Busy busy busy busy

So towards the end of each semester, it really does become impossible to not make plans. Tonight, Monday, is the only night this week in which I have nothing to do, so I'm spending it writing a paper due in a week and a half because I have concerts to attend, as well as traffic court on Wednesday for a parking ticket I picked up more than a month ago. It's been taped to the wall next to my door so I don't forget, and I'm also starting to use the crude "Calendar" on my phone, which is by no means a smartphone.

At the same time, I'm also gearing up for my first senior concert. I had misgivings about my initial idea, which was to record a guitar loop on the fly and put it through a bunch of different effects for ten minutes or so, but I got to hear some sick cassette recordings of the Bard gamelan and that gave me a better idea, so I'm gonna use those to make what will probably be a much better final product. Still, armed with this idea, I now have to rush rush rush to make everything I want for this concert. Normally I'd have winter break to do it, but as I'm heading to Brazil in a little under three weeks (!), that's not really an option. It's an interesting thing: work hard now to relax later!