Super Inuit

So. Lots and lots of stuff.

First of all, the title of this post is actually a song by a band called Holy Fuck. I thought it appropriate, since I feel like a little eskimo hiding away in my igloo right now...lol.

I've been stuck in this room for 6 hours straight. It's wierd, because Caitlin moved out and now there's a whooooole lotta empty space that I have no idea what to do with. Perhaps I'll bring back my lil' couch...its cushions may have an uncomfortable bar between them, but when I lay on it the right way it does wonders for my back. Hoohohohohoho...I tell you. I slept on it one time, woke up the next day having not moved. Fockkkkkk.

I made this sweet door sign for myself with sharpies and crap...

Yeah, that's Chris Pine. On my damn door. Don't you wish you had one.

Cedar Fools is currently buried under an ass pile of snow. People are calling it the SNOWPOCALYPSE. I believe it. It freaks me out, having seen this movie...

Film: The Day After Tomorrow

Plot: It's the near future, and Earth is PISSED. People have been polluting the air with chemicals, greenhouse gases, CO2, and whatever, for years. There's this scientist and he has a kid who gets in trouble at school and then goes to some academic competition with some people. Suddenly, it starts raining all over the place. Then, a bunch of temperature sensors in the sea are freaking out, and weather people all over the world start to notice weird stuff happening...Because of all the rain, the global water level starts to rise. The city where the main character's son is (I think it's NYC, can't really remember) floods, and they all have to leave so they don't die. A russian ship floats through Times Square. Holy balls. The main character and his scientist friends figure out that this is all somehow caused by global warming, and report it to the government. They all realize too late that they've fucked up the planet, just in time for NASA to send satellite photos of some HUGE ice storms. These storms cause EVERYTHING to freeze, including all the water from the floods. Helicopters fall out of the sky. The northern hemisphere is covered in ice and snow. The president dies. Everyone is forced to go to Mexico.

Not even gonna finish...

Favorite Part: I don't even have one. I know this sounds ridiculous, but I seriously flipped a tit about this movie. It seems real. Like, it could actually happen. I mean, we all know how big of a concern global warming has become...and how wasteful people can be. This is why I recycle. Because I don't want the atmosphere to go to shit, and I sure as HELL don't wanna see no more floods.

This storm we're having right now? Yeah, reminds me a lot of the one in the movie for some reason. Hope classes are cancelled or something, so I'm not required to go outside.

LORD. I made the mistake of going to the book store in the blizzard today. It felt like a fucking quest. I had to stop in Lawther (conveniently located halfway between my room and the store) and rest, both on the way there and the way back. The eerie sounds of the wind were all I could hear as I walked. There were literally no people out but me, the crazy bitch who needed her jazz theory book so badly she'd risk freezing her ass.

I went there for 3 books that I needed, 2 for jazz theory and 1 for sightsinging. They had 2 of them, but one of the jazz ones was out of stock, so they asked me if i wanted to order it. I had half a mind to tell them "No ma'am, I don't want you to order that for me. If the weather keeps lookin' like this, DO NOT expect to see my ass in here to pick it up, because said ass will either be sitting in a warm building, or have been amputated due to frostbite."

Instead, I just ordered the book...FML.

I am listening to Gorilla Zoe. Why. Because midnight is the best time to be ghetto? Haaaaaa...

Aside from the fact that campus has turned into a vast snow-ridden hellhole covered in white winter waste, life has actually been really great lately!

The clarinet symposium on Saturday was a total blast...I have never felt like such a clarinet nerd as I did that entire day. Hayley Graham was there, my lil' pal from the HS across town from Wash. She played at Dr. M's masterclass, and it was fab! (BTW, she told me today that she's officially coming here and joining the studio next year. Win!!)

Andrew Seigel and Eric Mandat are both neato. Some things I liked/disliked about their recitals...

Liked:

~Dr. Seigel did an Eric Dolphy transcription on bass...LOVE

~The piece Dr. Seigel did on E♭ was ADORBS!

~Mandat's unaccompanied bass pieces were wicked.

Not so much:

~Didn't really care for all the multiphonics Mandat used...sure they're cool to a point, but after a while, I was honestly thinking wtf..

After all the events were over, a bunch of us went to this sweet restaurant downtown, Montage, including Dr. M and the guest artists. I sat with Abcde, Julie and Steph, and we were joined by Scott, James, Alisa, Veronica, and Ranee. I had the best chicken alfredo of my LIFE, and I actually tried bruschetta. Liked it. Then Steph and I shared this rum cheesecake...I about died. Best goddamn cheesecake I've ever had, hands down.

The whole night was fantastic.

I've had this feeling for a while..I'm sure I've mentioned it before, how the clarinet studio is beginning to feel like a second family to me. Well, after that day and night, I'm sure of it. I've found where I belong, what I'm supposed to be doing, and who I'm supposed to be doing it with.

Stacia was having a really tough time the other day...it was heartbreaking to see her so torn up about everything. I did the best I could to help her talk it out. It's the least I could have done, after all she's gotten me through already!

Funny, how friendship can progress so quickly...sometimes, it takes a while. Other times, you meet someone who you seem to instantly just..click with. I've had a lot of really close friends before, seen a lot of drama between them. I've seen them change over time, along with my relationships to them. I've also heard the term "best friend" thrown around a lot before...but I've never really felt safe about using it until now. No regrets :)

I leave you with my final musical thought for the night...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izQsgE0L450

Fin.