These are some thoughts I wrote down throughout the 3 weeks of GSA. I will most likely post a huge blog about GSA later, but these are just thoughts I wrote down DURING the program.



Wednesday June 25th, 2008
7:00am
Listening to: The Bends (Radiohead)

I am currently at Kentucky GSA 2008, and I have realized this is something life-changing. There are several brief points that make this program very awesome so far.

- Friends. Everyone here accepts you for who you are, which is really awesome. Everyone is talented on the same level, though through different disciplines. And it is very easy to become friends with the right people. On the flipside, its hard (for me, anyway) to engage myself in "friend making"m I guess, with certain people. Perhaps these people will not enlighten or enrich my experience. Or maybe I'm a pussy. Who knows.

- I have finally detached myself from the computer. This is one thing I actually hope to take home with me, because it feels great.

- Three hours of personal practice is pretty cool, though very tiring. At least we get out an hour before everyone else!

- Soft serve ice cream is now officially bad ass.

I guess thats it. I'll write more whenever I get any spurts of inspriration.



Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
7:30am
Listening to: The Death of Me (City and Colour)

Today is my 17th Birthday, and I am not excited. Or dreading it. Or whatever. I'm not going to tell everyone I know. I'm not going to use it as an excuse to get attention. It's not really important to me. Is that bad?

Anyway, it's not like I'm at home or anything. I'm at GSA. Last year I was at Aebersold. So it's something I'm used to.

Putting that aside, I've been having a great time, still. The small glitch mentioned previously? Still present. And it's all on me. So today I am not going to be a pussy, and I am going to say hi, end of story. I just commited it to paper. So there.

That's really all I have to say today. Hm.

Monday, July 7th, 2008
12:13am
Listening to: Falling for the First Time (Barenaked Ladies)

I have some words of wisdom and experience. Never ever go into any sort of thing expecting even the slightest thing to happen. Nothing ever goes the way that's planned. And in experience, this is probably (and usually) for the best.

I'm in my last week of GSA, and quite honestly, I am going to effin' miss these people. If these were the people in my school, you know, my usual circle of friends... well, with them AND my regular set of friends, I'd have a pretty good set of friends.

It's my belief that being a musician is something only musicians can understand. I do not have any sort of proof to back-up my theory, but trust me on this one. My way of approaching normal situations? You can blame music.

You're probably wondering how this is relevant. Well, I'm just now realizing that even if someone seems to understand me as a person, they probably don't. However, every musician in my discipline does understand me. They're not "creeped out" by me, or my way of doing things. I have had the most fun and excitement with my instrumental friends. And there's one week left. Which sucks balls. I might never see some of these people again. And those are the people (and hell, even everyone else) I already miss. Alot.

I wake up to start my final week of GSA in 6 hours. I should sleep. Even though I don't want to. Since this place would last longer if I didn't have to sleep.

P.S. - WHOOP!


Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
12:15am

I love my new friends. End of story.