Haha, so I don't really have a specific purpose in mind for this post, besides just posting so that I can officially have one (1) September post. So there have indeed been a few reasons for my lack of presence:
2. School. Except that my senior year isn't the "typical" senior year, complete with 3 releases 2 pe's and drawing. I'm taking on quite a full schedule: AP English Lit, Orchestra, Anatomy and Physiology, AP Stats, AP Art History, and Honors Physics. *sigh*
3. Violin. I've been reworking the first movement of Mendelssohn's Violin Conerto in E Minor (I last worked on it the summer before junior year) for the annual Connie Fritz Memorial Concerto Competition through the Salem Chamber Orchestra. It's been pretty rewarding to come back to the Mendelssohn so I can finally (hopefully) do it justice. :) But as for the competition, my pianist asked me when the finalists were to perform so that he could see if he was available, and I told him I had no idea because I never even considered the fact that I might be a finalist...haha. We'll see how that pans out. I just got back from recording it (and mom's been listening to the recording on repeat...fml)
5. SAT Subject Tests. Again. I HATE (insert all things including and associated with the SAT). I'm taking the US History and Math Level 2 exams (both for the 2nd time...).
7. Salem Youth Symphony. So I'm pretty sure that music/violin is becoming something that I truly enjoy and is accordingly taking up much more of my time. I wasn't going to join SYS until I heard that they were planning on playing Dvorak's New World Symphony, Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture, Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony, and accompanying the cello professor at UofO on the Elgar Cello Concerto. *drool*
9. As much as I am regretting taking some classes, I also realized that I need to be busy. I absolutely hate having nothing to do and nowhere to be. The hectic school year has been a little overwhelming at times, but I do appreciate it and understand that I will always need to be occupied by something that I can concentrate all of my energy on.
Welp. Hopefully I can get in some more useful/insightful posts in October. Sorry September, I have failed you.
P.S. I'm 18 now. What the??? lol.
