Oh man, I definitely need chocolate. I also am slightly stir-crazy and need to leave the house.

There's so much music to practice. Gah.

I think I will spend a fair amount of today on the phone.

Today was super fun! The BBQ that got mentioned as a possibility on Friday finally happened today. It was a random assortment of folks, totally spontaneous and fun. People kicked around balls, walked around and talked, tried to fly an 8 foot rainbow kite (courtesy of mellocello) and ate lovely turkey feta pesto burgers (also courtesy of Mr. Bruce) and ( Read more... )

I was doing some thinking in the shower just now, and I was thinking about Ives vs. Bach. Not their music so much as their attitudes toward creating it. Bach was writing utilitarian music, music that was used for specific purposes. People had to like it, it had to do a certain thing, etc. Inside this restrictive context, he wrote music of pure ( Read more... )

I must learn to trust my instincts, because they are usually right. Yesterday, I thought, "Maybe I should call and confirm today's lesson, since it's not on the usual day." Then I thought, "No, I think I wrote something to this effect on their lesson assignment pages, they should remember that I'm not able to teach on Tuesdays on Yakima Symphony ( Read more... )

Since watching the movie "Stardust", I've decided all pirates should be secret cross-dressers. I think everyone's fetish for them would be a little more understandable. In fact, maybe I should make a movie, half "Pirates of the Caribbean" and half "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" and it would be amazing. All the cute skinny boys I know could ( Read more... )

My skin is SO dry.

I have no energy, and yet I must get up and drive. Ugh.

I blame the weather. That's it, don't take responsibility, just blame things on external sources, all the time.

The weather did not listen to me, in fact, it decided in all obstinacy to dump buckets of snow on most of WA state today ( Read more... )

The Mazda is now registered and insured in my name and not my mom's. Another step toward adulthood? It's about effing time.

lalalaurenza, don't let my mom and your mom talked into coming here for school. Yes, there's a decent fine arts program here, but get your AA somewhere else first. The General Education Requirement Classes here are a JOKE ( Read more... )

So friends, I've been thinking about grant-writing once again, and would like your advice if you have any ( Read more... )

I love talking to random strangers on WoW, for this reason: Tonight, I had a totally enchanting conversation with a high school sophomore from Hawaii whose obsession was carnivorous plants! How exactly like a poem.

I love people.