My Piano with a capital 'P'

Ode to My Piano

O piano, how I miss thee,
Thy sweet ivories with which I long to be.
Instead of thy music sweet
I'm constantly listening to a miserable beat
From downstairs where they're having a party,
Where I reckon they are drinking hearty...

(Actually the last bit should be "heartily" instead, but I'm trying to make things rhyme, ok? I know my grammar, mind you!!! And there is supposed to be a party downstairs, but there's not as much noise as I thought there'd be... A little fib there.)

How I long to tickle thy keys
The very thought makes me think of a breeze. (Like in a soothing context, yeah?)
Yet here I am stuck with a pile of books;
Reading on a Friday night will surely earn me some (bewildered) looks.
I do not intend to read, nor listen to a CD,
Alas, alack, I miss listening to thee!

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Craaazy poem, but I DO MISS MY PIANO!!! MY PRECIOUS DARLING BLACK ELECTRIC CASIO PIANO SITUATED IN MY ROOM BACK HOME!!! My gem! My pastime! My loved one (among many, of course - I refer to people here, obv. However, in terms of objects this is the one I love the most)! Instead I'm stuck with a bunch of CDs and books with chapters tingling with anticipation for me to read them! Yaaargh! *definitely NOT happy-dancing today - more like slow sad swaying...*

Okay. Enough of the absurdities already. Even though I never thought I'd miss an object as much as I do right now. However strange that may sound.

I'm kind of astonished that there isn't that much work to do at the moment at uni. Quite frankly, I'd expected heaps more stuff than what we've gotten so far. But it'll come in due time, I reckon. It always does. (Said the eternal pessimist, otherwise known as Elise... Nah, I'm not actually a pessimist, really. I just come off as one sometimes.)

Apart from that, all of the teachers seem to be very nice indeed. Even those teaching the heavier subjects such as Examen Facultatum and English Grammar. I mean, you really do have to focus on what the lecturer/professor is saying in these subjects, but when you actually think about what is being said most of the stuff is interesting. Heavier than any infinitely large piece of lead, but still interesting.

I'm not feeling very good about embarking on the lectures of Examen Philosophicum, however, which I plan on starting next semester. I've got a hunch that this is going to be more about knowing about the various theories of the famous philosophers through the ages. More about Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, Kant, Hegel, Nietsche, Kierkegaard, and all of these characters. In the TOK classes of IB it was more revolving around the concept of "the knower" and the process of knowing something. Taking philosophy into practice, I guess; i.e. relating it to the actual learning process. I fear this won't be the case here...

Either way, I'm not going to worry about that for the moment.

I miss my piano.

Heh, suddenly reminded me of something I heard a cat (YES, it was a CAT!) say:

"Oooooh, my dog... Oooh, Long John... Oh, Don Johnson... Oh, Don Piaaaaano... Whyyy I eyes ya... All the live long day..."

Here's the link to it if you feel inclined to watch the clip:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1068990231680562950&q=Talking+cats&hl=en

The cat I was referring to is at the very end of the clip, and - dare I say - the very highlight of it. Cute. Real cute.

Anyway, enough bollocks for now.

Finally...

A huge shout-out to Kim, who's going to go to Australia in the very near future and then immediately afterwards embark on another DTS in Thailand. God be with you always!!! You'll be in my prayers!!!

And (dude, I started a paragraph with 'and'... living on the edge of grammatical/structural validity here!) another shout-out to Eilen, who - according to my own feeble mind - is still struggling with heartbreak. Who wouldn't if someone has made that kind of mark on your life as he has!!! I'm-a gone pray for you, too!!!

And (there I go again...) for the rest of y'all... well... be nice. :P


Probably making y'all bored with all this meaningless chit-chat,
Elise