I came to college for one reason and one reason only... to party. Just kidding. I wanted to come to college to learn more. Isn't that why most people want to come to college? I want to be a better a learner . I want to be a better musician. And in the end I want to be a better person. There shouldn't be anything wrong with wanting to be better than what you are as along as you accept who you are.
Converse is a shoe. Did anyone else know that is was a college? I didn't until a few months ago. Even now when I tell people where I go to school they say, "You mean the shoe, right?". I honestly didn't want to come to Converse. I saw it as that place that gave me junk mail every week. It looked nice, but I never wanted to be a shoe major. That's what I felt until, my audition. I saw campus and thought that I could really get use to this place. The rich like buildings, the ballroom dining hall, the good food, and those people in the purple polo shirts that seem to cater to everything (I honestly thought they were maids when I first saw them). Yes, it's safe to say I am glad I came here.
I knew I wanted to go to college. I knew I wanted to go to Converse. The only thing left was the major. I looked at the list of majors and crossed out the ones I was not good at. Turns out the only one left was music. Funny, how that worked out.... Again, just kidding. I choose Converse because I knew it was the place where I personally would succeed. I knew the professors would help me along my way and actually care if I got the material or not. I knew, and still know that soon I won't just be a face in the crowd.
If I could be a Muppet I would be the most funny one. The kind with a little dry humor. If I had to choose one, probably Miss Piggy or that blue one with the hook nose and came from outer space. I would completely play the banjo. My Dad use to play and I have fiddled with it too.
And welcome to Converse and our SSS class, Alex! I have a hunch that I'm going to enjoy your sense of humor this term, and that you'll enjoy figuring out just what kind of musician/composer/person you're going to be.
ReplyDeleteA few general comments on the blog. Be sure to proofread a bit more carefully--there are a few odd commas and words that aren't quite right. You might want to type the whole thing up in Word and then cut-and-paste it into your blog (you get to take advantage of Word's spell/grammar check that way.) And you might want to change the color of your actual entry. If you hit "Design" in the upper LH corner of your blog, and then go to Layout, and follow it along, you'll eventually come to the place where you can change colors. That particular color is kind of hard to read against this back ground (especially to old eyes reading late at night.)
And again, Welcome!
Oh, and your muppet of choice is Gonzo the Great--one of my favorites :-)
ReplyDeleteHello. I like your blog and think you did a good job of expressing yourself on it and explaining how you got here. I was the same way with the shoe thing too until my dad told me about it. Good job!
ReplyDeleteYou have quite the sense of humor Alex. I love it! I was in the same place as you at first. I wasn't planning to come to Converse. I was actually dead-set on going to Furman University. I had the same experience as you, though. I came for my audition and absolutely loved it here. The campus, the buildings, I could finally see myself in college. At that point, I knew this was the college for me. I also admire that you came here, not only become a better musician, but also to become a better person. I think that is a great philosophy. (:
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