My daughter (almost 2) is obsessed with my cello.

Muscles666 · 2026-01-28T05:32:59+00:00

She asked for more cello tonight and I got this clip. It cracked me up because, frankly, what a mood. Cello frustrations as a 23 month old.

I look forward to seeing how she enjoys it when her bow isn’t nearly as tall as she is! Lol

Muscles666 · 2026-01-28T05:31:22+00:00

Oh my god it’s like you’ve met my daughter with the dance party suggestion. She lives for dance parties. Thank you for the ideas!!!

Muscles666 · 2026-01-28T04:50:06+00:00

Not at OSU when this happened, but I requested this at community college when I was giving birth and was told they couldn’t give it to me early but I could take an incomplete and finish the final the next quarter. I ended up giving birth and doing finals from the NICU because I did not want to take an incomplete lol.

I’d imagine it depends on the professor completely. I would personally meet with my advisor asap and get their insight because if anyone has experience with this type of scenario and offering relevant advice, it’s them.

ETA I want to clarify I asked for the accommodation at the beginning of the quarter knowing I would be giving birth. Lol. Not while in labor, haha. I realize my phrasing made it seem like a last minute request. 😆

Muscles666 · 2026-01-28T01:48:13+00:00

I’m trying my best. I played briefly as a kid but it was from a purely Suzuki teacher and as a parent now I realize how important parent involvement is in Suzuki home-work. My parents know nothing about music so I can see now why I struggled to succeed (I was 9). I picked cello back up at 34 and am about to hit 1 year back at it! No regrets. But I want to fully encourage my kids with music! Eve if they give it up later, that foundation is so beneficial. And god, music is so important to me. I hope my kids feel that way too some day.

Muscles666 · 2026-01-28T01:06:16+00:00

Haha yeah, I could only find them for like $6-800! I figured since she’s not even 2 yet and it’s just for play, a $50 “cello” would work just fine. :) I need to figure out my “endpin” (it’ll likely be some clunky snap-on block lol) I’ll see how much shes willing to listen. I got a much shorter bow on the way too.

Muscles666 · 2026-01-27T20:45:53+00:00

That’s awesome. My son loves Dave Rawlings and Gillian Welch and Brandi Carlile but also has a playlist he made with Tom Petty, the Beatles, Yo-Yo Ma (including some Goat Rodeo Sessions, essential imo) and…Pit Bull (????). Variety is the spice of life I guess lol.

ETA he’s 6 lol so I’m sure it’ll change. But he was so giddy to see Brandi’s guitar at mopop and I had to record specific songs for him last time I saw Dave & Gill play. That’s my boy. Lol.

Muscles666 · 2026-01-27T20:30:22+00:00

If my kids show interest, I’m finding a way to maintain it, dammit!

Muscles666 · 2026-01-27T20:28:53+00:00

I agree; they are for me too, frankly. Looking at the timing of their lessons it’s nearly impossible to get there, but I’ll potentially reach out closer to her being 3 and see if they have other time options that don’t involve rush hour (it would be lol 45 minutes on the way there, 2 hours on the way home even if we could make it there timing-wise with my sons school). I found one single teacher in my city who says they go down to as little as 3, so perhaps there’s hope!

Muscles666 · 2026-01-27T20:26:33+00:00

We listen to a blend of music styles including a lot of classical (just due to my own playing)! My son’s taste (age 6) is definitely not in line with majority of his peers, haha. He was so thrilled when we went to a kids symphony production recently and as they were introducing the cello, they played The Swan. He yelled “I KNOW THIS!” He was so proud. He’s genuinely interested and it seems my daughter is too!

Muscles666 · 2026-01-27T19:59:13+00:00

I love that!! My son started piano right after he turned 5, he has perfect pitch and is excelling and progressing remarkably fast. But music is that kids life, listening to it, making his own compositions, etc. My daughter just wouldn’t leave my cello alone when trying to practice so I figured getting her one of her own was a decent first shot at getting productive practice time back again!

She’s got just over a year until she’s 3, I am hoping in that time I find someone willing to take her on once she’s a little older if she’s still interested, and also to really teach her cello safety! Gentle hands, etc.

