The final Swan Song of the Wells music department was tonight. After this, almost all of the music groups are disbanded following the termination of the majority of the music faculty. This has generally been regarded as a fucking idiotic move by the majority of the student body, many of whom are royally pissed off at the administration in the wake of this decision. I count myself among that number. I am pretty depressed about the fact that I only got to participate in a brilliant choir for one semester. The choir will exist next year, but our director, Crawford Thoburn, was among the staff that was dismissed. He's been teaching music at Wells for 51 years. We're all going to miss him greatly.

Among the performers were my friends Nora and Sarah, the Early Music Ensemble (who play medieval instruments and music) joined by four singers including a virtuoso soprano soloist, a tenor saxophonist, a seven-person choir led by Sander, who wrote his own chorale music for his senior thesis and directed it as part of the show, and Professor Thoburn accompanied by Professor Posegate performing Der Erlkoenig, which was beyond words phenomenal. I had goosebumps for most of the performances. I would qualify the Swan Song as one of the most ecstatic musical experiences of my life that I wasn't performing in.

It is really depressing that the huge assortment of very good groups on campus has now been slashed to basically choir and a piano class. However, a lot of the best performers are seniors who are graduating in two weeks and wouldn't be coming back anyways, so I can't be sure that we'd still be very good without them.

Also it is depressing that I only discovered the hotness of Professor Penniman on Tuesday and now I'm never going to see him again. Because dear god, if he isn't the hottest faculty member on campus, I'm not sure who is. Of course, I do have a weak spot for musicians, but he pushes a lot more of my buttons than just that one... and he's one of very few guys I've seen with both ears pierced, which really looks fantastic on him.

Yeah, I can't stop being shallow for long enough to mourn the music department properly, shut up and leave me alone.

Day 12 - Someone/something you don't like.

The fact that the Wells administration prioritizes athletics and the business major to the exclusion of the liberal arts, including eviscerating the music program, cancelling all foreign language majors and minors except for Spanish, and doing away with the religion major.

Day 13 - What you want more than anything right now.

I could be super shallow and say weed, or I could be more thoughtful and say the reinstatement of the music program here, but I'm not likely to get either of those things.

Oh, Facebook. Letting me talk to people I used to be embarrassingly, desperately in love with that I barely remember any more. I was so pathetic back at Plattsburgh State.

What am I doing on my last proper day of work?

Burning DVDs and writing smut about choir boys.

Yeah, this is my life.