tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419983072382118830Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:21:49 +0000ChristmasGirlfriendThankfullBest FriendCleaning HouseDoctor RantFamilyGiftsHealthMusicNeed adviceQuesotionRambleSaving AbelThoughtslife updateThe personal blog of a future Music Educator.http://aclarkemusicforlife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Andrew Clarke)Blogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419983072382118830.post-7018427644705443072Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:56:00 +00002009-06-03T17:58:07.436-05:00I just came to check if the link is working or not. Apologies for not making it direct properlyNew BlogAlso, if you haven't found blog it yet<!-- Begin Blogit Logo --><!-- End Blogit Logo -->http://aclarkemusicforlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/blog-moved.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Clarke)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419983072382118830.post-2995514980203864428Thu, 28 May 2009 03:42:00 +00002009-05-27T22:43:54.522-05:00Hey all.I recently bought my own webspace and moved my blog therewww.blog.andrewpclarke.comPlease update accordinglyI'm still going to keep my blogger account until wodpress figures out how to fix the import bug that is going on.laterhttp://aclarkemusicforlife.blogspot.com/2009/05/blog-moved.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Clarke)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419983072382118830.post-6443072269182206759Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:20:00 +00002009-04-26T15:32:49.095-05:00<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>http://aclarkemusicforlife.blogspot.com/2009/04/health-update-for-those-who-are.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Clarke)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419983072382118830.post-4268548179319143256Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:51:00 +00002009-04-23T15:47:43.096-05:00Well it's been over a month since I've last posted. School has been slowly eating away at my soul and I just have not had the urge to put something up on the interwebs.First off a health situation update:NO CHANGE.Well I shouldn't say that. I had records faxed to Northwestern twice and even dropped them off in person once and they somehow are still not getting to the doctor that I need to take a http://aclarkemusicforlife.blogspot.com/2009/04/its-been-while.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Clarke)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419983072382118830.post-205461683598398197Sun, 15 Mar 2009 02:11:00 +00002009-03-14T21:41:18.177-05:00One week out from spring break, and it cannot come any faster. Only two more days of conducting left having to waste time listening to Sue "teach". Then it's back to Professor Grimes and back to real learning and real conducting and real music. I'm so glad I wasted the past 7 or so weeks.....My health situation continues not to change in any way shape or form and I'm done caring in all honestly. http://aclarkemusicforlife.blogspot.com/2009/03/its-been-while.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Clarke)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419983072382118830.post-6787170224486963397Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:25:00 +00002009-02-19T18:55:42.574-06:00The events of the past four weeks, and lets face it, the past six semesters have caused me to feel increasing disappointed in my college choice. The massive amount of time and money I feel like I'm wasting here is causing me to wish I had gone to Vandercook or Northeastern. But no, I was "guaranteed" and "good education here at Elmhurst College, what college ought to be."Lets start at the http://aclarkemusicforlife.blogspot.com/2009/02/what-college-ought-to-be.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Clarke)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419983072382118830.post-3856509550783583859Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:02:00 +00002009-02-14T16:20:14.907-06:00This week went much better than the first week of classes. At least one call per day from Dr. Jacobs with several different reasons as to why my liver is messed up really freaked me out and had me thinking down that dark road again. The road I thought I left behind me. After a year now of not knowing what is wrong with my liver, I have to admit it's starting to get the better of me. I know many http://aclarkemusicforlife.blogspot.com/2009/02/week-two-down-happy-valentines-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Clarke)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419983072382118830.post-3582759679116630849Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:50:00 +00002009-02-04T04:29:52.272-06:00Here we are at Wednesday, the middle of the road. It so happens that Wednesdays are now the biggest hurdle in my week, as I'm sure it is for many of my peers here at Elmhurst. I literally go non-stop from 6 in the morning until 6 at night counting my workout routine in there. One twelve hour day is not bad though, when I was commuting I used to have 5 days were i went longer than that. Thank GOD http://aclarkemusicforlife.blogspot.com/2009/02/its-been-one-hell-of-week-so-far.