I'm late! Tng, it's great to hear that your work is going well. I have a hard time imagining the guts it takes to start your own business, and I certainly don't have the entrepreneur bug in me as of yet. Huge respect to you and the many guts-havers on Hubski.

I am not yet a General. This may take longer than I've anticipated.

All of my free time is going towards getting together an hour's worth of repertoire for what may be the last classical piano performance of my life. It's really for my family and friends (read: my mom) and a sense of closure on all my time studying classical piano.

That said, I'm trying to collaborate and create as much music as possible before I'm off for "USA! USA!" processing at the end of June. There are some really talented people around me, it just takes a lil' luck to find them; I've been involved in everything from indie rock and hip-hop to Eno-esque ambient bands over the last few months, and it's been pretty freakin sweet.

As I connect with more and more cadets at West Point and dig into the culture, my newborn motivation and patriotism is kinda clashing with the implications of the upcoming election, as well as some untempered fears of brain-washing, quitting, and/or disappointment at WP. We'll see!

How do I feel in general? In a word: