My sight reading is way below my playing level, apparently

Looks like I'm going to be spending the next few weeks torturing myself reading through random stuff...

I doubt anyones sight reading level is the same as their playing level..!

Which is probably why they give you sight-reading two grades under your actual grade level...

Sorry, just thought I'd join the conversation

That makes me feel better!

Yes, because if you were grade 4 standard and you could sight read grade 5 pieces well, then surely you would be grade 5 standard because you could play the grade 5 pieces?

Or maybe not because you wouldn't be playing the grade 5 pieces to the standard you would be playing the grade 4 pieces.

Whoops, I've gone and confused myself now!

I can't sight read for toffee

Well do it for chocolate instead then.

How did you know I liked chocolate?

There's just been a little promotional thing on BBC1 saying to contact the BBC Trust if you want to comment on the programming of BBC1, BBC2 or BBC4.

What do you do if you want to comment on BBC3?

Little thing my daughter said made me smile and I thought I'd share it.

Remember my Rat playing Sax profile pic? Well I have it as my desktop background and my daughter happened to comment the other day "That's Ratatounie" I corrected "You mean Ratatouille?" "No!" she said " Rat-a-Tunie!! Cos it's a rat and it's playing a saxophone so it's Ratatunie!" Made me smile anyway

Here we are: [color=#CC66CC]Rat - a - Tunie

I have an incredibly inappropriate crush on my tutor...

My friend sounded very worried when I reported this, I had to reassure her that I was happy to just worship from afar and I wasn't going to get myself chucked out of uni!

My computer has decided it doesn't want to go online...

This message is being posted via iPod...

If it's still broken on Monday, give me a shout

Managed to sort it out : thanks for the offer though Sol!

Can't decide whether to put Worcestershire sauce, mustard or ketchup on my toasted cheese!

Any tiny skinny bony people here? How cold is too cold? It's nearly my birthday, and I haven't had a party for two years (well. that I've organised, last year my amazing friends threw me a surprise one, I had no idea ). So this year I WILL have one, I've decided.

Anywho, I think sleepovers are always good, but I have 15 people I'd want to invite... and my grandparents have offered to let me use their playroom! It's like an extension to the house, so we can make as much noise as we want without disturbing my grandparents/parents.

BUT it gets very cold there in the winter, and although it has radiators, it has a concrete floor with a thin carpet, and big thin windows. We're not sure if it'll be too cold for all my friends My family and I don't really get cold, because we're built quite big, and are a bit more padded than most

If we told them all to bring a hot water bottle, and a sleeping bag, and a quilt, and pillows, and tracksuit bottoms to put over their pyjamas, and thick socks, and a dressing gown, etc etc would that be ok? I could probably also get lots of those handwarmers from the local ski shop too.

Should be fine, honestly even freezing cold houses are usually warm during parties, with that much body-heat. I'm not tiny/skinny/bony, I'm average or big, but somehow I do get cold as easily as my skinny friends (bad circulation?) but I've always been boiling at parties of that many people.

Tell your friends to bring stuff to keep them warm as if they were camping outside and leave it up to them to use their common sense and bring enough warm stuff. I'm pretty skinny and generally feel the cold more than most but survived perfectly well in a tent on a frosty night in the middle of November a couple of years ago.

Cool beans I would just hate it if I'm as snug as a bug and all happy, while one of my friends is shivering and gets hypothermia . Knowing me I'll probably be rushing around feeling everyone's hands to make sure they're not too cold

It sounds as though it'll be great fun and you'll all be as snug as bugs in rugs If there are any who are worried about being cold, remind them to bring hats to wear once they're snuggled down (beanies or similar, not sombreros ) as that can make a huge difference.

And sleeping mats to go under the sleeping bags, if the floor is a bit hard and cold

No singing lesson for me tomorrow...

*atishoo*

There are so many colds about at the moment. Get well soon.

Just musing about the benefits of having conversations with oneself..

Bobziekins - that party sounds like it would be fantastic! Generally people who get really cold would bring lots of layers anyway, so if you just remind them I'm sure nobody would forget! (I'm one of those teeny people and I live in hoodies and ugg boots at my boarding school in the evenings!) Have a great time

Thanks everyone!
I'll put on the invite things about bringing lots and lots of layers if they know they get cold, and will probably take an "emergency" box, filled with woolly jumpers

Now, what should we do at the party, hmmmm. Has anyone had any brilliant sleepover parties? (Not using alcohol, of course ) Any suggestions? You guys are all so helpful on here, it's like having a big community of clever musical people on hand 24/7. Hahaha, I'm probably irritating the lot of you with all my impertinent posts.

Yeah, I'm the same at uni. Have a fabby time - I was never allowed sleepovers or anything like that. *deprived* You should play Twister, I think - always a great laugh.

Oooh! Good idea!! I've heard that you can get twister bedspreads now, hmmm, I thought it was for kids...

No. Twister is for grown-ups too.

Absolutely! Twister's fun

ooo...

19,999 posts...

What happens when you reach 20,000?

A great big cake automatically appears on your post



20,000!!!!!!!

*Barry seems a bit excited*

You know what they say Flossie, little things please little minds...

Like finding a massive great virtual cake to celebrate 20,000 posts...

You're making me hungry.

Help yourself to my virtual cake!

Congratulations Barry Maybe your horse will win today ! (see thread)

Here you go

haha.

Congratulations Barry! feel free to take the day off ...

HenryJ seems to have disappeared...

If he was real (ie: not someone's alias), I'd have quite liked to have met him at an event sometime...

Well done, Barry.

Seconded.

Thirded?

Fourthed??

Fifthed...

Is that a perfect fifthed?

Nah - my fifths are always demented ones...

Hahahaha!

I am always amazed that many people cannot say 'fifth' properly, and 'sixth' even worse. Yes even TV presenters ! They diminish them into 'fith and 'sickth' (oops I guess thats an augmentation)