I'm working really hard on getting my number of posts up to 2000 - can I do it by Christmas!

(Atm it's not hard - being here is much better than tidying up - we've got the men coming to put in new windows next week. )

I hate tomatoes too!

That doesn't half make me feel hungry. It sounds brilliant.

And yes, I'm in the liking tomatoes a lot group.....

Musical definitions

Clarinet : lovely instrument that sounds good. I can find my way round it, and it's fun and enjoyable.

Saxophone : fun instrument that's good to play loudly. Also highly enjoyable.

Cello : beautiful cuddly instrument that sounds wonderful. Highly addictive.

Piano : scary bit of machinery with 88 black and white teeth, all there ready to bite me.

Pianos aren't scary, they're lovely!

Mozart: paintings created by mosquitoes
Rackett: the collective noun for a group of bassoons
Metronome: a city-dwelling dwarf.


There was also one about the clarinet that I read in the Uxbridge English Dictionary, but I can't remember what it was.

Why is one glass of wine never enough?

It it was, wine wouldn't be sold in bottles

Best quote of the day

I've just taken my volin out of her case. Her E string is currently flatter than her A string. The A string is sharper than it was when I put her away last night, and the E string is a lot flatter. The G and D strings are still pretty much in tune. How does that happen...

That'll be the Tuning Gnome. He comes out when you're asleep

I'd set a trap for that gnome

I hope the Tuning Gnome doesn't go for 'cellos, too...

Is he related to the Metronome by any chance?

Would hazzard a guess that it's something to do with the string thickness and relative expansion there of.... This kind of thing happens with the guitar too.

Either that or you've accidentally knocked the tuning pegs as you've put it away - but I'd doubt that....

Temperature change? That does it to my violin.

Do we have a thread for mortifyingly embarrassing thoughts or comments?

So this morning I was driving in to work, newest Red Priest CD on the player. On comes one of the later tracks that I haven't heard yet. Hmm, I recognise this...oh, yes, I know, it's what the string quartet are playing at the party at Nakatomi Towers in the first Die Hard film. Didn't realise that was Bach...[the CD is all Bach]. Stop when I get to work, pick up case, identify the track I have been listening to.

Brandenburg Concerto No 3.

oooooops

I can't help but think I should have known this as what it was, rather than 'the bit from Die Hard' (hey, but I did know that Ode to Joy in the film was Ode to Joy!)

3 colleagues birthdays today! That translates to...a mountain of cakes and goodies!!!
hmmm...I've got the feeling I might be slightly hyper tonight with all that sugar!!!

I saw a video on You tube about a man who complained of chest pains and down the line when they operated or did an MRI, they found a pine spore(?) or seed growing in his lungs! Arggh. I don't know how true this is.

So the moral of this story is don't eat seeds unless you want a grape vine growing inside you.

That sounds like a shaggy dog story. An urban myth.

Today I found out that at the theory classes at school we're expected to do grade 5 in March. Nobody said anything about any exams....

I'm off to add theory books to my birthday list

Today my car is being repaired so I'm stuck at home.

Because I live in the middle of nowhere (7 miles from the village) the only place I can go is up to the woods with the dogs.

This may not seem drastic for 24hours but it's amazing how nervous I feel not being able to get anywhere! All the 'what ifs' are worrying.. like the dog needing the vet, my parents needing me, a sudden overpowering need to go the supermarket/bank/post-office, etc etc etc.


It's a good excuse to do some housework and some studying... although I have a strong suspicion I'll be taking my violin out of it's case.....

I must stop sitting cross-legged on chairs. It gives me pins and needles, yet I still insist on doing it...

Pleeeease be careful, Barry - that's how I did my ankle in last month.

Isn't sitting like that entirely uncomfortable?

Keep nagging me Celeste *uncrosses legs*...



It's very comfy indeed, but not good for me, I know...

Now then BC - most singing teachers will tell you not to sing with your legs crossed, so next time you sit on a chair, break into song, uncross your legs and remember my dire warning!

I am always told to sit up straight in my chair without crossed legs by staff at my ochestras.

The same goes for you, no crossed legs and sit up straight.

You ready for this, neighbours?

I can sit for hours scrunched up in the corner of the settee with my legs crossed under me. mind you I have never been a good singer...perhaps thats why.

Maybe we should call you "Bendy Barry"

*uncrosses legs*

Let me see....

Renaissance descant - packed
Baroque descant - packed
Spare descant - packed
Rosewood treble - packed
Olivewood treble - packed
Spare treble - packed
Sopranino - packed
Spare sopranino - packed

Music to play from - packed

Main and spare copy of programme notes - packed
Main and spare copy of syllabus - packed
Main and spare copy of music for the examiner - packed

Waterbottle and clean hanky - packed.

Map of exam centre - packed
Exam form for organiser - packed.

Kitchen sink - doesn't fit. Oh no what will I do????

best of luck kj!

Katyjay, you are one organised lady!

Best wishes with the exam.

I do this too! In fact I'm doing it right now!

So am I! It's a bit uncomfortable in cadet boots!

I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

I'm a Viewer, and I'd Rather Watch BBC1!

Recently it's more... "I'm a has-been, get me out of here!", surely?

I thought it's real title was "I'm not a celebrity, get me on telly"

I really should get off the Internet and do some practice

I don't understand why Kim (Woodburn?) is on that... she's not a has-been or a nobody!

A brilliant bit of research in the Metro newspaper today, that I thought I'd share with you.

Washington University researchers have discovered that fish mostly eat food in the sea, not on the land.

That made my day

hmmmm.....I'm not sure they're right. I need more proof! I think they should spend another few milllion pounds to double check this fact!!!

Everybody knows that fish spend most of their lives on land. Because, of course, it doesn't kill them.

Astounding .

We would never have known!!!

Stupid government grants to the University of Stating the Bleeding Obvious!

There's one of these little articles in the Metro on most Fridays, but the one I posted yesterday I thought was easily one of the best. You do indeed wonder how much money was spent on that research!!!!

*wishes she could have that money for her research*