ahhhhhhh 1 week of school gone by and so much lame stuff. I made such a bad start of the term by missing 3 out of my 6 classes this weeks (2 intentional, 1 overslept loooool |: ). I didn’t practice much, though I did start practicing the Prokofiev concerto with my accompanist this week and made a lot of progress–she’s soooooooo awesome! I just have to make sure I do the best I can about getting every single note and not taking too much liberties or zoning out, and get my instructor to listen to it. I ate a lot more than last semester and tried my best to as much this-is-good-for-your-health foods. Hopefully I will gain some Kgs before I get DDR, so I can get in shape with it instead of become a stickman. I also tried to be more responsive to people… but that didn’t work too well and I feel like a retarded weirdo, so I’m not sure what to do.
After falling in love with La Valse by Ravel, I’ve decided to check out the orchestral versions. Saw Sir Simon Rattle with the Berlin Phil on youtube and I was IMPRESSED. So much of the possibilities I’ve heard in the piano version came real in this video and the movement and excitement (and cynicism) are carried out very well. I went ahead and borrowed some CDs from our library hoping to find a similarly great rendition, but I couldn’t. The closest I found was the Berlin Phil conducted by someone else, but this version is a little draggy. I wonder if I love Rattle’s version this much only because I can see his gestures and take it as part of the expression I hear, but I doubt it. I heard Bernstein’s versions the best (lol what can’t he do) but I couldn’t find it D: hopefully I can play it next year. Sometimes I wish I could conduct, but I have poor body movement coordination, and having to act like I’m insane in front of a group of people and an audience is just something I can’t do LOL;;
Onto less nerdy topics (or I supposed topics of a different kind of nerdiness); I was originally planning to not attend conventions this year because I have no works prepared, but my AN registration from my grand prize last year rolled over and arrived yesterday, so impulsive me decided that I’ll be going. I am going to enter the contest for AN again since last year’s gave me a veeerry nice spot at the Artist Alley HEHEHEHH I’m not sure if I could pull off another winning entry though; my current idea looks pretty similar to last year’s.
First of all, Happy new year~
(this wasn’t a new year pic; it’s actually a commissioned sketch)
Moving on, the year ended… 5 days ago. I guess I’m gonna copy my friends and summarize my year…
UPS:
Had the chance to be the student of 2 super awesome professional renowned fun piano teachers, learned a lot from them.
First time going to conventions around the continent, met a lot of friends online, had a lot of fun, saw a lot of weird people, and made a lot of $.
New computer with ownage specs?? (for a newbie anyway)
Relationship with family is better now.
I am more open to people around me in school now and I tried to be cool with more people.
Told certain people things that I’ve been keeping to myself, thus resolving some lame personal issues…?
DOWNS:
I’m still as lazy as I usually am…
Started playing a game and wasted so much time on it, having fun or not having fun.
Lost something I tried so hard to acquire/not lose D:
I sort of lost control over my brain? kind of noticed that I say and do stupid shit that made me regret instantly a lot more often…
Had like, the worst time of my life amidst exams and holidays so I got nothing done whatsoever!
I didn’t make much progress on Blackbird or do much art ”’orz
(damn so many downs) I DON’T REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED MOST OF THE YEAR LOL;;
Every year of my life gets more heated and intense, I wonder what state of burning hell I’ll be when I’m like 40! I actually forgot to make new year resolutions as I don’t do any of the planned stuff anyway… but I’ll plan regardless so I can look back in the future and laugh?
So my resolutions will be….
Be less lazy (but that’s not possible)
forget about what happened (that’s not possible either)
Find out what I really want to do as a career, how far I want to go, how much I want to achieve, etc.
Make more progress in Blackbird and draw more art than this year, work for those manga books and artbooks I want to make(hopefully this will be an easy one since I did like nothing last year…)
Be healthier, eat more, gain weight, exercise. I have food piled ready for this one… and DDR coming soon!
Hopefully go outside more. I know I enjoy it, I just don’t get up (yes, get up, not get out) enough. For this, I should…
Get closer to my rl friends! Even if some of them are all weird and shit HEHEHEHE says the weirdo
And not to forget to be thankful for what I already have, even though I always always forget…
now… watch I forget this faster than you can say “LOL”
Should’ve separated this entry into like 3 separate entries… then at least my blog would appear to be more active LOL D: School again on Monday, then I have to race race race in the concerto competition. I quit the game I’ve been playing, so hopefully that will free up a lot of time for me to return to my previous state of school/browse/art. The Shilin has recovered from her slump (what was I thinking I could forget and forgive so easily lol) and will try to make a come back.
