comfort eating helps to keep me comfortable

alright, the first week of school is 4/5ths complete and there have been some minor...major changes. ha, punny.

if you all remember what i had for a class schedule in my last post (okay, sorry, that link was really unnecessary (i'm not sorry)) it has changed a little bit.

originally i was going to be in the amateur university choir, but after auditioning for the choral director was asked to be in the top choir. SWEET. i hadn't hoped for that because i was going to commit more time to composition, but the prof wouldn't let me be in the class on account of unpreparedness and pre-requisites. honestly, i would rather be in the "elite" choir and have a good performance base.
so because of the new choir situation i had to drop world music and find another class to take it's place of 4 credits. so i found "music for film". it seems that this choice is a little more up my alley anyway.

i wonder if my higher power is trying to push me somewhere?

so far during this first week there have been some different emotions. of course there was the "overwhelmed" emotion. then there was the "how do i take notes, and study again?" emotion. at one point i felt the "i feel like a leech and am not contributing to society" emotion, which was directly followed with "holy hell, i'm actually doing music again. life kicks ass and i wouldn't not want to do this for anything else, even if i leave school heavily in debt and killing myself with what i will eventually do for a paycheck (hopefully)" emotion.

slowly i am getting back into the swing of things and remembering some of the theory and technique. my biggest and best surprise of the week would have to be being asked to join the advanced choir. and my biggest letdown would be...nothing...yet.

also, i won't have to worry about being the "old guy" in class, because on the first day i saw a man who was probably in his late 60's. and yesterday a lady, in what i would bet is her early 70's (paper thin skin and all), sat next to me. i asked if she was full-time or part-time, and she said she was auditing to brush up on her theory, that she was a teacher. i asked her not to set the curve.

well, i better go and practice my pentatonic scales and do some enharmonic spellings.

i hope you all have as good a day as i'm having!

excitement abounds here in the Reimer household

so a few of you might be asking, "what the shit does Reed have to be so excited about?" well let me tell you...SCHOOL.

here's where the eyebrows raise and you say, "school. why would anyone in their right mind be excited to go to school?"
to which i would respond, "who ever said i was in my right mind?"

anyway, i am really excited. very, very excited. i got a couple of my textbooks in the mail (saved almost 100 dollars) and perused them a little. also in the mail i received a letter from the PSU music dept. i wondered what it could be because i had already received my acceptance to the dept. and a letter saying that i wouldn't be awarded any scholarships at that time.
upon opening it read that i had been awarded a scholarship to pay for a portion of my tuition. SWEET-ASS!!!! talk about your unexpected surprises. now all i have to do is maintain some kind of GPA and attend class. okay, i guess i can do those things.

my class load will be pretty normal (i hope) for any freshman. i am taking:

Music Theory I (refresher)
Ear Training and Sight Singing I (refresher)
Class Piano (possibly the most difficult class for me that i am taking)
Music Composition I
University Choir
World Music - Asia, the middle east, and Africa (300 level course, very interesting)
Voice Lessons
Music Attendance (i have to go to so many concerts every quarter)

it all boils down to 15 credits and a lot of stuff that hopefully will jar my memory so that i can set the curve and be that one student all the other students want to copy off of, or at least study with.

of course one thing i can look forward to is having the nickname "gramps" or something along those lines. i looked at the myspace profiles of the other students signed up for theory and they are all almost 18 year olds. i'm only 25, but that will be a little strange at first. i'm just glad that i have the "freshman experience" out of the way so i can put my full concentration to studies, where it belongs! i have a lot of catching up to do.

anyways, other than that, not too much new stuff on my end. my mother-in-law is visiting and at this moment baking a bunch of monster cookies!

yay for music!!!!