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That's the advantage of subjects like mathematics, where a theory is either true or wrong and does not have any facets in between (except simply not knowing which one of both it is). Here, it's entirely normal for a student to point out a mistake the professor has made during the lecture, and the professors are totally cool with it. All that counts here is if your argumentation is logical or not (and if the premise of the argumentation makes sense, obviously), and while personal opinion may play a role in whether the professor is more inclined to believe you beforehand or not and some people may be more stubborn to insist on their view, it's not what counts in the end. Obviously, this doesn't mean there are never any discussions in mathematics, boy do they happen and still, sometimes a professor or tutor may not recognize a proof or argumentation you're absolutely sure of. But usually, the only thing that counts in the end is still logic, and I love that. -Gata

I've played the piano for ... about twelve years now. This is my third year of actually composing things, since I started doing that at the same camp two years ago. Also I took cello lessons for a few months, but that was more to know how to write more idiomatically for strings than to actually get good at it. (This probably doesn't count, but I can passably imitate a generic brass instrument using nothing but my mouth.)

Is it bad I don't know what a Millennial is. =P

I've practiced a ton and I'm really well prepared and really excited. July 3rd is less than a week away, almost everyone I know in real life who could realistically make it has been invited, and three string instrument players have been added to the program, meaning a larger audience because there are about a zillion chamber music players this summer. Would have gotten more practice but I met this girl who is in the film program but is pretty handy with a piano despite a lack of formal lessons, and ended up spending a majority of the of the day showing her around the music building, finding grand pianos and an old out-of-tune double bass before going up an old staircase to the back of a concert hall. We struggled to find the lights at first, but once doing so we found all of these random percussion instruments and ended up doing an impromptu duet on a glockenspiel. I'm really excited.

I will admit that much of the chamber music repertoire is mind-bogglingly boring. I actually posted an essay here a while back about how much I dislike the music of Mozart, and much of the same arguments I have against his music go for a vast majority of the chamber music repertoire in general. Listen to some late 19th and early 20th century stuff sometime - it has a remarkably different sounds and some really, really exciting pieces. I can recommend the music of the long-lived yet long-neglected Leo Ornstein. His Piano Quintet - especially the third movement - is just about as fast and exciting as you can get anywhere in music. I don't really learn the piano parts of chamber music if it's not something I've written (and even then my brain is really weird about memorizing my own pieces). Most of the things I play are obscure bits of the late 19th and early 20th century repertoire, because obscure composers are kind of my thing. After all, as great as a composer like Beethoven is, Beethoven's pieces have been played to death, reanimation, and then death again, whereas modern-day neo-romantics like Einojuhani Rautavaara, Beth Anderson, and Lowell Liebermann still don't enjoy more deserved fame. Like I've said, I'll post recordings once I have them. This concert's not 'til the 3rd.

For some reason most of my steam library has vanished. Problem is, the folders are still on the drive, and rather than just finding them and fixing everything last time I had this issue it's insisting that I need to find each game individually. And for some reason it takes forever. Any suggestions? Though due to some other things that have been going wrong I'm thinking something needs replacing, probably my motherboard. Imagine my excitement...

I am soooo endlessly happy that for once there isn't a thing to do, apart from the usual arting around and stuff.

Huh.... interesting idea. I think it's smart that they retracted the question until they better flesh this out.

Really appreciate all the info - anything I can get to help is appreciated! Not all of it is applicable since, at the moment, my money's being stretched thin too many ways, and I have an internship instead of a summer job so can't add to it, so buying weights is out, but the rest of it I should be able to apply

You can read the books (which I highly, highly recommend), you can read fanfiction by other fans (there are definitely talented HP fan writers out there), you can write fanfiction (fun way to stay creative), you could find a HP Roleplay (which again can be pretty fun, if the people are delightful and the characters are engaging), you could also draw the characters, or your favorite scenes, or even write poetry or music about it or something. They're all fun things to do, and whatever you create doesn't necessarily have to be amazing or wonderful in the eyes of others, it's about enjoying the time creating it (I've written a lot of fanfiction about various series I'd never post, lol).

Fanfiction: Your one-stop shop for all your alternative ending and canon-breaking shipping needs!

Age to forever to get a MakMoc

coincidentally that's also the final step of how to make an Arc MOC except replace '3-6' with '6-12'

Here shall remain a compilation of the best game-related quotes that I discover from the Games & Trivia forum (since that is the game forum I spend the most time in). I shall, of course, bump this entry whenever I find a suitable number of new quotes. Please note that if need be, I shall shamelessly steal these quotes from the signatures of those who discovered them first. Let us begin! From Bionifight Ultimate