Oh my God they are making a Sword of Truth miniseries.

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!!

Here is a list of things that have freaked me out in the past two days:

-My mother almost snow-blowing my father instead of snow.
-Accidentally, almost inviting Jen Moir to my BYOB, Harry Potter-themed birthday party.
-Dragging my cello up a three block, snow-covered hill because the wheels on my case broke.
-The fact that there's only one spot ( Read more... )

Where did sleeping go?

I have a cello teacher!!!

And it's Paul Widner!!!

So he doesn't suck!!!

In fact, he's REALLY FREAKIN' GOOD!!!

AND we're getting two new first years, so he'll have to come down to London for at LEAST a day and a half/week.

Which means there's a slightly greater chance that our masterclasses won't be on Tuesday nights.

*happy dance*

I helped professor McCumber's wife pick shorts for her husband at work today.

And then she made him leave the store so that we could choose him a Father's Day polo.

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Just in case this helps the rampant course selection anxiety:

This is where you can find out which courses are being offered this year -- and their times, etc. (To see all of the ( Read more... )

Okay, this has been bothering me for the longest time. Why are both of these called spatulas?


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On the way to a Stratford Civic Orchestra rehearsal with Elena and Sig Martin: (He’s the concertmaster; he drives us.)
CBC: *blah blah blah program about a dominatrix blah blah blah*
Carpool: *awkward silence*
Sig Martin: What’s a dominatrix?

In La Senza with Elena:
Salesperson: You can take this room.
Elena: Thanks.
Salesperson: And your girlfriend can ( Read more... )

Anthony: *makes small mistake*

Summers: NO!!!

Anthony: *looks at pianists* Oh, right! Sorry!

Summers: First rule of conducting: Never. Apologize.

Anthony: *looks at Summers* Uh... sorry... I mean... I'm not sorry.

Summers: Right!

Anthony: *looks at pianists* You're sorry!

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Last night I had a dream that we weren't taking conducting lessons from Professor ( Read more... )

Listening to Schnittke's Sonata for Cello and Piano -- which is possibly the most frenzied and agitated thing ever written for my instrument -- while completing painstaking and time-consuming Summer camp application forms was probably the the stupidest idea that I've ever had.

On the bright side, if I can play my Haydn concerto perfectly in tune ( Read more... )