There was once this thing called sleep in my life...

'this one time, I drank a whole can of Mountain Deewwww, and was up all night and then the next morning I was like 'Oh what a beautiful Morninnnnnn!'



That's from a Saturday night live skit that basically describes my life right now.

Well, hello everyone! It's crunch time. Everyone is preparing for finals, finishing up papers, and or getting ready for other end of the year things, like juries. I've been feeling it since about the middle of last week when I had 2 papers due and a million other music things going on. Lately, I've been throwing myself into my music compositions. We had our final composition assignment in Theory this last Friday, and it reignited my composition hobby. Lets just say that the distraction wasn't helpful to my papers. I am in the process of finishing up a research paper on Frank Lloyd Wright for Art History, and am beginning one on "How Civil Disobedience could have shifted the outcome of the Holocaust." Sounds interesting right? Along with all of those things, I have the normal course-load as well as all of the people I have to accompany for for voice juries.

This is where my opening comes in. I feel like I'm getting too comfortable with pulling all-nighters. Actually, I know I'm getting too comfortable with them, because now I'm either catching a cold or having a marathon against seasonal allergies. Either way, I think I can blame lack of sleep and surplus of stress for my current sore throat and stuffy sinuses.

However, it's not stopping me from enjoying the green! It has been so nice up here lately. Even though there have been several days where it rains in the morning, it usually is perfectly sunny by the late afternoon. I like weather that is warn enough to keep you comfortable in shorts, but also not hot enough to necessitate a portable air conditioner (which is normal for Iowa).

As far as my music life goes, I'm now done with both Norsemen and Jazz Band. We had our final concerts and they both went great. Now Nordic and Cathedral auditions are underway for all first years who want to continue in a Luther college choir. I'm hoping for Nordic, even though it's not a tour year, they are going to the West Coast for the month of January (I opted out of Greece because of the price tag), and I've never been farther west than Utah. It'd be a lot of fun.

But, duty calls. I need to read the Paideia book my paper is supposed to be about ;)

Later,
Jake