i'd just like to say that last night was one of the best nights i've had since being here...even if it meant getting home just before five o' clock and spending close to five hours in a hospital.

<33 "heartsss"

after much deliberation last night and the acceptance that maybe it was decent, i sent my recording in to the nso smi program in DC. i really don't expect to get in, so the idea is that i won't be crushed if i don't, but i feel like the recording was something good for me. i don't know. i guess it was. my second will be better, for le domaine ( Read more... )

so i guess i've apparently improved with my playing since first semester. perhaps the recording i make this tuesday (due friday) will prove my point ( Read more... )

10. missa solemnis by the bso was beautiful as fuck. ummm they keep outdoing themselves, however it can't get better than thursday night's concert ( Read more... )

reeds ok today...need to make more later. playing is eh, first after 2 days of rest because of tendonitis ( Read more... )

know what i noticed and i apologize for?

all i talk about is music and that's not right...i have nothing else to say. i'm sorry. sigh.

sometimes i wonder what all this practicing i do is for ( Read more... )

i practiced this morning for an hour and a half...the book of exercises joan gave me is helping me sight-read a lot faster. which is good for me, because i need help with that. but like. oh, so tired. my reeds are bad. need to fix them, so i can play mozart later. i don't feel like it, i just want to play ( Read more... )

so here we go...first entry of the new year.

just finished reading all entries from last year.
what a wild ride that was.

issues now?

so tired.
so frustrated.
so empty.

new year's resolution?
better to keep that to myself.

oh, 2006.
i'll do my best to make you a good one.

yeah if this goes through...
amazing.

if it doesn't...
probably still amazing.

oh yeah.