Operation: This Will Most Likely End Badly

Well, this is it kids; I’ve started a new quest. I’m going to learn to play the guitar! Kind of. Sort of. I really just want to be able to switch chords quicker and finger-pick. I know about six chords already but I fail at changing quickly and smoothly. And finger-picking? Yeah right; I fail at that completely. My older brother tried to teach me once, but he couldn’t pass on his genius to me. Give me a French horn and I’ll be all over it, so it’s too bad guitar is being so poopy!

All I really want to be able to do is make up my own stuff! I really enjoy composing music for piano and would find it super cool if I could do the same thing on my guitar, like my brother. Also, I have a really cool book of classic rock songs for guitar, voice, and piano, and I want to get started on it. I’ve been stuck on the “Your Song” page, trying really hard to learn this gem of Elton’s. Gah! It’s proving to be a challenge. However, I get to use my capo! Ah yeah. Even though it’s a piece of crap capo. Ah well!

I’ll keep this page updated on my progress, though that will probably be slow going. Poop.

The epic quest for employment has begun. I applied to Costco and may be working for a catering company that caters for the shows at my local amphitheater. That would be really cool! I’ve heard some super cool stories about the stuff that goes on there. I may even get the chance to actually drive artists around! Wouldn’t that be epic?! The answer is, of course, yes. Fingers crossed for that one!

I’m applying to Costco because there is one in Bozeman that I could very well transfer to when school starts again in the Fall. That’s nice insurance to have as a college student, being that the market is already crowded with people looking for work. I suppose we’ll have to see!

My older sister left last week on what I like to call a “learning cruise”; she’s in the Caribbean right now on a smallish cruise ship with Semester at Sea, which is this really cool program that allows you to earn college credit – or just learn in general – while you travel around really cool places and do crazy cool stuff. She gets to scuba dive in Belize and explore South American countries such as Peru, Costa Rica, and the like. I for one am super jealous, as is my brother and his girlfriend. Speaking of my brother’s girlfriend – Ariel – we might be doing something similar this time next year! The next Enrichment Cruise will be traveling to Europe, and we might be going! This trip will be 26 days long and will take us to: London, England; Oslo, Norway; Copenhagen, Denmark; Stockholm, Sweden; Helsinki, Finland; Gdansk, Poland; Kiel Canal Transit, Germany; Hamburg, Germany; Amsterdam, Netherlands. What an awesome list of places to go! It would literally be the trip of a lifetime, and we would be getting college credit along the way. Crazy cool, right? I really hope that it works out and we can both make it! If you’re at all interested in this kind of stuff, they have other super awesome trips planned for other places and longer trips that you can check out. Look them up at semesteratsea.org. It will be well worth your time!

Until next time, stay classy!

xoxo

CDO

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    Seriously, I wish this existed.
    I don't know what it is but my OCD has been acting up a lot lately, especially at school. I think it's mostly due to the heightened state of stress. Whatever it is, it's getting really frustrating and harder to deal with. Most of it is internal stuff that other people can't see unless they pay really close attention but a couple things are becoming more noticeable. Take my eating habits for instance: I eat all my food in bites or slurps grouped into twos, and I always have to lick the other side of the cup after I drink. My friends are starting to notice and I can tell it weirds them out a bit. I mean, it's not what you expect from anyone. I also have a thing with noises that I make in the back of my throat and they've been getting louder lately, and I definitely think that other people can hear them. It's frustrating. BLAH. And I have more. lots more. Let's just not go into them right now.
    Anyway, let me know if you have any sort of ticks that you'd like to hide. I know I'd like to hide a couple. Or a few. Or all of them.
xoxo