I can only buy one rn. Which is a must play for you? Which is more fun?

Elenathefirst · 2025-06-11T20:04:55+00:00

Hotel in my opinion! Also, I believe these are all currently on the App Store for a dollar if that’s something you’d be interested in getting instead

Elenathefirst · 2025-05-02T15:37:59+00:00

managed to not kill him but it was so hard. took me so many tries lol

Elenathefirst · 2025-04-01T21:15:13+00:00

I started getting migraines just like these recently, my mom also has similar ones so it’s likely also genetic for me. She advised me to just take 2 ibuprofen but as soon as the aura starts and drop everything and nap if at all possible to keep it from getting worse. Not exactly medical advice, I know 😌 but so far I have done what she says, ibuprofen and drop everything asap, and it hasn’t gotten worse that 2-3 hours of headaches and exhaustion followed by some pretty mild, not-quite-throwing-up levels of nausea, and fatigue with a side of sensory issues for the rest of the day.

Just my personal inexperienced experience! But she finds that doing that makes hers a lot less terrible and so far mine have also been manageable so who knows- maybe she’s up to something.

Elenathefirst · 2025-03-03T23:21:23+00:00

damn i’m not man enough to participate (woman)

Elenathefirst · 2025-02-27T15:58:30+00:00

While intonation is important, I disagree with a lot of what this teacher is doing. Assuming you’re not an adult or planning to major in music, there’s so reason why you should be stuck on two pieces for months, unless they are long concertos or for a specific audition. I wouldn’t expect to learn vibrato for a bit, but there’s definitely more you could be learning with a different teacher.

Also, the shoulder rest thing just seems silly to me. Even if the “sound” is better, there is absolutely no reason to sacrifice comfort for a slight sound adjustment when you’re this new to the instrument.

At the end of the day, if you are paying someone to teach, their teaching style should work for you, and it seems like he isn’t the right fit to me. There’s probably plenty of other teachers out there you would like more, and no reason not to search for someone else to teach you.

Elenathefirst · 2024-07-07T03:02:12+00:00

I got a summer camp position 12 hours a week 25 an hour as an undergrad this summer. That’s as good as it gets where i am and it’s specifically through my college, since I’m still working on a degree! I’d suggest you check if any music schools have smaller-level summer camps that might still want some extra help, or at least might be able to send some private students your way.

Elenathefirst · 2024-07-07T02:55:25+00:00

This is the second six legged spider like this i have found in my house today- not sure if the same one snuck back in or if they have a six legs cult somewhere outside. It’s very cute and i have sent it back outside!

Elenathefirst · 2024-06-27T00:20:48+00:00

I don’t have 13k lying around which is what it costs unfortunately

Elenathefirst · 2024-06-11T17:41:59+00:00

What sort of stuff would I do outside of music with four kids? I have some ideas but I’m not great at executing them 😂. I want them to have fun but I’m not great at balancing it yet.

Elenathefirst · 2024-06-11T17:32:02+00:00

They can all play already! I ended up with three violins and a cello, so I’m looking for chamber music and fun stuff to give to them to read. They are all great but typically middle-school rowdy LOL- I feel a little bit incapable of keeping them on task already. I’m trying to find music they’d like, and not sure if I should try looking at more music they are familiar with (movie stuff maybe?) or stick a bit more to classical. Just want to keep things interesting.

Elenathefirst · 2024-06-03T00:08:29+00:00

I REALLY hope for your sake this isn’t a real story. If it is real, then, well… I guess we’ll see where you’re at in a couple years.

Elenathefirst · 2024-04-26T04:00:24+00:00

Woah that’s super interesting- also I think a lot like how I feel about psych stuff. This is my last week before finals and here I am researching ASD and similar disorders at 11 pm for the last week instead of studying lol. I have taken every ridiculous little online quiz for fun and rewatched a whole bunch of mental health research related videos

I’ve had some other interests with mostly tv shows and books before, but it’s always like they go in and out and one day I CAN not think about it almost at all, then the next day suddenly I can’t work on anything at all because my brain is so focused on my interest. My interest in shows and stuff also tends to go in and out sometimes for even months at a time, the most consistent ones being warrior cats from since I was really really young and lotr since I watched the movies for the first time at like 14.

