Bits and Pieces

I came to the music building to practice some piano and singing and stuff, but I was disrupted by the rehearsal for a fraternity concert that's starting in fifteen minutes. The problem with the proletariat practice rooms is that they aren't soundproof so you can hear everything that's going on in Hart Recital Hall. I have decided that the jazz big band and barbershop quartet sound is to my liking, and I think I will attend this concert, just because it's Saturday afternoon and I can do whatever I darn well want to.

I decided to make a talent thing and upload it to the Touch Korea place just for funsies. The problem is that I don't have very performable talents, so it is going to be pretty boring. But what's a girl to do? I can't just pass up an opportunity like this.

Later - I went to see the concert. It was pretty fun. It was put on by a music fraternity, and they were pretty cool. I got a little video, maybe I'll show you it sometime.

Today is one of those days that's good. I woke up this morning and realized that I didn't have anything pressing to do. That doesn't happen to me very often so it was kind of exciting. I drank all kinds of coffee and drew some things and did some Korean and rocked out to some BAP and planned my trip to the music building. So far I have been here for four hours, all filled with good times. One of my problems is that I used up my camera's battery filming the jazz business, and you know how long it takes to charge that thing even a tiny bit. I have to pass the time somehow.

It is 5:15 now. There is some kind of jazz funk going on now. It's fun to listen to but it is throwing off my groove. Bigtime.

Totes gonna go edit this video. I will leave you with this:

because I heard you like 2PM.

Slower Days

I seem to recall that in other semesters, this last couple weeks was the most frantic part. But for some reason this year it is not so. It seems like half my classes are getting canceled every other day, or they're winding down extremely leisurely. To me this semester has been about two seconds long, so I'm still in the "middle of semester" mentality. I feel like I just got here, but the first step is already almost over. I guess that's what happens when you're living the fast life like me.

So I finally got my hands on some sheet music for a song I actually like (but no one else does, for some reason). I absolutely refuse to pay for sheet music, because on top of the cost of the actual music, there's the cost of printing, which is 10c per page (absolute robbery). So usually I get it for free somewhere, but lately I've been having a hard time finding music that is both free and to my liking. Anyway, the point of all that is to say that I found some music and I've been practicing it a bit and it'll probably be video-ready soonish. Even though I probably won't actually film a video until after Thanksgiving break. I'm not too good with this video thing at the moment.

Tonight I am going to an impromptu Thanksgiving dinner put on by one of the 2nd floor residents, which means that instead of turkey, potatoes, and gravy, we're having microwavable pizza rolls, cookies, and maybe a rotisserie chicken (but only if I bring it, which will depend greatly on how much it costs. I have no idea how much a rotisserie chicken is supposed to cost, do you?). But the spirit of Thanksgiving cheer will be there, so I guess the food part won't really matter.

Tomorrow I'm going to be home later than usual because I have to go to the middle school. I've had to start going on Fridays as well as Monday and Wednesday because I suddenly realized that I wasn't going often enough to get in my thirty hours of observation before the semester ends. You may not know this, but thirty hours in Middle School Time is about three hundred in Normal People (i.e. me) Time. As it is, I'm going to be there through finals week. I am obviously not very good at forethought.

Anyway, see you tomorrow. Peace.
-Amy

Happy November

It's pretty lonely up in this blog thing! I think I might have to switch it so that it's my Facbook profile on the side.
So I know you resent all the free time I've had lately. I kind of don't like it all that much either after a while because having a lot of free time and not a lot to do in that free time makes me feel lazy and dull-witted. That's pretty much why I've been doing all this stuff like trying to learn Korean and writing and playing piano. It helps me feel industrious. But I decided to up the workload a little next semester, so I'm taking 18 hours instead of just 14. So I'll be pretty busy.

Anyway, one thing I haven't really been doing is making videos. Since I see you every weekend I'm finding it a little hard to find things to talk about. If you have any ideas feel free to toss them my way. I have a couple ideas but we'll see. Video should be out sometime this week.

Yesterday was Halloween. Never has a holiday passed with me so incredibly apathetic about it all around. However, I did wear those fake nails with the cute little ghosts on for the entire day and some people complimented me on them. I also did some laundry, which in itself isn't remarkable except I decided to wash that fuzzy red blanket and it must have been the first time it's really been washed because that thing covered the lint screen in the dryer with an inch-thick layer of red lint. Also the red fuzzies got all over the rest of my clothes. So that's going to take a little while to clean up.

I have a science test in 25 minutes. It's mostly about energy and how we've squandered the world's beauty with our greed for oil. This class is pretty fatalistic if you ask me. I'm a pretty fatalistic person myself, though, so I'm fairly confident that I'll do all right on the test. I have to try extra hard to get good test grades in this class though because the teacher doesn't take attendance and to be quite honest, usually my ticket to a certain A is good attendance (teachers love the people who are there every day).

Anyway I'll see you later.
-Amy

*crickets*

Hi Michelle. Sometimes I feel lonely, like I'm the only one making posts on this blog.

...oh wait. I am the only one making posts on this blog! And posting videos too, for that matter.

Don't mind me though. I obviously have a lot more time to kill than you do especially now you have your own personal student of American culture to teach things to.
There are a lot of things about UCM that are extremely inferier to the very same things at JCCC, namely the print system, the Writing Center and the age and functionality of the buildings, but I will say this about UCM: in the computer lab they have Windows, Apple and Linux computers for anyone to use. So that's cool.


I'm planning to film a video sometime in the next day or so, and this one's going to be more well-structured than some of my other videos have been in the past. *cough* At least, I hope it'll turn out that way. To be honest I film a lot of videos but I only actually post about half of them. The rest will never see the light of day, and for good reason.

I remember that you said that Windows Movie Maker wouldn't open your video, which is weird because the format of it is in .wmv to begin with, I think. One thing you could do is try opening it in VLC or some other program just to make sure that your camera is actually working. If it is, try downloading Windows Live Movie Maker and see if that works. Also, once you're finished editing a video, make sure to select "Save Movie" and not "Save Project", otherwise it won't upload to YT.

Anyway if you have any questions you can probably call me. And make a post.

Laters,
-Amy