Pictures @ an Exhibition: "The Unemployed Musician"

Music: Saint-Saens ("Sonata for Oboe & Piano," performed by Allan Vogel)

A few things of interest:

A.) My room is finally completely emptied except for the closet and I'm now awaiting to tear everything down and start anew. The only thing that I'm a little worried about is the mold-ish looking spots on my walls...Anyway, the color I've chosen is a beautiful dark blue called "Peaceful Night" by the Behr company. Hopefully the paint sample taped to my wall is correct and it will be that gorgeous when it's done.

B.) I'm practicing the Idyllwild audition material, which is the Haydn Oboe Concerto and parts to "Pictures at an Exhibition" and "Symphonic Dances from 'West Side Story.'" I must say that those parts are HARD!! The Mussorgsky is full of high notes and fast stuff and general hard stuff. The Bernstein is full of jazz rhythms and some other technical stuff. I really hope I do well - I'd love to be playing 2nd oboe in the orchestra, but E. horn wouldn't be too bad either, but I'm a little nervous about that because of my experience (or somewhat lack thereof) on it w/ an ensemble...I'm looking forward to those 2 weeks, regardless...

C.) Doug sent to me what he has of the piece I'm "commissioning" from him for my recital - it's pretty cool - it's in E-flat minor and has some pretty technical stuff. I really like it so far - it almost sounds like some of the stuff I've written, melody-wise, which is kinda funky... like I said - a great piece so far. I'm sure I'll be really happy with the end result.

D.) I'm going to Chicago next weekend to see Kristina and Doug - this time alone, 'cause I'm taking the train and will be staying overnight w/ either one of them. I just bought the ticket today and hope that lodging won't be problem. I think it'll work with 'Stina because she offered last time I came and so, hopefully, the option is still open. It should be a fun weekend!!

Other than that, there's not too much going on...just...being here.

May it Be

You are elegant, withdrawn, and brilliant. Your mind is a weapon, able to solve any puzzle. You are also great at poking holes in arguments and common beliefs. For you, comfort and calm are very important. You tend to thrive on your own and shrug off most affection. You prefer to protect your emotions and stay strong.

World's Shortest Personality Test

Hehehe...give it a try...

The Music's No Good...

Still not too much going on - I'm @ TDS, where there's internet that actually works...

I'm still unemployed and sorta mopin' around...I did, however, see "War of the Worlds" last night w/ Katie - it wasn't exactly what I had expected, but it was really good, anyway. Not too much to tell about it - just go see it. Katie was freaking out though - it was funny. And speaking of our dear Kashka, she had a really good time in D.C.

I went to the interviews of the 2 candidates for band director - I liked both and from what I've heard, the first guy from Durand got the job. Both were cute - the Durand guy looks like Anthony Michael Hall and the 2nd guy, who just graduated from MSU in May, was pretty cute too. I would've been happy with either one. I must get down to school and see what I can do to help - I don't have anything else to do, and for some reason, I still care about what happens to the program...ai...

My synthesizer is all better now - I guess that little ice cream incident 2 years ago finally caught up to me - the key contacts were shorted out, so those got replaced. At least I won't be having any more trouble (knock on wood).

Eh, not much else to tell. Ciao.