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Mar. 8th, 2010 11:48 amI went to Ohio in February, and Kansas last weekend. Both trips were good, though very different.
In Ohio it snowed the first full day we (me and Dad) were there. No matter how hard one tries, getting snow blown into your ear will not be enjoyable. I did get some really nice gloves out of it, though. Ohio is very different from Conneticut, much more midwestern, familiar. The people were friendly, and Toledo (the nearest city) was a nice place, slightly smaller than where I live now. I had a "proper" lesson before the audition/interview, and I am extremely grateful for that. It prepared me really well, and I learned that the teacher and I can get along nicely. It helped that she's a friend of my current teacher.
Kansas was quite a strange experience. My mother and I drove there, as it was only about 4 hours away. The trip was nice, we split the driving equally. Man, it was nice to be able to drive during a trip. In OH and CT Dad rented a car, and I wasn't on the agreement. Lawrence was a freakishly hilly place. This is Kansas we're talking about. The place that has been proven to be flatter than a pancake? The hills were steep, and the campus quite confusing to navigate. I must admit to going in with a slight prejudice against Kansas in general due to a rather disastrous road trip during my early teens. Car problems, dust storms, and unfriendly/unhelpful people do not a good impression make. This was the only audition that went badly, by my standards, and I know who was at fault for this. My general lack of practice finally caught up to me, though it was compounded by the unusual circumstances they fit me in under. We took a tour afterward, and that ameliorated some of my animosity towards the place (how dare it be the site of a bad audition!). We went home immediately after, the shortest trip of the three. It was odd to be gone only two days.
In any case, Ohio is my favorite. I have one of the two acceptances I need (music department and general college) to attend there, here's hoping.
On a side note, I started a pair of socks during the first plane ride to Conneticut, and I'm about halfway through number two. I have discovered a previously unknown love of monochromaticism. Who would think that black, gray, and white would please and excite me? I'm making them for myself, and enjoying the process, although second sock syndrome (SSS) cannot be completely ignored.
Later,
Greeny
In Ohio it snowed the first full day we (me and Dad) were there. No matter how hard one tries, getting snow blown into your ear will not be enjoyable. I did get some really nice gloves out of it, though. Ohio is very different from Conneticut, much more midwestern, familiar. The people were friendly, and Toledo (the nearest city) was a nice place, slightly smaller than where I live now. I had a "proper" lesson before the audition/interview, and I am extremely grateful for that. It prepared me really well, and I learned that the teacher and I can get along nicely. It helped that she's a friend of my current teacher.
Kansas was quite a strange experience. My mother and I drove there, as it was only about 4 hours away. The trip was nice, we split the driving equally. Man, it was nice to be able to drive during a trip. In OH and CT Dad rented a car, and I wasn't on the agreement. Lawrence was a freakishly hilly place. This is Kansas we're talking about. The place that has been proven to be flatter than a pancake? The hills were steep, and the campus quite confusing to navigate. I must admit to going in with a slight prejudice against Kansas in general due to a rather disastrous road trip during my early teens. Car problems, dust storms, and unfriendly/unhelpful people do not a good impression make. This was the only audition that went badly, by my standards, and I know who was at fault for this. My general lack of practice finally caught up to me, though it was compounded by the unusual circumstances they fit me in under. We took a tour afterward, and that ameliorated some of my animosity towards the place (how dare it be the site of a bad audition!). We went home immediately after, the shortest trip of the three. It was odd to be gone only two days.
In any case, Ohio is my favorite. I have one of the two acceptances I need (music department and general college) to attend there, here's hoping.
On a side note, I started a pair of socks during the first plane ride to Conneticut, and I'm about halfway through number two. I have discovered a previously unknown love of monochromaticism. Who would think that black, gray, and white would please and excite me? I'm making them for myself, and enjoying the process, although second sock syndrome (SSS) cannot be completely ignored.
Later,
Greeny
