The End of An Error

That nasty impedance on my life called a research essay is finall over, printed and ready to be handed in. All before midnight! What kind of a student am I? It didn’t go down without a struggle though…

Firstly I printed off a draft copy with no special formatting, and it was 9 pages. Knowing I was low on paper, I picked up all the scraps I could rummage from the floor that were only used on one side, and fed it into the printer. At first I had put in the paper up the wrong way, reprinting on the used side. Once that was sorted out, the printer ran out of black ink, or at least needed a good cleaning. Not wanting to fuss about, I just ripped the little bugger out and replaced her (see, it pays to have spares). Soon after two pages got jammed and all ripped up. Once I finally get all nine pages printed, I make the needed changes format wise, make my edits, and get ready to print the now 21 pages worth.

Firstly, however, I printed out another two page document to be attached to another assignment due tommorow. I hit print and walk away, only to return to discover I was ONE page short! I rummaged around the room but to no avail. There was not a single clean white sheet of A4 paper to be found anywhere. In dispair, I had to use the back of another used sheet and I’ll photocopy them tomorrow to get clean sheets.

With all the drama, I can barely believe that tomorrow will be my last class of my second last semester of music. In two months time I’ll be starting the last of my music studies in this course, and maybe then I’ll write about all the changes I’ve been through, not just musically, but intellectually in general. While at times the course has been a frustration (and not just because of the work itself), but overall the effect it has had on me as a thinker (big words), is undeniably important to the ‘artist’ I am. And if you ask nicely, I’ll post a rather postmodern electronic composition I just completed that is rather growing on me.

If there is one thing that has been keeping me on track the past few days it’s the fact that one of these is currently on its way to me:

With one early bid and quite a few more people watching the auction, I’m (almost) guaranteed a sale, so I went ahead and ordered my new computer. It’s a Mac, of course. What other computer would only depreciate by $150 (so far) over 18 months! I am truly a mac convert because not only are they beautiful looking machines, but they just make working so much easier. Now with the processor change I’ll be able to have a completely working Windows and OS X computer at my disposal, not that there is much reason for me to use Windows (except for maybe EAC). So that’s my indulgent purchase (although it’s working out to be not very expensive at all with the iBook sale and what not), and I must thank Kit for giving me the idea to sell and trade up when he pointed out the fact that not many people know about the Macbooks yet, so iBooks are still selling well on eBay. It will be sad to say goodbye to this machine though.

Oh, and I’m back on the radio for one show only Saturday week. Remember to tune in if you’re local!