Hello, all. it is Monday at noon-time and I am at home. I came home because I need to "stage" my room on the off chance that there's a showing of the house today. My mom is slightly fanatical about some things...
I will be staying home, however, because this is a better work environment than the zoo. I'm going to do some journalling for my Drama class. We got back our first round assessment today. I lost marks on the bit about making my journal "more than a book report." Apparently, I have to break out the construction paper. I'm not sure what to do, though, and not just because I don't care for pseudo-creatively-expressive crap, but also because I'm feeling stubborn. My reflections are expressed just as I want them to be with just words, thankyouverymuch. The idea that I would _need_ many kinds of media is a time-consuming nuisance and an insult to my verbal prowress. ;-p
In other areas of my life, things are pretty uneventful. I did more or less nothing this weekend. I slept a lot. I passed out before nine on Thursday night and woke up after 11 Friday morning. I have adopted my signature come-what-may attitude towards school, which makes it a lot easier to work, but tends to piss off the profs with a large consideration for "may." Either I stress and get one thing done well enough, or I don't stress I get everything done well enough.. The course of action required to get everything done spectacularly is something I'm not considering. A lot of this stuff isn't worth that kind of effort.
Yeah, did I mention that by, staying home and doing work, I'll be missing my Inclusive Ed class? Then again, that's the one class that I don't have anything due in next week. ^_^ I think...
I'm trying to not spend money this week. I ate lunch at home today, and I brought my own coffee and got a free refill courtesy of my Drama prof, who makes a pot every morning. I have five hours tomorrow in which to come home and eat, should I not have time to pack my own lunch before class, which will probably be the case since it's an 8am class. The less money I spend, the more I have to feed Visa, the faster I pay down my debt, the faster I can rack some more up in the form of furniture and possibly a new iPod. My iPod was in a good mood yesterday, so I charged it all up and hopefully it'll stay that way. I don't think there's any hope for my FM transmitter, though. :-(
I should stop stalling and go "stage" my room. And then I can focus exclusively on being annoying about pseudo-creatively-expressive journalling. *glower*
9/25/2006
Pseudo-Construction-Paper
9/21/2006
iPods!
I want a new iPod. "Fixing" mine didn't stick--it's still periodically unhappy. And the 80GB model is cheaper than the old 60GB model. I'm not even that upset that it doesn't have the big screen like I heard it might.
The problem, of course, is money. I owe my dad money, which I will be giving to him when he comes back from... where ever he is this week, and my mom's agreed to let me pay her back by buying new furniture myself, which is nice, because then I owe Visa money, and they don't glare at me every few days about it. I could probably afford the iPod, even after all this, since I'm working and whatnot, but the thing is that the iPod would have the same freakin' memory capacity as my computer. All I have to say about that is Holy Crap! And, of course, that I would have to buy an external hard drvie to store most of the video stuff I'd put in the iPod. My 20GB one is coming up on half full, but I'd be putting a lot of video on the new one, which means that I'd need more than the 30GB the smaller version has.
It's weird, but the idea of being able to keep all my music and (almost) all of my video with me is very comforting. I would have balked at that idea a couple of years ago, but owning my iPod has been like carrying around a little talisman of happiness and resource. I must be messed. ^_^ And if I don't get going soon, I'll also be late for my assessment class.
So! I leave you with this, fine people! What should I have inscribed, should I get a new iPod. I bought the one I have at a store, so it doesn't have an inscription, and I have no idea what to get, other than my name. So help me out, will you?
ETA: Check out my schedule for the week of the 3rd of October:
3rd: EDPS 310 Empirical Classroom Management assignment due.
4th: EDSE 322 Peer Teaching.
EDSE 322 Dramatic Form Paper due.
EDSE 322 Journal submission #2.
5th: EDPS 310 Midterm.
EDPY Assessment Items due.
I... May be a tad bit stressed around that time...
The problem, of course, is money. I owe my dad money, which I will be giving to him when he comes back from... where ever he is this week, and my mom's agreed to let me pay her back by buying new furniture myself, which is nice, because then I owe Visa money, and they don't glare at me every few days about it. I could probably afford the iPod, even after all this, since I'm working and whatnot, but the thing is that the iPod would have the same freakin' memory capacity as my computer. All I have to say about that is Holy Crap! And, of course, that I would have to buy an external hard drvie to store most of the video stuff I'd put in the iPod. My 20GB one is coming up on half full, but I'd be putting a lot of video on the new one, which means that I'd need more than the 30GB the smaller version has.
