‘Academics’
"Chores"
Jan. 18, 2010—The residual effect of the first semester is starting to set in. I am noticing simple things paying off, like all the drilling from Music Theory I. Yes, repetition is annoying, but now I don’t have to worry about thinking “which note is which on the staff?” and “which chord would come next in a...
Back to School
Jan. 17, 2010—The first official week of classes are done, albeit only a three-day week. What counts is that I have met all of my professors, gotten all the syllabi and received the expectations of each class. My schedule is a lot fuller than it was last semester, so I have done something I never thought I...
1st semester in review
Jan. 15, 2010—First entry of the year, so obviously not much spring semester class to talk about…the focus will be on the end of 1st semester. Exams were surprisingly manageable. It wasn’t like the stereotypical sleepless two weeks that “every college student” has to endure. I was delighted to find out that paying attention in my classes...
Finals Week
Dec. 22, 2009—Finals week: full of long days, late nights, caffeine, junk food, and plenty of stress. Some people are more fortunate than others when this week rolls around. I was one of the luckier few. With a presentation and test earlier in December, I was left with only a take home test and two finals as...
I am large. I contain multitudes!
Dec. 21, 2009—I’m sitting now at the kitchen table of a Florida apartment, watching an old episode of The Daily Show with LeBron James as a guest, and I am exhausted. Woke up today, around 530 A.M. hopped on the plane—actually saw and spoke with a girl I knew from Vanderbilt who was on my plane—and landed...
‘Tis the season to be…anxious!
Dec. 21, 2009—After a long and hard semester in Vandyland, now is the time that matters most. With finals out of the way, all that is left to do is wait… Wait to see if all of our hard work paid off. During the days leading up to the dreaded “finals week”, something strange happens. Each of...
Finals Week Sanity
Dec. 16, 2009—Being that it is Finals week, I would like to take a small study break and enlist some help from my keen eavesdropping ability to being some funny quotes from common areas around campus. “If I see another math equation I am gonna go Crazy like Issace Newton claiming that Chuck Norris doesn’t push the...
Life as a Freshman
Dec. 15, 2009—So I’m pretty new here – I’m finishing up the first semester in the Blair School at Vanderbilt. I have to say, from the get go this place was a blast. I was delighted that as soon as I got here everybody was so welcoming and kind. Being a new student anywhere can be nerve-wracking;...
December
Dec. 11, 2009—Well it’s become that time of year again… Strange things start happening around campus. My laundry is strictly t-shirts and gym shorts; people play Christmas music during breaks in long classes; you go to 3 sorority/fraternity formals in one weekend; and you start seeing a few less squirrels on campus. This time of year is...
Finals….
Dec. 3, 2009—It’s that time of the year again: finals. Today marked my last exam before going into “finals mode.” During this mode, I become a social hermit. Unless you’re studying with other people (and hopefully, you’re really studying and not slacking off – although that does tend to happen sometimes), most of your friends don’t see...