Thankful for CIM

Thanksgiving is next week!!
Yay for another break! :D Thank goodness. I need itttttt.

First of all, I'm thankful for the way my floor lamp matches my bedspread.

And I'm thankful for the fact that the cranes and pictures I put on my wall haven't fallen off yet.

I'm thankful that the computers in the computer lab have Finale on them.

And how the weather has been beautiful...in my opinion at least.

I'm grateful for how fancy and nice the dorm bathrooms are.

I'm really thankful that I haven't permanently lost anything yet.

And how everyone at CIM is so friendly!

And that laundry is free.

And for the good times spent in the dorm kitchen baking and making noodles.

I'm grateful for Updegraff, and our post-studio class Coffee House trips.

And I'm really grateful for CaseCash, because it makes me feel a lot less guilty for buying iced mochas from the Coffee House everyday.

Speaking of which, I'm grateful for Paula!

I'm grateful that I haven't gotten food poisoning from Leutner...yet.

And most of all, I'm grateful for how I am perfectly content here at CIM. I feel like all the things I've wanted and wondered if I'd ever have or deserve were dropped in my lap when I came to CIM.

So there are days when I want to kick my violin. And myself. And maybe others. But all in all, I've had pretty much the best 1st semester of college anyone could ask for. Happiness is such a significant and wonderful thing and I'm grateful for my happiness.

Happy Thanksgiving!
What are you thankful for this year?

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and Old Couples

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Sergei Rachmaninoff

I LOVE THIS PIECE.

Oh my goodness.

I'd never heard it in its entirety until last night at the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra concert. I'll spare the details of my flailing with joy through the whole piece, but I really liked it. And to hear it performed by such an amazing orchestra/soloist...!!

After a few upbeat, minor variations, everything calmed down into a very sweet variation that was so romantic...I was sitting at the very edge of the balcony, and when they started playing this one, I noticed a subtle ripple of movement below me in the orchestra level audience. So I looked down, and I saw all of these old couples slowly reaching for each other's hands or laying their heads down on each other's shoulders.

I just about died.

Oh music, the places you take us.

I thought I'd also mention that we followed up that concert with laser tag. I sucked and we smelled but it was SO FUN.

This weekend has been the most beautiful weekend I've ever seen. It's the perfect temperature and the sun is blinding. And the leaves on the trees are changing!

I'm loving it. We'll miss you, sun...

I hope everyone is doing well!

An Ode to a Challenged Refridgerator

To our fridge that barely works:
You owe me two perfectly good milks.
You should aspire to be less than 70 degrees.
I don't really know what the format of an ode is.
Anyways, I'm really thirsty.
WISH I HAD MILK.
Stop sucking.
Thanks,
Room 416 resident, Alice Hong

Dobby!! 2

Dobby rides bikes.

Kulas!

Dobby meets David!

Case Western campus!

Dobby!!

Dobby is a pool master.

Dobby chills around the Cleve.

Dobby is fearless.

Can you find Dobby?

Food!

Dobby Likes CIM

Dobby playing orientation games.












Dobby in my room on my desk.

Dobby practicing in a practice room.

If you don't know what Dobby is, it's this. Hope everyone is doing well!!!

RIP Morrie Yohai

My dad walked by my cousin and me with a bag of Cheez Doodles.
"Dad, the guy who invented Cheez Doodles died recently!"
He stuck out the bag to us and said, "Well, in that case, we need to celebrate his life by eating more CHEEZ DOODLES!"

Celebrating the life of Cheez Doodle's creator Morrie Yohai!