wildly human and utterly in control

There are three things that I am focusing on learning today.
1. Learning to play guitar
2. Streamlining the way I learn music
3. Walking in heels

SO
To tie all of these things together.

I have been trying to learn guitar for about three days now. I can play a few songs (you know, the ones that only have, like, A, D, G, Em, C, in them). The F chord stands for 'freaking difficult'. You guys guitar is so hard. My fingers have these little numb spots on them that I can only feel when they hurt. It's a struggle, but it's also super super fun.

As for the walking in heels thing. It's generally accepted as a social norm that girls know how to do this, and I own exactly one pair, so I figured it was time. All of the girls had to wear them for a character assignment in class yesterday (we had to dress like a successful CEO in the 80s to explore what 'power' means--our teacher told us to be wildly human and utterly in control), so I stood in them for about an hour. I even walked up and down some seating platforms. I didn't fall once. If you can't tell, I'm quite proud.

I'm also trying to streamline my method of learning music so that I can do so faster. The general idea is that if I really force myself to get good at sight singing and memorization, I can pretty much survive in any situation I throw myself into. My seemingly less-disastrous-than-I-let-myself-believe time with that AMAZING jazz band I was telling you all about actually proved me wrong. Looks like they liked me more than I liked myself, which is probably a good lesson for all of us, so it's time to really crack down and learn learn learn. As if that's ever not true :)

The amalgamation of these three goals has led me to waddle down the hall to the elevators and then down thirteen levels to the music room to see if there are any open slots for today. (But only before 10 PM American Horror Story, because it's extremely important that I catch the new episode.)

All right. The shoes are buckled. My keys are in hand. Have a lovely day and wish me luck.