bAcK tO sChOoL

This year at HTHMA I hope to thoroughly learn my subjects and get good grades. I know that it shouldn't be about the grade, but about getting into my projects and the quality of the work; nonetheless, my grades are a major motivating factor when it comes to school. Ideally, I will have enough time to work on my music and, after my leg heals, sports. It is my goal to make the best of this year and to fend off boredom and disinterest until I really get into the curriculum and High Tech.

I like learning about History and how it affected American Literature throughout the decades, and vice versa. Also, I want to improve my skills at writing essays, stories, poetry, etc. I have a feeling that this class will be more than long essays, extensive annotations, and arduous grammar (I don't like grammar)--I hope that feeling is right...

Oh, and I also hope to accomplish an A+ (it's better than nothing).

In answer to the prompt suggestions: no, I am not good at video games; yes, I am a good cook; and I am an athlete. Naturally, I want to get out and exercise even if that just means running in the open air. If I don't get out and do recreation I get cabin fever, which is why I could never sit in front of a flatscreen and exercise my thumbs all weekend. Life is too short not to experience nature and hopefully, when my leg heals, I will be able to play basketball and football...and run and jump (which is how I broke my leg).

Nevertheless, there are several things that I will sit down and spend considerable amounts of time doing:

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  Writing and playing music on the piano
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  Writing and playing music on the guitar
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  Recording the music I have written

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   I also sit down and read pretty profusely, but that's if I can't do much else

Creating and playing music is my passion and my lifelong dream. I hope to be able to get all my ideas down while I can and to write songs and lyrics all my life. Maybe one day soon I'll be able to put out an album. Until then--music comes from my inspiration and is my inspiration; it makes me feel and manifest my feelings into sound; it takes me to different places, different emotions, different paradigms. It is an escape of sorts. I am currently trying to improve my song-writing ability and have been teaching myself piano for about a year (I can only play songs I have written, however). If I act on a new music thought/idea that is in my head quick enough, I can make it reality. So I am always ready to just think out orchestrations in my head--with melodies and harmonies playing along and becoming more and more complex. If only we could make everything we imagine--in the deep, elusive channels of our creativity--come to life...I know one day I'll be able to.