I recorded a new song the other night that I actually wrote! It’s all instrumental, but I ended up doing a decent job on it. It’s about how I feel victorious in life in general, right now. With Olivia, and school, etc.

A couple weeks ago I applied for the Anna K. Suter scholarship at IUPUI. It’s a scholarship for math majors, and my calculus professor told me he thought I’d be a very strong candidate for it. The committee had their meeting yesterday, and I should find out on Friday about whether I win one of the awards or not. I’ll definitely post about it, if I’m one of the award winners.

Today, one of my old friend’s sister Biz Strother came over and we recorded some of her music. We recorded two songs. I’m working on one still, but the other came out great! It’s called Paper and Glue, and Biz wrote it herself.

I now have condenser microphones, and am able to record vocals and acoustic instruments really well. I also recorded a cover of Polly by Nirvana with my dad the other night, but we both sang in it, and are pretty embarrassed. We did it just for fun.

Winter Break has been great! I ended up with straight As for my first semester! 4.0! Mike and I recorded some music with our drummer friend Nick Walker last week. I’m working on getting more equipment. Expect more music in the coming months!

School is going really well. The great thing that happened recently is that I got a job as a tutor in the Math Assistance Center at IUPUI. It’s been going really well. It feels great to be helping students with math. I’ve decided that if the physics isn’t as fun in practice as it is in study, then I’d really like to teach.

I already know my schedule for next semester. I’m kind of taking it easy. I’m only taking 12 credit hours next semester, but those 12 credit hours are composed of Calculus II, Chemistry II, and Mechanics (my first physics class), so I guess it’s not taking it easy. I don’t know. But I’m going to get off school everyday between noon and 1:30. This means I’ll definitely be able to at least help with the musical. And I’m really excited about that.

Not much else has been going on. Olivia and I are coming up on 9 months this Friday. Speaking of Olivia, she and the Marching Woodmen won at the State Championship on Saturday! They were so great! I’m so proud of her!

School has just been going really well. I’m getting straight As from what I can tell.