life!

Days escape me, weeks fly by, and months come, and they go.


There are exactly two weeks left of first term.


I hear Mendelssohn christmas tunes in my head, I imagine conducting patterns, I analyze texture and orchestration for band pieces, I sleep (sometimes), I eat, I talk, I listen, I learn, I bike to school and think "hay muchos árboles" because that's all my mind can come up with in Spanish, I imagine what I will be doing in 2 years, I pray, I feel, I wish I could take pictures more often, I wish I could have more conversations with people, I make to-do lists, I self-evaluate (then hand it in), I work with kids and one teen, I live life.

I really like the sound of using the dull edge of a piece of lead in a mechanical pencil, I like the squeak it makes.


I spoke to my French literature professor today. He is from Quebec and I asked him how he ended up teaching in London. He said he came here "for love." They were happy for a little while, then they split up because they were both doing their PhD's, and I guess there's this whole thing that people say that you either do your PhD and break off with whoever you're dating/married to, or you end up dropping out, and stay with the person you're seeing.

That's what the people who've done their PhD's tell me, at least! Such devotion!


At least, to brighten your day, look at some neat art by an American guy from the Midwest! He is inspired by nature. His name is Micah Lidberg.