Peace
it's so good to have the semester behind me that i'm almost jealous of myself.
last night of course was late. bonding with piano lit. the test was so going to kick my butt. i finally made myself go to bed so i could get up for my 8 o'clock theory final. so this morning i randomly panicked and started looking up the dates for expressionism, the construction of various modes, and other things about which i decided to start second-guessing myself. i need not have worried. it was so easy i almost cried. for joy. then i came back to you-know-who. or you-know-what i should say. i listened to more piano music. bawled a little bit in despair. the listened to more music and tried to memorize catalogue numbers for liszt and brahms and debussy and scriabin and prokofiev... finally i went to the barnes and nobles coffee shop and studied for one last hour with sam.
isn't it funny how you can feel so unprepared, and then when crunch time gets there you know more than you thought? well, i actually felt like i knew most of the material. there were a few pieces i didn't know, but compared to the hopelessness i was feeling 2 hours before i turned in the test it was well done. it was the hardest of all my finals. over 20 pages (no multiple choice or matching - just the "real deal") questions and music to identify and analyze. actually took the full amount of time allotted.
obviously i immediately went outside basked my toes in the sun. yes, my toes.
this evening i went to a delightful party put on at the parr's place (if you're reading that sentence and totally lovin' it, i know who you are...). we made a floating candle dish, brough a stereo into the living room and turned on kfox 95.5 (!!! this party consists of almost all the classical pianists at the university. we do listen to other stuff for "special occassions"!!!). ate lots of good food. good conversations. exchanged information with the graduates who are leaving town. we also watched the highly favored video of i think the 2002 music fundraiser, with an unforgettable p.d.q. bach performed jointly by dr parr and dr pitts. you would have to see it.
then i went over to hall 10 and played monopoly for almost 3 hours with cournty and courtney and nina. it was good fun. haven't played that game in ages, i swear. kind of brought back good memories of slumber parties and late nights with friends. we got kicked out before it was quite over. it was down to the bar in a fight to the finish between me and one courtney.
i just ate a piece of cheesecake brought generously by nick from shane's party. it was delish.
fun recital tomorrow. the very last one of the semester. yu ching will be giving her graduate recital. btw, by "tomorrow" i mean friday. even though it is in fact technically already friday. enough blather from me.
derogate \DER-uh-gayt\, intransitive verb:1. To deviate from what is expected.2. To take away; to detract; -- usually with 'from'.
transitive verb:1. To disparage or belittle; to denigrate.
last night of course was late. bonding with piano lit. the test was so going to kick my butt. i finally made myself go to bed so i could get up for my 8 o'clock theory final. so this morning i randomly panicked and started looking up the dates for expressionism, the construction of various modes, and other things about which i decided to start second-guessing myself. i need not have worried. it was so easy i almost cried. for joy. then i came back to you-know-who. or you-know-what i should say. i listened to more piano music. bawled a little bit in despair. the listened to more music and tried to memorize catalogue numbers for liszt and brahms and debussy and scriabin and prokofiev... finally i went to the barnes and nobles coffee shop and studied for one last hour with sam.
isn't it funny how you can feel so unprepared, and then when crunch time gets there you know more than you thought? well, i actually felt like i knew most of the material. there were a few pieces i didn't know, but compared to the hopelessness i was feeling 2 hours before i turned in the test it was well done. it was the hardest of all my finals. over 20 pages (no multiple choice or matching - just the "real deal") questions and music to identify and analyze. actually took the full amount of time allotted.
obviously i immediately went outside basked my toes in the sun. yes, my toes.
this evening i went to a delightful party put on at the parr's place (if you're reading that sentence and totally lovin' it, i know who you are...). we made a floating candle dish, brough a stereo into the living room and turned on kfox 95.5 (!!! this party consists of almost all the classical pianists at the university. we do listen to other stuff for "special occassions"!!!). ate lots of good food. good conversations. exchanged information with the graduates who are leaving town. we also watched the highly favored video of i think the 2002 music fundraiser, with an unforgettable p.d.q. bach performed jointly by dr parr and dr pitts. you would have to see it.
then i went over to hall 10 and played monopoly for almost 3 hours with cournty and courtney and nina. it was good fun. haven't played that game in ages, i swear. kind of brought back good memories of slumber parties and late nights with friends. we got kicked out before it was quite over. it was down to the bar in a fight to the finish between me and one courtney.
i just ate a piece of cheesecake brought generously by nick from shane's party. it was delish.
fun recital tomorrow. the very last one of the semester. yu ching will be giving her graduate recital. btw, by "tomorrow" i mean friday. even though it is in fact technically already friday. enough blather from me.
derogate \DER-uh-gayt\, intransitive verb:1. To deviate from what is expected.2. To take away; to detract; -- usually with 'from'.
transitive verb:1. To disparage or belittle; to denigrate.
posted by quirky at 10:16 PM
2 Comments:
there were SEVERAL good sentences in this one! NOT ONLY the awesome alliteration...but I especially liked the
"...i'm almost jealous of myself."
HAHAHA!
Well, I dont know about you, but I'm jealous!
you should be jealous! now all i have to do is pack up huge, wastefully-large quantities of junk and go home. and then come back to get more stuff...
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