Goodbye freetime, hello outrageous music major workload! Wow, this semester, not to mention the next 4 years, will be the death of me. Ok, so not actually death... I'm sure that I'll manage, but it will be a huge adjustment having to stay organized and keep track of lessons and recitals and parties and studio time and homework and parties and research and parties and... nah, I'm just kidding about the parties. There will be no time for parties and even if there was, come on! I'm not a partyer! Well, I have more to say but I have to go meet some people for dinner and then JMB is practicing at the Point tonight so I need to start the long haul from my dorm to my car and drive to Frankfort. Random trivia of the day: It takes me just as long to get to my car from my dorm as the drive back to Frankfort. Does that blow your mind? Cause that just happened!

I was writing a post last night when I went to do a spell check. Something crazy happened and it erased my post. I was pretty irritated and went to bed without reposting it, so here's a new post. UK is pretty awesome. I really love it here. I'm doing A LOT of music- 2 theory classes and 2 choirs at the moment. I tried out for the acoUstiKats today- the mens a cappella group that sings pop music. I'm not really expecting to get in as a Freshman, but I thought, what the hey? Might as well try out so I can know what the audition is next year. I've been looking forward to this group for the past four years and it is one of the big reasons I am here at UK. I'll let you know how it goes, they should post results tomorrow afternoon.
So, I've been hanging out the past week with Eric (a friend from GSP), Amber (Eric's friend from church), and Molly (Amber's friend from GSP and roommate). They are all extremely cool people and I feel very blessed to have already made such great friends. We are about to finish a movie and then I have a great deal of reading to do so... See you later.

Well, here I am. Sitting in my dormroom at UK. I just moved in this morning and my roommate and his parents are out at Target buying some stuff. I've got all of my stuff situated, which didn't take long, and I've decided that I'll be leading a pretty simple life this year- unless I decide to bring a lot more items from home. I still need to bring a few more clothes and posters- I'm coming home Sunday so I didn't see a point in bringing everything now. I think I might go try to call some people and see if anyone else is ready to stop moving in and start hanging out.

i repent, i repent of my pursuit of america's dream
i repent, i repent of living like i deserve anything
of my house, my fence, my kids, my wife
in our suburb where we're safe and white
i am wrong and of these things i repent

i repent, i repent of parading my liberty
i repent. i repent of paying for what i get for free
and for the way i believe that i am living right
by trading sins for others that are easier to hide
i am wrong and of these things i repent

i repent judging by a law that even i can't keep
of wearing righteousness like a disguise
to see through the planks in my own eyes

i repent, i repent of trading truth for false unity
i repent, i repent of confusing peace and idolatry
by caring more of what they think than what i know of what we need
by domesticating you until you look just like me
i am wrong and of these things i repent

"I Repent" by Derek Webb

I didn't get my request to the schedule people in time... one more week of kroger. Blast.

I'm almost done, just a few more days until I'm out of Kroger... until Christmas break. I'm taking a leave of absense so that I can attend college and still come back and work whenever my Christmas break comes around. It will be nice to not have to go to work... but what will I talk about on my blog? A lot of my ramblings and rants come from my experiences at Kroger so I will have to find something else to write about for a few months. Maybe college will provide me with ample material.
Right now I'm trying to get all of my stuff in order before I have to move out next Friday. I'm in the process of seeing friends before they move away and that's going pretty well so far. I have a party today and tomorrow. Well, party probably isn't the right term here- my friends don't really party too much. It's mostly a get-together with a big group of friends but it's still going to be a lot of fun. I'm also in the process of putting all of my cds (and Dustin's and David's) on my computer into iTunes so that I don't have to mess with all my CD's anymore. The next logical step would be to buy an iPod so that I can carry all of my music with me everywhere I go. This would be especially helpful in my car where I could simply plug the iPod into my CD player and have my entire music library at my fingertips. The only problem here is money. Yes, it may suprise some of you, knowing that I work so diligently at Kroger and assuming that my paychecks are just phenomenal, but I'm a poor college student. I can afford an iPod right now, but I need that money for other things (like food) so I keep putting off this purchase. Don't worry though, I'll probably break down and buy one in a few months, or maybe weeks... who know?

Well, I think that I have finally got my sleep back from Band camp. Last week was pretty rough but it was a lot of fun. This week should be a lot less busy but then the next week I have to move in at UK. I'm pretty excited about that actually. At first I was not too ready to start classes and start doing work but then I realized... I'm a music major! How much hard work will I have to do? And the work that I will be doing will be doing will be enjoyable and I won't mind doing it at all. Yes, I'm ready to go to college.

Welcome to the busiest week of my life... maybe. All this week I've been working Kroger from 7 am- noon and then driving over to UK to teach at FCHS band camp. I have gotten very little sleep this week and I think it might catch up with me tomorrow (I only had about 4 hours the night before last so that should probably kick in soon). But regardless of the amount of sleep I'm getting- I am having the time of my life teach these high schoolers how to play tuba and how to march. Some of my favorite high school memories come from band- most of them really- and I'm glad that I can help these kids experience the same feelings. Wow, I'm really tired and my writing is getting somewhat sentimental. I better go before I burn these Ramen Noodles.