Nick Hwang
Latex Post I'm sitting in a 15-seat van on the way to Denton, Texas for Electric Latex, an electroacoustic festival held in the South. It's an eight hour drive. We're on hour 6. My electroacoustic professor and 7 composers. At any given time, there are 3 powerbooks/macbook pro's being used. One is learning to program [...]
My masters recital was on Halloween. It went very well. I premiered my string quartet, which I feel is the largest work so far. I'm so glad that I've finally done with this phase and moving on to applying for schools and writing my thesis. This past month has been horrendously busy, and i'm looking [...]
I played Double Dragon 2 for the first time yesterday on my mac. I can not believe how hard it was. I was literally stuck on one section, where I had to jump a string of disappearing platforms, for an hour. One hour. I don't know how anyone could have done it on the classic [...]
One of the first things the graduate advisor told me 2 years ago during orientation was that it was going to be hot in Baton Rouge. And the best way to stay cool walking around campus was to find routes that involved the most shade, even if it involved a longer route. He was completely [...]
I don't think I am a trusting person. It takes a lot for me to trust someone. I don't feel obligated at all. I feel I've been hurt in the past from being used and getting taken advantage of, and people easily lose my confidence. And if someone loses my confidence, it is very hard [...]
I was talking to Curt tonight before Tilly and the Wall. He asked me when I finish my masters and what I was doing next. I told him I finish in May and will be looking to start my PhD. And naturally the followup is 'where?'. I've thought about it several times, but I'm unable [...]
So the summer has finally started and I'm experiencing a heat not unlike that of Florida. Highs in the 90's and lows in the high 70's. The weater is hot and humid. If there is one thing I really hate, is sweating. Needlessly. If I had it my way, I would never sweat again. Of [...]
I've been at home for summer break for almost two weeks now. I haven't done much of anything, which is not unusual, besides go to the gym. I've seen my grandparents a couple times. My brother extended his stay so we couple play more video games. I've precomposed for about 4 of my pieces, but [...]
I just watched "funny ha ha", by Andrew Bujalski. It's a fantastic movie. One of the best words to describe it would be "realistic"- from the characters to the dialogue to the situations. I felt like everyone in the movie could be someone I know from Gainesville (maybe Baton Rouge). Nothing is overplay. Kate Dollenmayer, [...]
This past weekend was about the craziest days I've had in a long time. College Regionals was in Tulsa, Oklahoma this weekend. Half the team was driving in a van; the other half had bought separate plane tickets. 2 left in the morning, I had a flight at 3:15pm, another at 4:50, and a group [...]