Monday, April 30, 2007

Severe Procrastination

My research project is due tomorrow at 9 am.

So far, I have done a bibliography, outline, and abstract.

Those were due at 8 pm tonight, and after freaking out, spending three hours at the library and typing furiously between 6:45 pm and now, they are done and over with on time.

Now I'm feeling lazy - its only 8:25 pm, I can TOTALLY write a 10 page paper and 10 minute presenation by tomorrow at 9 am.

Ummmm........

(Why why why can I never start anything early???????????)

C-housers: I need you!!!

Saturday, April 28, 2007

I just got home from Anaar's recital, and started going through my daily check-up on blogs. I am happy to see Emily V. now has one too! Yay for Emily!

Anyway, she posted a picture of Rostropovich playing cello next to (what looks like - I may be wrong) the Berlin Wall. He has died, and although I am not a cellist and only heard him once, and never met him, I'm suddenly very sad. Brian's story about meeting him reduced me to tears. I'm not sure why I'm reacting this way - but I knew he was an amazing human being and every musician I know respected and admired him.

My Rostropovich story is this: I saw him play with the BSO at my first summer at BUTI, playing Lalo concerto. A couple of my cellist friends went backstage to meet him afterwards, and returned with only wonderful stories and smiles.

On to other things:

This week I have had rehearsals for a gig tomorrow playing with the Marsh Chapel (BU's chapel) Choir. We're doing Bach's Easter and Ascension oratorios. The Easter one though has such happy memories for me. Remember, Kimby and Paul, when we did it with Tom Folan for the Bach festival thing, soph. year? The weekend where Paul went to the hospital and then came back the next night only to throw a fabulous party with Belgian beer?

Good times.

Spring is coming. Can't believe its already been a year since we have all said goodbye.

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

"I think your violin is sexy."

This is a comment I received today. Random. Just so there is no confusion: this person means the actual wooden instrument.

Well - I guess I can treat it like a sexy accessory now.

PS - thank goodness Gavid and I solved the phone tag issue today! Next person to conquer with phone tag: the now 12-weeks pregnant Mary Keener.
I am back in Boston, after a week in NYC and a day in Vermont playing a concert for Manchester. While the time there was very relaxing and wonderful, I am so happy to be home. Ari and Joana, the director of Manchester and his wife, treat me so well and fed me all week long. I love playing with them, and even got to do some babysitting for their 2 year old, Michael, who is a very smart, serious, cute little boy.

The rest of the semester is busy still, yet everything I have left has little pressure. I have to do my research project, have a chamber music concert in May (Brahms a minor and Mozart B-flat violin/viola duo), orchestra concert Friday, and a couple gigs here and there. I'm so happy the recital is over - thanks to all for well wishes. It went smoothly, and its OVER. Hooray!

The weather in Boston has changed from 40 degrees and raining last Monday to 80 degrees and sunny yesterday. Apparently it was a record of some sort. It was actually HOT, which I haven't felt in a LONG time. Its not going to permanently last, as tomorrow will be 55 and raining, but it felt nice in the meantime, and tomorrow's weather can definitely be said to be neither too cold nor too hot.

I'm at the library now waiting for stuff to print, since my printer at home is officially broken. My dad spent half of his time here last weekend trying to fix it - reinstalled it, printed test page after test page. Apparently it shouldn't have been working for a long time, because the version of Mac I have and the printer aren't compatible. I was lucky for awhile, and the luck has run out. Too bad - now I'll have to print everything from here and while thats fine, its just inconvenient.

Tonight is babysitting little dearie, Adelaide. I have a lesson today too - with nothing to play, Peter and I can have a long talk about the "future." Scary.

Sunday, April 15, 2007

Shameless Concert Plug

(In the spirit and style of David's.)

My first Master's Recital
April 16th, 2007
8 pm
Concert Hall
College of Fine Arts
Boston University (855 Comm Ave)

I think the only person who reads this blog who actually lives in Boston is Liza. And she ISN'T COMING. Everyone else lives in either Houston or Rochester or Philly or NYC or Milwaukee or England or LA or Madison or Denver.

Oh well.

I want it to be over. Thank goodness - in exactly 24 hours from now, I will be finishing up Nielsen. THANK GOODNESS.

Shameless Concert Plug

(In the spirit and style of David's.)

My first Master's Recital
April 16th, 2007
8 pm
Concert Hall
College of Fine Arts
Boston University (855 Comm Ave)

I think the only person who reads this blog who actually lives in Boston is Liza. And she ISN'T COMING. But Lisa might. Whoo-hoo! Anyone else lives in either Houston or Rochester or Philly or England or LA or Madison or Denver.

Oh well.

I want it to be over. Thank goodness - in exactly 24 hours from now, I will be finishing up Nielsen. THANK GOODNESS.

Friday, April 13, 2007

Things I Need Before April 16th

I need Mary to come clean my apartment - my parents are arriving tonight at 8 pm.

I need more time to practice for my recital.

I NEED NEED NEED to memorized SOLIDLY the last mvt. of Nielsen.

I need to find all my W2 forms and get them organized so my dad can help me with taxes this weekend (I have a GREAT DAD!!!!!).

I need to send an email out to remind people around Boston about my recital since I forgot until today to make posters. Too late. Oh well.

I need to do an astounding amount of laundry.

I need a nap (had an 8 am coaching with Steve Ansell this morning - UGH - good thing he's a morning person, cause we sounded pretty awful, but he took it pretty well).

I need to know what the Nobel Prize city is for my crossword puzzle of the day. Its escaping my mind right now.

I need to get quarters for said amount of laundry. Thats about $5 worth of quarters.

I need to figure out what my parents and I will do for dinner tonight - should I buy groceries and cook to prove I am a good, money-saving daughter who doesn't eat a lot of pbj (had it twice for dinner this week - am one more away from being OUT of pb) or do I say I have no food and let them pay for dinner somewhere else?

I need to cry - its been a stressful week.

I need to find DH and apologize (even though I sent an email and ITS NOT MY FAULT).

I need a hug.

Sunday, April 08, 2007

Happy Easter!

Its been a long time since the last post. All I will say is: my recital is in a week, I leave for NYC/Vermont in a week and one day (playing Beethoven 59/2, Mozart B-flat piano trio and Gioninni piano quintet), the Symphony Hall concert is this Tuesday, and I had a lesson every day except Monday this past week with two on Friday.

Christ is arisen
From the grave's dark prion,
We now rejoice in gladness;
Christ will end all sadness.
Lord, have mercy.
All our hopes were ended
Had Jesus not ascended
From the grave triumphantly.
For this, Lord Christ, our thanks shall be.
Lord, have mercy.
Alleluia!
We now rejoice with gladness;
Christ will end all sadness.
Lord, have mercy.
~CW 144