So I've been really bad about blogging the last few months. Not that anyone reads this but hey, I know at least two people that do, so I might as well let some thoughts out about whatever I feel like I guess.
This semester is going well thus far. I've had a total schedule change from last semester, but it's working out much better than I anticipated. I teach at Owens on Monday and Wednesday (instead of just Friday's) which is much better because the guitar ensemble meets two days as week instead of one which slows down progress a lot. I am teaching a new class at BGSU, Music Tech II (which was my favorite class in grad school) which is the second of four electronic music courses. I am teaching audio processing and acousmatic music. It's a lot of fun, but it's a lot more prep than my other classes. I teach that on Tues and Thurs which is nice because I don't have anything to do before class starts so I have a lot of time to prepare in the mornings. I am still teaching lessons at night on Tues, Wed, and Thurs. Band is still there too which means 7:30 am on M W F, which in the grand total of things means I only have to teach band on Friday morning and after that I'm free the rest of the day! That my friends is awesome.
I've also been reading a bunch of books since Thanksgiving. The Kite Runner, A Thousand Slendid Suns, A Long Way Gone, The Space Trilogy (C.S. Lewis: Out of he Silent Planet, Perelandra, That Hideous Strength), and I'm reading How to Read Novels like a Professor. I never took any literature classes in school, so I'm not versed in how to read novels and discuss different things about them. It's a fun read. Next up is In The Heart of the Sea, which is the true account of the whale boat Essex. I'm finding that I'm watching a lot less TV when I'm reading books and I like to read books more, so I'm doing it.
