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I lied. I'm making a new entry with these questions.
From Annie:
1. What pieces are you currently working on? Are you enjoying them?
As for old things, I'm wrapping up Liszt's Consolation in D-flat and Chopin's Raindrop prelude. As for things that are even older, I plan to finish the second half of Clair de Lune and Satie's Gymnopedie (the famousest one). As for new things I'm looking at several of the short-and-sweet Chopin preludes, also that etude, I forget the opus number, that's in 3-4 and entails a light, rocking melody taken andante at octaves. I've suspended learning the Revolutionary etude until I can learn how to arpeggiate large, large areas very proficiently. Okay. I'm also planning to steal two pages from August's copy of the Chopin Ballade in g minor, pages four and five or what near the beginning that have that pretty little proto-theme. Okay, what else? Right, the Carnaval. I closed my eyes and flipped through the Carnaval and ended up on Estrella, and am learning that and also the ones preceding and following it. I'm enjoying all of them. I'm a lazy clot though, and will probably only play well and memorize the ones that are easiest.
2. Do you often borrow from your real-life experiences when you write?
Yes. I don't typically make things up. I'm not that imaginative.
3. Who has had the most lasting impact on your life (good or bad) and how?
Haruki Murakami. No, I'm completely kidding with that one. My grandmother. She manages to be a terrifically old-fashioned and very classy and classical Irish lady whose values date back to 1910 or so who also is very progressive and is up on all the news, all the new trends with children and teenagers, all the gossip about the royal family in the UK and other things like that. She's had eight children and she's eighty-three but she's as healthy as a horse, less frail than my mother, thirty-odd years her junior, and she's very smart with her mouth when she's had a little bit of wine. She's my positive female role model.
4. Do you feel in sync with your body?
Quite. Of course, this does nothing for my nerves, because I'm aware of all the little wrong things when things are not-quite-right. It is very nice, however, when I'm anywhere near water.
5. What activities do you engage in when things are just not going your way?
I lift my shoulder blades and spread my arms a little with the palms up. If you visualize it, it looks rather spiritual, but actually it's very aggressive. I don't do this so often. When I get frustrated, one of two things happens: my senses get sharper and I feel more in tune and become as influential through intimidation as any petite person can and through that tiny bit of Jedi influence weasel myself away from whatever or whoever is frustrating me; or, if I can't see any way to weasel out of something, I'll become very neutral and uninteresting and moody and I'll try to get through whatever it is I can't get out of.
6. If you were allowed to sing any song with any band, what song would it be and which band?
Airbag with Radiohead. I just really like that song. I can whine like Thom, and to be on stage with Johnny, oh my.
From Annie:
1. What pieces are you currently working on? Are you enjoying them?
As for old things, I'm wrapping up Liszt's Consolation in D-flat and Chopin's Raindrop prelude. As for things that are even older, I plan to finish the second half of Clair de Lune and Satie's Gymnopedie (the famousest one). As for new things I'm looking at several of the short-and-sweet Chopin preludes, also that etude, I forget the opus number, that's in 3-4 and entails a light, rocking melody taken andante at octaves. I've suspended learning the Revolutionary etude until I can learn how to arpeggiate large, large areas very proficiently. Okay. I'm also planning to steal two pages from August's copy of the Chopin Ballade in g minor, pages four and five or what near the beginning that have that pretty little proto-theme. Okay, what else? Right, the Carnaval. I closed my eyes and flipped through the Carnaval and ended up on Estrella, and am learning that and also the ones preceding and following it. I'm enjoying all of them. I'm a lazy clot though, and will probably only play well and memorize the ones that are easiest.
2. Do you often borrow from your real-life experiences when you write?
Yes. I don't typically make things up. I'm not that imaginative.
3. Who has had the most lasting impact on your life (good or bad) and how?
Haruki Murakami. No, I'm completely kidding with that one. My grandmother. She manages to be a terrifically old-fashioned and very classy and classical Irish lady whose values date back to 1910 or so who also is very progressive and is up on all the news, all the new trends with children and teenagers, all the gossip about the royal family in the UK and other things like that. She's had eight children and she's eighty-three but she's as healthy as a horse, less frail than my mother, thirty-odd years her junior, and she's very smart with her mouth when she's had a little bit of wine. She's my positive female role model.
4. Do you feel in sync with your body?
Quite. Of course, this does nothing for my nerves, because I'm aware of all the little wrong things when things are not-quite-right. It is very nice, however, when I'm anywhere near water.
5. What activities do you engage in when things are just not going your way?
I lift my shoulder blades and spread my arms a little with the palms up. If you visualize it, it looks rather spiritual, but actually it's very aggressive. I don't do this so often. When I get frustrated, one of two things happens: my senses get sharper and I feel more in tune and become as influential through intimidation as any petite person can and through that tiny bit of Jedi influence weasel myself away from whatever or whoever is frustrating me; or, if I can't see any way to weasel out of something, I'll become very neutral and uninteresting and moody and I'll try to get through whatever it is I can't get out of.
6. If you were allowed to sing any song with any band, what song would it be and which band?
Airbag with Radiohead. I just really like that song. I can whine like Thom, and to be on stage with Johnny, oh my.