Looking back

So a little late but…I survived!!!  My first semester in college is over and I did more than survive, I excelled.  I came home for Christmas with a lot of good grades, and hopefully a bit more compositional skill, and improved ability as a clarinetist.  So all in all a successful endeavor.

The  most important thing that happened this semester was I changed my second major to english literature, obviously my music composition major still holds.  I’ve been trying to decide why I want to major in english literature.  And to be honest I have no idea.  I always tell people that I just like reading books, which I do, but that isn’t why I’m majoring in english I can read books without a B.A. in english (cue “What Do You Do With a B.A. in English” from Avenue Q).

And of course that train of thought got me started on being all existential. I mean why do I do any of the things I do.  Life can’t be an endless stream of meaningless decisions. I realized that  I do what I do because if I  didn’t I would have no purpose.  People don’t define the purpose of actions…actions define the purpose of people.

This kind of got off topic, but oh well…I like where it went.