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Being that I have been here for a little over a year

Wow, really? I thought you joined after I did. Shows how much I pay attention I guess.

This isn't directed at you, FKA - just so you don't think I'm giving you a lecture. Majoring in music is very hard. I think many people who go into it have no idea what they're getting themselves into. I get the impression that a lot of people believe you just get to sit around, play guitar, listen to jazz records and not go to class. My sister got through a music major and she had to work her ass off her last couple of years in college. So to all of you younger folks who might be considering studying music in college, just be aware that it's a lot of work.

Yeah, it isn't as easy as everyone thinks it is, but I didn't think it was extremely ardous either. When I left it, I was already done with all of my theory (you have to take 5) and all of my sight singing (also known as aural skills) I only had a few classes left to accomplish. The problem was that where I was studying, everything was sequential so I couldn't just take what I wanted, I had to take them in a specific order. Anyways, booooring.

Yeah, right where it says my name it states where I live and when I registered. So I have been here for about half a year longer than you success.

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So I have been here for about half a year longer than you success.

I prefer less

Hello. Some of you may know my father, kendocubano. I am 14 years old. I like music a lot. I have been playing guitar for 8 years now. I'm trying to learn how to play piano and mandolin now; future developments about playing more instruments may come (I've got my eye on banjo, harmonium, accordion, and more). I love debating politics and religion - like my father, I tend to be pretty liberal in my political beliefs (Suffice it to say that I have a Chinese Communist hat). I am a firm atheist, much like my dad. I go to school 45 hours a week, 30-something weeks a year and learn less in those weeks than I do in our family vacations, which are two weeks long and are once yearly. I like Latin, and am trying to learn as many languages as possible. I like words that imply marginal evil or disdain (I was going to be "Apathy", but my first account submission got screwed up, and so I had to settle for "Sinister". Hey, does anyone see the irony in being a Democrat and being "sinister"? ).
Glad to be here. I hope to shake the pillars of the foundations of the Metacritic discussion boards.

Nice to see you on board, Sin. Your pop sure is proud of you and your sis. My 15-year-old daughter also posts here under the name of Ginny. I know everything about her, except why she chose that name.

Feel free to post away often.

I will post, whether it endangers me for demerits at school or not! I'm in a study hall right now, and all it takes is for the teacher to get up and walk over and I get busted.
...Oh well. I'll post away.

Welcome to the forums Sinister. Your dad's post are among my favourite reading, so I look fwd to yr younger family viewpoint.

One thing however; the Chinese Communist party were never, and still aren't liberal by any means. Their history is one of totalitarianism, so be careful about identifying too strongly with those boys! have fun.

Oh, I know, it;s more of a joke of mine. My dad went to Swarthmore, a college known for being ultra-liberal, so I have a "People's Republic of Swarthmore" shirt too. It's about the spirit in which it's meant. I'm not a communist by any means but last year my nickname was "my little commie friend". Fun times.

Cool. Hey, my Latin is rusty...what is it about yr agenda??

Haha It means "I promise I'll do it tomorrow." I'm very much a slacker. See my rank? Accurately reflects me

I guess I'll post on the unlikely chance anyone cares. If any of you know anything about me, it's probably from my arguing it up with the old man in the religion thread(God, you idiots, not mark f). Anyways, I'm 24 years old, I live in the suburbs of DC(VA side), I have a girlfriend of three years that I'm crazy about, and I write software code for a living(not surprising given my tendency to logically deconstruct everything).

As for the music, the first tape I ever owned was... don't laugh... Vanilla Ice - To the Extreme(I must have been 7 or 8, and I'm scared to know how much of that album I would still remember). I soon grew to love Metallica, and they pretty much started me on my musical trek. When I was 11 or 12 years old, Kurt Cobain shot himself. This was easily one of the most pivotal moments in my musical history(and quite possibly my introduction to death). At the time, I thought he took all good modern music with him(and he sort of did, so far as mainstream radio went), so I retreated into the world of classic rock. I spent middle school obsessed with another rock tragedy, Jim Morrison. I developed a love for the Doors, Beatles, Pink Floyd, and Led Zeppelin through high school, in addition to the other titans of classic rock/oldies. It wasn't until college that I actually gave Radiohead a chance. They completely blew the doors off of music for me. They changed music from a hobby to a passion, single-handedly explaining to me that music hadn't sucked for the last 10 years, I just hadn't been listening in the right places. I've probably started buying around 100+ albums a year(sometimes I'll buy my girlfriend albums simply to justify another music purchase). It's difficult for me though, because I'm both trying to keep up with new releases and make up for so much lost time. I also struggle sometimes to listen to new music, because I'm caught up in older classics(you know what they say though... it's a hard knock life).

A few random nuggets:

• Only one album has been in my top 5 for essentially my whole life - Queensryche's Operation Mindcrime
  
• Cobain did the Man Who Sold the World far better than Bowie, one of the few cases in which I prefer the cover to the original
  
• Knut the polar bear is the cutest thing I've ever seen. I want my own baby polar bear.
  
• I enjoy a good laugh
  
• I'm a Simpsons lifer - I've been watching them as long as I've been watching TV(I don't own the DVDs for some reason though)
  
• I feel like I'm frequently better at refuting my own arguments than I am at supporting them. This might say something about my ability to see both sides of the equation, but I think it says much more about the validity of my arguments.
  

If you're still reading about my life at this point, you have an attention span I could only dream of.

Welcome! It's nice to know a little more about the folks I cross paths with on a daily basis!

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As for the music, the first tape I ever owned was... don't laugh... Vanilla Ice - To the Extreme(I must have been 7 or 8, and I'm scared to know how much of that album I would still remember).

My brother is into hardcore rap, but at one point in time, he loved this guy. Don't tell him I told you!!!!

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(sometimes I'll buy my girlfriend albums simply to justify another music purchase).

I do the same thing with movies. It did suck when me & a girlfriend of six years broke up, I bought her alotta movies that were really meant for me .

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If you're still reading about my life at this point, you have an attention span I could only dream of.

Not really. I'm a fast reader !

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I guess I'll post on the unlikely chance anyone cares.

For what it's worth, I do care. Welcome to the forums MN.

Thanks for the kind words FKA and M_B.

Yep. Welcome indeed Major. Every time I read yr forum name, I picture the old Major from Fawlty Towers.....any similarities??

Welcome to the boards, MN. I've especially enjoyed your comments on the religion thread.

Welcome to the boards, MN. I've not especially enjoyed your comments in any thread.

Hello, MN. I like your comments. Sorry for the late post - haven't checked intros in about a week, since I posted my intro.

Wow, thanks Ish, Ken, less, and Sin for all of your for friendly comments. I too have enjoyed your posts as well(I mean that too, I'm not just saying it to repay the compliments given to me)... except for less...

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I've not especially enjoyed your comments in any thread.

Curses, and you were the one poster I was trying to please. I offered up my innocence but got repaid with scorn.

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I picture the old Major from Fawlty Towers.....any similarities??

Ish, unfortunately Fawlty Towers is a little before my time. I know of Fawlty Towers and I know it stars John Cleese in his prime, and therefore I would probably love Fawlty Towers, but it just didn't get much airplay on American tv in the 90s. Monty Python on the other hand, I know and love many of those sketches, but that probably makes me more of a stereotype than anything else.

Cheer. I've watched every episode of every season...It's a shame I wasn't around to watch it all when it first came out. That's a feat few can say to have accomplished (And they're all funny as hell! ).