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Clarke)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419983072382118830.post-4040370787939643369Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:04:00 +00002009-01-27T20:11:14.703-06:00Doctor RantHealthI finally heard from the doctor today after almost three months of waiting, becoming increasingly frustrated, and calling with no return phone call. Apparently the doctor that sent me to this specialist that does not think I'm worth his time has not heard from him either. However the slides from my biopsy in April made it to Northwestern and back to Glenbrook hospitals weeks ago....As I sit here http://aclarkemusicforlife.blogspot.com/2009/01/health-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Clarke)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419983072382118830.post-5033854203314444625Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:29:00 +00002009-01-20T22:48:11.799-06:00What a day! I got to watch the first Black man be sworn in as President of these United States! Even though I was watching a television and was sitting thousands of miles away from our capital i still felt honored to be witnessing such a historic event-and with such a noble and great man to boot. Granted it is a little early to be passing this kind of judgment but I can't help it. I have such a http://aclarkemusicforlife.blogspot.com/2009/01/this-historic-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Clarke)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419983072382118830.post-8629944165403796248Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:25:00 +00002009-01-16T17:34:26.343-06:00Feeling a little better today as this chest cold slowly moves out of my system. If I'm not feeling much better by Tuesday I'm going to hit the wellness center at school for sure and get on an antibiotic. Being on the Prednisone means my immune system is almost completely suppressed and causes me to get sick extremely easily.I called the liver specialist I'm working with on Monday to check about http://aclarkemusicforlife.blogspot.com/2009/01/another-week-down.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Clarke)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419983072382118830.post-7877241980825808351Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:56:00 +00002009-01-10T14:57:51.837-06:00The first week of J-Term has come and gone, and I have to admit that it went by pretty quickly. Percussion Tech is an awesome class, and not only is it a blast bang on drums for 3 hours 4 days a week, I'm learning a lot about the musicianship behind good drumming. I have to admit that I've always considered percussionists to have the more or less easy job of an ensemble. I could always recognize http://aclarkemusicforlife.blogspot.com/2009/01/so-much-snow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Clarke)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419983072382118830.post-734942202384033570Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:49:00 +00002009-01-03T15:06:31.174-06:00life updateNeed adviceQuesotionThese past three weeks have gone by in a blur as time spent doing what I want to do often does. Monday marks the start of J-term, which is not too bad considering I only have one class 4 days a week for 3 hours a day for the next four weeks. I'm taking percussion tech and I've heard it's an awesome class and I am definitely looking forward to it. Being able to see Jessie every day is an amazing http://aclarkemusicforlife.blogspot.com/2009/01/back-to-school.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Clarke)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419983072382118830.post-764381889228587811Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:51:00 +00002008-12-26T18:12:58.461-06:00The fog tonight is unreal! I'm glad we're home for the night. Christmas this year ended up being wonderful I have to admit. We had a few rocky moments, but that's life right? I'm not looking for perfection in my life just a little less unnecessary drama and BS. Especially the kind that seems to role through here like a hurricane every Christmas. Not this year though thankfully, and I made out http://aclarkemusicforlife.blogspot.com/2008/12/good-christmas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Clarke)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419983072382118830.post-286275792207601341Thu, 25 Dec 2008 08:50:00 +00002008-12-25T03:47:45.358-06:00ChristmasGirlfriendRambleThankfullI just finished wrapping all my gifts this year. Mom and Dad made out pretty well I gotta say. Mom has a few more things to unwrap than Dad does but they are small tokens. I really hope they're pleased with what Eric and I have bought them this year. They told us to keep it small so we did.I'm excited to open my gifts from my parents for sure. At the same time though I can't help but think about http://aclarkemusicforlife.blogspot.com/2008/12/christmas-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Clarke)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419983072382118830.post-2884377218826403033Wed, 24 Dec 2008 05:41:00 +00002008-12-24T00:07:20.401-06:00ChristmasFamilyGiftsGirlfriendThankfullThoughtsToday was an adventurous day to say the least. I braved the weather and traffic this morning to go pick Jessie up and spend the day with her. The drive out was not as bad as I expected it to be, but there were several white knuckle moments. I drew heavily on the intense experience I have gain over the last 3 1/2 years of driving, especially the 200 plus miles a week I was logging behind the wheelhttp://aclarkemusicforlife.blogspot.com/2008/12/day-before-christmas-eve.