goatsinspring

Tue, 20 Dec 2005 22:48:54 GMT

well, i finished with a 3.91 GPA and an outstanding jury award. eat that, first semester.

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 05:49:27 GMT

i'm sick. raaaaar.

i'm in a good mood

Sat, 12 Nov 2005 02:18:41 GMT

I played piano for the first time in months today...the beginning of Chopin's 2nd ballade. it was so much fun...I wish I had a piano in my room so I could play without people hearing, since I really suck. but its fun anyway.

I'm also joining a brass quintet...it's going to be intense. raaar I can't wait.

I was in a fantastic mood today...all I did was practice and listen to outstanding music. yay.

hmmm

Wed, 09 Nov 2005 06:01:06 GMT

Apparently, oral sex of any kind is illegal in Maryland.

hmmm.

In Baltimore County, it's also illegal to take a lion to the movies.

Wed, 02 Nov 2005 02:48:29 GMT

oh and i finally got a new phone, but I lost everybody's number. so if you ever want a phone call from me again, comment me your number.

aaahhhhhh it's HOT

Wed, 02 Nov 2005 02:46:51 GMT

it's 80 degrees inside my room. The air conditioning has mysteriously stopped working in all the rooms on my floor. This is unbearable...how am I supposed to sleep in this?? rar. I also came into my room a few minutes ago, saw that the lights were off, and yelled it's HOT! and my roommate was asleep. hahaha

In other news, my Moosewood came the other day. It's sweet. I love the response on it. And I ordered a recording of Chuch Windows yesterday because for some reason the library here doesn't have a cd of it. I can't wait.

eli epstein is the man

Sun, 23 Oct 2005 09:36:45 GMT

because he visualizes volumes as dairy products...pianissimo is skim milk, fortissimo is buttermilk, and you fill in everything in between. and just in general, he's the man.

in other news, I FINALLY found a mouthpiece that i like...moosewood B12, with a wide rim (M5). sweet.

and fuck etk for discriminating against guys at their GI Joe themed party. seriously. whats going on.

OH and I bought the complete Ravel Orchestral works today, Abbado with the London Symphony. I'm so unbelievably pumped for these recordings.

attention!

Fri, 21 Oct 2005 16:47:50 GMT

The Damasheks have arrived. They are here.

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 18:44:53 GMT

so I figured out my schedule for next semester...Theory part II, Human Event part II, and astronomy, plus all the music stuff. Unfortunately all the theory classes are in the morning, so I'll still have 8:40 classes 3 days of the week and 9:40 the other 2. And the astronomy labs are at night obviously, but they're 2 and a half frickin hours long....7:30 to 10 on Mondays. I was hoping to have an all afternoon schedule, but oh well. at least I'm taking astronomy...the Damasheks will be proud.

YESSSS

Fri, 14 Oct 2005 22:57:55 GMT

My mom sent me Skittles and Starbursts in the mail. Yes. This totally makes up for last week, when she sent me a package of leaves from the yard.

Wed, 12 Oct 2005 04:38:06 GMT

I wore pants all day for the first day yesterday!! I also discovered that I only brought 1 pair of non-concert pants with me, so I went out and bought some sweatpants, they're comfy as hell. It's only 76°, and it feels kinda chilly...weird.

I've been listening to the beginning of Symphonie Fantastique a lot...like a LOT. I'm seriously becoming obsessed with it. But then again it's freaking amazing, so it's okay.

dirty bitches and beer

Fri, 07 Oct 2005 22:21:16 GMT

I just took a pounding from a short Greek man with a little black beard, in the form of a Music and Culture midterm. To celebrate I plan on going out tonight to a mud wrestling party with the above theme and wiping out all of my brain cells that have anything to do with remembering this midterm.

On the plus side, we read a bunch of cool stuff in orchestra, and I threw down the 2nd part to Brahms 1...me and Sally were sizzling. My scores also came from Amazon the other day, so now I don't have to read along with Mahler scores only, but I can also nerd out in my room with the Brandenburg Concertos, the Brahms Requiem, Don Juan, Symphonie Fantastique, Scheherazade, the Rite of Spring, and the Firebird.

My dad also sent me a crapload of earplugs...by a crapload I mean like 500, with a dispenser that screws into the wall.

