The Gig

Yesterday's gig went pretty well. All of the practice that I've been doing is paying off big time. I just wish that the crowd had been a little more cooperative. The trend throughout the night was that there would either be a million people on the dance floor or no one. I didn't change up the music or anything to make them all go away so I'm pretty sure it wasn't my fault, but regardless it was weird. That being said, whenever they did decide to dance I could tell they were having an insane time. My friend from Annapolis also had a good time which was the most important thing in my opinion so all in all it was a good night.

In other news, I landed a philanthropy event set for this Saturday and it's for a big sorority so I should get a lot of exposure which is always a good thing. The event is a fundraiser for St. Jude's Research Hospital and there should be a pretty good turnout.

I'm doing it for free because I'm a sucker for a good cause :-)

-theFroshPrince

The Grind

Another thing that I've noticed about college is that all of the days seem to run together making time go by a lot faster than it should. I think a lot of it has to do with the odd hours of waking up and going to bed, coupled with the fact that there are a lot of times when you're doing nothing. During these times of time-wasting, time has a tendency to shoot forward really fast, until next thing you know, it's midnight and the day is over. Also, if you don't pay attention, the end of the week will always sneak up on you. And while of course it is always nice when it's the weekend, it's not so nice when you also have a test or a paper coming up.

I know that I always talk about the impending paper/test, but it's crazy how it's always on your mind. There are never any real periods of solace in college. Whenever I go out or I'm not studying, I always feel like I should be studying. However I've learned that that's just the way things are and unless I want to study 24/7, I'll just have to deal with it. I've done a pretty good job keeping up with my schedule so I think I'll be fine.

-theFroshPrince

P.S. On a lighter note, my friend from Annapolis is coming on Saturday! I got a gig at a frat that day too so he'll get to come and watch me in action. I'm excited :-)

Sucka DJs

Being a DJ, I'm always on the lookout for my competition. Mostly because if the competition is playing somewhere, it means that I'm not playing there. That is bad because I want to be the most sought-after DJ on campus and other people are playing the gigs that I should be playing. I realize that this may be a conceited way of looking at things but I don't care. Typically I'm not one for competition or being the best. However, when it comes to DJing I want to be number 1 on campus. Part of this has to do with the fact that after seeing the other so-called DJs on campus, I destroy them skills-wise. That being the case, it really bothers me to see them playing big events (and getting paid for them) but being terrible. And on top of that they have the nerve to say that they're the best around. It's one thing to talk a big game, but if you can't back it up then you need to be quiet. At least that's the way I see it. In my opinion those are the worst type of DJs: all talk, no skills, and all about the money, not the music or the art form. They don't care about how good they get (or don't) as long as they keep getting paid, all the while claiming to be "true to the art of the DJ." There is a term that we use for these types of people and that is "sucka DJ."

Before I leave I would just like to reiterate that I by no means think that I'm the best DJ in the world, because I'm not by a long shot. Not even a little bit. And I'm pretty sure that I'll never get that good. But on campus is a different story. I'm cool with being the local champ. And even if I'm not getting all of the good gigs on campus, I don't mind as long as the people who are playing in my stead are good DJs that who truly have a love for what they're doing. I would love to see a big DJ community on campus because all of the parties would be awesome and it would be really nice to have people to talk to about DJ stuff :-) But right now that's not the case and there's just a bunch of poser DJs running around pretending to be the real thing. Until that changes, I want to own this place.

--End rant--

-theFroshPrince

The Schedule

So I've been following my new schedule for the past couple of days now and I have to admit that it's working pretty well. I'm waking up at a decent hour and I'm actually getting work done that I would have put off otherwise. I wish I had started it sooner because I've got tests and stuff coming up in the near future which means that I have to play catch up, but once I'm caught up I should be good for the rest of the semester. I think that this week and next week will be the hardest, but after that it should be a cakewalk. It really helps that I actually feel accomplished once I'm done studying. I think it's because I'm finally being productive for the sake of being productive and not because there's a deadline looming the next day. That's definitely a new experience :-)

Best,

theFroshPrince

Spring Fever

After some much needed R & R, I find myself once again typing from my dorm room. The break was definitely good, and I got a chance to see most of my friends from high school. But now it's over and I'm back at college. It's been fun hearing about everyone's exploits over the break and I've noticed that most of them feel the same way that I do about wanting summer to come. I think that a big part of it is the weather (it's not that great here, but most of us went to places where it was nice). We've all come down with a case of spring fever but we only have about 7 weeks of school left so it won't be that bad. 

