An incredibly fast week
Music: Clannad
Dude, this week has sooo flown by...
Monday: Not feeling very well! All achy and it hurts to play. So, of course, I get sick towards the last few weeks of school...went back to the room after forum and just chilled out and crashed. Also got dates from Kathy for watching John. Thank God those days are the 2nd week of May-just music stuff to work on!! Yay! May 9, 13, and 14. Perhaps I hear $75... Also, the interpretive dance from the kids @ Kathy's recital will be immortalized in CalArts oboe history...
Tuesday: Feeling a little better. Accidentely opened my mouth and told a few people my birthday was the next day-Kathy brought me this cute piece of lemon poppyseed cake w/ a candle, and she and a few people sang to me @ the beginning of wind class...aww. She's such a sweetie! Dvorak is coming along great-such a GREAT piece. Also, the Zelenka seems to be coming along. The fugue in the middle of the never-ending 2nd movement throws us off, though. Christopher also got the job back east, so we went to the French Market, and the service wasn't that great...oh well, walking around and teasing him was.
Wednesday: Happy Birthday to me!! Too bad I had critical studies classes that morning. Got A TON of birthday emails from various people, including Mrs. Mckowen, Chris Showerman, Joe Ruder, Dorothy Price, and the Durkees. I had to laugh at Gretchen's e-card... Anyhoo, it took me a little over an hour to find out where I wanted to eat that night. I originally thought about a few places downtown, but they just didn't click. Cafe Pinot was a bit too pricey... We ended up going to this Latin-Asian fusion place called ZaZen, down in Venice/Marina Del Rey. Very interesting...food was pretty good, but the dessert's name is a bit of a lie; it's called Chocolate Sin or something like that, but to our tongues, it was just good, not sinful. The chocolate @ Blake & Gilbert's back home was much better, to be completely honest. After that, we walked out onto the pier and almost froze to death, since the sea breeze was a bit chilly. It was cool to watch the planes take off from LAX, though. And, of course, my left shoe sole has come undone, so I'll have to have Dad glue that one together like the other one...grrr. Then, it was up to Hollywood, since I'd never been there. However, we had a bit of an excursion on Wilshire in Santa Monica; it amazes me that there are like no restrooms in downtown Santa Monica, and if there are, you have to be a customer or hold it 'till you get home...plus, everything out here closes super early @ around 9 or so...how weird is that. Anyway, Christopher and I literally ran up and down both sides of the freakin' street trying to find a restroom. Christopher had a bit of an incident @ K.F.C that was quite funny, as well. We finally get back to the car and make it to the corner w/ the K.F.C. and he pulls over and runs in. I must say, it was quite funny. So, finally we make it to Hollywood-I've now been where they lay out the red carpet and walked on the stars that line the street - from Celine Dion, Phil Collins, Harrison Ford, Tom Cruise, and many more. I'm going to have one, someday. The Kodak was a little different than I thought, but it was cool, nonetheless. Christopher says the actual theatre sucks, but I'll wait until I actually get in there to make that judgement. Life was fun that night. No offense, but celebrating out here is so much more fun.
Thursday: Went w/ Allan down to Colburn to hear him play in 2 young people concerts that just the woodwinds were doing. He played the first movement of the Saint-Saens sonata and sounded great, as usual. They then did a movement from the Mozart Piano Quintet and the first and last movements from the Dvorak, which were great, except that the first movement was a little fast, but they all said that Jeffrey (conductor) likes it fast. Paul Sherman played 2nd and we got to chat quite a bit-I get to do a concert for one of his youth orchestras in Valencia next Tuesday night-how cool, my first gig!! Jeffrey Kahane, the LACO music director is SOOOO nice and SOOO talented-I'd love to work w/ him someday. Some of the questions the kids asked were quite humorous; "Are you a pro?" but this one kid was pretty deep; when asked why he liked music (he asked why the players liked music), he said, "it makes me feel things I've never felt before..." that's sooo beautiful, and it's so awesome to see the Zipper Hall filled w/ kids who are so enthusiastic. Hopefully, that will be the next generation of musicians...
Friday: Got my "Closer" CD back from Steve today - I missed it, but am very happy that he enjoyed it so much; it was worth it. I think I did decently on the listening exam and I feel like an idiot for missing my Beethoven rehearsal, but everyone was cool about it, so I don't feel so bad...I actually cooked up some angel hair for dinner...now it's just time to do dishes and start working on homework, then going to practice. All in all, it's been a very eventful week.
On a personal level, I miss Doug and 'Stina. Hopefully, we'll be able to get together this summer. Cedar Point would be awesome, but it's so far...
