JT Thomas

Looks like I'm graduating a year early, and I'm an RA in the time between now and then. This means a source of income that I can actually rely on to at least some extent.

My Patreon does exist as well; some writing and a bunch of photos are up there for free, if anyone cares to take a look. I tried to attach all appropriate content warnings, but am also forgetful and would appreciate a reminder if something lacks them.

( CW for family, existential dread, future stuff )I'm really starting to not like college as much, either. The fact that Play Production (aka literally just working in the scene shop building stuff and otherwise running lights and sound for the show) is my favorite class right now and my all-time favorite was choir (in which I was basically assigned to whine at the other students that unless they fixed their posture and relaxed they were going to be dealing with quite the trouble breathing well enough for the music we were doing) ... yeah. Either music or working with my hands would be the ideal. But hey, I've only got another year. I think I can make it that long. Might as well, since I've already got some loans. Some degree is better than no degree.

 Was going to stay up late and write out the many things of sheet music I need to print tomorrow. But sleep. So sleep first, then possibly work in the morning. Hopefully work in the morning.

On a related note: the Carpathia song is so pretty with the violin part. Hopefully I can get my skills back up by the end of summer so I can do it justice.

Christmas is just about done here. My family being Catholic and holding mostly Quebec customs, the new year tends to be the end of most of the festivities. (And Sherlock Holmes's birthday ends the rest.) So now I can get away with curling up in my room and trying not to scream. 

At least I'm home alone starting tomorrow -- everyone in the family was on vacation and thus in the house all week, so I couldn't even listen to my own music except with headphones on. All I could listen to was country Christmas from Christmas Eve until today. But I could play instruments around other people, provided I was careful not to sing any of the songs that have a single iota of non-Christian energy in them. Let's just say I got quite a bit of instrumental practice. And I got a bodhran from my parents, so that's an upside. My mom tends to go all-out for Christmas, so I have new violin strings and a fife as well. I got Amazon and Barnes and Noble money from the siblings, all of which has now been spent on quite the variety of things (American Gods, blank sheet music notebook, Rise Up Singing, and the NESFA hymnal off BN and their Marketplace, gig bag and guitar stand off Amazon).

Just about ready to scream at the misgendering, of course. My aunt gave me $50 for my birthday and I still haven't touched it, so I'm starting to think I might just buy a binder with some of that. My parents wouldn't take it away or destroy it purposefully, so at least there's that, but still. It was on my Christmas list, right below the bodhran in priorities and significantly higher than the fife or strings. I have almost $30 on my Paypal and I'm considering just using that instead. If I just transferred the $50 there, of course, I could get an extra binder off GC2B. Now that's tempting, provided I can figure out how to use Paypal in the first place.

Already looking forward to the prospect of not being here starting in a couple of weeks, of course. Doesn't look like I'll be able to get to Boskone since it costs so much to get into Boston via the commuter rail, but at least I know it's happening and I can start saving up for future years. And I'll probably spend the weekend writing a bunch of stuff anyway.

(On an unrelated note, is it normal for parents to refuse to allow an adult child to have a lock on their bedroom door? Because it's only just occurred to me how weird it might be that I'm not allowed to have a lock on my bedroom door. They have a lock on theirs.)