It's weird, but the idea of being able to keep all my music and (almost) all of my video with me is very comforting. I would have balked at that idea a couple of years ago, but owning my iPod has been like carrying around a little talisman of happiness and resource. I must be messed. ^_^ And if I don't get going soon, I'll also be late for my assessment class.
So! I leave you with this, fine people! What should I have inscribed, should I get a new iPod. I bought the one I have at a store, so it doesn't have an inscription, and I have no idea what to get, other than my name. So help me out, will you?
ETA: Check out my schedule for the week of the 3rd of October:
3rd: EDPS 310 Empirical Classroom Management assignment due.
4th: EDSE 322 Peer Teaching.
EDSE 322 Dramatic Form Paper due.
EDSE 322 Journal submission #2.
5th: EDPS 310 Midterm.
EDPY Assessment Items due.
I... May be a tad bit stressed around that time...
9/20/2006
Not Much to be Done
It is Wednesday and I am lacking in things to do. Normally, my Drama course wouldn't be over for another 45 minutes, but there was a library session on how to find resources, and, since I've been to at least half a dozen of those things in my University career, none of which I found helpful, I just left. I'm in the lab in FAB and I'll be kicked out in about twenty minutes so that Music 245 can learn about MIDI. I wish that I could take the parts of that course that have been updated. For instance, the notation software I learned was Finale and NoteWriter, but they've now replaced the latter with NotAbility Pro, which I assume is a completely different application, since NoteWriter was old and quasi-obsolete when I learned it. It ruled, though. Also, there's no more ProTools on these computers, and I think they've switched to Dreamweaver. I really miss my freeware edition of ProTools, but they don't have one for Windows XP. Or, rather, they didn't a year ago, and I assume they still don't, since it's a Mac program. Or maybe they now use SoundHack. I dunno. There are a lot of audio programs on the dock of this computer that I don't recognize. Or maybe they use SoundStudio...
Hmmm... What to do... Peter will be around in an hour or so, so maybe I'll go practice and see if he shows. Then, I think I have to go home and shower. I lead such an exciting life. I am so not going to Inclusive Ed today. That class is just not worth attending regularly. I'll make myself go at least once a week, though, so I'll get to half of the classes.
Oh, hey, I know what happened that was interesting! During the hour of Drama class I did have this morning, we started on stage fighting. We didn't get through everything, but we covered the fall, the chin punch, and the dragging by the hair, nose and ear. I am so glad that the people in my class aren't as dense as the people in my Drama 149 class. Those people just didn't understand that the person who's being beat up is the one in control of the movements. When I was being restrained by a group of guys in a scene from our final project, I kept getting hurt. And rather badly during our performance, since the guys were giving it their all. I had bruises on my upper arms... *annoyed*
Anyway, to the practice rooms!
Hmmm... What to do... Peter will be around in an hour or so, so maybe I'll go practice and see if he shows. Then, I think I have to go home and shower. I lead such an exciting life. I am so not going to Inclusive Ed today. That class is just not worth attending regularly. I'll make myself go at least once a week, though, so I'll get to half of the classes.
Oh, hey, I know what happened that was interesting! During the hour of Drama class I did have this morning, we started on stage fighting. We didn't get through everything, but we covered the fall, the chin punch, and the dragging by the hair, nose and ear. I am so glad that the people in my class aren't as dense as the people in my Drama 149 class. Those people just didn't understand that the person who's being beat up is the one in control of the movements. When I was being restrained by a group of guys in a scene from our final project, I kept getting hurt. And rather badly during our performance, since the guys were giving it their all. I had bruises on my upper arms... *annoyed*
Anyway, to the practice rooms!
9/19/2006
Tuesday Morning
Huh. It's been a while since my last post. I was kind of hoping that someone would comment on that theory exam question I posted, but, oh, well. :-(
So I totally got hit on by this 40-year-old guy at Starbuck's earlier this morning. He was talking about the rain and was telling me about the umbrellas that he went through while living in Victoria. When I ordered a triple grande, he said he'd hate to see me in a bar. It was somewhat amusing.
