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| Finally, a chance to breathe. After a couple very long months at school, and a rather sleepless finals week to wrap it all up, I had a great holiday at home with my family. And now all my brothers have gone back to their respective homes, and I'm left here in NH with my parents, a few weirdo cats, a horse with a mind of her own, and a whole lot of empty silence. My goal is to have a productive month, use all the extra time I have to learn some guitar, record some songs I haven't gotten around to before I forget how they go, and avoid the TV in favor of books as much as possible.
I'm not one for making New Year's resolutions... whenever I have, I either completely forgot about them, or burned out on them the first month. But I have a lot planned for the coming year--for starters, I signed up for both swimming and riding at school, so I can boost my health a bit. I'm also planning on vocal lessons, which I think will be classical, but nevertheless a big help on technique and support and that kind of thing. When summer rolls around, if all goes according to plan, I'll be moving into an apartment around Saratoga and staying there through senior year (and perhaps beyond). And of course I'll continue with school and music, hopefully with more organization than the fall semester ;)
Thinking about all of that kind of makes my head spin. Sometimes I just want to sit back and not think about anything, and if I get sleepy thinking about nothing, to feel no guilt or laziness if I fall asleep for a few random hours. But as nice as that is, life is too short for too many days like that... So I'll just hit the snooze alarm of life for a few more days and then hopefully get moving. =)
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| Dec 28th, 2005 @ 1:14 am |
| As the semester winds down I find that I'm far too relaxed, far too "hey, whatever!" about everything I have to get done in the next couple weeks... I wonder when that "uh oh, I have a lot to do!!!" feeling is going to kick in and make me productive.
In the meantime, I enjoyed another great night out with friends last night--I finally got around to seeing Sauce, a great new band with a feel somewhere between alt-country, rock, and funk. Very nice guys, too. =) Speaking of nice guys, my good friend Maurizio opened up for the band (with Dave Scheffel on harmonica)--I have lost track of the number of awesome sets I have seen him play. ;) I'm not sure I mean for this blog to be plugging other musicians all the time... but you know, sometimes the fangirl in me takes over, and I just can't help it. My friends around here are such outstanding and inspiring artists...
But it's not always the music that is the best part of the night, for me--it's the long hours at cafés or bars or diners, where we hang out until the place closes, and then linger in the parking lot for another fifteen minutes before we actually part ways [well... when it's not 5 degrees out, that is]. I've felt really happy and comforted lately, a welcome state after feeling down and out a lot this semester. I'm beginning to see a future life--where I'll live, and who some of my closest friends will be... I don't think I've really ever had that before; the future has always been a dreamlike place full of uncertainty. It still is--and in a way will always be--but some of the pieces are starting to fall into place. =)
Now to get my head out of the clouds and get some work done... oy.
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| Dec 14th, 2005 @ 2:02 pm |
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