Midnight marks the beginning of my new schedule and I'm hoping that I'll be able to stick with it. I think that this week will be the litmus test as to whether or not this thing is going to work, but I'm pretty confident in myself. Unfortunately I'm already straying from the schedule right now by staying up to write this entry. I was supposed to go to bed at midnight but I figured that I would get this out of the way first.

Noting this, for the sake of fairness I have decided that the schedule won't begin until I wake up in the morning.

Good night!

-theFroshPrince

Spring Break

This break is reminding me of just how much I can't wait for summer. I know that college is supposed to be the best four years of my life (so they say, but I'm not 100% on that). And also that freshman year is supposed to be amazing. But frankly, I'm just ready to stay home and do nothing but hang out with my friends for two months until sophomore year. Part of this is due to the fact that I think that sophomore year is going to be a lot more fun than freshman year. Mainly because I'm going to be living in a house instead of a tiny dorm room and my housemates and I will be able to have crazy parties in our basement whenever we want (and of course I'll be dj'ing them). Obviously there are noise ordinances and the like that we'll have to be careful not to mess around with but that shouldn't be too hard.

On an almost completely different note, I spent about three hours last night coming up with a time schedule for the next few weeks so that schoolwork doesn't destroy me. I realized that I have 2 papers due at the end of the year. One is 10 pages and the other is 20. If I don't start on them ASAP I will surely die. That is why I went ahead and broke up each paper into 8 parts that I have spread out over the next 7 weeks. By making these smaller deadlines, these papers are now broken down into much more manageable chunks that should be no problem to knock out if I stick with my schedule.

We'll see what happens.

-theFroshPrince

Sweet Freedom

I finally got to bed at five in the morning yesterday and woke up at 9:20…

Unfortunately, my first midterm started at 9 on the dot.

I ended up getting to class at 9:30 and missing 30 minutes of the test but I still managed to finish. It wasn't a bad test at all but there were a few questions that I didn't really have time to think about due to my lack of time. However, I think I still did ok.

Luckily my Psychology class was cancelled that day so I used that time to study for my Legal Studies midterm. I had already studied the majority of the material because it was on the last quiz, but there were still a few things that I needed to brush up on. It only took me about an hour before I felt fairly secure that I was ready and after that it was time to go to Criminology to turn in my paper. The last paper didn't go that well but I'm pretty confident that I did a lot better on this one.

After that it was time for my Legal Studies midterm and I'm pretty sure I killed that one too. However, I don't want to speak to soon because I don't want to jinx it.

Now that all of that stuff is over, I have today off because of my super-schedule and tomorrow I have nothing special going on in any of my classes. Then on Friday I get to fly home and spend a week doing absolutely nothing but relaxing over Spring Break!

I'm living the good life :-)

-theFroshPrince

The Party

Last night's party was awesome. I was a little worried at first because it ended up being a birthday party and I was instructed to play whatever the birthday girl wanted. She had given me a playlist of songs that I would have to play throughout the night and this was definitely something that I wasn't used to. Luckily, after I explained to her exactly how I go about mixing for a party, she agreed to let me stray from the list and do my own thing. Of course if she had a request I still had to play it because that's just the way things go, but at least I didn't have to play her stuff all night which was a definite relief.

By around midnight there was a pretty big crowd (around 100/200 people) and I was in the zone. Unfortunately due to the birthday girl's constant interruptions I wasn't able to work the crowd exactly like I was used to but it still turned out ok.

Afterwards the frat's social director came up to me and basically offered me a residency which I happily accepted. So now hopefully these parties will be much more frequent.

That being said, now it's time to to hunker down and get ready for the 2 midterms and paper on Tuesday that I had forgotten about until today due to my poor scheduling skills.

Wish me luck!

-theFroshPrince