There's a song by Ani Difranco called "Fixing her Hair." It goes something like, "She's looking in the mirror, she's fixing her hair, and I touch my head to feel what isn't there." It's a sad song about being in an abusive relationship... but that's not why I mentioned it. I mentioned it because as I started this blog I heard that line and thought about not having hair. My hair is long and annoying, and I want to cut it off.
It is Wednesday already. I don't know what is happening to the time! Three o'clock is still too early to do work, so I am taking it easy.
At one twenty I went to the band room to sight read fanfares for a music composition class. I wasn't warmed up, and I don't think I did very well, but Amanda said I sounded ok. It made me feel like a professional musician. Afterwards I practiced for about twenty minutes, and discovered what a week without practicing can do to your face. Ouch.
Now I am here feeling guilty for not doing anything. My system isn't used to being caught up!
Yesterday I decided I am going to be a sociology minor. I don't know why but it kept coming into my head, and I wasn't exactly sure what it was. I knew it had to do with why people do what they do, but what else? I was looking forward to my 20th Century American History class, because I am excited to learn about the social movements, civil rights, and peace. I want to learn about why Vietnam was a big deal, I want to know what was really up with the hippie movement, and what happened to it.
The difference between History and Past is that the Past is what happened, and History is what we look at to figure out how the past affects us, and how it's going to change the future.
Thinking about that I decided that I wanted to keep learning about the how, and dive into the whys. Then I checked the Sociology department's website, and there's a whole class on the social movements of the 1960s! It fits!
History and Sociology. (Sociology is BLUE) ... are you going to teach?
No, but that doesn't mean that I am sure what exactly I am going to do yet.
I will work at a fancy dancy History museum in New York. I will be interviewed by the History channel. Lily Morris, PH.D Augsburg College.
OR. I will be the head of a team of Historians in a big Hollywood production directed by Baz Luhrmann. They will send me on missions around the world to find things out. Check facts, write briefs... That exists somewhere in the film industry right? I'll ask Adam. Anyway... Baz and I will become friends of course... and I'll go to Red Carpet premiers in pretty dresses escorted by Jim Sturgess, and/or Jackson so-and-so who plays Jasper in Twilight. Yep. I don't see why a History Major couldn't do those things. It's perfectly possible.
It is really frustrating to LOVE something as much as I love History, but then have to cringe at the careers available... (teach?) I cruised around a bit online and found out that a History major can pretty much do anything they want... but I don't know what I want.
Except for Red Carpet Movie Premiers.
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