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I just turned in my final paper and I would do a happy dance were I not sitting in class right now...it might draw a little bit of attention and though I have no doubt that my prof is the type of guy who would probably dance with me, I don't really feel like being the center of attention right now (which is a rarity.) I AM FREE!

Okay so the beginning of that post was written about 4 hours ago and I thought it would probably be a good idea to try and listen to what people were saying in class... now I am going to continue. This week just got a lot better now that my paper is in and I should have time to post and philosophize and make lists (I have been in a list making mood as of late) and do all those wonderful things that, for some reason, you people find interesting to read.

Thought #1 from a freed mind: People are amazing. Looking back on this year I think the big life lesson I have taken away from all of my experiences is that people are rarely what you expect them to be if you give them the time of day. I have met so many people this year that have blown away my initial judgments of them, or judegments I heard from others. I would like to make a solemn promise to anyway reading this: though I can not surpress my natural human instinct to have first impressions/ judgments of people, I promise not to go on the impressions and judgments that others have made. I have new friends now that I would not have had, had I gone on the general consensus of those around me as to who they were.

Thought #2 from a freed mind: Men are not shitheads...well not all of them. If I got anything from the rowing team this year it was a ton of new dude friends. I know I often bitch on this blog about my want to have a significant other, but I would like to say right now that I would not trade my band of brothers guy friends for anything. You instill in me that there are decent men out there, even when my confidence in that fact is shaken to the core. You know who you are, and if you don't you should. You are what guys should be, and I count myself lucky to have you as friends.

Thought #3 from a freed mind: I need to listen to more music and hang out with more new people. I have made a couple of new friends lately and I want to spend more time with them. I realized this because one of the new friends moved to Bay City right after I began to realize that he was cool and we should've hung out more. I WILL NOT LET THIS HAPPEN AGAIN! So...yeah...the nice thing about this is that some of these new people are friends on the team (or were on the team) that I just haven't hung out with as much this year. Times they are a changin. :)

More later, when I don't feel like working. I think I will do a list of something.
~The Singing Ginger

p.s. DAVID! That felt so good to figure out on my own. I am going to tackle you next time I see you. :) You have been warned.

Thanks

I want to thank all those out there who know how to make me smile. It is you people that get me through the day when i am having a tough one. You mean the world to me and I don't know if I could go on without you. Whether or not you have figured me out well enough to do it on a regular basis, or if you just perchance got me to crack a grin once or twice; it makes things just that much easier and I love you for it. I apologize for being a bit behind in the posting, now that finals are coming around and I will find every excuse to procrastinate/ unwind chances are there will be more stuff on a daily basis.

~The Singing Ginger

P.s. And a post script for my bookworm friend, I am trying to figure who you are; can I get a hint? Though please do not tell me right off because I do love a good mystery ;)

Cliche and An End

I had the best/ most cliche moment the other day that I am now going to share. So I needed to get some reading done. Took my laptop and headphones and book and sat down at one of the tables on the crappy plastic chairs. Decided about 20mins in that the window ledge looked better so I spent about two hours sitting on the window ledge of the study lounge, barefoot listening to Mozart, reading a book. SO CLICHE...YET SO AMAZING! I am going to do that more often, it was great.

Not much going on here except crew, and work and school and this weekend family time!! I am so pumped to go home. I love my family and I get to see them all this weekend. And I get to sing and I get to party and I get to catch up with my baby sister and brother...nothing could be better. It will be wonderful. Also excited because I just figured out when I get to restring Betty (my guitar) and have chill out time with J, who is pretty cool. Apparently he is going to show me this awesome music store that is really cool and awesome and whatnot...we will see...he played it up pretty major.

Quick update: I am not thinking that floor guy is interested any more, which is fine because I don't know if we were "sparking" all that much anyway. Crew guy is cool, but we aren't compatible in how we function/ think which is fine, because he is still cool. I think when it comes to men I am just going to chill out for a bit, things will happen when they need to happen, and there is no need for me to rush it.

Alrighty, must sleep, too much to do tomorrow and lack of sleep is not going to help me get through the mass I have to sing in the evening. Hope everything is coming up roses!

~The Singing Ginger
p.s. have you ever met someone but the timing was off?

Stray Thoughts from Last Post

A couple of new names

-Ginger: A Three Part Harmony
-Gumbo: A Three Part Stew
-Neapolitan: A Three Part Dessert (this one is kind of personal because my Mom calls my two siblings and I her "Neapolitan children" because I am a redhead, my sister is blonde and my brother is dark brown.)

I think I am going to do something with three parts. This will then be reflected in the song list. The songs I know can be categorized into three different genres: Contemporary (Jazz, Blues, Folk), Musical Theater, and Classical. Obviously the first two genres are going to have more songs under them; but I still want to have some of the classical songs I know on there. It should make for a really interesting record on the whole...either that or a really confusing one. :) Peace, Love and Happiness.

~The Singing Ginger