being drunk in the library is fun. also, i love sviatoslav richter...

my leg is very wet from having gotten the dumb-ass idea to stand on thin ice over a pond. other than that i'm working on Prokofiev's 6th piano sonata.........

joyce and i were drunk enough to think that going to goth night would be a good idea but not drunk enough to stay for more than 45 minutes ... i think that chuck-e-cheeze is now officially more engaging than goth night in pittsburgh.

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i have a new kitty. a very very small kitten actually. i found him/her in my back yard in a pile of sticks and weeds. it had been crying last night but i was unable to find it. i heard it again this morning and there it was. an adourable tabby with blue eyes. joyce and i decided on Audrey for the name.

it's hot and the humidity is making the action of my piano even more slugish ... even so i can still work, slightly inhibited, on prokofiev's 7th sonata. i've gotten this whole 7/8 time business to stick in my head so the rest should come with relative ease so far as the finale is concerned. i've been taking in gyorgy sandor's book on piano ( Read more... )

Another day at the piano. Most of that time was spent fussing over the Liszt sonata with unexpectedly positive results. I applied for a job at a piano store which I hope to hell I get. Who better than me? Nothing else of much excitement has been occuring which suits me just fine. Personal development is all I really need at this point.

I had a conversation last night that stirred up a lot of things which left me in a very irritated mood. I've been bouncing all over the place with contempt, hatred, anger, fear, and frustration. I suppose it isn't healthy to hate certain people with so much force but it seems such a rational and justified reaction. Lets just hope for a terrible ( Read more... )

It's been a reasonably good day. I went to the library and spent a few hours reading over Neuhaus' The art of Piano Playing. I've also decided to ditch Liszt's Csardas macabre for the Mephisto Waltz. Lots to be done.

More work at the piano ... Liszt's b minor sonata and csardas macabre ...