Major Trouble
Trouble, trouble, troubo-oh-oh-oh-ohllllle Two years ago, when I was applying for college (man, does that make me feel old…) I made a bold, completely arbitrary decision that I was destined to be an...
View ArticleKnee-Deep in all the Adult-ness
Friendship. This is it. Yesterday, I attended my traditional, Thursday evening pre-Concert Band dinner with my dear friend and fellow blogger, Jeremy. I was really excited, because Jeremy is not only...
View ArticleThat One Time My Parents Came To Visit
Blue penguins, AKA bundles of insane cuteness Life lately has been pretty crazy. As I mentioned in my last post, I signed a lease, and since then, I registered for classes (which turned into an...
View ArticleThe Art of Getting Beautifully Behind
This delightful little guy is $1007 on Amazon and WAY more fun than homework. I don’t mean to alarm all of you, but things are getting a little crazy over here. I’m writing to you from underneath an...
View ArticleAnd Then Something Crazy Happened
Delightful Thanksgiving fun before the homework binge I’m a really big fan of the Thanksgiving break for two reasons: 1. I get to catch up on all my homework 2. After Thanksgiving is over, it is...
View ArticleApplying to College is Pretty Much Exactly Like Eating at a Restaurant.
Hey kiddos, it’s starting to be that time again. The time where high school children all over America begin speeding their way home after school to check their mailbox with profound eagerness. It’s way...
View ArticleHome vs Home
At 8:30 PM tomorrow evening, I will be officially finished with the first semester of my sophomore year of college. It feels a little bit surreal. I can’t believe how far I’ve come from where I was...
View ArticleGetting Off to a Good Start
Winter break highlight: visiting a store called PUPPIES. Hey y’all, it’s been a while! After three and a half weeks of lounging around at home in the warm weather (I hope you all enjoyed your cold...
View ArticlePits: Definitely not the Pits
A gem from Urinetown, my first show with Clark Musical Theater In my last post, I briefly mentioned that I this semester I would be working with Clark Musical Theater in the spring production of...
View ArticleMajor Meetings
How I felt after I declared my major. Literally no one else felt this way about it. Disappointing.Image from 500 Days of Summer, accessed here (http://tinyurl.com/dysg5m2) It’s been a busy week. I’ve...
View ArticleJust Getting it Done
Sometimes schoolwork makes me feel like this Every once in a while, life throws you a curve ball. Sometimes you can see it coming and execute a well-timed duck, and sometimes it hits you right in the...
View ArticleCollege Comedy Festival!
A little bit of uncertainty going on in the short form round…oops Confession: I’m a competitive gal. I’m the most competitive gal. I love competitions. Sometimes I make up competitions with people and...
View ArticleLearning to Learn
Hands-on with oxidative phosphorylation. Holla! The idea of learning how to learn seems a little bit crazy. I mean, we’ve all been learning since birth, right? It’s kind of an innate thing. And...
View ArticleThe Things She Carried (And the Things She Probably Should Not Have Carried)
Seriously In the final weeks before my departure for Clark for my first year of college, I was under the impression that I was incredibly prepared. I was the most prepared; I had everything I needed, I...
View ArticleThe Friday Ritual
Definitely Working for the Weekend, but not quite in a Loverboy kind of way (from ABC news) Helpful supplemental music I dig Fridays. Shocker, right? I’m under the impression that most people dig...
View Article…so now what?
Hello class of 2018! You’re finally here! Some of you may be dead set on coming to Clark, and some of you may still be trying to work things out, but regardless, you’re all in the same situation; the...
View ArticleThe End.
Pre-show rehearsal in the bowels of the theater. Very glamorous. Today, after moving eighteen music stands, a drum set, a vibraphone, two tambourines, a triangle, a cowbell, a baritone saxophone and a...
View ArticleMelissa Miller: Master Adventurer
Look how beautiful the arboretum can be! (From http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/9nK6adStsFs/hqdefault.jpg) I never had a subscription to Ranger Rick as a child. Maybe I was missing out on a solid piece of...
View ArticleWhat’s in My Backpack
There are two very important things to know about me; I’m very busy, and I’m very forgetful. Over the course of my two years here at Clark, I’ve learned that the best solution for my...
View ArticleA Very Improvisational Weekend
My weekends usually have a very exciting theme of staying up too late, sleeping in, and doing homework. The exception to this usually falls on weeks where I have shows with the Peapod Squad. Starting...
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