random stuff

i was supposed to have an appointment from 8-10am with a piano in the basement on friday.
when i woke up, i looked out the window (as i normally do), and was horrified when i saw it was already light!!!! how could this happen?
i frantically rolled over to look at my phone only to find the time to be 7.58am!!!!
ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and then one minute after i get up, there's a knock on my door. and there is anna, laura and tim, who are here to organise stuff for penny's birthday. anna is so shocked to see me, because i told her i wouldn't be around.
and i'm there, dressed in my finest (read: sarcastically) pajamas. haha

and then penny comes around to sing to me (in which i make her sing quite high, for so early in the morning) and she kinda looks at her watch and goes, "isn't this a little late?!" haha. yep, all my friends have noticed that if i'm not out of my room by about 8pm, something's wrong!

so yeah, swotvac was kinda ok. i went to uni every day to practice. i even went on the weekend to uni to practice. it's good having that time to get away from college, because it's the only time i get out. the rest of it is spent either at my desk or in another corridor chilling out (also: procrastinating, distracting other people from their study...) it has been pretty cruisy; i'm not really stressed about my music exams (including today's) because i feel like i'm pretty prepared. it's a nice feeling. although i'm trying to hype myself up a bit!


also, i started looking at what perfect pitch is really all about. how people 'get' it. i read wikipedia's article on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_pitch which i thought was very interesting. i decided that mine was 'active' perfect pitch. (read the article for definitions). then i decided to do the survey (the university of california one). so i filled in all the bits, and do about 80 sound tests. and the conclusion?

it tells me:
CONGRATULATIONS. YOU HAVE PERFECT PITCH.

GAHH!!! i knew that already!!!!!!!!! i am classified as AP1.0, with a score of 36.0 in both categories. darn, i already knew that.
but anyway, i hope my little test helped out their survey; i hope they use those answers i provided (eg. very brief family history, years of musical training etc) plus the results to further their study into this phenomenon.


had my techniques written exam today. went ok.
have actually been itching since saturday afternoon to do it. just to get it over and done with. because i'd done heaps of practice. and answered many questions in the process ;) [i love all you guys for asking. because it makes me have to know my stuff inside out! thanks a bunch xo]
i finished ridiculously early. but jac and i were supposed to go to the shops, so i figured i might as well sit there. and check my work a bajillion times. and look at the pretty paintings and architecture of the royal exhibition building. hehe. and go to the toilet. which was very far away...! anyway...
then we (a bunch of us) went to the vic for some coffee/tea/cake (yum cake, thanks rach..!) and hung out and talked and did silly funny things. and laughed a lot. thanks for the laughs and good times, my friends! (luv ya!)
and have been kinda bored with study. apart from the fact that i don't kinda get all of micro at the present moment. i'm working on it. i guess because my music subjects are kinda sitting quite comfortably. there are a lot of things i have to sort out though, mostly urinetown and mss stuff. which is very difficult.

[OMG. DEJA VU ABOUT WRITING THIS BLOG!!!!!!! that is the weirdest thing....]

so yeah, listening test tomorrow. i'm pretty right with that. i like all the pieces, except for the webern, which i don't particularly like. that's ok, i have learnt it and all.
micro is on thursday, piano technical exam the next tuesday, then i'm done.

in the few days i have after my exams, i have to do the following things:
* have a meeting with the Dean with the rest of the exec
* have a meeting with the staff about open day
* catch up properly with flick
* hopefully have a piano lesson
* hopefully have a rehearsal with lily
* catch up with a few more friends
* do melbourne welcome stuff - lots of stuff
* do urinetown stuff - lots of stuff
* pack to go home
* clean my room

and that's just the beginning. do you think it's going to happen?