Just so you know,

I told you so. I told you these next posts would be few.
But I have a few quick things to say and photos.

First of all, these guys have been invading the house lately. I don't they're very smart, though, to me, they're name suggests that they are: Crane Fly. I think they get in the bathroom and the the shower steams up the room and they get discombobulated, because they hop around sluggishly and barely register your presence. I saw a drowned one the other day and it made me sad.


I love my school supplies. My journals are all moleskine. And my pencil box is an old tea tin. Which is appropriate because 90 percent of the liquid in my body is tea. Coconut Chai. Gingerbread. Pumpkin Spice. Fall teas that I can't get enough of. Speaking of which, I am embracing Autumn fully. I have waited so long to bring out my long dresses and sweaters and the time is finally here. And it's nice to feel rain on my head.

I just finished the Hunger Games Trilogy and I haven't been able to get it out my head. I just keep on reading the epilogue, making sure everyone who lived through the three book is still okay. It's a brutal group of books. I think it really demonstrates the monstrosity of war. No one is sacred. People die violently and unnoticed. I didn't even really like the third book, Mockingjay, but I spent all of Saturday holed up reading it because I just needed to know what happened. I didn't want to have to wait for the ax to fall.
And boy, did it.

School has been good so far. Maybe not everything I expected of it. But good. I'm working very hard to stay efficient and to do my homework on the night it is given rather than a day later when I absolutely have to do it. I'm pretty tired. But it mostly worth it.
Speaking of which, I'd better go iron my clothing for tomorrow. Talk to you guys later.

Beginning

I just want to warn you people. The posts aren't going to last. Their days are numbered. School is here, and with it, numerous obligations. Don't say I didn't warn you.
Working on some old and new pieces right now with cello. Sonata in A major by Franck is what I learned a few years ago. It's a beautiful piece, my favorite movement being the fourth. Very emotional. I like Jaqueline Du Pre's recording if you get it into your head to pick it up. The Lalo Cello Concerto in D minor is what I'm currently concentrating on and I'm learning the first movement of that right now. It's more dramatic than anything I have ever played before. Seriously, I didn't think a cello could make that much sound. Certainly not mine.
Going back to school is simultaneously exciting and wearying. I love to see people that I know, interesting funny focused people. But I've been a recluse for much of the summer and it makes it a little difficult to hold coherent conversations with people I haven't seen in a while. I'll get into the swing of things soon though. At least I'm hoping that's the case. As for the school work, I'm a little daunted. I'm starting to remember the nights of sprawling music theory homework. Of projects being finished at 3:00 in the morning. But it's all part of the process I suppose.

I watched the Princess and the Frog with my sister this morning. Have you seen it lately? It's adorable, one of the best Disney movies I've ever seen. By far my favorite Disney prince. I think the draw is the philandering, insulting bastard bit. But I'm just musing.

I also read this short story. Again. It's called All of Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury. It is a remarkably well written and beautiful piece. It spans only a few hours, and yet encompasses so much. Please read it.

I'm looking forward to the changing of the season. The sun makes me want to shrivel up. But the rain makes me feel alive. And I'm looking forward to Halloween. I have a plethora of ideas for costumes. I think I may have decided well enough to actually start working on it.