I last wrote 2 months ago? Well a lot happened. Here's a quick summary. Today is my last day of swimming class, and I can just go to the pool anytime now to exercise because I know the freestyle and back strokes. Tomorrow is my last day of actual classes, and then I've got my two exams next Wednesday and Thursday. I have a job now, I've been working at Starbucks for almost 3 weeks now, and it's pretty amazing. I love working there. My coworkers are really awesome and time flies by really fast when I'm working, which is definitely a good thing. I actually just went to my manager's 40th birthday dinner with like 11 of my coworkers at Sakura last night, and it was really cool! I'm definitely going back there for my birthday or something. I also auditioned for this musical at MC named Tommy, which is based off of songs by The Who. I got called back. I guess we'll see what goes down this saturday.

Anyways, the primary reason I'm actually writing this post after such a long time is this: I switched my major at MC. I know, nothing exciting right? You're probably thinking "he probably switched from Pre-medicine to...Pre-dentistry" or something, but I actually switched from Pre-med to Music. The only thing that's actually changed so far though is that my major shows up as Music if a counselor looks it up in the system. I still have to get the Music department's permission to be officially elevated to a Music Major status. My counselor didn't tell me this yesterday and said that i should be able to sign up for the classes that only music majors can sign up for. After a few hours of getting the same error message saying that I needed the department's permission, that's the first thing I did when I got to school this morning. I went straight to the music building and talked to this lady there. She seemed very intelligent and told me that my counselor gave me all the wrong information and that I needed to actually audition to go into the music major. Since I already play guitar I would have to specialize in that. It's a rigorous 2 year curriculum with 17 credits a semester to get my Associates Degree, but I also have the option to transfer to a music college after the two years. The audition is later today at 1. She hasn't told me any details but she said that it has to do with me playing guitar for the head of the department apparently. It's kind of sudden and I'm a little nervous.

Now I know you're all thinking, "How did you convince your mom to pay for this and support you?" Well, if you weren't thinking that at all before at least  you're thinking it now. I didn't convince my mom to pay for it actually. We had a really huge argument where all the things that were left unsaid for so long finally got to be said. I told her I was fed up with majoring in something I know I'm not going to do and that I know I don't want to do. I told her that I envied everyone who was going to college to do what they want, and how I didn't know the gratifying feeling of knowing that whatever I'm studying so hard for is going to eventually help me graduate with a major that will help me do what I want to do for the rest of my life. I told her that I understand that she only wants what's best for me, but that I'm 19 and I should at least be given a chance to try for this. Then I said that she didn't need to pay, at all. With how much I make at Starbucks, I'll make just enough to make the 3 payments for next semester. She was very upset, of course, and said that she's not surprised that I would do this, but that she's very surprised that I actually expected her support for this. Then she followed up with, "only the weak need someone else's support to succeed. If you really want to be great then you need a strong will, determination, conviction that this is really what you want to do." So I just said "alright, watch me."

That's how that ended. Now I've just got this audition to worry about. I don't know what he/she's going to ask me to play, or how it will go. I did just find out about it this morning, and if they expect me to just audition later today that means it music be fairly informal and not too serious. How am I feeling? Well I've wanted this for so long. I'm a little more than a couple hours away from the audition that will make this official. The first step in the right direction towards my goals...I hope I continue to move forward thanks to my conviction.

Has it really been two-thirds of a month since I posted? Feels much shorter. I don't like how fast this semester is going by. That's a lie. I like how fast this semester's going by, but I hate that I'm not really getting anything done. I mean, I'm doing the whole homework, tests, and school thing, but what else? Nothing really. I just play guitar a lot in my free time as usual. My sister is planning on trying out for the basketball team in November so I've been playing basketball with her almost everyday. I've also been working out a bunch. Nothing too exciting. I really have been looking for a job though. I need some steady source of money so that I can sign up for some guitar or piano lessons or something. A new guitar would be nice.

Oh! I could just modify my guitar like crazy. Or I could build a guitar. I don't know. I just need something new and inspiring to happen. I'm planning on buying a $70 wah pedal from Rocketeria whenever I get the money. I also really want a compressor, phaser, and digital delay. These I'm not going to get at Rocketeria, since I need the quality to be out of this world. In space. Far in space, like in the next galaxy over. It's going to cost a lot of money though. I'm just rambling now. Truth is, I'm really bored. I'm watching Rush Hour 2 with my sister at my dad's house. There's nothing to do here. I called a few people to see if they wanted to hang out but they're all busy with their girlfriends. I guess it's understandable. It's a lovely Saturday and the weather is so nice outside. Sure it's a little on the chilly side, but it's nearly perfect. I think slightly chilly weather is actually romantic. It's also the perfect weather to go running in. October is turning out to be a beautiful yet lonely month.

I almost forgot: I'm starting up swimming classes on the 30th. I'm pretty excited. Awesome upper body muscle here I come! Anyways, nothing much else to report on. This was a rambling and boring entry. Even I can't read it. How has life been treating you?