What if...

"What if we knew for certain that everything we're worried about today will work out fine?

What if...we had a guarantee that the problem bothering us would be worked out in the most perfect way, and at the best possible time? Furthermore, what if we knew that three years from now we'd be grateful for that problem, and its solution?

What if...we knew that even our worst fear would work out for the best?

What if...we had a guarantee that everything that's happening, and has happened, in our life was meant to be, planned just for us, and in our best interest?

What if...we had a guarantee that the people we love are experiencing exactly what they need in order to become who they're intended to become? Further, what if we had a guarantee that others can be responsible for themselves, and we don't have to control or take responsibility for them?

What if...we knew the future was going to be good, and we would have an abundance of resources and guidance to handle whatever comes our way?

What if...we knew everything was okay, and we didn't have to worry about a thing? What would we do then?

We'd be free to let go and enjoy life."

EVERYBODY!

EVERYBODY, SMILE. JUST DO IT.

EEEEEE!
Feel better now?
Good!










And now, a joke:

An orchestra was plagued by absences in all of their rehearsals. In fact, each member had missed at least one rehearsal except for one loyal oboe player. At the last dress rehearsal, the conductor took a moment from rehearsal to express his appreciation in the oboe player’s dedication towards attendance. The oboe player just smiled and said, “Well it’s the least I could do since I won’t be attending the performance.”

YOU BETTER BE LAUGHING.
The hardest part of the year is almost over, and summer is around the corner. I hope everyone is doing well.

The Great Adventures of Bel Fiore EDITTED and an Ode to Kyle

February 28 February 26 - 28
11:47 pm Kyle started compiling DVD

March 1
9:00 am Kyle still compiling DVD
12:00 pm Kyle still compiling DVD
3:30 Application is filled (coffee run)
3:47 Passports photocopied
5:00 pm Kyle still compiling DVD
7:00 pm Alice makes Kyle dumplings and noodles while he compiles DVD
7:33 Kyle starts burning DVD
8:17 Tim and Alice go to Target
8:30 Tonya calls FedEx to ask about overnight. THEY CLOSE AT 9:00 PM.
8:32 Tonya calls Alice in tears
8:38 DVD finishes burning
8:46 Tim and Alice arrive back at the dorms after unsuccessfully reaching Target
9:02 Realized we did not reach FedEx in time
9:03 Continued onward to the airport FedEx
9:17 Realized we didn't have money orders
9:30 Arrived at Walgreens. Failed to get money orders
9:37 Arrived at Giant Eagle. GOT MONEY ORDERS
9:41 Drove past airport, GOT LOST.
9:45 SAW A FEDEX TRUCK. Followed it.
9:50 Arrived at FedEx. IT CLOSED AT 9:45. LIKE, REALLY? REALLY???
9:53 Ran to neighboring UPS store. Rejected.
9:57 Went back to FedEx. Tonya calls FedEx helpline. Kyle cries Kyle transforms into Superman and flips over a car. Alice runs into the FedEx truck field.
9:59 Alice finds a truck driver and begs. Truck driver radios a worker inside the FedEx building. WORKER AGREES TO OPEN THE DOOR TO TALK TO US.
10:00 FedEx worker rejects us. SYSTEMS ARE SHUT OFF. OVERNIGHT PLANE ABOUT TO LEAVE.
10:01 WE POUT.
10:02 She realizes we are applying for a competition. Takes Kyle's credit card and runs in to the building with no promises.
10:04 Alice checks on the plane. THE ENGINE IS ON AND THE LADY IS RUNNING TO THE PLANE.
10:05 FedEx lady comes back out and tells us...
MISSION SUCCESSFUL.
10:06 Kyle cried again. Kyle roared in victory, volunteered at a soup kitchen, and saved a burning house.
10:11 Got celebratory Burger King.

An Ode to Kyle
Kyle.
Brave. Blonde like cheese.
Tall. Has Justin Beiber's haircut Inspired Justin Beiber's haircut.
The master of DVD compilation. The master of all.
Run Kyle, run! Run into the wilderness of life!
Let your ping pong ball soar!
May your dedication to making DVDs be known all over the world!
May your style make people smile and your height help cats stuck in trees!
May you fight evil with your endpin and may you overcome Cheese and D!
May the soundtrack to "Up" guide you throu--SQUIRREL--
Kyle.
Brave. Blonde like cheese.
He did not cry.

The Great Adventures of Bel Fiore

Synopsis: Kyle Price, Tonya Burton, Hanna Cooper, and Alice Hong are applying for music camps as a quartet. They spent 16 hours recording in a church and lived off of leftover pork buns and Jimmy John's. The arrival deadline of the application is March 2.

February 28
11:47 pm Started compiling DVD

March 1
9:00 am Still compiling DVD
12:00 pm Still compiling DVD
3:30 Application is filled (coffee run)
3:47 Passports photocopied
5:00 pm Still compiling DVD
7:00 pm Alice makes Kyle dumplings and noodles while he compiles DVD
7:33 Kyle starts burning DVD
8:17 Tim and Alice go to Target
8:30 Tonya calls FedEx to ask about overnight. THEY CLOSE AT 9:00 PM.
8:32 Tonya calls Alice in tears
8:38 DVD finishes burning
8:46 Tim and Alice arrive back at the dorms after unsuccessfully reaching Target
9:02 Realized we did not reach FedEx in time
9:03 Continued onward to the airport FedEx
9:17 Realized we didn't have money orders
9:30 Arrived at Walgreens. Failed to get money orders
9:37 Arrived at Giant Eagle. GOT MONEY ORDERS
9:41 Drove past airport, GOT LOST.
9:45 SAW A FEDEX TRUCK. Followed it.
9:50 Arrived at FedEx. IT CLOSED AT 9:45. LIKE, REALLY? REALLY???
9:53 Ran to neighboring UPS store. Rejected.
9:57 Went back to FedEx. Tonya calls FedEx helpline. Kyle cries. Alice runs into the FedEx truck field.
9:59 Alice finds a truck driver and begs. Truck driver radios a worker inside the FedEx building. WORKER AGREES TO OPEN THE DOOR TO TALK TO US.
10:00 FedEx worker rejects us. SYSTEMS ARE SHUT OFF. OVERNIGHT PLANE ABOUT TO LEAVE.
10:01 WE POUT.
10:02 She realizes we are applying for a competition. Takes Kyle's credit card and runs in to the building with no promises.
10:04 Alice checks on the plane. THE ENGINE IS ON AND THE LADY IS RUNNING TO THE PLANE.
10:05 FedEx lady comes back out and tells us...

MISSION SUCCESSFUL.

10:06 Kyle cried again.
10:11 Got celebratory Burger King.

The package arrived at 12:50 pm today.
We are epic.
HAPPY SPRING BREAK EVERYONE!

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