April 28th, 2009
So Brandon has something up at emusic now! He had a track before, but you had to purchase a variety of folks to get his. This time it’s his and his alone. And there’s a picture of him … an interview … fun stuff!
Yeah, I’m a proud mama. :-)
It’s part of the emusic selects stuff, and the album is Dark Energy.
**I wish I knew what was up with all the white space under this entry. It has something to do with how I put up pix from flickr, I know, but it doesn’t do this at oboeinsight. Weird.
April 23rd, 2009
PLEASE TREAT AS URGENT may be translated as “Quick! Delete me!” when it’s the subject of an email.
Just wanted to share. :-)
April 21st, 2009
There is a big billboard on Bird Ave. in San Jose telling us that Chase is now in San Francisco.
Dear Chase: San Jose is not San Francisco. Move your billboard, please.
Actually, I could do with no billboards at all. That would be fine with me.
Meanwhile … it’s too hot!! I don’t like heat. It makes me grumpy, and it’s extremely difficult to play the oboe. I tried practicing, and did manage to get through my solo, but not comfortably. My poor students were clearly struggling. Not only that, but this house is horrendously messy and I need to get it cleaned up. It’s just not fun to dust and vacuum in hot weather. BUT … they say tomorrow is gonna be cooler, so this house is going to get a good going over. I hope.
April 12th, 2009
by George Herbert
Lord, Who createdst man in wealth and store,
Though foolishly he lost the same,
Decaying more and more,
Till he became
Most poore:
With Thee
O let me rise,
As larks, harmoniously,
And sing this day Thy victories:
Then shall the fall further the flight in me.
My tender age in sorrow did beginne;
And still with sicknesses and shame
Thou didst so punish sinne,
That I became
Most thinne.
With Thee
Let me combine,
And feel this day Thy victorie;
For, if I imp my wing on Thine,
Affliction shall advance the flight in me.
April 11th, 2009
“I wrapped a movie called ‘Zombieland,’ in which I was constantly under assault by zombies, then flew to New York, still very much in character,” Harrelson said in a statement issued Friday by his publicist.
“With my daughter at the airport I was startled by a paparazzo, who I quite understandably mistook for a zombie,” he said.
I’m not really into violence, and I’m not a big Harrelson fan, but considering how intrusive the paparazzi are, I fully understand getting ticked off and reacting.
I won’t post the video here; I don’t want to give these paparazzi any attention at all.
April 8th, 2009
I can’t sleep because I’m worrying about taxes. How annoying is that?! (I’ve been awake since 4:30.) :-(
April 7th, 2009
Giants won their first game! Now THAT is what we like to see … as long as they win more.
My back is still giving me trouble. Stupid back. My cough isn’t gone. Stupid cough. My reeds aren’t behaving. Stupid reeds.
;-)
Yeah. It’s that kinda day.
But I do have refried beans cooking, and I have an appetite. And as soon as I finish with my 5:30 student I’m going to enjoy dinner. (And if she doesn’t show up — I’m wondering, since I know she’s been out of town — I’ll still enjoy dinner.)
Tomorrow opera starts. Carmen. The opera the crowds love. Tomorrow I also see the Giants.
Good times.
April 5th, 2009
I love Disneyland, and I really wish we could afford to go back there sometime soon. I would love to stay at the California hotel, too. But money … theres this money thing.
Not so, for some folks.
This story is about a couple that had a Disneyworld wedding.
She and Dan invited about 100 guests to spend three days at the resort, where they enjoyed a Christmas parade, a Mary Poppins breakfast ( with dancing chimney sweeps), a full day at the park and finally, the wedding.
The reception, which took place before the ceremony, featured a 27-piece symphony orchestra.
… AND a 27 piece “symphony orchestra”? (27 pieces doesn’t quite feel symphonic to me, but oh well).
I suggested to “my” Dan that the whole thing was a bit much.
He said I’m just jealous because we only had a woodwind quintet at our wedding. ;-)
April 4th, 2009
Guess what begins next week? And guess who is gonna get to see a game that very same week? (Hint: it’s the older person you see in the picture.)
Woo hoo! Go Giants!
(I don’t know why the picture is so tiny. I guess there must be a place on Flickr where I can make them larger? Hmm.)
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