Dude, this week has sooo flown by...
Monday: Not feeling very well! All achy and it hurts to play. So, of course, I get sick towards the last few weeks of school...went back to the room after forum and just chilled out and crashed. Also got dates from Kathy for watching John. Thank God those days are the 2nd week of May-just music stuff to work on!! Yay! May 9, 13, and 14. Perhaps I hear $75... Also, the interpretive dance from the kids @ Kathy's recital will be immortalized in CalArts oboe history...
Tuesday: Feeling a little better. Accidentely opened my mouth and told a few people my birthday was the next day-Kathy brought me this cute piece of lemon poppyseed cake w/ a candle, and she and a few people sang to me @ the beginning of wind class...aww. She's such a sweetie! Dvorak is coming along great-such a GREAT piece. Also, the Zelenka seems to be coming along. The fugue in the middle of the never-ending 2nd movement throws us off, though. Christopher also got the job back east, so we went to the French Market, and the service wasn't that great...oh well, walking around and teasing him was.
Wednesday: Happy Birthday to me!! Too bad I had critical studies classes that morning. Got A TON of birthday emails from various people, including Mrs. Mckowen, Chris Showerman, Joe Ruder, Dorothy Price, and the Durkees. I had to laugh at Gretchen's e-card... Anyhoo, it took me a little over an hour to find out where I wanted to eat that night. I originally thought about a few places downtown, but they just didn't click. Cafe Pinot was a bit too pricey... We ended up going to this Latin-Asian fusion place called ZaZen, down in Venice/Marina Del Rey. Very interesting...food was pretty good, but the dessert's name is a bit of a lie; it's called Chocolate Sin or something like that, but to our tongues, it was just good, not sinful. The chocolate @ Blake & Gilbert's back home was much better, to be completely honest. After that, we walked out onto the pier and almost froze to death, since the sea breeze was a bit chilly. It was cool to watch the planes take off from LAX, though. And, of course, my left shoe sole has come undone, so I'll have to have Dad glue that one together like the other one...grrr. Then, it was up to Hollywood, since I'd never been there. However, we had a bit of an excursion on Wilshire in Santa Monica; it amazes me that there are like no restrooms in downtown Santa Monica, and if there are, you have to be a customer or hold it 'till you get home...plus, everything out here closes super early @ around 9 or so...how weird is that. Anyway, Christopher and I literally ran up and down both sides of the freakin' street trying to find a restroom. Christopher had a bit of an incident @ K.F.C that was quite funny, as well. We finally get back to the car and make it to the corner w/ the K.F.C. and he pulls over and runs in. I must say, it was quite funny. So, finally we make it to Hollywood-I've now been where they lay out the red carpet and walked on the stars that line the street - from Celine Dion, Phil Collins, Harrison Ford, Tom Cruise, and many more. I'm going to have one, someday. The Kodak was a little different than I thought, but it was cool, nonetheless. Christopher says the actual theatre sucks, but I'll wait until I actually get in there to make that judgement. Life was fun that night. No offense, but celebrating out here is so much more fun.
Thursday: Went w/ Allan down to Colburn to hear him play in 2 young people concerts that just the woodwinds were doing. He played the first movement of the Saint-Saens sonata and sounded great, as usual. They then did a movement from the Mozart Piano Quintet and the first and last movements from the Dvorak, which were great, except that the first movement was a little fast, but they all said that Jeffrey (conductor) likes it fast. Paul Sherman played 2nd and we got to chat quite a bit-I get to do a concert for one of his youth orchestras in Valencia next Tuesday night-how cool, my first gig!! Jeffrey Kahane, the LACO music director is SOOOO nice and SOOO talented-I'd love to work w/ him someday. Some of the questions the kids asked were quite humorous; "Are you a pro?" but this one kid was pretty deep; when asked why he liked music (he asked why the players liked music), he said, "it makes me feel things I've never felt before..." that's sooo beautiful, and it's so awesome to see the Zipper Hall filled w/ kids who are so enthusiastic. Hopefully, that will be the next generation of musicians...
Friday: Got my "Closer" CD back from Steve today - I missed it, but am very happy that he enjoyed it so much; it was worth it. I think I did decently on the listening exam and I feel like an idiot for missing my Beethoven rehearsal, but everyone was cool about it, so I don't feel so bad...I actually cooked up some angel hair for dinner...now it's just time to do dishes and start working on homework, then going to practice. All in all, it's been a very eventful week.
On a personal level, I miss Doug and 'Stina. Hopefully, we'll be able to get together this summer. Cedar Point would be awesome, but it's so far...
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