Illusion of Words

Heading for Summer

For students here, summer means one thing: holidays. A whole year of studies is over. I’m no longer a freshman! It’s weird. The whole process, however, is extremely exhausting. Who knew packing was so hard? Tons of boxes, and having to depend on kind people to store the stuff. The box sitting in the middle of the living room is formidable. It’s a tv box, the type that a child could use as a house in an imaginary game. Or the perfect box for Spongebob Squarepants, in that episode where he and Patrick play pretend. Yes, I actually remember such an episode. Truth is, it’s not just a time or two when wanting to watch a show that I hardly ever watch, the tv broadcasts the exact same episode that I had watched before. Of the tons of episodes, what are the chances of the same episode showing? Bah. Well, I digress.

So back to packing. Why do I have so much stuff? I should have got rid of my textbooks, but it’s too late for that. The luggage is piling high.. but I’m fairly confident that I could crush the clothes enough to zip it shut. There’s the printer, and the guitar amp. I was going to sell that, but well, this is a remote place, and an advertisement on Craigslist doesn’t get many hits. So now I’m stuck with one more thing for people to store. And I wish I could bring my guitar along, but I’m not about to risk it in a gig bag, on a plane which might be too full. And not to mention quite a bit of traveling in the next couple of months. Not quite worth the extra worry.

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Homestretch

It’s the homestretch. One more week of finals, then it’s all over for the year. And suddenly I will never again be a freshman (Hmm.. why aren’t people hyped up over it being ‘freshman‘? Freshperson! haha.)

People are excited. There’s a bunch of exams coming hard, and for some, it is ever hard to concentrate. So close to 3 months of holidays, yet so far.

Me? I am not a person prone to much excitement. In fact, I feel somewhat reluctant. For some, time can’t go by quickly enough. For me, time is too fast. I want it to slow down. I’ve got a lot of things to study, but most importantly, I want to have more time to play my guitar.

It’s probably the primary reason that I’m not as excited about the holidays. I’ll have to leave my guitar for 3 months. And not to mention that I just bought the Digitech RP255 - hoping to sell my amp in its place. And of course, this buying and selling is probably the first of many to come.

Trifling matters. I will always have my guitar and stuff waiting for me when I get back. But hardly again the chance to stay in Michigan and Chicago the whole summer. And visit New York in the process. It’s awesome, and for most people, terribly exciting. But I guess in part character, in part all that I leave behind, in part the fact that I like school and all the subjects I will never get the chance to take again. Arts in Western Civilization, which opened my eyes up to art and music, and pulled together the entire history of music in one coherent string. History, awesome subject. English, where I was gratified by the good comments the teacher gave. Biology, which despite not being my favorite subject, is probably going to be what I’m majoring in. Because let’s face it, things like history and english have hardly any future save for teaching. And teaching is one thing that I will not do.

(Thought I’d share a pic of the pedal)

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Auditory Illusion

Really cool. Gave me goosebumps because it was just that realistic. When the mp3 first started, I was like, are you sure somebody isn’t in my room right now? Kinda creepy. Especially when the person “whispers” in your ear.

Auditory Illusion

Of course, you ought to use headphones to listen.

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