In 15 minutes, I have to "wake up" and get ready to go to Walt Disney World. I've no idea why I thought it would be a good plan, but here we are, as it were. How surreal, to reflect on my past self with such distance that the decisions I made are incomprehensible ( Read more... )

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Here are some pictures of various sights in Greece, and here are the ones from Cyprus ( Read more... )

is very interesting, although I decidedly wouldn't want to live here. Having never been to a Mediterranean country before (except Italy, and that was very much a packaged experience), I was unaccustomed to the distinct nature of the culture, social interaction, and general mores of the place. From what I've observed, it's very male-dominated and ( Read more... )

The briefest of updates:

I'm in London -- Saw a concert of Steve Reich and later one of Konono no. 1 (sweet Congolese group) -- went to Ben Jonson's "The Alchemist" -- gotta go, it's really awkward to be down here alone with the hotel desk clerk.

Bye!

Several others have already noted this, but Steve Irwin died from a sting ray attack ( Read more... )

Ho hum, no bassoon lesson after all. Mrs. Kerr never showed, so we went outside and played from the bassoon book for a while. Well, I use "played" in a liberal sense... I was almost playing acceptably, but lord knows what Garrett was doing ( Read more... )

Primarily because I've been preoccupied with the same old quotidian stuff. I've been writing music constantly, but it mostly doesn't turn out satisfactorily and it's not the kind of substantive music that will help me get into college ( Read more... )

...And shortly, I'll be leaving once again. I travel to Minnesota and Wisconsin on Monday, not to return until Tuesday, August 8th.

I miss Eastman. :(

The concert is this coming evening. I'm not especially nervous, since this particular piece has already been stress-tested as it were; it's the same string quartet that was performed this April. I had finished the other work, which ended up being voice, two clarinets, and piano, but we didn't have enough rehearsal time to get it together well ( Read more... )