The symphony played with Edgar Meyer.  Holy shit that dude is unreal.  His bass concerto is also fucking impossible to count.  Got a picture with him.  Being principal second is going well; Maestro Brusilow loves me, says I'm the best principal second he's ever had ( Read more... )

Seating auditions went well. Had all the excerpts prepared, but just played 1.5 pages of the Sibelius. Maestro looked at me and said, "I have to be quite honest with you...I had no idea you were that good...you were a really fine player in the section last year, but that was just amazing...wow"...while the assistant conductor stared at me with his ( Read more... )

Grades came in...6hrs of As and 4hrs of incompletes. To celebrate, I got myself a bottle of this:

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So about two weeks ago, I was on my way to rehearsal and about to get on the interstate, when a taxi driver RAN A RED FUCKING LIGHT and destroyed my car. For those of you keeping score at home, I've totalled 5 cars in 9 wrecks. Anyone care to start a pool ( Read more... )

Very tired and very drunk ( Read more... )

veryvery busy ( Read more... )

Finished registering for classes today. Taking 12 hours, which is the smallest amt. I've ever taken...my schedule looks downright EMPTY. Oh well; more time for practicing, I guess ( Read more... )

Don't have to go to the wedding. It's on the 27th, and auditions [for ensemble seating] are on the 28th. I'm not going to take a chance on a red-eye from Knoxville to Dallas. Which means that I'll have to send a present, but I'd rather spend $50 on a set of knives [or whatever] than spend...well...however long it is I'd have to spend socializing w/ ( Read more... )

It's my birthday. Tom asked me if I felt any different, to which I said, "No, not really. I mean, what am I gonna do to celebrate? Go out and rent a car or some shit? Yeah...that sounds like a rockin' party."

Car repair was $1400. That sucked out...er...pretty much all of our bank account ( Read more... )