My dorm room is on the third floor. Directly below my window, a sidewalk leads from the building to the street that runs alongside. The entrance to the building is on the opposite side. The sidewalk in question gets plowed rather often, which led me to believe that someone must use it for something. Many a time I have leaned my face against the ( Read more... )

I guess I just don't understand ( Read more... )

Once upon a time, I distinctly had a best friend. We were quite close, and no one else quite had that sort of connection with me. Shy and withdrawn as I was, I hung out with her outside of school and she brought out the best in me quite often ( Read more... )

I recently took one of those online quizzes, and one question was, 'if you could invent anything, what would it be ( Read more... )

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I just took three multiple intelligences tests and averaged the findings. It really reflects what I feel I am good at, and it seems I've not come too far from hiding in my room, playing the cello ( Read more... )

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMILY

Sunday May 6th
2:15 p.m.
Wakefield Recital Hall
Crane School of Music

Sonata No. 1 in c minor for Cello and Piano by Camille Saint-Saens

Threnody by Peter Sculthorpe for Solo Cello

Flight of the Bumblebee by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, transcribed for cello and piano

Jason bought this for me for Christmas. An excellent book. There are some very weird things in it, however, and I would like to share. Please enjoy.

"In East Africa coronation drums must be struck with sticks made of human tibias, which likewise have a phallic significance. To provide fresh ones after the yearly coronation festival the royal ( Read more... )

A life dream of mine has always been to play Flight of the Bumblebee.
Guess what.
Yeah, I'm learning it.
Today I went into the practice room knowing two bars, and came out two hours later having memorized six lines... (oh, maybe 24 bars-ish?) ... at exactly half-tempo. I mean that it is polished to half tempo. I can swing it faster if I don't mind ( Read more... )