Ahhh... *sigh*
Oct. 6th, 2003 07:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jaalaThe internet connection is back again. The darn thing has been out of comission in residence rooms since Wednesday; it's incredible how difficult it was to function without access in my room. Professors expected me to visit certain sites, check email several times a day, and on and on.
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I completely mystified a store clerk by walking into a jeans place last week and asking, "Do you have any women's jeans that are not low-cut?"
I finally made it to an audition for the university's a cappella group. Apparently, I was one of at least a hundred so there's not much chance of getting in. (And even if I did, I've now found out that opera and a cappella rehearsals conflict.)
Halifax was hit pretty hard by Hurrican Juan. (Alliteration springs up in the most inappropriate places, doesn't it?) That's remarkably close to my old school, and I know a lot of people who have family there.
I'm singing tenor in the opera chorus. Unless I'm imagining things, my speaking voice is distinctly deeper when I walk out of rehearsal.
I am unbelievably behind in my school work, with a major test on Tuesday and a major assignment due Thursday. My to-do list grows ever larger, my sleep patterns grow more erratic, I keep having to skip practicing, and I have basically no free time at all. It is a royal pain in the ass to have to leave at least an hour of waiting and travel time by bus to get from the main campus (site of the music building, the music library with the hours of reserve recordings and scores I have to cover each week, the concert hall, other music students, the student government, Disability Services, physio) to West Campus (site of my residence, the stadium, the Faculty of Education, and nothing else) and back again. Though I really can't afford it with all the credit lost in transfer, I think I'm going to have to drop a course. I've never had to handle a course load this heavy; I'm not sure I can.
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I am currently enthralled by Harry Somers's Great Canadian Opera, Louis Riel. (some information about Riel himself here) When it was premiered, some predicted it would do for Canadian opera what Peter Grimes did for British. And there's no recording in print, dammit! Gah!
(However, there is a recording of Serinette, which though I've never heard it, I find interesting because it concerns a certain religious pacifist sect that split off from the Quakers. My home town's famous historical figure--hanged for treason--belonged to that very sect.)
Select highlights:
I completely mystified a store clerk by walking into a jeans place last week and asking, "Do you have any women's jeans that are not low-cut?"
I finally made it to an audition for the university's a cappella group. Apparently, I was one of at least a hundred so there's not much chance of getting in. (And even if I did, I've now found out that opera and a cappella rehearsals conflict.)
Halifax was hit pretty hard by Hurrican Juan. (Alliteration springs up in the most inappropriate places, doesn't it?) That's remarkably close to my old school, and I know a lot of people who have family there.
I'm singing tenor in the opera chorus. Unless I'm imagining things, my speaking voice is distinctly deeper when I walk out of rehearsal.
I am unbelievably behind in my school work, with a major test on Tuesday and a major assignment due Thursday. My to-do list grows ever larger, my sleep patterns grow more erratic, I keep having to skip practicing, and I have basically no free time at all. It is a royal pain in the ass to have to leave at least an hour of waiting and travel time by bus to get from the main campus (site of the music building, the music library with the hours of reserve recordings and scores I have to cover each week, the concert hall, other music students, the student government, Disability Services, physio) to West Campus (site of my residence, the stadium, the Faculty of Education, and nothing else) and back again. Though I really can't afford it with all the credit lost in transfer, I think I'm going to have to drop a course. I've never had to handle a course load this heavy; I'm not sure I can.
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I am currently enthralled by Harry Somers's Great Canadian Opera, Louis Riel. (some information about Riel himself here) When it was premiered, some predicted it would do for Canadian opera what Peter Grimes did for British. And there's no recording in print, dammit! Gah!
(However, there is a recording of Serinette, which though I've never heard it, I find interesting because it concerns a certain religious pacifist sect that split off from the Quakers. My home town's famous historical figure--hanged for treason--belonged to that very sect.)
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Date: 2003-10-07 05:14 am (UTC)I hear Sackville wasn't hit terribly hard by Juan. They got a lot of rain, but that's about it. Nova Scotia, on the other hand, was mostly without power for a few days. PEI got wiped, too. I caled MtA late last week, and admin offices/classes were still open.
How are you reacting to everything? Are you doing alright? There's nothing wrong with dropping something and re-taking it over the summer. If you want to swap new phone numbers, send me an email.
-MIM
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Date: 2003-10-07 10:16 pm (UTC)Glad to hear Mt A is still operating as usual.
I'm reacting okay, but barely managing to get anything done aside from attending classes and rehearsals and practicing; this past week I barely managed even practicing at all. It's absolutely ridiculous that I've been without prescription medication for a week because I haven't had time to go downtown to get them filled.
Now that two mid-term tests are past I'm feeling a little bit less stressed; however the sh-t will hit the fan when I need to get a term paper done in addition to all this other stuff. I'm still seriously considering dropping a course, but all of the courses that are drop-able (i.e. not the boring/tedious basics that I've been told I *have* to get done this year) are actually quite fascinating. I'm probably going to apply for a student mentor (like the tutor service at Mt A that I've used before).
I'd swap numbers, but I'm so rarely home before midnight I don't know when I'd be able to talk on the phone.
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Date: 2003-10-07 10:54 pm (UTC)