Suede Room 2

Mikerinos wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: Mikerinos wrote: YesFan72 wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: YesFan72 wrote: NaturalScience wrote: Hey Dahlia, I've got a recommendation for you that James can approve of - try Ahvak.  They're an Israeli avant-prog band.    I'll let James wax poetic about how great they are.  I have Ahvak already. Maybe if I listen to it more often my mom will stop bugging me about Israeli-pride.   Now I wonder if my mom will like Ahvak... I've been successful so far with Magma, SMM, and Henry Cow. My parents rarely comment about my music even though they've heard quite a bit... probably isn't a good thing.   My dad was the one who introduced me to my love of music through Rush and then later through Genesis, Yes, Supertramp, Styx, Jethro Tull, etc. so he likes MOST of my taste. He doesn't get into Magma, ELP, etc. as much as I do, but he still doesn't mind it. The only things so far that he has hated have been "Facelift" by Soft Machine, Meshuggah, and Mr. Bungle.   My mom, on the other hand, loves disco. Meshuggah is headache inducing so I see where he's coming from.  My dad used to be into relatively cool music, Yes, Pink Floyd, Talking Heads, Focus, etc. but now his tastes are pretty tyical "dadrock"

Mikerinos wrote: NaturalScience wrote: Mikerinos wrote: There were so many dumb overachiever girls in my grade who thought grades actually measured intellect.  I always got a kick out of that one. Grades measure the sum of intellect and work ethic in the sense that a very high intellect (things come easy to you) and a mediocre/low work ethic can yield a good grade, and somewhat lesser intellect and strong work ethic can yield the same result. Most of my high school friends (guys anyway) are smart but total lazy underachievers.  I put in a fairly minimal effort and got mostly B's, some honors/AP courses along the way (got a bit of college credit already), but never anything ridiculous.  Actually, I often preferred the CP (average level) kids to the honors/AP crowd, but it depends.

I liked those kids but the CP classes in my HS were pretty brain-dead from what my friends told me.  It's like they made too wide a gap between the honors/AP and CP - I had friends that just didn't want to be bothered with something like AP English, for example, but apparently the CP course was mind-numbingly boring - although it certainly did reduce their overall workload.

YesFan72 wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: YesFan72 wrote: Mikerinos wrote: YesFan72 wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: YesFan72 wrote: NaturalScience wrote: Hey Dahlia, I've got a recommendation for you that James can approve of - try Ahvak.  They're an Israeli avant-prog band.    I'll let James wax poetic about how great they are.  I have Ahvak already. Maybe if I listen to it more often my mom will stop bugging me about Israeli-pride.   Now I wonder if my mom will like Ahvak... I've been successful so far with Magma, SMM, and Henry Cow. My parents rarely comment about my music even though they've heard quite a bit... probably isn't a good thing. My mom thinks Magma sounds like a European opera.   I can see that... maybe?   She loves the "singing" in SMM. Calls it "original."

YesFan72 wrote: My parents work me really hard (even taking college courses in the summer). I really hope I get into Penn, or else...

Penn, eh?  Care to guess what my alma mater is? 

NaturalScience wrote: Mikerinos wrote: NaturalScience wrote: Mikerinos wrote: There were so many dumb overachiever girls in my grade who thought grades actually measured intellect.  I always got a kick out of that one. Grades measure the sum of intellect and work ethic in the sense that a very high intellect (things come easy to you) and a mediocre/low work ethic can yield a good grade, and somewhat lesser intellect and strong work ethic can yield the same result. Most of my high school friends (guys anyway) are smart but total lazy underachievers.  I put in a fairly minimal effort and got mostly B's, some honors/AP courses along the way (got a bit of college credit already), but never anything ridiculous.  Actually, I often preferred the CP (average level) kids to the honors/AP crowd, but it depends. I liked those kids but the CP classes in my HS were pretty brain-dead from what my friends told me.  It's like they made too wide a gap between the honors/AP and CP - I had friends that just didn't want to be bothered with something like AP English, for example, but apparently the CP course was mind-numbingly boring - although it certainly did reduce their overall workload.

It depends on the teacher more than anything.  I've had easy honors classes and then CP classes that required quite a bit of work, but generally CP is indeed a joke (can't imagine how core classes must be), but I got into college (thanks to SATs mostly, I suppose) so none of that stuff really matters now.

Hmm, I might get back to packing.  Condensing my entire CD collection to 2 boxes is HARD, and they aren't big boxes either.

NaturalScience wrote: YesFan72 wrote: My parents work me really hard (even taking college courses in the summer). I really hope I get into Penn, or else... Penn, eh?  Care to guess what my alma mater is?

No clue.

Mikerinos wrote: NaturalScience wrote: Mikerinos wrote: NaturalScience wrote: Mikerinos wrote: There were so many dumb overachiever girls in my grade who thought grades actually measured intellect.  I always got a kick out of that one. Grades measure the sum of intellect and work ethic in the sense that a very high intellect (things come easy to you) and a mediocre/low work ethic can yield a good grade, and somewhat lesser intellect and strong work ethic can yield the same result. Most of my high school friends (guys anyway) are smart but total lazy underachievers.  I put in a fairly minimal effort and got mostly B's, some honors/AP courses along the way (got a bit of college credit already), but never anything ridiculous.  Actually, I often preferred the CP (average level) kids to the honors/AP crowd, but it depends. I liked those kids but the CP classes in my HS were pretty brain-dead from what my friends told me.  It's like they made too wide a gap between the honors/AP and CP - I had friends that just didn't want to be bothered with something like AP English, for example, but apparently the CP course was mind-numbingly boring - although it certainly did reduce their overall workload. It depends on the teacher more than anything.  I've had easy honors classes and then CP classes that required quite a bit of work, but generally CP is indeed a joke (can't imagine how core classes must be), but I got into college (thanks to SATs mostly, I suppose) so none of that stuff really matters now.

I've yet to hear Orff though... how does his music compare to Magma?

James wrote: I've yet to hear Orff though... how does his music compare to Magma?

YesFan72 wrote: NaturalScience wrote: YesFan72 wrote: My parents work me really hard (even taking college courses in the summer). I really hope I get into Penn, or else... Penn, eh?  Care to guess what my alma mater is?  No clue.

That didn't go as planned. 

I went to Penn undergrad.