Nick

Today I signed up to write for a 12-movement piece by 12 different composers for the 12 chapters of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, where each composer will try to convey the text in their own respective movements. I'm actually excited about this. It's being performed by the New Music Ensemble in two weeks. The instrumentation [...]

So I think it rained a lot harder here for Hurricane Rita than it did for Katrina. I lost power for about 24 hours. My fridge was defrosting with about $70 worth of food that I bought the day before. Classes are canceled until Tuesday. Last night I went to the local coffee shop and [...]

I found a folder I had when I was in the 7th grace. It only held my english papers into. Mrs. Manning's class. In the sixth grade, her son spit a spitwad in my face and I punched him in the eye. I was ~5'5" and he was already 6 foot. He picked me up [...]

Another reason that I love Law and Order.

So some people got trampled in a small town that will probably get its name in the paper for the first time. And the thing that caused people to be knocked over, trampled, torn from their carriages - an apple product. A fifty dollar apple product - unheard of. An outdated model of iBook. I [...]

I was talking to someone the other day about writing music. And I compared writing everything either by hand or on something like Finale a lot harder than writing on something like Garageband. I think I said, "Well, with all the consumer technology availible these days, anyone could use something like Garageband and call themselves [...]

I’ve always heard half of the story growing up, but today, on the last day that I’m spending with my dad and mom, they tell me the whole story. Before I could remember, in Chicago, when my dad was in Dental school at UIC (my brother’s future grad school), there was a fire in the [...]

If I were to ever have a blog crush, she would be that person. I've been reading your blog ever since I found out what a blog was. I first heard about Mates of State and later !!! from reading her. She's insanely cute. And despite living in Texas, I actually thought I might eventually [...]

I've moved back home for about 3 weeks now. I started a temp job with pinellas county schools. My sister, Grace, worked with the same program last year. Pinellas Country School has an awful ratio-correcting scheme under the guise of a "choice" plan. In the registration period, students are able to pick their top 4 [...]

I am leaving UF and Gainesville this Saturday after five years of working on (microbiology switching to biology, music theory and outsid field, and finally settling on Music Theory and Composition) Degree. I finally got it. And now i am preparing to pack all my stuff- more stuff than i could possibly imagine into boxes [...]