bend with me

soundtrack:
u can't touch this - mc hammer
if i had a million dollars - barenaked ladies
help - the beatles
andante largamente, on the waterfront - leonard bernstein
sway - michael buble

THE WEEKEND!!!! YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!

my friday went pretty fast, which was much appreciated. we're catching up from the snow day in my classes, so it wasn't much new material. my piano lesson went well... i think my main issue is taking ownership of the music and the instrument. sometimes i feel/act like i'm not really a piano player, and therefore i don't do the technical things i should. but dr. d showed me some things yesterday that really helped my playing, and so now i just have to tell myself that yes, i actually am a piano player and should take it seriously. lauren and i went out last night to a friend's house for a party. it was really fun, mostly because everyone was crazy and blasting music and dancing and singing and it was insane. when we went home... let's just say that there's something in lauren's trunk that will be a decoration in our apartment next year :D

ooh! i got a package from my mom yesterday. she always knows exactly what will make me smile... she put in a bag of Gardetto's (my favorite snack in the world) and a can of easy cheese (long story...). she also found some cute sweaters for me. she also put in some other little stuff, like music stickers and a magazine about the Lost Symbol and a pair of socks she knitted for me. and my grandma sent me some valentine's candy and some really cool pictures - some from SIG at oberlin that i had forgotten about, and a few pictures of her and my grandfather when they lived in texas. it really brightened my day, and it was a great ending to my week!

so i slept in until like 2 today... it was a late night last night... and went to practice for a while. it didn't go very well, because somehow i managed to wake up with a split lip, so that affects my playing. then savannah called and asked for some help in digging out her van. it was parked on the side of the street and with our recent snow, it got buried. after a while we finally got it out. didn't help that she was parked on a hill.

tonight was a springfield symphony concert. i invited diko to come along. there were two tickets left, and nobody had claimed them, so i took them off my boss's hands. diko had never been to the springfield symphony, so i thought she'd appreciate it. she always talks to me about wanting to learn music and how in awe she is of my "talents". it was really good - they played a new piece by a current composer, and it had an American theme. i was really impressed. if i could compose, i would compose music like that. the second piece were leonard bernstien's chichester psalms, which added the springfield chorale. the singing and the orchestra together was just so impressive. bernstein set i think five psalms in total into this piece, and they were all sung in hebrew. they also had a boy soloist. i thought he was okay... he's only in eighth grade so you can't expect him to be professional or anything, but for his age i guess he was pretty good. and the third piece was a collection of old american songs by aaron copeland. these were nice - whimsical and laid-back and sometimes funny. it was a nice relaxing end to the concert. i love going to the symphony and other events like that around here... it just energizes me so much.

anyway... that's what my past few days have been. i'm sure you're really excited to hear all the trivial nonsense of my life, eh?