I'm currently at Peter's, on my own computer, because my house is being cleaned and photographed so that it can be listed online. I'd be at school, but I missed enough of my Policy Studies class this morning to make it not worth going, and my next class isn't until 3:30. So I came here to putz around and possibly sleep, and I discovered that Peter was here, too, which was an added bonus. ^_^ He's excited because he just found out that he gets to go on a Blackwing Lair run on Friday. For those of you who don't know what that means, count yourselves lucky to have avoided a nasty addiction. ^_^
So our official moving day is October 26th. We get possession of our new house on the 13th (a Friday, of course), but the moving truck will haul all of our big stuff on the 26th. Which is good, because it gives me a chance to repaint my room before stuff goes in it. The painters said that they'd use the brand of paint I wanted if I couldn't find a comparable colour in the brand they used, and I couldn't, so I left my mom the paint chip from the other brand when I went to Uruguay. My mom then went out and found a colour that matched "perfectly," which of course means that it was three shades bluer than the colour I wanted, and gave that to the painters. So now I have to repaint. Oh, well. It shouldn't take more than a couple of coats, since the colours aren't _that_ different. Plus, with no furniture to move around, it'll be a lot easier than usual.
I am beginning to panic about all of the stuff I have to do this term. The week of October 3rd will be hell, with four projects due and one midterm. I made sure I wasn't working the weekend before, or, as much as I could make sure, since there's only a September schedule. I worked last night, and I work tomorrow night, but, after that, next Monday is my only other shift for the rest of the month. This is good, school-wise, but bad money-wise. Stupid money being a requirement of living. *sigh*
I think that's about all that's up with me these days. Inclusive Ed sucks, but the rest of my classes are fine. Work is work. Peter is doing well since getting back. My dog's as poodle-ish as ever. Yeah, my life's pretty dull... ^_^
So I totally got hit on by this 40-year-old guy at Starbuck's earlier this morning. He was talking about the rain and was telling me about the umbrellas that he went through while living in Victoria. When I ordered a triple grande, he said he'd hate to see me in a bar. It was somewhat amusing.
I'm currently at Peter's, on my own computer, because my house is being cleaned and photographed so that it can be listed online. I'd be at school, but I missed enough of my Policy Studies class this morning to make it not worth going, and my next class isn't until 3:30. So I came here to putz around and possibly sleep, and I discovered that Peter was here, too, which was an added bonus. ^_^ He's excited because he just found out that he gets to go on a Blackwing Lair run on Friday. For those of you who don't know what that means, count yourselves lucky to have avoided a nasty addiction. ^_^
So our official moving day is October 26th. We get possession of our new house on the 13th (a Friday, of course), but the moving truck will haul all of our big stuff on the 26th. Which is good, because it gives me a chance to repaint my room before stuff goes in it. The painters said that they'd use the brand of paint I wanted if I couldn't find a comparable colour in the brand they used, and I couldn't, so I left my mom the paint chip from the other brand when I went to Uruguay. My mom then went out and found a colour that matched "perfectly," which of course means that it was three shades bluer than the colour I wanted, and gave that to the painters. So now I have to repaint. Oh, well. It shouldn't take more than a couple of coats, since the colours aren't _that_ different. Plus, with no furniture to move around, it'll be a lot easier than usual.
I am beginning to panic about all of the stuff I have to do this term. The week of October 3rd will be hell, with four projects due and one midterm. I made sure I wasn't working the weekend before, or, as much as I could make sure, since there's only a September schedule. I worked last night, and I work tomorrow night, but, after that, next Monday is my only other shift for the rest of the month. This is good, school-wise, but bad money-wise. Stupid money being a requirement of living. *sigh*
I think that's about all that's up with me these days. Inclusive Ed sucks, but the rest of my classes are fine. Work is work. Peter is doing well since getting back. My dog's as poodle-ish as ever. Yeah, my life's pretty dull... ^_^
9/13/2006
Yes, I Spend Time Thinking About Stuff Like This
At school again. Long breaks and repeated forgetting of my trumpet leave me with not as much else to do I as I would hope.
Anyway, my assessment class yesterday got my mind back on this exam I came up with a couple of years ago as a nifty first-year theory (156) final. I want to hear what you guys think of it. It's not exactly a common type of exam, but it covers a lot of the principles of 155 and 156 and makes students apply them. Plus, I think it's really interesting.
Consider an interval both approached and written as a minor sixth (m6). You will write two short essays (2-3 pages each, handwritten, double-spaced), one arguing that this is a consonnant interval and the other arguing that this is a dissonant interval. You may use different instances of this interval for each essay, and include any existing or potential (TONAL) examples if you wish, either written in English within the essays or on manuscript paper. Each essay must be understandable on its own. Note that I have only specified how the interval is approached and written, not how it is left.
