreeing to be my tenor!) and I have high hopes for the choir to come together soon. I have a reading for my strings piece two (three?) weeks from now, and we're *this* close to being ready to turn things in! I think my next composition lesson should take place over coffee. I plan to suggest this to him. No more stuffy classroom. :)

5. At the end of the second week of classes, I've switched my art history to pass/fail, which has lightened my homework load. The professor for this class tends to uncommunicative on my research topic choices, but that's okay, there's not as much pressure.

6. Speaking of that homework load, I think I've settled into the rhythm. Most of my classes have a fair amount of homework, which is slightly worrisome for my sanity, but if I just don't fall behind, ever, at all, with no exceptions, then I should be fine. Uh-oh, I think I'm already behind....

I think that's all for now, but it's enough. I'm still muddling through. Check back soon for final plans on the recitals and further travel updates!

10 Things

I've decided as part of this blog I'm going to run a weekly series called "10 Thing" featuring ten things about a subject, something that's on my mind, or just general musings. Today hits the musings button. I was having an interesting discussion with someone recently and throughout the conversation they kept saying things like "I had no clue!" or "I didn't know that about you!" and that struck me as funny first, but then curious second. So, in the vein of sharing a little, ten things you might not know about me:

1. I have enough mild allergies that I keep them written down on a little card in my emergency pack. That way in case I can't remember I can look them up.

2. I love French pop music of almost all decades in the 20th/21st centuries.

3. Speaking of music, I can't listen to Barber's Adagio for Strings without wanting to melt/cry/do something else ridiculous

4. I am an ardent feminist, but would probably choose to be a stay-at-home mom if I ever had kids.

5. Remember all those Disney movies the 20-something set cut their cultural teeth on? I only saw four of them as a child; Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, The Rescuers Down Under, and Beauty and the Beast. The rest I've seen in the last two and a half years. Except Pocahontas, which I'm still missing.

6. I've always wanted to be just like my Dad. Just without the financial whiz brain.

7. I'm incredibly passionate about groups that work with women, especially groups like MOCSA and Veronica's Voice.

8. I danced for ten years during grade school and junior high

9. I collect antique Charles Dickens novels, but I can only buy them in second-hand bookstores, that's one of my rules. I have The Pickwick Papers, Martin Chuzzlewit, and Barnaby Rudge. They're all at least 90 years old, and my oldest is at least 110 years old, there's a signature from 1900 on the inside cover.

10. I blush when I'm happy, not when I'm embarrassed.