Summer's Fortune Cookie

“’Oh, I don’t know! But he shouldn’t be standing around all by himself.’ ‘Drop it,’ said Rearden.  While thinking dimly that he did not want to hurt their feelings, he could not prevent himself from adding, ‘You don’t know how hard I’ve tried to be left standing all by myself.’” ~ Atlas Shrugged

Well hello there, my little dustpans!

… no?

You know what I’ve noticed? It’s socially acceptable to say “epic fail” to someone else, but to say it to yourself is more than a little depressing.  I find this in itself depressing because there should always be a self-belittling phrase for any situation! Therefore, I’ve concocted one myself…




“Done like dinner!”

Think about it! It’s perfect.

Dropped your ice cream on the sidewalk?

“Done like dinner!”

Birthday came and nobody noticed?

“Done like dinner!”

Ate a fortune cookie that caused you and your mother to switch bodies?

“Done like…  no, that’s just weird.”

Speaking of fortune cookies and failing, let me tell you what I’ve been up to the past week.

Last Saturday night, yeah you bet we broke the law…

No, that’s not right.

Last Saturday night, I signed up for university music department auditions, one of which was due that day (I’m so classy).  The soonest of these is February 12th, Sacramento State.  This is also coincidentally the school that requires composition majors to submit three original compositions.

Three.

I could pretend that I didn’t know that until last week, but the truth is that I’ve known for months.  I’m just a first-class procrastinator.  Therefore, for the past week I have been writing music like a madman.  As I mentioned previously, I already have a completed quartet.  A couple nights ago I finished my piano solo, which is quite a relief.  Now all I have to do is finish my choir piece (I believe I’ve mentioned “If” before) and I’ll be home free.

If not… well, this is the fortune cookie part.

I can accurately predict that I’m not as talented a violinist as they want.  I’ve never wanted or tried to be.  That means that my only hope of getting in is that my compositions are somewhere close to good.

If they aren’t, well…

“Done like dinner!”

Why am I telling you this?

Well, I have a question.  As a major nerd, I spend a lot of my time on the Internet.  Something I’ve noticed is that there’s a major lack of a composition community.  There’s an LGBTQ community, musician community, songwriting community, ethnic community, comedy community, porn community… basically, any community you can think of.  Any, that is, except for composition.  My question is, am I totally wrong? Is there a composition community that I don’t know about? I certainly hope so, because I would love to find people who have gone or are currently going through what I’m going through.

Let me know!

Less than three,

~ Summer

p.s. “Done like dinner” comes from Pokemon Leaf Green.  You’re welcome.