Migraines and PCC

Today was quite an interesting day. It started with Kirstin's migraine, the first since the Reconciled concert (March 30) which was a really good run. I had music theory with Dr. Newby at 10:30 and he lectured about so much stuff, it was unbelievable. We learned that theory is only to be done if you are going to have fun, which makes sense cause it royally sucks if you aren't having fun. To quote "and if you're not having fun, an hour will seem like a freakin week." Words for the wise. We started looking at Prelude VI from Book I in class. We talked about pitch class as opposed to keys and how sometimes pitch classes will formulate modes (Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian (natural minor), Locrian), but other times will be tonally ambiguous. We began talking about Set Theory, which we just barely started talking about and I hardly understand. Set Theory is a method of writing/analysis which is entirely number based. For example, if you have the pitches A Bb C D F in your pitch class, you can assign those pitches numbers. Each half step is one number. Let me assign the pitch class numbers.
A = 0, Bb = 1, C = 3, D = 5, F = 8
Now when you go to write, you use number formulas instead of dealing with standard chords and pitches. This was the birth of atonal music. I'm stopping here because I don't fully understand the concept yet and I'm sure I'm explaining something incorrectly. That is what happens when you get 2 hours of Dr Newby with no break and no warning. Your brain freaking explodes.

The rest of the day proved even more interesting yet. I started to feel weird on the way to the chiropractor. I got in and got adjusted really fast and was definitely feeling a headache coming and realized it was definitely a migraine. Yay, both Kirstin and I have migraines. What a fun couple. I had work at PCC in like a half hour, so I took 2 Excedrin and worked from 3:30pm-12:30am. Which, by the way, is not fun with a migraine. Thankfully the Excedrin kicked in enough so it wasn't unbearable. It was a pretty slow evening, but definitely eventful, mostly thanks to Kjell.

Now I'm just unwinding from the day and am going to head off to bed. Yet another adventure filled day awaits, just lingering in the distance.