Recitals, and Premieres, and Homework, Oh My

So the past little while has been a little hectic. Last week was the beginning of the "Oh crap, there's only 3 weeks left to complete all the stuff I've been ignoring all term" week. All of you who have done some higher form of education know what this is like. It's all the stuff you've been ignoring, and that your teachers have neglected that gets squished into the last few weeks before exams. This is of course compacted with long term projects and all the social stuff that comes up at the end of the year. This combination has left me with little time to come on here and blog away.

Between Thursday and Saturday I saw three recitals (congrats to Natalie, Christy, and Taylor), and enjoyed the premiere of my Horn Trio at the Student Composers Chamber Music Concert. As well there was celebratory wine to be had Thursday Night at Bertoldi's and celebratory beer to be had on Friday at the Grad Club. In fact Friday night was terrific for I got drunk and chatted up some girl, whom I agreed to go wherever she was going next with, and ditched for the last bus home. Ah alcohol, the story juice.

Aside from that, school has taken over. I have 2 electro pieces premiering in a few weeks in which for one piece I lack performers, and for the other I have the performer but lack the, um, well piece. As well, an acoustic voice piece sits half composed on my desk, due on Tuesday next week. As well my thesis is beginning to build momentum, which of course is starting to build tension and anxiety over the prospect of having to actually write this damn miniature opera. And of course counterpoint looms over everything like the black shadow of death.

And of course, I chose to ignore that tonight, and watch Office Space, and drink wine with Taylor instead. I leave you with my two favourite quotes from that film:
"No Talent Ass Clown"
and
"This is a Fuck"

.... Damn, I love that movie...

So...

So on Monday I turned 24.
Nothing changed...

Well except for the fact I wasn't at the QP. 4 years in a row makes you get used to something.

I remember a time when 24 seemed like a long time away. Now 30 seems close. Aging doesn't really bother me because in general, life has gotten better for the most part every year, but still it seems time is going by faster. At 50 will I still feel this way about aging?

hopefully.

Because I just couldn't resist....

Your results:
You are Jean-Luc Picard

Jean-Luc Picard 55% Chekov 55% Uhura 55% James T. Kirk (Captain) 45% Mr. Scott 45% Geordi LaForge 45% Will Riker 45% Data 44% Leonard McCoy (Bones) 40% Beverly Crusher 40% Deanna Troi 40% Worf 40% Mr. Sulu 35% An Expendable Character (Redshirt) 30% Spock 20%

A lover of Shakespeare and other fine literature. You have a decisive mind and a firm hand in dealing with others.

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Today was brilliant...

What an absolutely fantastic day. The weather was glorious which of course makes everything else glorious. Got up at a reasonable hour (woohoo 10am), score studied some Menoti Opera, did a bit of counterpoint; as of 3pm decided it was far too nice to be inside any longer. Went for a walk/bus ride down to Masonville to hit the stores and just generally enjoy walking around. In fact today with the balmy 10 degrees Celsius weather (yah, no coat) brought to mind the beauty of last summer and the wine drinking in the backyard and the margarita drinking at Margaritaville. So inspired by memories of last summer I bought a bottle of Pinot Grigio, which I had enjoyed 3 bottles of the night the staff went cruising. Finished the evening with the cooking of a delicious quiche and making banana chocolate chip muffins followed by scrabble with Taybird as we shared a bottle of Vidal.
My love affair with wine is back.... Though we never really broke up.. We were just on a break.

I leave you with a pic from last summer to remind you of warmer days...

Wine Makes Everything Better

"see above"

I'd like to thank Gato Blanco, Sauvignon Blanc and the country of Chile.

"Kismet?"

So I just got back from the best day I've had in .... Well.. .A long long time. Actually this week has been good. Reading week has been pure gold. Mostly I stuck around Port Hope and relaxed and hung with my folks, watched some movies, did a bit of shopping, and slept. Some brief more exciting highlights include getting some 1/2 price skiing in at Kirby on my new skis I got at Christmas; Seeing Laura's band in Toronto, Say Ah, and running into some people from high school I haven't seen in years; Going to the Stars concert with Ian only to realize that I'm at an awards show called "the Indies" celebrating Independent music hosted by Jian Ghomeshi of the CBC National Playlist. So that was kind of cool though surprising and the Stars were pretty cool as well as Magnet, the opening band, a Norwegian band consisting of a slide guitar, a delay pedal and a Norwegian guy; by far the best thing was my trip to Peterborough to hang out with Lyndsey and her friends, and the whole day was just amazing. I never thought it was possible to have so much fun in Peterborough... Actually I never thought it was really possible to have fun in Peterborough.

Do you ever meet somebody who completely amazes you and that you click with in a way that surprises you? And I don't mean exclusively in relationship/dating terms but in terms of friendships as well. It got me thinking about the connections you create with other people; the dynamics of relationships. The way you develop a connection with a person. I've had very few people I've met in life where the connection was instantaneous. Usually you develop a rapport with a person over time. You each learn each other's mannerisms and become closer over time. You begin to share in each other's jokes and develop your own private history of events. But how rare is it to truly meet someone with whom you share such a connection with that upon meeting them within a minute you're laughing, conversing, and finishing each other's sentences. Or saying the same thing at the same time. And that the hobbies and passions you have, they also share. Are these kind of connections important? Is it some kind of Significance? Or are these connections just a coincidence that statistically are bound to happen every so often? Is there any validity to the idea of fate or destiny? The possibility of kismet connection; or can we chalk it all up to odds?