User Profile

Hello. I am a music major and reside in the south loop of downtown Chicago. I'm mainly a comp student, and can play the trumpet, guitar, piano, and tribal drum. Although I have played with various jazz, concert, and ska bands, I am currently inactive, and enjoy the diverse musical atmosphere of the big city.

This journal is basically about my college experiences. I hope to keep it for four years. I have a more general one here.

Uhm. I have an eclectic taste in sound that people do not seem to understand. Sometimes I fool myself into believing that maybe I am a victim of society, both its affairs in publicity and privacy, but in the end, I turn to be just another tortured artist. Or perhaps I am just kidding myself. Yeah, that's it.

I am not much of a college party girl like everyone may think. No, I do not shoot hash or coke every other day. Every two days, now that is a different story... I tend to isolate myself with a four-disc CD set. Currently, it is Miles Davis' Bitches Brew. I like to think I have a vision of music from the opposite side of the magnifying glass. It is a gift and a curse. People who know more than me and who may be smarter or cooler than me tend to piss me off. The standards I set for myself slowly dwindle in themselves as envy and aversion of the human race take over my head... but it gives me a steady backdrop to write about in music.

Of the subject, I have a surprisingly difficult time with writing lyrics. I wish that all songs were purely instrumental. Although that ideal would INTENSELY please me, I believe that written and spoken word was/is one of man's strongest feats, and I want to continue that. Something lies in the subtle beauty of the mixute of music and word, and I hope to one day conquer it like the great songwriters past my time.

Whatever tomorrow brings is solely up to the Lord. Fuck yeah, I'm scared of the future. I have no idea exactly what I want to do with my life, but if I can live it holding fast to my values and dignity, I am positive that survival in such a broadcasted world will be a piece of cake.

And oh yeah, I enjoy DDR, Monk and CSI, and discussion of Brand New.