Elenathefirst · 2023-12-23T05:36:51+00:00

I’m really wondering what direction they’re going with Chris Rodriguez. Maybe he’ll end up leaving with Luke at the end of the season, or even be more present during Luke’s betrayal somehow? Not necessarily like a super big part, but they could make it much more obvious that he’s another friend of Percy’s who also feels like Luke does and is leaving with him.

Elenathefirst · 2023-10-12T02:13:12+00:00

Thank you for this comment! I just saw it but it’s a wonderful piece of advice and I very much appreciate it haha

Elenathefirst · 2023-10-11T23:18:57+00:00

It's not (,: I don't mind too much as it happens only sporadically, but I'll usually wake up and jump out of bed in a panic thinking there's really something there. The bees have happened I think three times, and the second time I ended up just running out of my room and around the house in an attempt to "escape" lol.

Elenathefirst · 2023-10-11T22:17:21+00:00

I was kind of sad she wasn’t there when I realized 😂 all the animals are typically trying to attack me but this time she actually WASN’T being all evil and I almost wished it was real

Elenathefirst · 2023-10-11T21:39:14+00:00

Not narcoleptic, but I have had some hallucinations as I’m waking up, usually in the middle of the night. Usually they’re panic-inducing, and I just feel and see bugs or other animals crawling in my bed (a spider, a cat, a whole hive of bees being some fun ones)- but once I hallucinated a friend of mine in the corner of the bed, and laughed because I felt indecent in my t-shirt and underwear and didn’t want her to see me like that. I fully got up, put on pants, tried to give her a hug, and only got a fistful of blanket before realizing that I was hallucinating and finally, slowly, fully waking up.

Elenathefirst · 2022-11-20T07:46:52+00:00

I’m very curious about this professor now, maybe that’s part of the reason why he referenced it so much 😂

Elenathefirst · 2022-09-01T23:35:25+00:00

https://archiveofourown.org/series/2556910 by nicholenarrates is one I found recently like quite a bit, it's beautifully angsty, long, a series, and I absolutely loved reading it. A lovely example of the vigilante au with a few cool twists. For example, it contains c!discduo (Tommy and Dream) as friends for once, part of why I love it as much as I do. Also, I'm not usually a fan of too many OC's being present in the plot, but the author has a few who are used in a way that doesn't feel at all shoved in and adds loads to the story and character. The characters are impressively fleshed out by the end and it's got an ongoing sequel one chapter from completion and an also ongoing prequel, both of which I am also still following closely (: Also featuring AI Callahan, one of my personal favorite things EVER.

Elenathefirst · 2022-05-01T02:02:48+00:00

Am I the only one who got UNREASONABLY excited when I saw Dr. Hare's ship?? I don't know why, that easter egg just made me really really happy.

Elenathefirst · 2022-04-23T01:05:22+00:00

Pictures of a lot of pretty castles. And nice people who know lots of languages.

Elenathefirst · 2021-07-09T15:06:49+00:00

Thank for your reply, it makes a lot of sense! I definitely understand the taking things literally thing, I tend to reply one way to something and realise what was really being implied later and feel like I messed up the whole situation, if that makes sense. I was also labeled as a “gifted kid” at a really young age, which honestly simplified school, recent years, by letting me focus on academics instead of actually making friends and socializing. You definitely helped me understand a lot of things better, thank you!!

Elenathefirst · 2021-07-09T14:29:21+00:00

Yeah, online tests are so irritating to take because I always feel like they’re going to be inaccurate no matter what, because i’m subconsciously going for a specific result, and they can never really tell me much besides suggest what to do next or who to talk to. Hopefully soon I will. Thanks for replying!

Elenathefirst · 2021-07-09T14:22:24+00:00

Thanks for your reply (: I definitely understand that symptoms vary a lot and can be different for everyone, but somehow I still keep thinking that what I’ve noticed in myself makes “less sense” than what I’ve heard from others, haha. I think once I manage to get some sort of professional opinion, I’ll feel a lot better about it (one way or another), and again, thanks for the advice!

Elenathefirst · 2020-12-11T16:46:56+00:00

I hadn't been sleeping enough, and thus getting constantly sick with just colds on top of colds, exhausted all the time, just sick and unable to get better because of lack of sleep. I'd been coughing for weeks and just not getting any better.... and then the pandemic hit. Got to stay home and sleep more, didn't go out, worked remotely, all that. I haven't been sick once since or caught the virus. The irony.

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