Still Frantically searching for couches to crash on
...but first...lets bring everyone up to speed on what i've done all year
Academically
-Just finished my first year at Boston Conservatory (it should technically be my junior year but things are weird since i'm a transfer student) First semester i got a 3.55 and it should be higher this semester.
- Got accepted to the Boston Conservatory Grad program for Music Education. (which overlaps w/undergrad so I'm starting classes this summer). It's kind of a big deal, the program only accepts like 10 people a year. I got a ton of scholarship including a special one for being the most outstanding applicant from within the conservatory.
Musically
-I've improved an unbelievable amount this year, i've spent more time playing this year than the last several put together (those of you who know how much i was playing before will understand how much that is) at least 4 hours a day...usually closer to 6 or 8. I guess that means it's worth the money
-I still play with a few other groups. I'm actually coming down in may for a concert with Soulful Symphony (
http://www.baltimoresymphony.org/soulfulsymphony/aboutpartnership.asp) on the 18-19
Socially
-brendan and i have been together for almost 2 years (since mid july '05) and have been living together since last august. It's weird...we make really great roommates and everyone seems to be amazed that we only spend $25 a week on groceries.
-I'm still a shitty friend...i've done a super crappy job of staying in touch with people in maryland, it's slightly better thanks to facebook but still...I'm looking forward to actually having time to hang out with people when i come down (in a week!)
Physically (this is the big stuff)
-so brendan and i bike a lot...i bike to school and everywhere else because it's cheaper and easier and usually faster than the bus or the T(subway)...about a month ago we decided that we were going to bike the entire boston marathon. So we took the commuter rail train out to the starting line and biked all the way back to boston. That means my chubby ass biked all 26.2 miles =) if you had told me that i would have done that a year ago i would have just laughed at you, guaranteed.
-i got my nose pierced, right nostril =)
-i got some work done on the tattoo on my back, so there is a tree around the words (vita brevis, ars longa) there are pictures on facebook
-last july i started to dreadlock my hair...so after a year of looking like various degrees of shit (even though i've loved it the whole time)...it now actually looks like i have short locs
-since last august i've lost about 30lbs. don't get too excited...i still look pretty much the same. i weigh about as much as i did when i graduated from high school (damnit why didn't somebody tell me i had gotten so fat!?!)
my body must be some sort of magical because I'm still the same dress size that i was before i lost the weight....it's a little frustrating.
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so that's basically it =)
oh...summer plans
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may 17-31
wandering aimlessly around maryland trying to catch up with all of the friends i haven't seen. i don't have a place to stay (i know melissa volunteered her couch for a couple of night and za did too...but i still don't think that's enough for two weeks worth of shelter...i really don't want to be a burden on anyone so i was hoping to be able to spread my stay out over lots of people which will let me spend actual time with people instead of meeting them for coffee). i think I'm staying with Brendan's brother for the first few days but after that I'm on my own.
pleas pleas pleas please please if you want to hang out for a night or two let me know if i can crash at your place =) or if you don't feel like lending your couch but still want to hang out, let me know...i still want to see you!!
june 1-8
hanging out in virginia with eric and katie and everyone else (I'm really bummed that brendan cant come, his job wont let him have that much time off). I'm still coming but was hoping for a ride down with someone (I'm still a little wary about driving long distances by myself...)
june 9-19ish
road trip to new orleans with melissa..details are crazy fuzzy but we're definitely going =)
june 24-aug 10ish
summer grad classes from 7am to 7pm five days a week
and then school starts at some point in september. i think melissa mentioned that she might come up with ben at some point which would be cool.
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damn that was a long entry...
i miss everyone, I'm glad I'm coming home
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