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+# Music
+
+I was not raised a music person. As a young kid I had near zero exposure
+to formal music education.
+
+In sixth grade I joined a brass band as a percussionist (the conductor
+looked at my teeth and said "nyeh"). For most of my band career I was in
+charge of the bass drum, but I did learn the snare drum, the timpani, and
+the drum kit a lil bit. My favorite performance however was Takarajima,
+where I played the agogo (the soul of this musical number, despite being
+just one bar over and over again).
+
+As a side effect, a disadvantage I had to all the other band kids was that
+I can't really read pitch. I did not know what a Bb minor was.
+
+Fast forward to 2021. The summer I graduated high school, I decided to
+challenge myself to learn ukulele. My father got one secondhand for me. it
+turned out you only need a tiny set of "easy" chords to get started. You
+can sing in other keys with a capo. And if that doesn't work, the song
+probably isn't made for the ukulele anyway.
+
+The uke sounds pretty, sure, but I'm afraid my hands are too fat to press
+adjacent frets, especially bar chords. My setlist effectively stopped
+expanding as of 2022.
+
+So in the winter break, early 2023, I took the other extreme and invested
+in a bass (known in guitar world as long boi). It is a red Ibanez GSR200
+PJ bass, the only model that'll ship in 3 days. The date of arrival is
+2023-02-02.
+
+![Body of a red bass with stickers of Konqi, twenty one pilots, "Blåhaj
+Simp" and "This Machine Kills Homophobes"](img/index/ibanez.jpg)
+
+I learned most of my songs from [Rod
+Nieder](https://www.youtube.com/@rodnieder).
+
+However only less than a week later I found out I was somehow admitted
+into UMich. Afraid that the airline might wreck it, I decided not to take
+it with me across the ocean. Instead, I will buy a Squier that costs about
+the same. (I know it makes no real difference, but I kinda prefer the
+Telecaster-style headstock that has all pegs on one side.)
+
+Sorry about the infodump. Here's the blogposts under this category.
+
+## [Early Sunsets Over Monroeville](early-sunsets-over-monroeville)
+
+![Editor window in Ardour DAW](img/early_sunsets_over_monroeville/editor.png)
+
+I recorded the ukulele, did the vocals, and mixed them in Ardour. Result
+is an acoustic cover of "Early Sunsets Over Monroeville".
diff --git a/docs/projects/index.md b/docs/projects/index.md
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@@ -40,14 +40,6 @@ beginners are now ex-terrified beginners.
 My first workshop made from scratch. Well prepared tech-wise but not
 social-wise.
 
-## [Early Sunsets Over Monroeville](early-sunsets-over-monroeville)
-
-![Editor window in Ardour DAW](img/early_sunsets_over_monroeville/editor.png)
-
-Unlike previous engineering projects, this one is musical. I recorded the
-ukulele, did the vocals, and mixed them in Ardour. Result is an acoustic
-cover of "Early Sunsets Over Monroeville".
-
 ## nand2tetris
 
 ### [Part 1](nand2tetris_1)
diff --git a/docs/random/index.md b/docs/random/index.md
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--- a/docs/random/index.md
+++ b/docs/random/index.md
@@ -20,4 +20,3 @@ Nevertheless, occasionally I leave a permanent trace along the way.
 - [xkcdbot](xkcdbot)
 - [Playlist to put on on my deathbed](deathbed_playlist)
 - [Of Potato Chips And Food Globalization](potato_chips)
-- [Lessons in the US of A](us_lessons)
diff --git a/docs/umich/index.md b/docs/umich/index.md
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+# University of Michigan
+
+so basically i live in ann arbor now
+
+- [Lessons in the US of A](us_lessons)
diff --git a/docs/random/us_lessons.md b/docs/umich/us_lessons.md
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@@ -44,3 +44,22 @@ some facts, because everything works different here.
 - My apartment has a coaxial port for internet which I've never seen in my
   life
 - Michigan law does not require you to have a front license plate
+
+## September 2023: Settling down
+
+### The good
+
+- They hand out free shirts and swag at the pride event
+- Drag shows, fully unhinged
+- I can just _get_ a Kroger card? Like for free?
+
+### The bad
+
+- Ann Arbor buses just… stop operating at 20:00 on Sunday??
+- _One_ bus per hour?? Unimaginable in Shanghai
+
+### The neither
+
+- My textbook is "loose leaf", which means a pile of pages I have bind
+  myself. Pro: I can carry only the chapters I want. Con: I have to use
+  zipties as a dirty hack before my binder arrives