Well, this is Good Friday, Lindsay's Birthday, and the end of spring break. Tomorrow the dorms will begin to fill with peabodians, class work will crowd my sleepy head, and time will again seem to be in high demand.
My To do list for the rest of the semester currently:
Classes
Theory
Ear training
Acting for Opera
Singing in Italian
Music History I
Music History III
French
Orchestral Management
Keyboarding II
Juries
April Gala Perf.
Camerata Perf.
Recital Perf. (someone elses)
Chorus Perf.
Church
RAing
Dave's Recording
The fun stress:
Summer Plans
OASIS
Peabody Improv
It all doesnt seem so bad written down, but in the hustle and bustle of the day I feel my anxiety raise and fall a lot. I'm not the most organized perosn, and my mind is REALLY unorganized so I choose to freak out (in my way which, if you know me, isn't really freaking out) at random moments.
One day at a time. One moment at a time. One minute per minute. Its so hard to think like that.
Love and laughter
-James
Friday, March 21, 2008
Friday, March 14, 2008
Friday Reflexion
For some reason I was in the shower and as the water poured over my body I felt a great humility pour on me too. I let it wash my body, allow me to think of all the amazing things that have been given to me and how I haven't deserved any of them; how others need them, want them, pray for them, and yet I haven't taken the time to actually realize all that they are.
Perhaps this bath of humility was brought on by the books I have been reading, or a comment I heard in passing, or even the simple time I spent with my amazing girlfriend today, but at any rate it is a welcome realization that I felt needed to be noted.
Just a few blessings:
I am blessed with two loving and supportive parents. Sometimes I may wish them away, but I would never have gotten this far in life without them, and no matter what will always be thankful for them.
I am blessed with health. This is brought on by my recent read through of Musicophilia. A fascinating book by Oliver Sacks that deals with music and the brain. Sacks discusses various maladies and how music affects them. I realize that all around me there is so much pain that I am spared from every day, and I am blessed with the ability to help others cope with such pain through my gifts.
I am blessed with music. It is impossible to imagine a world without music. It is impossible for me to imagine a world where I cannot make music, and yet for some this ability has been taken away. I am so thankful to be able to make my goal in life to make music for a living.
I am blessed with endless support. This came with a particularly hot patch of water. I realized that no matter where I am I feel like I have at least one life line available, and many people willing to talk about whatever. I have parents confused, annoyed, excited, and extremely supportive of my life's path. I have a girlfriend who is willing to let me ramble about nonsense, and let me try to make sense of it for the purely tantalizing feeling of abstract thought. (We honestly sat and discussed what a thought was for over an hour!) I have friends that encourage and participate in various other activities that many people aren't fortunate enough to have. I have mentors who encourage my endless questions when they should be telling me to shut up. This truly is a blessing.
Finally, I am blessed with the ability to understand that I am blessed, to realize and accept my own humility, to be a blessing to others, and overall to realize, encourage, and share the love that should fill every room in every place in the world.
This is beyond a blessing, this is a lifestyle, and one I hope I can live.
Laugh and love!
-James Parks
Perhaps this bath of humility was brought on by the books I have been reading, or a comment I heard in passing, or even the simple time I spent with my amazing girlfriend today, but at any rate it is a welcome realization that I felt needed to be noted.
Just a few blessings:
I am blessed with two loving and supportive parents. Sometimes I may wish them away, but I would never have gotten this far in life without them, and no matter what will always be thankful for them.
I am blessed with health. This is brought on by my recent read through of Musicophilia. A fascinating book by Oliver Sacks that deals with music and the brain. Sacks discusses various maladies and how music affects them. I realize that all around me there is so much pain that I am spared from every day, and I am blessed with the ability to help others cope with such pain through my gifts.
I am blessed with music. It is impossible to imagine a world without music. It is impossible for me to imagine a world where I cannot make music, and yet for some this ability has been taken away. I am so thankful to be able to make my goal in life to make music for a living.
I am blessed with endless support. This came with a particularly hot patch of water. I realized that no matter where I am I feel like I have at least one life line available, and many people willing to talk about whatever. I have parents confused, annoyed, excited, and extremely supportive of my life's path. I have a girlfriend who is willing to let me ramble about nonsense, and let me try to make sense of it for the purely tantalizing feeling of abstract thought. (We honestly sat and discussed what a thought was for over an hour!) I have friends that encourage and participate in various other activities that many people aren't fortunate enough to have. I have mentors who encourage my endless questions when they should be telling me to shut up. This truly is a blessing.
Finally, I am blessed with the ability to understand that I am blessed, to realize and accept my own humility, to be a blessing to others, and overall to realize, encourage, and share the love that should fill every room in every place in the world.
This is beyond a blessing, this is a lifestyle, and one I hope I can live.
Laugh and love!
-James Parks
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Tuesday Weigh In
Well with the opera and all I have dropped the ball on this program, but my lovely lovely has reminded me constantly as I have asked. So I got up and weighed myself this morning.
Official weigh in....... 187.8
Not bad I guess. We can hope its a good sign.
Not to much has been going on. The opera. It takes gobs of my time, but has allowed me to read a lot. I havent had a good exercise in a while though.
Hope all is well!
-James
Official weigh in....... 187.8
Not bad I guess. We can hope its a good sign.
Not to much has been going on. The opera. It takes gobs of my time, but has allowed me to read a lot. I havent had a good exercise in a while though.
Hope all is well!
-James
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