Thread:Hackey5/@comment-17897872-20180213054853

Hello Hackey!

It’s been a long time since the last message but things are definitely busy here at school. Most of my days have been legitimately been from 9am until around 11pm. Once in a while, I can agree it is too much, but the college experience surely is a lot of fun (perhaps much more if I don’t take 20 units) :P

First quarter here as a music major wasn’t too difficult at all. I lucked out with one of the most easiest GEs and just gotten to know what college life is. Finally no more 8am classes or block schedule! Mainly getting used to a new environment was a challenge. My two roommates here from high school both got into the marching band here; however, since I play piano I wasn’t able to follow them. It was a rough start but soon enough I found a new circle of friends.

I don’t think things started picking up until this quarter. Mainly I ended up being forced into 20 units because some new requirements were made in the music programs that were only offered in winter quarter. Within the 20 units is an intensive writing Philosophy class geared towards prospective philosophy majors. Unfortunately that was the only GE that I found which satisfied my major requirements plus fitted my schedule. The GE takes up more time than my major itself because of some very dense readings, and I believe that the hardest part of this quarter is trying to find a balance between which subject to tackle.

One of my many wishes here at school was to be able to join an A Cappella group. Each group seemed very amazing and close when I watched their concert and I felt like I really wanted to join. In the fall quarter, I auditioned for 8 groups. One of them that I was especially hopeful to join was YouthPhonics. Long story short, I didn’t get into any one of them. However, winter quarter came around and some of the groups were offering some more auditions. Soon enough I got callbacks for a group and…actually am now a proud tenor in Medleys A Cappella! Tons more commitment on top of the 20 units I have, and I still have a lot to learn in order to catch up with the skill level in the group. However, I’m learning so much about an entirely different aspect of music that I almost never knew existed!

Even though schoolwork is bogging me down, things are starting to finally pick up! :)

Hope to hear from you about how things are, what you've been up to lately, or just anything random! I miss Wikia quite a bit, but unfortunately I had to call retirement from all of the wikis I contribute to :( 