And now...... Another random update on something I have not yet realized that I will be ranting and or raving about until it spews out of my fingers onto this blog post! I sure am riveted! Let's see what we get to hear me go on and on about this time:

School is going well. I'm kind of in that mode where I'm juggling a butt-ton of stuff, but none of it is really critical yet, so I'm pretty chill about it all. I'm sure that will change soon, as I peer down at 3 different syllabi with matching midterm project dates... hmmmm, that may be a problem...

But meh, it's a pretty comfortable work load, especially considering that I'm basically working full time (30 hours a week, so not quite, but almost) AND going to school full time (14 credits biotches! 4 of which I won't get to count until Summer since you technically can't sign up for your internal and external internships at the same time). I'm on course to be graduating in December, which I'm excited about. Sort of is lame though, since I basically won't have much choice as to what electives I get to take; with the program as young as it is, they're still working out scheduling and options for flexibility are limited.

Next Wednesday I'll get to hear Michael Kaiser speak (he is currently the President of the Kennedy Center, but has had a long line of CEO positions at struggling arts organizations which he's basically brought to prosperity- his book, which I'm reading now is "The Art of the Turnaround", and it's pretty smooth reading). Pretty stoked for that actually.

Ummmmm other news, other news... Oh, I'm in a quintet now! Neato! Ya, Wind Symphony didn't work out for me this quarter cause I have class Thursday nights, but luckilly people know that I play trombone now, and was approached to play in a brass quintet! We had our first rehearsal last Sunday, and I was impressed that everyone actually showed up on time, and pretty much got down to business playing instead of the usual shinanagans that I normally have to put up with with musicians. Seriously- I don't think a single quintet or quartet rehearsal that I was a part of started on time the whole time I was at UW. That is a serious problem for Emmas. Emmas hold punctuality in high regard. Fo sho.