February 2012
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Last day of work at ye olde Macaroni Grill.
On to the next adventure!
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“I don’t think it’s a virtue or an accomplishment to hide or deny your pain so...”
– #186: The lie of “strength.” « CaptainAwkward.com
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blasting Carmina Burana from my car stereo on the...
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I've started watching Downton Abbey.
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today's managable to-do list:
stay in bed until 10am
make coffee with coconut milk and toast with jam for breakfast
stay in pajamas until late afternoon
practice piano and vocal rep. for 1 hour
go to the bank
go to sister’s house & play with the nephew
online class homework
read
filed under “friday through sunday kicked my butt but at least i only have to do this 8:30am to 11pm school and work marathon...
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“Don’t settle because you’re afraid you won’t find something better. Don’t...”
– Jackson Kiddard (via embracethevision)
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Hey Tumblr,
I’m dating my best friend.
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"So Called" Vocal Myths →
turtlemoments:
omgoperahoneybadger:
It’s ridiculous how stupid some people can be. I could not even believe what I was reading as I read through this site. Not only does this hugely misinformed writer take a proverbial swing at the Garcia family, who, I.M.O., contributed some major elements to the perfect vocal techinique, but even worse, are blatantly wrong about many fundamental vocal ideas....
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this is not a pity party. this is a fun friday... →
redheadbouquet:
if you save sweaters like that for pity parties…well. that’s sad.
cosigned
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i need to study for an exam and finish learning a...
but instead i am walking to the grocery store in the pouring rain at 8:15pm because i have a burning desire to try kimchi. PRIORITIES.
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(p.s. i submitted my two-week notice at the job i...
sorta felt like hyperventilating when i was writing it out, but now i feel very relaxed and light and relieved. it hasn’t been a terrible job by any means (restaurant hostess/singer), and i am very grateful for the skills i’ve learned and the people i’ve met and befriended, but it is time to move on. i don’t have another job lined up yet, but i am incredibly privileged to...
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The Well Fed Homestead →
my mom sent me this website link as a resource for info on grain-free, sugar-free, dairy-free eating. i have been gluten-free for about four years now, but i am still not healthy and so i am looking further into alternative diets.
i was greeted with “eating should not involve math!” on the homepage. oh, i think i will enjoy this site.
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i'm a vocal performance major
and i can’t stand most operatic recitative. maybe i’ll grow into it.
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Forget the super bowl
I am going to the opera.
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hajna replied to your post: start grad school program research:
Portland’s so hipster, they did Cosi Fan Tutte two years ago (before it was cool…) ;)
hajna replied to your post: confession:
Ohhh, I haven’t watched Brotherhood yet, but I loved the original.
I adore you.
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confession:
i don’t watch tv. not really. i can’t follow a single show. i’ve tried but i always end up watching just one or two episodes and losing interest, or doing erratic 6-hour episode binges and then abandoning it for months because i feel guilty for wasting time; bones, house m.d., fullmetal alchemist: brotherhood, portlandia, arrested development, sherlock, once upon a time…
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dear boston university college of fine arts,
i don’t need your 45-page school of music graduate student handbook, i just need to know how long your program is (2 years? 11 months? 3 years?), what your proficiency examination requirements are, a concise list of courses required during residency, and whether or not you have full-ride scholarships/assistantships available.
sincerely,
peeved...
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start grad school program research:
nearly have a panic attack just typing “Yale School of Music” in to Google.
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My laptop just went whitescreen and is making these terrifying clicking, whirring, and beeping sounds but won’t turn on or off. Don’t die on me, Dmitri!
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filed under "things i would probably find...
making tea and forgetting about it until an hour later when it is over-steeped and cold, but chugging it down anyway out of guilt, even though the whole point was to have a comforting, hot-enough-to-steam-my-glasses cuppa.
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some days everything is fine and i feel content and purposeful, and other days i want to shave my head and move to a third-world country building wells or working in an orphanage or protesting commercialized agriculture
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book things:
Underwhelmed and disappointed by Dimanche and Other Stories by Irene Nemirovsky. Then I noticed that Suite Francaise and Fire In The Blood, her fantastic novels I’ve heard so much about, are translated by someone else. I bought Dimanche because I’ve generally found that short stories are the best introduction to an author’s work (for me), but that’s not the case here. I...
January 2012
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“I want a life that sizzles and pops and makes me laugh out loud. And I don’t...”
– Shauna Niequist (via oceaniceyes)
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i keep making awkward unintentional eye-contact...
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all seriousness aside
my own personal hell: the coffee shop has been playing nothing but Coldplay for the past hour.
edit: switched to Fleet Foxes. thank god.
see? state of mind.
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also:
this is entirely personal, so i’m not representing christianity at large or—oh for goodness’ sake, just say what i want to say:
i get uncomfortable/upset with people who claim to have all the answers about how to live and how to “make it” to happiness/fulfillment in a very specific way because i think we should be acknowledging and embracing diversity as beautiful...
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browser tabs currently open on my laptop:
(besides Tumblr, because that’s a given)
“Caring For Your Introvert” article (again)
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Postcrossing
fascinating article on the differences between Eastern Orthodox and Western Orthodox (Roman Catholic and Protestant) translations of the Bible, specifically the of Hebrew words for “Sheol,” “Heaven,”...
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came ~thisclose~ to rage-quitting my job tonight.
bad day
very very bad day
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redheadbouquet replied to your post: it’s really hard for me to see the big picture (grad school, musical success…
wow, are you in my brain? just remember that even the fact that you HAVE a sparkly idealistic thing that keeps you going makes your situation different from a lot of people’s. & it’s your only life & risks and striving=worth it. also, mary oliver.
MARY...
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also, the songs i’m currently working on for a state-wide competition that is in, oh, less than 9 days, are completely uninspiring. difficult french set to repetitive “fluffy” music and boring mozart art songs i sang two years ago are not helping my current mental state at all.
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it's really hard for me to see the big picture...
part of me has this super sparkly, idealistic i’m-going-to-bring-beautiful-music-to-the-world! mindset that isn’t realistic but gives me enough drive to finish my degree and get excited about grad school and living somewhere new and making my dreams a reality, but the other part (the bigger part) is just totally lost (stuck) in working a menial job that pays for the classes i hate...
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