austin looks more and more promising ( Read more... )

so. my birthday is in roughly a month.  i just got confirmation yesterday that dave and his girlfriend domenica will be coming down.  so far, it's those two and alex and probably sarah and tiffany.  holy crap.  it's going to be the most awesome birthday ever. i cannot wait ( Read more... )

i have to get my ass out of bed to have a lesson.  I'm just happy that rita's making muffins and coffee.  oooh which reminds me i need to bring "was that a hoe-down" to that lesson.  i think it's tres cool that she wants to program it for karen richter this summer. awesome.  I think even if rita didn't make muffins and coffee i'd still love her to ( Read more... )

so, i was in austin this past weekend for the lyric audition, as you all know, and i went and hung out with my friend sarah from college and my old roommate tiffany.  after my audition i went and showered at sarah's, then we went downtown and picked up tiffany and stayed at this pub, the duck and dog, from about 5 pm until midnight.  we went ( Read more... )

hey all.  i just got back from my audition for Austin Lyric Opera.  My motto this time was to say something with my playing.  that if it was a little messy, who cares, i just wanted to make a statement.  I advanced to the finals and played some REALLY hard excerpts, including tannhauser and a different don juan excerpt than the usual one.  I made ( Read more... )

it seems like the financial gods are smiling on me.  in the past week i have gotten asked to play two gigs: one in march and one in april. i'm playing a gig this sunday also.  I am also going to get a 5% commission from a student's parent for helping them pick out a viola.  since their budget is $5000, that's not too shabby just to sit there and ( Read more... )

over the last week or so i have been thinking a lot about a particular subject.  and i want to ask everybody ( Read more... )

well, I was thinking I might go somewhere on my spring break, maybe drive to chicago or get a cheap flight to boston, but now i'm thinking i won't because in two days i go to baltimore for 5 days (nice break) and in march I'll be going to New York for three days.  and i need to save money to move.

but i do get to see Tim and julie again so YAAAAAY I ( Read more... )

ok, just to warn you guys...this literally JUST happened to me ( Read more... )

i also forgot  to mention the other night that my blood test results came back from the doctor.  nothing from my pancreas.  so that's good ( Read more... )