Hello, Everything

So, I was walking down the stairs of Old Main after my First Year Preceptorial class, honestly not trying to listen in on anyone's conversations or anything, when I heard one of the two guys in front of me say something that sounded distinctly like, "The Mikuru-beam was real." I did an instant double-take in my mind, and then I started listening; I couldn't really hear the next couple of sentences, but I did eventually catch "Bamboo-Leaf Rhapsody" and some other reference to "And if you look back at Season 1, the bamboo tree just suddenly appears in the room."

Knox has Haruhiists!

I seriously almost said something like, "So, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, huh?", but a) they were in the middle of their intense discussion, and b) they were these two kind of big guys I'd never seen before, so I decided it might be a little odd. That's okay. Just knowing that they're out there makes me really happy. I kind of laughed as I walked past them. I wonder if they saw and thought I was a freak... But seriously, I had JUST watched the last two episodes of Season 2 before I went to that class (Japanese listening practice/exposure! Yay!), so how ironic is that? Very ironic, I say. Very ironic, indeed.

Unless, of course, watching those episodes made me subconsciously start wishing that there were other Haruhiists here...

So, today I had Music 101 and FP for the first time. Both seem like they're going to be good. It sounds like a lot of our Music 101 homework is going to involve listening to music on the CDs we had to buy for class while reading about it in the book, which sounds pretty cool to me. Listening to music as homework? I support that. Very much so.

We took a diagnostic test, though, to see whether people really needed to go over the first chapter (about basic things like rhythm (Yay! ...I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I said I was done...), tone, color, etc.), and those who need it will have session things with the TA on Monday nights. First, I have to explain that there really aren't all that many Freshmen in this class. Lots of sophomores, some juniors, some seniors, although them mostly to fill their arts requirements. So a lot of them have more years of experience, not to mention musical training, than I have. Which is sort of reassuring, seeing as I kind of bombed that test. I had to leave a lot of questions blank because I just, honestly, truly had no idea what the answer was. I'm so used to doing music by ear; I don't know all the terminology. Oh well, extra study days for meeeee...

On a brighter note about that class, there are quite a few guitarists, jazz musicians, drummers (like, three or four - I wasn't expecting that many), and other non-classical musicians in there. I was afraid it was going to be all aspiring opera singers and cellists (I think there might be one cellist, actually), but in this class, at least, it sounds like not. That's a bit of a relief.

And as for FP, I don't think it's going to be too terrible. We only have four books to read, and then one writing guide to use over these four years. Some of the books are kind of big and probably pretty dense, but I'll get through them. And I think I can survive the writing part, too. I'm not too bad at writing essays. I just need to get back into the swing of writing.

Um... I have to go to the club fair now, so I'm going to make this last part quick. I got the last slot for voice lessons, so I will be taking them after all. I can't remember if I had anything else to say, but if I did, it can go in my next post. Yay for the weekend!