I’ve been working on my thesis all week. A LOT. A WHOLE WHOLE LOT. And it’s finally starting to pay off. I just starting writing my conclusion, and it’s HOT. I’m basically using my data to prove that when it comes to music theory in music education, TN is awful. The music education department is [...]
Archive > March 2006
Dr. Smith, from Buffalo, had a golden retriever that he apparently used to take all around campus. Ransom (the dog) had cancer and Dr. Smith had to have him put to sleep. I found out on a buffalo community on LJ. 1) I love this man. He is exactly the quirky kind of professor I [...]
Aretha
Aretha Franklin was on Martha today. Did you know her nephew is Ron Franklin and he lives in Knoxville? heh. Hook a girl up! OH SHE DID NOT! Aretha Franklin just said Pachabel’s canon was by BACH. I don’t know what to think now. *sigh* I am SO irritable today. I took my adderall before [...]
Happenings
Last week I went to NYC for the Schenker Symposium. It was full of the most famous theorists in the states. Milton Babbitt almost sat next to me. I went on the first day and felt so incredibly out of place and weird that I didn’t go back. I also decided to break up with [...]
Money spending
I made that change. I just bought a new 30G ipod. Yeah, the skinny kind with photo and video. WOOO. And I got it at super discount cause I go to UT. And I’ll recover half of the costs when I sell my old mini. WOOOOOO! Gadgetry! This is what happens when I’m stuck in [...]
So I wrote an email to the director of student stuff at my #1 school asking when they were going to make final decisions about money. Here is what she wrote: I am sorry to wait so long to email you back (I’ve been out sick). I also needed some time to see where the [...]
pondering
I feel a little alone tonight. I’m not sure why. I was walking to my truck after work, it was dark, a cool night but not cold, barely a breeze. And I realized I like Knoxville. Of course I only liked it for that moment, but still… I got a lot done today. I made [...]
