Long, Long Journey
Okay, so this week has FLOWN by (no pun intended)...
Monday: What an exciting day!! Ended up going shopping on Sunday night and getting this gorgeous, black, Geoffrey Beene sateen-finish dress shirt for a grand total of $27.05. I love sales...anyhoo, the trip down to L.A. consisted of Kathy (driving the suv), Allan, Christine, Melinda, and myself and was lotz of fun in itself. Interestingly enough, most of the time spent @ Disney was chillout time, as they were either setting up, or we were waiting to go on to perform. During the rehearsal, the acoustics were horrible (we couldn't hear the pulse), but things really cleared up in the performance, and I have to say that it was incredible to see, hear, and perform w/ 123 other CalArts musicians. Dinner was @ this GREAT place called Yang Chow over in Chinatown - lots of fun there, as well, with many musicians. Poor Allan ended up giving a rreeaallyy long tuning A during the performance, and ended up circular breathing towards the end. The audience response at the end wa s totally not what I (or, anyone else, for that matter, I think) was expecting - "tumultous applause" and a standing ovation...plus, we had the pleasure of performing with the lady who played the original pulse (Katrina Krimsky), as well as Stuart Dempster. We then proceeded to lose the suv on the way out - walking around the parking garage levels was amusing; Kathy blames her "Mommy-alzheimers."
~ Tuesday - no Allan, as he was @ Colburn auditions, but a pretty good day, nonetheless. Julie ran wind class, and we didn't play the Gonoud, much to my pleasure, so the whole time was spent on the C Minor Serenade. Baroque class was chaos, so that's all I'll say. I then realized that my jump drive was AWOL (with my almost complete social psych. midterm) and was extremely pissed and furious (throwing things, yelling, cussing, the whole nine yards) and I was surprised, as I haven't been that angry in quite awhile. So, I cooled down thanx to a venti hot chocolate and going to Blake's housewarming party - much fun there. I ended up rewriting half of the damn paper later that night around 1 am and then the rest the next afternoon.
~ Wednesday - not too bad, classes went well, as I said, I finished the psych. paper in the nick of time by running home to type and print. Then, I totally took the night off (I really was going to practice...seriously) @ Jeff and Erica's with Hyperdyne and Blake (who was sewing pillows), watching "Everybody Loves Raymond" and "Top Chef" and then over to Blake's again for a "Battlestar Galactica" mini-marathon, after which I got home @ around 2 a.m. Even though I didn't get anything accomplished, musically, I think I got a lot done in terms of being me, having fun, and chilling out - I'm not used to being this stressed. The L.A. Times also had a pretty interesting, but good review of our performance.
So now, I got up @ 8, and having practicing for about 45 minutes and feeling very frustrated, as I'm totally not with it today. I'm thinking of cancelling my lesson and then doubling up for the week after break in terms of getting things done. I'm almost done w/ the last movement of the Saint-Saens, need to work on "Arethusa," and probably polish everything else in my folder. Argh. I need to pack tonight, as well. How fun. At least I should be able to chillout on the plane tomorrow, provided there aren't any drunk people, children, and it's relatively quiet. Oh damn; I just remembered I have to write that stupid piece for theory...bah!! Contrabassoon and English horn...in all seriousness, I'm sure I'll think of something, but I just hope I can incorporate enough 2oth century stuff to make it good enough for what it needs to get the good grade...so much for break...but, things should keep me busy.
Monday: What an exciting day!! Ended up going shopping on Sunday night and getting this gorgeous, black, Geoffrey Beene sateen-finish dress shirt for a grand total of $27.05. I love sales...anyhoo, the trip down to L.A. consisted of Kathy (driving the suv), Allan, Christine, Melinda, and myself and was lotz of fun in itself. Interestingly enough, most of the time spent @ Disney was chillout time, as they were either setting up, or we were waiting to go on to perform. During the rehearsal, the acoustics were horrible (we couldn't hear the pulse), but things really cleared up in the performance, and I have to say that it was incredible to see, hear, and perform w/ 123 other CalArts musicians. Dinner was @ this GREAT place called Yang Chow over in Chinatown - lots of fun there, as well, with many musicians. Poor Allan ended up giving a rreeaallyy long tuning A during the performance, and ended up circular breathing towards the end. The audience response at the end wa s totally not what I (or, anyone else, for that matter, I think) was expecting - "tumultous applause" and a standing ovation...plus, we had the pleasure of performing with the lady who played the original pulse (Katrina Krimsky), as well as Stuart Dempster. We then proceeded to lose the suv on the way out - walking around the parking garage levels was amusing; Kathy blames her "Mommy-alzheimers."
~ Tuesday - no Allan, as he was @ Colburn auditions, but a pretty good day, nonetheless. Julie ran wind class, and we didn't play the Gonoud, much to my pleasure, so the whole time was spent on the C Minor Serenade. Baroque class was chaos, so that's all I'll say. I then realized that my jump drive was AWOL (with my almost complete social psych. midterm) and was extremely pissed and furious (throwing things, yelling, cussing, the whole nine yards) and I was surprised, as I haven't been that angry in quite awhile. So, I cooled down thanx to a venti hot chocolate and going to Blake's housewarming party - much fun there. I ended up rewriting half of the damn paper later that night around 1 am and then the rest the next afternoon.
~ Wednesday - not too bad, classes went well, as I said, I finished the psych. paper in the nick of time by running home to type and print. Then, I totally took the night off (I really was going to practice...seriously) @ Jeff and Erica's with Hyperdyne and Blake (who was sewing pillows), watching "Everybody Loves Raymond" and "Top Chef" and then over to Blake's again for a "Battlestar Galactica" mini-marathon, after which I got home @ around 2 a.m. Even though I didn't get anything accomplished, musically, I think I got a lot done in terms of being me, having fun, and chilling out - I'm not used to being this stressed. The L.A. Times also had a pretty interesting, but good review of our performance.
So now, I got up @ 8, and having practicing for about 45 minutes and feeling very frustrated, as I'm totally not with it today. I'm thinking of cancelling my lesson and then doubling up for the week after break in terms of getting things done. I'm almost done w/ the last movement of the Saint-Saens, need to work on "Arethusa," and probably polish everything else in my folder. Argh. I need to pack tonight, as well. How fun. At least I should be able to chillout on the plane tomorrow, provided there aren't any drunk people, children, and it's relatively quiet. Oh damn; I just remembered I have to write that stupid piece for theory...bah!! Contrabassoon and English horn...in all seriousness, I'm sure I'll think of something, but I just hope I can incorporate enough 2oth century stuff to make it good enough for what it needs to get the good grade...so much for break...but, things should keep me busy.
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