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I like silly things.
From http://www.27bslash6.com/overdue.html
From: Jane Gilles
Date: Wednesday 8 Oct 2008 12.19pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Overdue account
Dear David,
Our records indicate that your account is overdue by the amount of $233.95. If you have already made this payment please contact us within the next 7 days ( Read more... ) -
A or C?
Seven years ago, during the last quarter of his masters program, David took voice lessons, and when asked to write an essay on what grade he thought he deserved (a ridiculous practice, in my opinion), he submitted the following.- David S_
Voice Lessons-Grade
Spring 2002
S_ C_ - Instructor
The Grade Question
Being a graduate student I find it difficult to ( Read more... ) -
Higher Ed.
If procrastination were a field of study, I would have a Ph.D. -
Ten things.
- The way he always puts me - my health, my sanity, my goals - first.
- The contrast between his pleasant and professional public self - diplomatically dealing with conflicts at the university and listening to/comforting piano students cry about getting dumped or failing their proficiency exam - and the boyish and charmingly inappropriate guy ( Read more... )
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Alright, 2009, let's do this.
I will update my Livejournal more. I will fix my back. For every cup of coffee I drink, I will drink a glass of water. I will treat myself to the expensive tea, yarn, and music editions, because damn it, I deserve it. I will wholeheartedly embrace all the good and amazing friends who truly care about me, and move the unworthy egocentric ones to ( Read more... ) -
Not dead.
I'm still alive! We just moved to our beautiful new house, and everything else has been put on the back burner for the last month, including LJ. I promise to post more about the Singer from Hell soon. Cross my heart. -
I never fail to think of this every June 27th...
The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson
The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green. The people of the village began to gather in the square, between the post office and the bank, around ten o'clock; in some towns there were so many people ( Read more... ) -
A question.
Does anyone understand what it means to be tired, but not sleepy? Sometimes my body is is so exhausted...but my mind is still moving at a mile a minute, so I can't sleep. I tell Dave that I'm tired, but not sleepy, and he laughs and says, "Those are the same thing, dummy!" But they're NOT. Right? Right? -
Lauren is currently...
Reading:
Murder on the Links, Agatha Christie
The Ear The Eye and the Arm, Nancy Farmer
My Life with Jacqueline Kennedy, Mary Barelli Gallagher
The Collaborative Piano Blog
Mindy Kaling's Blog
How to Teach Piano Successfully, James W. Bastien
Practicing:
Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23, Frédéric Chopin
Toccata in D minor, BWV 913, Johann Sebastian Bach
Le ( Read more... )