Hi all! I usually don't have time to blog. Luckily, choral retreat is currently happening so I can in fact blog as much as I want to. I am staying up all night like I did last year...except this year I am all alone in my venture. The last few people went to bed about thirty minutes ago. So, here am I. Writing the first blog of my Sophomore year! Wohoo!!! Actually, this year is going to be pretty hard. I mean my classes seem innocent enough but the content is like...well like one of those 70's movies where everyone that is high says "Dude" or "Far Out Man." Those phrases = my class schedule this semester. Even though I am scared about this, I am ready for a challenge. Challenges can change a person. I mean if you consider history's greats, what made them "great"? Was it there ease in life or was it their determination on completing a challenge that most did not think they could do. There are a few exceptions, but most of those greats had the second dealing of cards in life. Now, being the smart person I am, I could name some of those people but It is 3 in the morning and I'm not going to do that. I would most likely mess up the facts and sound like an idiot. That would not be pleasant. Instead, I will talk about my struggles in this coming semester and hopefully you, the reader, will not mind hearing about my somewhat tiresome and not too interesting life.
Number one- Music History. This is the class most music majors AND minors tremble in fear of and run scared from. This is not your average history lesson. No, it is the history lesson of all history lessons in the music realm. If one can survive music history, one can survive any class at OC. It's just a proven point. So, what makes this class so hard? Well, if you are asking that, then you have not seen the textbook...s....yeah, there's more than one. I truly think the hardest part about M.H. is that there is so much information in sooooo little time. If all of this information was split over 4 years, I think everyone would do better. But, as the case is, it is not. Also, being a good studier is a vital part of the class. If one cannot study, one cannot pass, so one cannot graduate...I could go on and on but since it's 3 am- I won't.
Number 2- Theory...Now if you have read anything I have posted over the past year then you are probably saying "Theory, wait a minute, she's been in that class forever. Surely she would be having an easier time with it." Well, sorry to disappoint you, I am still in Theory and it is still hard. Especially right now. Normal students would be covering "hard" stuff at this point in time. Our class is not normal by any standards. Instead, we are doing an intense review over key signatures and the basics...the stuff that was covered in Fundamentals of Music Theory...yeah. It's not cool. But, we need this. A review time is great because it let's us see where we can improve and where we can grow. I could elaborate, but I would because...it's 3 am!
Number 3- My relationship with God. Now, under most circumstances this would come first but since it is 3 am, I had the other two on my mind first so I wrote them down first. God always comes first. No matter what. I want this semester to be a semester of peace. You know, the kind of peace where no matter what happens God will be there to pick you up, dust you off, and help you down the road of life. Though, usually most people fall but don't know they have fallen and so they don't know they need to be picked up. Tonight we sang around the campfire for hours. I haven't felt that close to God in quite a while. I mean the atmosphere, the people, the songs, the night sky filled with God's creations, it all worked, like a puzzle that can be put together in many ways but only one way truly represents what the artist wanted. That was tonight. I love being able to sing (obviously) but I also love just sitting and looking at the glory of God through his creations. Have you ever looked up at the sky? I mean really looked at it, away from all of the light pollution and sounds of life. If you haven't, you are missing out. It is one of the best feelings in the world! To be able to look at the stars and planets and think that God created all this and you is just crazy! He also loves you more than all of them too. That is remarkable. He sent His son to die for you to save you from your sins. Now that is what I call love.
I have a number 4 and a number 5 and so on but I'm really not in the mood to put all of my problems on the internet. That's not exactly the best means for explaining my goals, feelings, and the like. So, for now I will leave with this comment, "Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind." Ecclesiastes 12:13