I am such a theory geek. ^_^
Anyway, my assessment class yesterday got my mind back on this exam I came up with a couple of years ago as a nifty first-year theory (156) final. I want to hear what you guys think of it. It's not exactly a common type of exam, but it covers a lot of the principles of 155 and 156 and makes students apply them. Plus, I think it's really interesting.
Consider an interval both approached and written as a minor sixth (m6). You will write two short essays (2-3 pages each, handwritten, double-spaced), one arguing that this is a consonnant interval and the other arguing that this is a dissonant interval. You may use different instances of this interval for each essay, and include any existing or potential (TONAL) examples if you wish, either written in English within the essays or on manuscript paper. Each essay must be understandable on its own. Note that I have only specified how the interval is approached and written, not how it is left.
I am such a theory geek. ^_^
9/12/2006
Boredom
I'm at school and Wind Ensemble is about to start. I am much more jealous than I thought I would be. Between the fact that I know almost nobody in the classes I'm taking, the fact that I don't have rep class or rehearsal to go to, and the fact that there's no more lownjlounge to congregate in, I'm feeling very disconnected from things. I currently don't even have Peter around to hang out with, though I got an e-mail from him today confirming that he'd be home Friday evening. Plus, I went to e-mail people about for Thai food this past Saturday, and there were only four people there because everybody else is out of town having a life. :-(
*pouts and feels lonesome*
Saturday night was good, though. I don't get to see Pri, Morgan and Angela as much as I'd like. Morgan said that she'd be coming to Stylistics in HUB to get her hair cut sometime this week and that she'd drop in to visit while she was around. I am looking forward to that, and I've even decided to hang around for my five hour breaks for it. ^_^
Oh, and, on a related note, 8 am classes are especially bad when they're two and a half hours long and are followed by five hours with nothing to do but read. >-p
In other news, last night was the most boring shift ever at work. It was dead, and I was on cash, so I couldn't even go do busywork. I made duelling fortune tellers. And then I met Joyce at Remedy cafe afterwards and stayed up late enough to make my 8am class feel even worse. At least the prof gives us a coffee break.
Hmmm... Maybe I'll type out my Drama journal entries. The bar for creative presentation of this journal seems to be set very high, so I should at least give my prof something other than looseleaf.
*pouts and feels lonesome*
Saturday night was good, though. I don't get to see Pri, Morgan and Angela as much as I'd like. Morgan said that she'd be coming to Stylistics in HUB to get her hair cut sometime this week and that she'd drop in to visit while she was around. I am looking forward to that, and I've even decided to hang around for my five hour breaks for it. ^_^
Oh, and, on a related note, 8 am classes are especially bad when they're two and a half hours long and are followed by five hours with nothing to do but read. >-p
In other news, last night was the most boring shift ever at work. It was dead, and I was on cash, so I couldn't even go do busywork. I made duelling fortune tellers. And then I met Joyce at Remedy cafe afterwards and stayed up late enough to make my 8am class feel even worse. At least the prof gives us a coffee break.
Hmmm... Maybe I'll type out my Drama journal entries. The bar for creative presentation of this journal seems to be set very high, so I should at least give my prof something other than looseleaf.
9/09/2006
Purge
I just cleaned out and organized my hotmail account. I created two new folders and deleted a whole bunch of crap. There were around 250 e-mails in my inbox half an hour ago. Now there are 9, 8 of which I have gotten from Peter since I got home from Uruguay. The ninth is an e-mail with a Finale attatchment for an arrangement of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen that I did for Wookwind Tech. I'm not sure where to put it in case I don't have a printout of the music. I think I do, but I want to check, and all of that stuff is currently packed and sitting in the garage...
Anyway, I'd like to take a poll: How many of you notice the sub-headings of my blog? I'm talking about the little phrases right underneath the "janitablog" title. I've never been sure if people notice or care or get them. They're usually quotations, from songs or conversations or books or television shows... Sometimes they're references to the post that I've just put up. Sometimes they clarify bits of the post. The one I have up right now is a joke referring to the last sentence of the last post I wrote, "Word." So if you guys could leave a comment as to what you notice/like/dislike, that'd be great. :-)
Anyway, I'd like to take a poll: How many of you notice the sub-headings of my blog? I'm talking about the little phrases right underneath the "janitablog" title. I've never been sure if people notice or care or get them. They're usually quotations, from songs or conversations or books or television shows... Sometimes they're references to the post that I've just put up. Sometimes they clarify bits of the post. The one I have up right now is a joke referring to the last sentence of the last post I wrote, "Word." So if you guys could leave a comment as to what you notice/like/dislike, that'd be great. :-)
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