Life of Cece

3:16pm: My heart's as full as a baked potato
I came back to my old room yesterday morning and it smelled like Me-Having-Strep-Throat-Last-August. Fortunately, victory over Reslife is mine! For I will be moving into Butt C room 203 as soon as its current resident moves out. I have one word for you: COPENHAGEN.
This semester is going to be an Amazing Semester, starting tomorrow, with History of Rock & Roll and R&B.; Yes.

6:59pm: Book Review Korner
( I finished The Da Vinci Code yesterday. Now I will rant. )

Note: there is a spoken version of this rant available, which is much more entertaining than the written, and involves screaming, swearing, and pained facial expressions. Just walk up to me and say something about "the sacred feminine," and I won't be able to contain my wrath.

7:35pm: Ow.
My three remaining wisdom teeth came out on Monday. It hasn't been as bad as I had feared, but it still hurts a little more than I'd like. If the right side of my face could chill out and stop being so swollen, that would be cool. I've never had more people encouraging me to abuse prescription drugs; these people are my true friends.

6:58pm: A Meme
( because why not? )

3:22am: The Night The Space Needle Exploded!!!!!!!!!!


AKA
Happy New Year from Seattle!

I bundled up East-Coast style for what turned out to be a West-Coast wintry night (...raining). Highlights included purchasing waaaay too much spaghetti, hearing "Stop the Cavalry" at the skating rink (AP Calc nostalgia trip!), and the band Rockit Science (cover band with glasses and sweatervests) performing "Take On Me." And many, many drunk people wishing us a happy new year. And Patrick McGoohan.

I'm so done with 2004. Bring it on, '05.

11:15pm: Marionettes on weakening cables

You're the Rock Star!
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I used to make fun of the kids in my town who hang out in the grocery store parking lots all night. Today, I see where they're coming from, because nothing is open after 8 pm...except the grocery stores. So why not get out of the house, buy some snacks, and hang out with your friends? Better than staying home and updating livejournal until the wee hours.

6:29pm: Christmas Entry
I like being home, even though I'm bored already and my family can be bothersome. Maybe it's just the turkey dinner we just finished, but I'm very relaxed and content right now.
Midnight mass was a good idea, but could have been more midnight-y, i.e. darker, and had a less trite sermon. I don't know this priest, so St. Jude's feels less homey. And WesMass has a simplicity and community which I prefer.
Best present: Home Movies season one DVD's. "DON'T put marbles IN your nose PUT them in there DO not PUT them IN there..."
No one answers the phone or door in this house, it's ridiculous.
Kathleen's pulling the apple cinnamon cheesecake we made out of the oven, and it looks like we'll have a rousing family game of Trivial Pursuit later this evening.
Peace on earth, everybody.

5:14pm: If anyone had any doubts about the craziness of grading systems...
I present to you an email from my choir director:

Dear Singers

Everyone would like an A all the time in every class. They are pressuring
us to give fewer, and I tried and only gave two. So, now everyone is mad
at me. (I gave LOTS of A minuses - probably more of those than they want
too.)

I am reviewing this with the TAs and the Registrar.

Enjoy your holidays.
ron

I got an A-, but I can't stay mad at Ron.

11:22am: It's hard enough to finish this paper while sitting on my bed at home...but when my cat is nuzzling the screen and pushing it down, and stepping on the keyboard and now trying to play with the text as I type it across the screen, it's almost too much.

4:41pm: Home...is where I want to be, pick me up and turn me 'round
In 24 hours, I will be on a plane, taking off for my lovely state (ok, fine, so I have to go to Newark first. Whatever).
I will NOT be delayed by snow. Not even a little bit.
I will land around 11:30 pm PST, and breathe a glorious sigh of relief.

For now, I will continue to make environmental policy recommendations in this paper (page one: STOP BREAKING THE ENVIRONMENT, BUSH, YOU IDIOT!).

12:17pm: Movies.
On December 28th, 2004, I will be robbed of three wisdom teeth. After this, I plan to spend a lot of time lying semi-conscious on the couch.
During this time, I would also like to watch some movies. My home Netflix queue is entirely under my control.
As many of you know, there are many movies which I have not seen. My question to you all, is, what movies should I see?
Home friends, you are welcome and encouraged to come over and watch your suggested movie with me. Or West Wing, or Adult Swim, or whatever TV DVD's we might have. (This also might be a good excuse for Pride and Prejudice.)
Ok, recommend away!

