Pick up your crazy heart and give it one more try.

I just went to see the movie "Crazy Heart" with my parents. I though it was quite a good movie, and that says something coming from me. I tend to be picky when it comes to movies and I'm not really sure why that is. Either way, I have that song stuck in my head now (thank you, rolling credits) and I'm actually okay with that.

I have been looking for a venue in my life through which I could become a good writer, and I think I may have found one - a good one - provided things play out a certain way. We'll see what happens.

I have come up with a couple good but obvious ideas in the past twenty-four hours, both of which have been the derivatives of something ridiculous that is likely to never be known by another living soul. It's really quite dumb. But it's been a source of great entertainment and motivation for me recently.

Again, we'll see.

The first of these good-obvious ideas is to start running again. I can't explain why, but I think this would improve my life drastically, SPECIFICALLY if I began running in the mornings before class. "Early to bed, early to rise" and all that. What a wonderful way to start my day. "Oh hi, did you just wake up twenty minutes ago? I've been up for an hour and a half and I ran x miles before I even showered. I feel so incredibly prepared to start my day that I don't even need to drink coffee." Yeah. That's it.

The second good-obvious idea is to practice more. Oh my gosh, DUH. Am I even a musician anymore? I'm not really sure. I feel that I've begun to lose my identity because of this. There will be a musical revival in my near future and this excites me!

I know I said "a couple" of good-obvious ideas, and that three is more than "a couple," but this third good-obvious idea is more good than obvious, so maybe I can get away with "a couple" instead of "a few." Now that the disaster that is that last sentence has ended, I'll continue.

My third good idea is to help people more often. I am not quite sure as to how I should do that, but the recent benefit concert for Haiti made me feel happy - happier than I had felt in a while. It was horribly stressful, but I don't think I need to do that big of a thing too often, anyway. All I know is I would feel better doing something to benefit someone else.

Isn't it funny how something ridiculous can manifest itself to be some of the best good-obvious ideas I've ever had? I intend to come back from spring break as a different person - a different student, different musician, different girlfriend - as a better person.

By the way, I am driving back to Farmville on Wednesday to teach piano to a wonderful little boy named Frederick. He is renewing my excitement about music education - maybe this will begin to satisfy good-obvious idea numero tres!

Incidentally, I think I would like to learn another language... French would be highly convenient.

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