8/9

Today I had my class.  It went pretty well.  We looked at the schools I am applying to and it looks like I only have to write one essay that I can use for all the colleges I am applying too.  I have 5 on my list to apply to.  I think 5 is a pretty good number.  All the schools are on the east coast.  The farthest one away is in New York which is about 9 hours away or so.  The closest one is still in Virginia but it is still about 3 hours away.  I don't want to be too close to home but I also don't want to be across the country.  I think going back up north would be perfect for me.  My top two choices are Connecticut College and University of the Arts.  Connecticut College has a Recording Technology Major that I am very interested in.  University of the Arts has a Music Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology major.  The one at Uarts is a little more broad in its major but the one at Connecticut College is more specific on what I want to do.  I am really looking forward to maybe visiting it later this summer.

8/8 part 2

Tomorrow I am going to a college essay writing class.  It is my second class in the program now.  The first one went pretty well.  I mostly just worked on my first essay and good a solid draft done.  There are three classes in total.  The second one is tomorrow and the final one is next sunday.  They are three hours in the morning from 9-12.  It isn't that bad though.  The teachers there are nice.  Its weird thinking I'll be in college next year.  It's coming up so fast.   I will be applying to schools before I know it.  I only have a few colleges on my list right now but I think the schools I have now are enough.  The 4 I have on my list are Connecticut College in Connecticut, Syracuse in New York, Christopher Newport in Virginia, and University of the Arts in Pennsylvania.  Hopefully Mom and I will go visit Syracuse and Connecticut College the last week of this summer.  Connecticut College seems like it would be a really good place for me.  I am really looking forward to visiting it.  They have a recording technology major there that is supposed to be really good.

8/8

Today I got to actually sleep in.  I had been driving Esther to camp everyday and she needed to leave at 9 every morning.  This morning I slept in till 10 or so.  2 extra hours of sleep than I usually get.  I haven't done much at all today.  I've mostly just relaxed.  Esther is making whatever Mom wants for dinner tonight.  I think she's making pasta.  Dad worked late and picked up mom last night.  They were home around nine or so.  I was still up and got see them when they got home.  I don't have any plans this weekend.  I have a Spanish tutor coming over one monday.  I am taking Spanish 3 this year after taking 2 years off.  I am not looking forward to it at all.  I am taking it pass/fail however so I don't have to get an amazing grade in the class.  A couple of the schools I am looking at want 3 years of a language on your transcript.  It is unfortunate that I have to take it this year after 2 years of not touching a spanish book.  It really annoys me that it wasn't something the school let me know when I decided to not continue in a language.

8/7

I haven't really done much since I got back.  Mostly relaxing.  I've been making a lot of music.  I will probably release another EP of songs I've done before the end of the week.  I released one on the last day I was in Philly as well.  You can listen to it here: https://soundcloud.com/sceptrevd/sets/uarts-ep. 

Esther has been going to a camp at robinson all week.  The camp is called Stage Door.  I did it when it was her age as well.  Their final show was yesterday so I went and saw it.  It was pretty good.  Esther did really well.  Today is her final day at the camp.  They are just having a party I think.  After she finishes her camp she wants to go to Five Guys to get a burger so I am going to take her over there.  Mom gets home from California tonight too.  I think dad is sending Esther and I to pick her up from the airport.  I haven't seen her in almost a month.  It'll be nice to see her.

I am going to a concert on Tuesday with my friend Kelly.  I haven't been to a concert in quite a while so it'll be fun.

More about Philly

I got out of classes everyday at 4 except for Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Those days classes went till 7. We either had extra time to record in the studio or we ran the live sound for the music performance kids.  I enjoyed the long live sound sets.

The food at the cafeteria was pretty bad.  It got worse as the weeks went by too.  So I ended up eating out quite a bit.  I went to Wawa a lot.  The sandwiches there were pretty cheap and really good.  I got sushi a couple days too.  

We also had Satudays and Sundays off for the most part.  Saturday mornings we would have some kind of field trip.  The first saturday we toured the Kimmel Center.  That is where the Philly orchestra plays most of there shows.  It was really interesting.  The tour was just over an hour which I feel like is the perfect time for a tour.  The second saturday we went to the Mutter museum of medical abnormalities.  It was really weird.

back in virginia

I got back to Virginia Saturday evening.  I had a lot of fun.  I don't know if University of the Arts is my first choice anymore but  I will definitely be applying.  Every morning I had the same two classes.  I had Music Business then Digital Media.  Music Business is just what it sounds.  Its about the laws in the music business and contract writing and such.  Digital Media is about how the business has changed now that everything is online.  Both classes were interesting but digital media could get boring sometimes.  In the afternoon we broke up to into groups.  One day we had Live Sound then Radio and the other day we had Recording and Digital Audio.  Radio was mostly boring because only two people could be on at a time so it was mostly sitting around.  Live Sound was really interesting and a lot of fun.  Recording could be fun but a lot of the time there were too many people working on the song at once so the end product was all over the place.  Digital Audio was just learning how to use computer programs to create music.  It was mostly free time to work on whatever.

7/11 and off to philly

7/11
Today I spent most of the day packing for Philly.  At 1ish I went to run some errands.  I picked up my friend to keep me company.  I went to the local record store and sold a couple of my records for some extra cash for Philly.  I also ran by Target to get some extra shampoo and conditioner.
Esther gets home in a little bit.  It sounds like she had a good time in California.  I think Grandma Eilers really enjoyed having Esther there.  She said she is bringing me back some chocolate.  I will only really see her for a few hours before I am off to Philly tomorrow morning.  Dad is cooking up a special steak dinner tonight to celebrate Esther getting home and my leaving.  I really like steak.  I hope he cooks mine the way he likes cause I like mine different than the rest of my family.  I prefer mine medium rare.  The rest of the family likes them more medium.  It will be a good dinner either way though.
I will probably go to bed kind of early tomorrow because it will be a long day for sure.  Esther leaves again next week to go to Massachusetts to visit the Kerrs.
Off to Philly
Tomorrow I leave for Philly.  We are planning to get on the road at 9.  It's about a 3 hour drive.  Load in at University of the Arts starts at noon so we are planning to be there right as it starts.  Orientation doesn't start for quite a few hours after load in so mom and I will find somewhere for lunch or something to pass the time.
I am excited to go though.  The program I am doing is called Music Business, Entrepreneurship, and Technology.  I figure I will have some classes in music production and composition and some that are more focused on the business side of things.  Both really interested me.  I see myself doing both in the future.  I still want to create music but I also want to do stuff under the management umbrella.  I am hoping this program will help me figure out exactly what I want to do after college.
It's going to be a little different being on my own for first couple days but I think I will get into the rhythm of it all.  Hopefully my roomate/roomates are okay because I will be there for quite a while.  I feel like I'll be okay with most people.