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Clarke)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419983072382118830.post-5685476730296068167Sat, 20 Dec 2008 06:28:00 +00002008-12-20T00:48:54.310-06:00Best FriendCleaning HouseMusicSaving AbelSo tomorrow is our annual Pizza Party with my Mom's side of the family. One of my best friends is coming but we consider him a third Son and he definitely counts as family-mostly because I've know him so long. Matt has had my back longer than any other of my friends. He helped build our house during the great 2 year rehab our family under took in 2004. I met him back when I was in cub scouts, http://aclarkemusicforlife.blogspot.com/2008/12/cleaned-all-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Clarke)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419983072382118830.post-2356888531744647515Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:13:00 +00002008-12-18T01:23:19.982-06:00It has been one busy but fun day shopping with my dearest. I have all of my Christmas shopping done with the exception of one gift! AMAZING! I thought it would be much harder than that. I also bought several more things for my room to continue this whole get organized and stay organized New Years resolution. Yep, that's right, I'm officially declaring on my blog my New Year's resolution: Get http://aclarkemusicforlife.blogspot.com/2008/12/christmas-shopping-complete.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Clarke)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419983072382118830.post-7826481910111581456Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:47:00 +00002008-12-15T23:52:48.478-06:00Day one of Christmas break has already come and gone, and even though it was cold and miserable outside I had a wonderful day just relaxing and hanging out with my Dad. I did get some things done around here though like starting the massive organization project I have going on in my room right now. I'm so sick and tired of being cluttered and un-organized and just generally a mess. I've found, http://aclarkemusicforlife.blogspot.com/2008/12/so-here-we-go.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Clarke)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419983072382118830.post-2419834407477678509Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:56:00 +00002008-12-15T00:24:28.900-06:00A REVIEWOn the Microsoft ZuneI'm going to take a break from rants, health updates and all the various other nonsense I put up on here and make my first serious review of a product and put it out on the interwebs.I recently purchased a 120 gig Microsoft Zune from Newegg.com for the grand total of $259.02. The 80 gig is the same price for those that feel they don't need that much room. I always http://aclarkemusicforlife.blogspot.com/2008/12/why-i-love-my-zune-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Clarke)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419983072382118830.post-1430927838542882132Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:54:00 +00002008-12-12T17:22:13.967-06:00Semester one of Junior year can officially be checked off the to do list of my life. It's been a grueling and exhausting 20 weeks and I am so glad to finally be at the holidays and on a nice long 3 week respite. So out of all my grades I only have two finals to report. The first is a Pass in my non-credit classical ensembles (Clarinet quartet) which is nice but does not count for very much. The http://aclarkemusicforlife.blogspot.com/2008/12/done-exhausted-bring-on-break.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Clarke)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419983072382118830.post-1471804123792610762Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:21:00 +00002008-12-07T11:47:34.321-06:00Before everyone freaks out this is not about my liver condition. Things are unchanged still, I will post more info as I get it I promise.Instead this is about a huge oversight I made in regards to my thank you post I made a while back. I mentioned a lot of important people in that post-my dad, brother, darling girlfriend etc. But I forgot one very important person to thank and talk about and thathttp://aclarkemusicforlife.blogspot.com/2008/12/oh-no-mom-im-sorry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Clarke)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419983072382118830.post-4831780682319983325Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:47:00 +00002008-12-05T12:59:25.269-06:00Things continue to move like clock work, even though this week seemed to drag on and on. I'm all caught up and ready to go in my classes and cannot wait to get the finals over and done with-not to mention my jury which is going to kick ass this year no doubt. I'm not even that nervous about anything going on next week, surprisingly not even my jury-which is usually an extreme source of anxiety http://aclarkemusicforlife.blogspot.com/2008/12/3-days-out-bring-on-break.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Clarke)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419983072382118830.post-7828424668277789346Fri, 28 Nov 2008 03:54:00 +00002008-12-07T09:26:25.565-06:00I've spent a lot of time today sitting in my room thinking about all the amazing things God has sent to me over the years. Opportunities I've both missed and taken advantage of, people in and out of my life, people that have been steadfast in their loyalty, trust, respect and just overall love that never ceases to amaze me. It means a lot to me knowing I have friends and family that are willing http://aclarkemusicforlife.blogspot.com/2008/11/it-may-be-cliche-but-i-need-to-put-this.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Clarke)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419983072382118830.post-7075459335366958054Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:23:00 +00002008-11-23T10:41:15.103-06:00Hi everyone,I just wanted to take a moment and post my most sincerest thanks and let you all know how much I appreciate the kind words of encouragement! I'm always a little apprehensive about talking about my health problems because I know there are people far worse off than I am-but at the same time this is a very easy way to keep everyone concerned as up to date as possible.Again Thank You for http://aclarkemusicforlife.blogspot.com/2008/11/thank-you-thank-you-thank-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Clarke)0