I walk the maze of moments...

Music: Enya

So, there's a little less than a week left until break. That's a great thing, but not. I can't wait to see my kitties and have a week where I basically don't pay for anything!! So, here's more of my randomness:

~ Allan came to the "In C" rehearsal yesterday - apparently, he is going to play - this makes me happy. Very cool to have the whole CalArts oboe section there.

~ Last night, I went to hear Allan play a Baroque concert (one of LACO's Conversation series concerts) @ Colburn and traffic was horrible all the way down. We left @ about 4:05 or 4:10 and didn't get downtown until about 5:30-5:45ish. The concert was GREAT - Kathy came w/ Janice and we loved the Zelenka, which, for me, was the main reason for going and the highlight. We made it back in time for me to hang out @ the art opening for a little bit.

~ My lesson today went pretty well. I'm still working on "Narcissus" and I think starting "Arethusa," starting the next Barrett (B major - this one is hard), and finessing the last movement of the Saint-Saens, in terms of major rep.

~ I have 3 big projects hanging over my head right now: my final paper for my Latin America class (3 - 4 pages, plus bibliography, due Wednesday), my midterm paper for Social Psych. (due Wednesday), and my composition for theory (for contrabassoon and English horn), which is due the Tuesday after break. So, I feel a little overwhelmed, but I have the weekend to do things, which I hope/plan to utilize as fully as possible. The psych. paper shouldn't take too long, as it's just answering questions, and the Latin American paper should be relatively (knock on wood) easy as well. I plan on writing something about how Latin American music has found a way into mainstream music. My composition is going to be tonal and utilize harmonics, key clicks (thank you, Kathy, for that suggestion), some flutter tonguing for the bassoon part, and maybe some other things I can think of that will make the piece interesting. I just have to get something down that I like.

~ The "In C" concert @ Disney Hall is Monday and basically all I have planned, as I have to be to school @ 2:15 to get my ride w/ Kathy, and then head down for rehearsal and then performance. Should be exciting. I need to play dress up to figure out what I'm going to wear. It's either going to be all black or the maroon shirt I have. @ least I don't have to worry about reeds...

~ I asked Gretchen to send an email to the 'rents about the job situation and she sent a lovely letter with some good points explained very tactfully. I hope it doesn't stir the water in a bad way, though. That's the last thing any of us needs...

~ I talked to Sonya for a good 45 minutes the other day - she's engaged to be engaged to a (seemingly, as we haven't met) great guy named Matt and seems pretty happy. I'm happy for her and hope to see her if not over break, a little over the summer.

I think that's it for now...

~ Oh, yeah; Hyperdyne is totally obsessed w/ Patrick which is funny and a little annoying, but I'm happy he's happy.