tomorrow i get to go look at a fender rhodes stage piano that i found on craigslist. i'm not good at making decisions under pressure like this; i'm afraid that even if something's wrong with it, i'll cave in to the temptation because i've wanted one for so long. metaphors are dancing in my head: a juicy peach, making out with soft lips, or even ( Read more... )

my EYELIDS are sweaty. no joke.

for the last few days i've been sleeping very little and drinking a lot of coffee, which results in me feeling internally very tired, often slow and tactile, but externally i am spastic, all over the place. yeah, i'm crazy, everyone knows, whatever, it's funny. but what i'm noticing is that caffeine makes me in touch with my inner child in the way ( Read more... )

oh we sure did party it up for trebek last night ... complete with screen saver and countdown to midnight. i feel a need to contact the man and let him know of our shindig. perhaps we could even send him some of the drawings from the table? trebek will be flattered, i just know it. this just might be the beginning of a will ferrell character theme ( Read more... )

ice cubes, snow, ice cream cones, penguins, glaciers, arctic ocean, chattering teeth, air conditioning, cold metal, sledding, wind chill factor...

this isn't working

things that are a good idea:
- practicing piano right after Brazilian drum practice
- eating free rice with coconut curry sauce
- throwing away [recycling, actually] Thomas Kinkade books
- listening to Rufus Wainwright
- not angering mother nature
- seeing A Scanner Darkly for free

things that would be a good idea:- getting a fan ( Read more... )

through my open window i just heard a crowd of people chanting "TEN, NINE, EIGHT..."

I thought, what are they doing?

"SEVEN, SIX, FIVE..."

is someone having a pool party?

"FOUR, THREE..."

someone jumping off of something?"TWO, ONE! ...HAPPY NEW YEAR ( Read more... )

i played the cuica today. not well, mind you. i was afraid of breaking it. but, rest assured, i played the cuica today. i also sang [a bit poorly] in portuguese. BRAZILIAN MUSIC IS SO COOL.

the end.

p.s. i got an interview for the accompanist job. WEEEEWWWWW!

so it feels like i have been ludicrously busy lately, at least in comparison to precedent. really i have quite a bit of time in the evenings to bum around, though. just THINK of what i could do if i actually had a piano. contributing to an overall feeling of scintillation, we have the following things: