Second Final

December 07, 2006Ouch

It was my guitar juries. This is where a panel of judges watches me
play guitar and critiques/grades my performance.  I’ve never played
those pieces worse…. I was REALLY bad.

:-/ wow I was bad.

First Final

December 04, 2006

Well, I took my first final today....

I would be surprised if I made under a 95%.

I owned it..... pretty hardcore. It was music theory. I had to know:

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  terminology-things like "alla breve" and "ana crusis" and
  stuff like that... there's a lot of it.


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  Scale formulas- For Major, Minor, Melodic Minor, Harmonic Minor, Pentatonic
  (both forms), Chromatic, and Whole Tone scales.


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  I had to know note names in solefedge (Do, Re, Me) and know them as
  "tonic, supertonic, subdominant, mediant" and stuff like that.


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  Intervals-I had to be able to listen to notes and tell what interval was being
  played. Some were played at the same time and some at separate times. The
  intervals are like "Minor 3rd, Augmented 4th" and stuff like that.
  There are 13 intervals that I have to know by ear.


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  Chords- I have to know how to construct chords, and identify them by hearing
  them. The chords are stuff like "Augmented, Diminished, Major, and
  Minor".


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  Dictation-My teacher played a song and I had to write what notes were in it,
  along with the rhythm that was played just by hearing it twice.

I win! Now I have a paper to finish, Guitar juries, and take one more final. Then my semester is over.

Skillet

November 28, 2006Skillet's new cd is AMAZING!
The old skillet cd's are decent at best.... I didn't really care for them that much, but the new one blows my mind!
Adam was listening to some of the songs from it the other night. The next morning I went and bought it. It's one of the best cd's I've ever heard.
Wow.... it's worth the money. Everyone needs it.

Closer

November 17, 2006

God-

It's cool getting closer to God. I've heard him clearer in the past few
weeks than I've ever heard him before. I've seen prayers clearly answered right
in front of me. I've felt his spirit, and I've known his will. I'm excited. The
closer I feel myself getting to God the more excited I get. I don't understand
people who live without God. He's so amazing. It's also encouraging to see confirmation
about my decisions and thoughts over and over again.

School-

I'm changing my Major. I'm going to be a CISS major. That's Computer
Information Systems. It's a business major with a computer emphasis. The
business part gives me classes like: accounting, business law, marketing, management
and that sort. The computer part is classes like: database design, network
design, program development, and software/hardware concepts. I'm excited. I
really think this is the direction God is sending me. I still intend to take
guitar lessons and probably choirs and stuff in the future.

I feel very content with where I am right now. But I'm excited to see where
God's taking me. He's taking me there fast. I can feel it.

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Computer

November 13, 2006Humph!!!!!!!!
My computer is freeking out!!!!
This is frustrating. I don't know what's wrong with it, but it keeps freezing. It started doing it and my thought was "time for a format/reinstall" so I did. Even right after I formated it started again. So I'm 90% sure it's not a software issue. Plus it is getting more frequent. Jonathan suggested that heat was the issue so I installed speedfan. I left the graph on my screen and the temperature stayed pretty constant for over an hour and then my computer froze. I think my temp was between 33 and 36 (if I remember right). So it's not software and not heat (as far as I can tell). Right now I'm running my comp with the side off the case to see if it helps any. All my fans are working, and I haven't moved around any hardware in months so it's not some connection. Could something be dieing?
This is dumb. I'm REALLY thankful for my laptop right now because I can't do anything on my desktop with it freeking out like this.