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Nobody Likes You When You're 23 March 27, 2020

blog 2 min. reading attitude · life 13You’re a teenager!
ser·en·dip·i·ty November 07, 2019

blog 1 min. reading life the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.
I want my GLASSES October 12, 2019

blog 1 min. reading life So I have multiple pairs of glasses, right?
Dabbling in Chiptunes October 09, 2019

blog 1 min. reading school · audio · music Some more stuff from my Introduction to Video Game Music class, with a bit of a story behind it this time.
Vercingetorix October 02, 2019

blog 2 min. reading school · life · blogging A typical day in the lives of UofT students...
Looped Figments October 01, 2019

blog < 1 min. reading school · audio · music One of the courses I’m taking this year is Introduction to Video Game Music, wherein we get dumped into teams with CS students and make audio assets for video game prototypes. Sounds pretty lit, right?
Winter Updates! March 12, 2019

blog 2 min. reading school · life · blogging AND WE’RE BACK! I suppose my readership is negligible, but I do enjoy putting things on here regardless. In as close an order as possible to my summer updates:
Why... do people... talk like this... on the phone... October 12, 2018

blog 1 min. reading attitude · life · language I’m not quite sure where I started seeing this, but it was earlier this year, basically everywhere on Facebook.
My First Gig September 29, 2018

blog 2 min. reading attitude · life I’m still working on Heathers: The Musical, and tonight marks my first night playing during a run of the show! I’m subbing in on Keys2, and it’s technically my first paid gig as a musician, so I’m pretty pumped!!!
24 Hours September 25, 2018

blog 2 min. reading attitude · life “You have to say no to some things to say yes to other things, period. There are only 24 hours in a day.”
r/aww September 19, 2018

blog 2 min. reading attitude · audio · random I’m currently working on Heathers: The Musical at Hart House Theatre as a volunteer RF technician, as well as a substitute keys player. Basically, I work really hard for half an hour, sit around until I’m needed for a few hours, work really hard for another half hour, before finally cleaning up and going home.
Summer Updates! August 10, 2018

blog 3 min. reading school · life · blogging WOW I have not posted in a while!! Hello world!!!
A New Friend! June 18, 2018

blog 1 min. reading cycling · life A month after my tragic loss of Mikey II, I finally picked up a new ride!
Farewell, Mikey II :C May 19, 2018

blog 2 min. reading cycling · life Just a RIP post for my beloved bike, Mikey II.
I've Finished Third Year! April 29, 2018

blog 2 min. reading school · life So I’m finally done third year!!! For those who don’t know me outside of Vic or musical theatre, I’m studying piano at the Faculty of Music with a German studies major on the side. Needless to say, this school year was A Time.
An Interview with Dr. Gillian MacKay April 11, 2018

blog 24 min. reading school · life “You need an hour per minute of music, minimum.”
Am I Old Yet? March 27, 2018

blog 2 min. reading life So this is my 21st birthday! Wow, I feel old.
Continuing Content Concerns January 01, 2018

blog 2 min. reading blogging First post of 2018–Happy New Year :D
Airports: A Rant December 28, 2017

blog 6 min. reading travel I’ve been traveling a lot recently, and thus I’m reminded of the horrendous inefficiency that is airports. Here are, in no particular order, a few of my gripes:
Exam Season December 14, 2017

blog 3 min. reading school I’ll get this out of the way right now: I absolutely detest the very idea of examinations. Not because I don’t agree with the idea of a standardized system for evaluating students, nor because I have a vendetta against higher education, but rather; I hate exams because professors are bad at writing them. Yes, I know, I’m sure this isn’t a new critique of the University of Toronto. But this is my blog, and I feel the need to write this down somewhere, so I guess it’s going on here.
Work Ethic December 05, 2017

blog 1 min. reading school “Your potential could be nothing. But nothing is better than where you are now, which is stuck.”
Commencing Content Concerns November 23, 2017

blog 3 min. reading blogging I have a great many ideas as to what I should like to write about on this blog. For instance, I’d like to write a bit about my interests and hobbies: fountain pens, coffee, film photography, and tech. I’d also like to keep a regular log of my travels, as well as a fairly up-to-date column about my musical endevaours and changing musical tastes.
Learning Git! November 23, 2017

blog 2 min. reading blogging As it turns out, editing text files on GitHub is far from the best way to create a website. Fortunately, Tanuj has been walking me through some basic Git commands, as well as introducing me to Sublime Text for the editing of my posts :)
Hello World! November 22, 2017

blog < 1 min. reading blogging Finally got around to making a blog! I’ve been putting this off since mid-February 2017, but I stumbled across a tutorial on building and hosting a simple blog with Jekyll on GitHub, respectively.