Austin's iTunes thing

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 05:45:26 GMT

I felt like doing this today:

How many songs?
6199 - 28.7 days - 37.69 GB

Sort by song title
First: "Cool" fugue from West Side Story
Last: Zyczenie, a Chopin song

Sort by time
First: the first movement of a Carlos Chávez brass trio (4 sec)
Last: part I of the Messiah (1:10:26)

Sort by album
First: 1812 Overture
Last: Ziguenerlieder, by Brahms

Top 5 Most Played:
first movement of the Mozart horn quintet, Dennis Brain
first movement of the Dohnányi piano quintet
Scène, Act II, from Swan Lake
first movement of the Elgar, Yo-Yo Ma
first movement of the Brahms Requiem

First song that comes up in shuffle: the Sanctus of the Mozart Requiem

Find "sex." How many songs come up?
28 - all string sextets

Find "death." How many songs come up?
13, mostly from operas or ballets

Find "love." How many songs come up?
27, mostly from songs.

Conclusion: I'm a loser.

10 reasons why chocolate is better than sex

Fri, 30 Sep 2005 02:26:14 GMT

1. You can GET chocolate.
2. You can safely have chocolate while driving.
3. You can make chocolate last as long as you want to.
4. You can even have chocolate in front of your mother.
5. When you have chocolate, it doesn't keep your neighbors awake.
6. With chocolate, there is no need to fake it.
7. Chocolate won't get you pregnant.
8. You can have chocolate at any time of the month.
9. Good chocolate is easy to find.
10. With chocolate, size doesn't matter.

Thank you Julian.

Tue, 27 Sep 2005 03:05:21 GMT

In my lesson today, Dr. John spent probably close to 30 minutes talking about mouthpieces and having me try like 3,000 different ones. Honestly I DON'T CARE. I have bigger things to care about than a mouthpiece, like technique for example. But then I made Beethoven 7 my bitch, so it's okay.

in other news, I took my computer into a practice room today and I get wireless. sweeeeeet. I also recorded all 3 parts to the Beethoven 3 trio and mixed them together....it was hott. Der Freischutz tomorrow.

Brahms this week, finally. I'm playing assistant on the violin concerto and 2nd on the overture (Academic Festival). I can't wait.

yay for anonimously objectifying women

Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:50:06 GMT

http://www.palmwalk.com/

The hottest place on earth...damn straight

Mon, 12 Sep 2005 17:02:22 GMT

I have to sing a classical Indian song for a grade in like 30 minutes. it's gonna be hot.

Thu, 08 Sep 2005 21:48:32 GMT

it's 102 degrees outside. I just walked from my dorm to the UPS store across campus, a good 1.5 miles, to pick up a package. my mom had sent me a shell from when she went to the beach. I walked a total of 3ish miles to pick up A SHELL.

it was worth it though...I also got football tickets.

mmmm

Wed, 31 Aug 2005 01:39:35 GMT

those baked lays chips (the ones that are actually semi-healthy, and by that i mean they don't have like 30 grams of trans/saturated fat in every chip) are SOOO addicting. mmm. i might stop eating normal food.

I officially met Sixto today.

Sun, 28 Aug 2005 18:59:45 GMT

i need a bigger ipod. this 20 gigs just isn't cutting it.

bolero is a boring piece of crap

Sat, 27 Aug 2005 01:19:53 GMT

So orchestra rehearsal #1 was today...I'm playing assistant for the 2nd half. Unfortunately our first concert is pops for some reason, so I'm playing a bunch of movie music and bolero, which is the only classical piece we're playing. However, what this also means is that for the 2nd half of the concert, I get to sit next to Gustavo Camacho and attend to his every need.

I can feel the jealousy. And if anybody's wondering, I'm not gay. I swear.

In other news, Elijah and I are going out on the town tonight. You all know what this means....my first college party. yay! it's only taken me a week....

Thu, 25 Aug 2005 22:52:48 GMT

so I'm co-principal of the Wind Ensemble (2nd out of 4 wind groups) and I'm in the Symphony Orchestra. I don't know what I'll be playing in the Symphony Orchestra but still, it's the top orchestra...bitches.

That also means that not only will I be playing Mahler 2 at the end of the year, but I'll probably play one of the on stage parts.

Oh and for whoever's interested (Jason), Gustavo is principal of the Symphony Orchestra.

mmmm oreos

Thu, 25 Aug 2005 20:04:28 GMT

So my audition went pretty well...I should have played better but I always think that after auditions. My excerpts were solid, and my mozart was pretty good except I missed a few stupid things that I shouldn't have. I'm kind of worried...there are some damn good horn players here. Oh well, we'll find out this afternoon.

Wed, 24 Aug 2005 23:59:53 GMT

I bought a Bible today.

Wed, 24 Aug 2005 00:48:25 GMT

oh hey, that was my first actual post. hadn't realized that. oh well, journal cherry popped.

in other news, i had the sight singing section of my theory class today. the TA mentioned that we were going to be required to sing soulfege. i asked him if we could sing SAULfege if we were more comfortable with it. he just looked at me funny and moved on.