Things are different since the days of balding, bad-tempered theatre teachers. Oh, yes, much different. Now it's a balding, bad-tempered French Literature teacher. Music truly has secured itself as my career path-- music people are the happiest, friendliest people on campus that I've encountered so far, and I believe it is a direct result of their chosen profession. There is something about being around music all day that makes you much more emotionally receptive and expressive with the world around you. Societal inhibitions are scattered along the wayside, roadkill on a highway to creative expression. For example: my music theory teacher wore a light up, scrolling LED belt buckle to class today, and at a certain point in the lecture, turned it on to reveal the words:
ROMAN NUMERALS ARE NOT MALLEABLE.
Funniest thing that has ever happened.
I was in tears, the lecture stopped for a full five minutes. This kind of behavior is a trademark of his, and such jovial willingness to make a fool of oneself in front of one's students is common among the teachers in the department. The music school is my favorite place to be.
In other news: I have a place to live next year!!! Kaitlin (my current dorm roommate) and I are such good buddies that we decided to look for a place to rent together, and she came across an ad for a house a few days ago:
Two cellists looking for two female roommates
4bdrm house with 1 dog and 2 cats
A dog????? I instantly loved the idea. I've missed living with a puppy since I moved out of the house. We went over to the house (yes, HOUSE), and met Ali, who is a sweetheart and seems to be a good prospect for a roommate. We also met Ali's dog Luna, the GIGANTIC Great Pyrenees dog. She is also a sweetheart. Pictures of the house and Luna will follow sometime, but for now let me just say that Luna is the cherry on top of an absolute CAKE. Their kitchen is gigantic. They have cable. And my room has a huge closet. SOLD.
That's the more exciting bit of what I've been up to recently... There's too much to recap all the way from October, but I hope to be in touch much more often. I do love to read everyone else's goings on though-- they're so much more interesting than mine, and it makes me feel not quite so far away from friendly and familiar faces. Hope to hear from all of you soon.
In closing...
That is all.
