so hows this for a kick in the pants? I got an A in all three of my classes and passed in band. Then there is my trombone lessons. I get 1/4 of a credit for 2 semesters worth of lessons.....technically it is a class called "low brass methods". Because it is a class, I had to have the equivilant of a final. For all of you music people, I had a jury. For all of you non-music people, I had to play what I learned in front of other people. And I was graded on this. So basically I had to play an instrument that I've played since 4th grade and get a grade for it..........yup, I got a B+ on my jury, thus DESTROYING A POSSIBLE FRESHMAN YEAR, FIRST SEMESTER 4.0 GPA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ARRRRRRRRRRRG!!!! I totally got the shaft on that one.

On a different note, I was looking over my textbooks for my "Intro to Literary Studies" class that I have tomorrow at 7:35 a.m. I figure it will be like the LHS AP English course, only harder. I have mixed feelings on that, but it goes towards both a writing and English major. That is a good thing for me.........but the textbook looks frightenly similar to the one we used for AP English, which means I will be disecting and analyzing TONS of poems..........not looking forward to that. I should have my mom bring down all of my old AP worksheets and stuff so that I can compare. AAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!! I can't believe I ruined at college 4.0 because of trombone lessons......I ended up with a 3.9446, but still.........that could've been a big, huge, in-your-face FOUR POINT ZERO BABY!!! On that note, I should go to bed. I worked out all of my room and grade stress through practicing trombone tonight. I havent' played for a loooong time because I didnt' play over christmas. My lip was pretty much nonexistant, but I got it almost back at the end of the session. It should be mediocre for band tomorrow. I feel better about it. I must say though, having a scooter definitly helps my practicing. It's less work to go across campus to the fine arts center and so I don't mind as much and it takes me less time. I think I will practice more because of it. And maybe......JUST MAYBE.....I will have another shot at that 4.0 and raise my GPA even higher. ok............I need to hit the hay. It's really noisy in our dorm tonight because people are coming back and most people don't have class tomorrow...........ick....ok, time to jump on that loft and shut my heavy, heavy eyes.......I've missed this blogging stuff......