Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.

I'm pretty sure I'm prolly the worst music major out there. I have only practiced one time this summer.... talk about total failure. It's not that I don't want to practice, because I really do. It's just that it's so hard to get to practice. I live here in this apartment where if I practice I'm afraid someone will complain about me. Last time I went into my closet and practiced for about a half an hour but I tried not to be loud. If I go to the college to practice I have to bother a million people to find a key to unlock the practice room. I guess if you really want something bad enough though, then you go through all of these things to get it. I think I've pretty much narrowed down the schools I want to go to next year. I'm going to apply for University of Florida, Boston University, Hartt University, and Ohio University. I was also thinking about maybe applying to a college in Nashville because it's a really cool place but I just dunno about that one yet. I liked it when I was there and it's really a great place but it's not one of the "top" school and while the school I go to doesn't have to be a top school, I do what to know that I'm getting the best education possible for what I want  to do. You know, I'm really in love with Horn. I'm really thankful that Mr. E (my high school band director) pushed me and didn't let me quit. I will always be grateful for that. It's taught me a lot not only about horn but about life in general. You can't go around quitting all the time and you certainly never know when you might really like something once you get the hang of it! Well I guess I'll prolly get off here and go to the gym or clean or do something productive. It's too early to practice so I'll take on that adventure later! Until next time, live with no regrets! :)

Music fills the infinite between two souls. This has been muffled by the mist of our daily habits.

Not much has gone on lately. I actually went to the college to practice only to find out that the practice rooms were locked!! Ugh, so I emailed my teacher to see if they'd be open during the summer but have gotten no answer. I just might have to find a new place to practice for now. I can NOT go the whole summer without practicing. No way. But other than that not much has gone on. My family has decided to take a trip to Pennsylvania in a few weeks. I'm honestly excited but wish so bad that my boyfriend could go. I just know him not being there is gonna bring me down... I don't wanna spend a whole week without him :( hmm, well other than that nothing is happening. I'm trying to work more and this week I have more hours... I really hope it continues. The finances are getting pretty tight. I need to start finding a way to limit myself on the foods that I eat because it seems that I eat so much during the day and it cannot be healthy. Erg.. I dunno. So those are my random thoughts right now. I know this is all jumbled together but hopefully I get some things straighted out soon. Until next time, live with no regrets.

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

Well, it's summer and not much is going on...especially musically. Like I said before I'm looking at different colleges and trying to decide what ones I want to apply to in the fall. I'm really hoping I find something soon because time is running out. There are so many to choose from and I'm not only looking at the program itself but where it's located and that location in perspective to an Air Force Base (Yeah, I'd like to keep my job). So weeding through all these colleges is some hard work... and how do I decide what's too far away? It's not like I'm there to drive it. There are so many what if questions but I'm hoping though this process I can put those questions to bed. Well today I think I'm going to head down to the college and get some practice time in. (It's much needed because I haven't practiced in almost two weeks...can you say slacker??) But today has been productive, so far. I originally woke up at around six and watched a few episodes of Boy Meets World :) Then I decided to put a pillow over my head and go back to sleep, even though I had already slept for eight hours. After I woke up for good I clean my apartment and decided that later on I'm going to take one of my dogs, a chocolate lab named Ranger, to the dog park to get some of his energy out. I know he's been wanting to go for a while, I've just been too busy to go. Hopefully I'll get some reading done later. I'm reading a great book called A Curable Romantic and at first I thought it was boring but now I can put it down!! I'm thinking it's going to be a good day (after I clean my room) and what makes it even better is I get to see my boyfriend later :) Well I guess I should go clean my room or pick up dog poop or something... until next time, live with no regrets!!

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

As this blog slowly continues, I don't have much to report. Nothing musically has gone on in my life in the past few weeks. Right now I'm just trying to find the time to practice and do everything else that needs to be done. On a lighter note I'd like to add school is out for the summer and I couldn't be happier. My plans, so far, are to practice as much as I can get to the school, workout a little more, maybe hang out with more friends, and definitely work more! At least I hope that last one can happen. I went to Nashville this past week with my Mom, Dad, and boyfriend and I must say it was a lot of fun. We experienced a lot of things such as the Grand Ole Opry, Country Music Hall Of Fame, a marathon, Tennessee State Museum, and some old Civil War things. Overall, it was a good trip. I'm trying to figure out which college I might want to go to next fall and my search isn't going to well. While there are a lot of colleges with good music programs it's just finding the one that's right for me. There are a lot of places I'd like to go and see but I'm just not sure what to do. I guess fill out a million applications and then decide from there. So, other than these things not much has gone on in my life. As I said I've been absent from my normal duties for almost a week now and just today I really got back to normal things. (Even though things around here aren't really that normal.) The next blog I'll have pictures to post from Nashville and hopefully some college news or something of the sort. Until next time, live with no regrets!!