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I'm feeling minimalist.
Or maybe post-minimalist. More John Adams than Steve Reich.
But probably not Dharma at Big Sur. No magical epiphanies lately, just happy I'm done with college.
I'm finding it very liberating and calming to do things I really like to do, rather than feeling obligated to finish a degree that's only sort of what I want to be doing, after becoming unable to keep doing what I loved. I like that I can run again. And hike. So I took the summer off to be a semi-housewife (I do help with rent) and do lots of running and hiking and sleeping. I have muscles again, and tan lines. All in all, I'm doing rather wonderfully.
Since another year has passed
Let's focus on some good things. :)
Things I accomplished in the last year-and-a-bit since my last journal entry:
Came out as a lesbian.
Regained my health enough to hike, bike, rock climb, and scamper up cliffs on the side of mountain roads again.
Managed to salvage my relationship with my father after the disaster of coming out (my mother, as expected, was not a problem).
Wrote my first piece for full orchestra.
Wrote a flute and guitar duet (never. ever. again. Guitar takes an absurdly long time to write for if you're not a guitarist).
Performed said duet with my favorite professor, who offered to play for me because when I emailed
Thoughts on the Loss of Music, and other things
"Thoughts on the Loss of Music" is a piece I recently completed for a student composition contest. It was selected, and will be performed by the professional chamber ensemble The Playground on January 19th at the Newman Center at the University of Denver. Here are the program notes:
This piece deals with what it feels like as a musician to lose the ability to create music because of health issues. Each of the three movements describes the sound world of a different emotion or thought process that I experienced during the months I lost the ability to walk or sit upright for long enough to play music or compose. Now that I'm well again, I
The most awesome thing ever
The illustrious humon (https://www.deviantart.com/humon) chose my suggestion to make a comic.
http://fav.me/d48yg1x
I can't find the original wording, but I described some of Preciousley (https://www.deviantart.com/preciousley)'s experiences in her first trip to the US, visiting me. Specifically peanut butter, and the fact that Americans are actually really friendly to tourists.
This means (dun dun duunnnn)
LINNEA YOU HAVE A HUMON COMIC ABOUT YOU!
Too bad she made Norway the one who tried the peanut butter, not Sweden. Hahaha oh well :XD:
The crazy thing is that it was picked because it won a voting contest I didn't even know about. 766 people voted for it. I didn't know she
A serious blow to tolerance and respect
This article was on my CNN news feed today. It made me feel sick to my stomach.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/06/16/obeidallah.cain.muslim/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn
One of our presidential candidates has publicly stated that he will not hire a Muslim unless they agree to swear an oath to disregard their own religious code of conduct, calling it an "oath of loyalty". Never mind that any American, regardless of their religion, is subject to, and protected by, the constitution. If this guy gets elected, he's going to be worse than Bush, who the entire world makes fun of. Next year's election is going to be absurd.
© 2013 - 2024 Jess-9000
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I am glad to know that you are happy and free 
It has been a long time since we last talked. I was thinking of sending you an email when I think chore came up for me to do and I forgot about writing to you. I have having vacations too. While I mostly stay indoors - apart from the evening run that I most look forward to - I enjoy chai and books. My tanned face and hands are back to normal. 
Summer is the best.
It has been a long time since we last talked. I was thinking of sending you an email when I think chore came up for me to do and I forgot about writing to you. I have having vacations too. While I mostly stay indoors - apart from the evening run that I most look forward to - I enjoy chai and books. My tanned face and hands are back to normal. Summer is the best.