1:25am: I am so on top of my shit this Reading/Finals Week, it's not even funny. Just finished my Singers of Tales takehome final, which is not due until 4 tomorrow. It's done, because I've been working on it all week. Oh yes.

This Successful Reading Week brought to you by:

Olin Library--for study space, inspiration (I love reading, surrounded by the aura of stress, excitement, and diligence), camaraderie, and my wonderful job
Vocal Debauchery--for taking up two hours (or more) of my day from last Thursday until this Wednesday, and making crazed blacksmith jokes
Cold-Eeze and Throat Coat--for when you seriously mess up your throat on the weekend and have to get better by Wednesday night!
Starbucks Double Shots--for keeping me awake to finish this final and write this entry, and being delicious
Weshop--for the aforementioned three products
Music--for also keeping me awake while reading papers and keeping me happy while walking around in the cold
Livejournal--for help--no, wait. Livejournal was totally destructive this whole time. I hate you, Livejournal*.

( If anyone's still playing, the answers to my songs )

I'm going home on Monday, and I'm very excited. I love you, Wesleyan, but you are rather insular and I need to get away for a bit. Also, holidays! And getting my wisdom teeth removed!

The only thing that's still bothering me is ResLife. I'm going in to talk to Gail again tomorrow. I want to believe that a polite demeanor, clean clothes, and punctuality will get me everywhere in an administrative setting, but this is simply not true. I need to bitch and moan until I get my way. I am not good at this. I must become good at this.

*just kidding don't leave me...

5:54pm:

Because I was studying at Scores & Recordings, I just got roped into subbing for this girl who didn't show up.
And bored at work = time for memes! Only not with my iTunes, with my mp3 player. So you can figure out what I'm listening to as I roam around our fair campus. Post with the song from the lyrics, no cheating, you know how to play this game.

1. "You just be you/ I'll be me, okay?"
2. "When the indicator says you're out of oil/ should you continue driving anyway?"
3. "I invented a sister/ populated with knives"
4. "And as I'm reaching in the bottom drawer/ I'm thinkin' 'bout the way it was before"
5. "Ain't never gonna lose the way I choose, yeah"
6. "So desperately I'll sing to thee of love, sure/ but also rage and hate and pain and fear itself"
7. "It doesn't matter where you've been/ as long as it was deep, yeah"
8. "Well, I was the one who left you/ always comin' back, I cannot forget you, girl"
9. "I'm not into your passport picture/ I just like your nose"
10. "Well, if it rains, I don't care/ don't make no difference to me/ just take that streetcar that's goin' uptown"
11. "So take your hands out of your pockets/ and get your face adjusted"
12. "I was swimmin' in the Caribbean/ animals were hiding behind the rocks"
13. "If it's not now, then tell me when would be the time that you would stand up and be a man?"
14. "One summer, a suicide/ another autumn, a traveler's guide"
15. "I'm gonna watch the bluebirds fly/ over my shoulder"
16. "Dizzy in the head, now, feelin' blue/ The things you say, well, maybe they're true"
17. "But if I could, you know I would/ just hold your hand and you'd understand"
18. "Foundations that we built are getting weak/ it seems that we're springin' a leak"
19. "And after all the violence and doubletalk/ There's just a song in all the trouble and the strife"
20. "Your love life precedes you/ your son-in-law feeds you/ injections of cortisone"
21. "I'll keep on walking away from here/ I'll forget you when I reach the other side"
22. "Out of all those kinds of people/ you got a face with a view"
23. "And I never stepped on the cracks/ 'cause I thought I'd hurt my mother"
24. "Take a backseat/ hitchhike/ take a long ride on my motorbike until I'm ready"
25. "When you get to the promised land/ you're gonna shake the eye's hand"

2:50am: But really? It's nothing a little dance party can't fix, at least for a night.

6:20pm: Wait, what? Wait.
Oh man this week. It was confusing and stressful and frustrating and putting me on edge all the time. Not cute, life, not cute.

(However, I have high hopes that things will soon be resolved.)

The fun and excitement of college life has turned into overstimulation. In eight days, I will return to the simple, blissful sensory deprivation tank that is home.

(It had better be that simple and blissful.)