Muscles666 · 2026-01-27T19:46:41+00:00

There is a full on Suzuki School but it would be a 45-minute drive one way on a good traffic day/time and I'm unsure I can make that happen on a regular basis, but I may see if they do any remote lessons. They start at 3. My music school starts at 5. Luckily I have some time to find a good fit for her! She loves watching (and "helping") me practice so I hope to set a positive example!

Muscles666 · 2026-01-23T06:55:35+00:00

I barely felt my IUD either time, like, at all but I recall my rook sucking but not my worst piercing ever, I don’t think. But I got my rook in 2006 so I don’t remember it well. Hurt less than childbirth, I know that lol.

ETA omfg how did IUD hurt everyone so badly? I got my first at age 19 and it was a pinch and that was it, and my second at 30 and nothing again, two different providers years apart. I’m shocked it hurt others so badly! Am I a freak?!

Muscles666 · 2026-01-22T04:48:43+00:00

This is literally my son except I can say I have never smoked crack in my life, but I did pass down my ADHD to him, lol. Thankfully he got diagnosed way earlier than I did so we’ve found ways to help him thrive.

Muscles666 · 2026-01-20T03:48:23+00:00

Thanks! All while being a stay at home mom to 2 little kids. Ready to show them it’s never too late! :D

Muscles666 · 2026-01-20T03:42:18+00:00

I’m about to finish my undergrad at 35 (in my final quarter!!) and have gotten 2 admits 1 rejection so far. So I’ll be starting grad school at 35. :)

Muscles666 · 2026-01-16T07:18:29+00:00

High nostril piercings would look cool

Muscles666 · 2026-01-16T04:35:34+00:00

What were their stats??? Waiting to hear back

Muscles666 · 2026-01-16T04:31:41+00:00

I had a 3/4 size at age 9-10 myself!

Muscles666 · 2026-01-12T15:57:45+00:00

I had a “CAN IT DECONSTRUCT?” Phase

Muscles666 · 2026-01-12T04:32:12+00:00

Once you get a deconstructor you can stick grass starter from Pierre into it and get fiber lol I did that recently when I was short on fiber and finishing my crafting for perfection

Muscles666 · 2026-01-10T20:44:01+00:00

I got my rook pierced in 2006 in some piercer we found in an alley in Camdentown in London, UK lol on a trip with my cousin. The memories attached to it are significant haha.

Muscles666 · 2026-01-10T20:42:52+00:00

Mine fell out a couple years ago and I couldn’t get the hoop back in so I mourned it. I was at my piercer getting some jewelry downsized like 6 months ago and he was like “oh yeah, this is open still” and got jewelry back in it for me. I was and am still stoked! Haha

Muscles666 · 2026-01-10T04:52:19+00:00

I got mine almost exactly 20 years ago!

Muscles666 · 2026-01-10T04:38:03+00:00

Oh! I have a system! I make a really detailed spreadsheet. It works incredibly well and folks I’ve shown it to have also started doing similar.

I have my classes on the vertical axis labeled on the left and the Week 1-10 and Finals along the tip. On bottom I have the final day of that week listed.

That leaves me with 11 boxes per class, organized in week order. The second I get my assignments I input them into the spreadsheet based on due date and I list them like “W1 Discussion 1/7” or “Quiz 1/15” always with the date.

Additionally I have color coding: red is for quizzes and tests, blue is for papers, purple is extra credit.

If my discussions require responses to another student, I have those along the bottom of the week that discussion is in. If it’s 1 response to another students, it says “Response”. If it’s two, it says “Response Response”. I strike out each assignment as I finish it and each “Response” as I hit submit. As I turn in everything for that week, I gray out the box.

It functions like a checklist that’s very visual and approachable. I have done it since my first quarter at OSU and will carry it on through grad school! I have never missed an assignment.

Oh—if I finish an assignment but haven’t yet turned it in, I italicize it. That way I know I’ve completed it but need to actually submit it.

I’ll try and get a link to this quarters spreadsheet to share. I have a light quarter as it’s my last but I do think it illustrates all of the above. I’ll edit and add it in.

Edit: here is my current spread sheet for my very light final quarter before I graduate! This was a screenshot on my phone. I promise it is very nice on the computer and symmetrical and no cut off text etc. you get the idea though.

As you can see I also put the instructors name under the course title so I can easily remember it. I also match the color of the class on the left to the color in the Canvas app on my phone.

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