Grr, I hate applications. They're always redundant; they always make you jump through far too many hoops. I guess their reasoning is that only the really devoted students will make it through them all... but it's so damn irritating. Geez.

Not much going on in Longview. Have to play in a church service tomorrow; wish I hadn't agreed to do it. The director is having me play the bulk of BOTH services, so I'll be up there from 7:40 to 12:30 or so. That's a lot of church for an agnostic, and a lot of playing for someone who's slacked off practicing for the past couple weeks. -sigh- I think I'll just tell mom not to tell the director when I'm coming home. That might be the ticket. I do like the acoustics, and I generally like playing in the church, but I really do not feel like it after only being home a week. I'm not feeling like a lot right now, except pain. Stupid sinuses, stupid headaches, stupid mood swings. I can't figure out if it's being here or just hormonal changes. Grr.

It's always so damn cold in this house. It doesn't help that Dad and KAt are forever turning off the heater because "it's HOT!" when it's a chilling 65 INSIDE, and roughly freezing outside. I'll never live in a house this big, with its inability to stay warm. It's pretty, but so poorly designed for winter. So energy-inefficient, so cold, so dark - there's very little light around here, too. The general effect is morbid. No wonder my mood's affected; it's like living in a crypt, for crying out loud. All we need are stone floors and guttering torches, and maybe a tomb here or there.

-sigh- Ok, enough bitching. I'll do something useful now.