Dear home friends,
Please avoid drama and complications at all costs, or resolve them before December 20th. You don't need the stress it brings, and neither do I. Let's just have happy holidays. I can't wait to see you!
Love,
Cece

7:27pm: Voce mea ad Jehovam clamanti!
Singers concert: Good fun, and decent quality. I'm excited for the choir party, and will miss Ron. I liked the vibe Singers had, like we were all just friends who liked to get together on Wednesday nights to sit around and sing stuff.
Collegium concert: I thought we sounded excellent, but I don't think the past few days of rehearsals made any difference. I'm very annoyed at Jane for working us so hard in the last week, past the point where it was useful. I don't think I've ever been so demoralized by a choral experience. We shouldn't have rewarded her by sounding good. (Why am I so perverse?)
And I just realized I signed up to be her tutor for her FYI next semester. Damn.

But. 2/3 of concerts are over (and the remaining 1/3 is VD, so whatevs, it'll be fun). Sonata project will be done soon. Reading week will be all about essays and takehome finals. There's no point between now and going home when I get to fully relax, but things ease up every day.

3:48pm: A Thought.
So all through school, I've been told not to procrastinate and write papers at the last minute and whatnot.
And yet
A lot of the training I got (starting in sixth grade, and most notably all of senior-year AP Comp) was practice writing an essay in an hour.
So that's what I can do, and for the most part, it is what I do today (not in an hour, but quickly, and with little revision).
Most of how I was trained to write was contradictory to the rest of how I was trained to write!
Not that I'm complaining. I did well on my standardized tests, and got into this lovely school, and can write fast, good essays.
(I'm thinking about this because I have an essay due Friday, and don't have the topics yet, and am not unduly concerned)

11:05am: Quelle suprise

You scored as Catholic. Catholic 70% Christian 65% Jewish 60% Cult 60% Anarchist 40% Buddhist 35% Religion created with QuizFarm.com

But it really bothers me when people draw a line between "Catholic" and "Christian." I'm a Christian, and a Catholic. What I am not is a Protestant.

11:15pm: Everyone else is doing it...

catholicism is love
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and I like the results.

12:54am: Most fun, hilarious, RENT- and Veggie Tales-filled, relaxing, mother-insulting, delicious and best Thanksgiving EVER.

5:23pm: Even though this Thanksgiving is time that I won't spend working, and thus will lead to more stress...I need it so badly.
The best day of my life will be when I turn this sonata project in.

10:12am: Spring '05
MUSC 108: History of Rock & Roll and R&B;
FREN 223: French Ways
MUSC 202: Chromatic Harmony
CHEM 348: Perspectives of Science and Art (the class my advisor referred to as "total bullshit," but in a positive way)
MUSC 4--: Wesleyan Singers (maybe, depending on if Angel can conduct choirs)

I am excited to have classes with people that I know and take lots of music courses, and have three classes on Tuesday and Thursday but not have to start until 1:10 on Monday and Wednesday.

9:24am: Registration Fun!
Music professors/classes? Thoughts/advice? Neely is teaching two classes that I should take, but I reeeally don't want him as a prof. Also, all the classes are at the same times.

12:19am: Best weekend in recent memory.

11:06am: Yeah, it's a list post. You know how it is.
1) My parents came and went rather quickly, but I got a couple of meals and a bunch of new clothes/necessities. They can be tiring, but mostly in conjunction with stress/lack of sleep.

2) This Sunday was the second Sunday in a row which involved going to snacks, hanging out one-on-one for nearly two hours with someone cool who I want to become better friends with, and then going to an event at midnight. (This week: screaming outside Olin. Pretty fun.)

3) I'm getting my schoolwork under control. Missing the writing tutor seminar that one week, and then having them actually bug me about not turning stuff in, really threw me off; I didn't realize until this week (when I actually did what I needed to) how much it was disrupting my peace of mind. Working that out, plus a couple of good grades, and I feel much better.

4) I need to gather a LOT more information, and make a decision: to double-major, or not to double-major? This mostly hinges on what kind of credits I can get if I go to France (because I reeeeally want to go to France, but that would mean taking more French, which I won't have time for if I need to fulfill my requirements for both majors and GenEd). I hate emailing profs/administration for advice about this, because I'm afraid they'll say it's not possible. Also, while a BA in English would suit several careers that I'm interested in, how much do I REALLY want to be writing essays and having bullshit discussions about poetry for the next 2.5 years?

5) *grin* *giggle* *butterflies* *squeee!*

6) This weekend: Leni, Punchline, Harry and the Potters, CT Breakdown, and Nina's coming to visit. Oh, my life!