Haha the plot thickens Should be a laugh!

Not being on my own any more... I was going into my 'horrible place' again, which many of you have witnessed happen before. But all is ok for now.

MUSIC will be part of my PERFORMING ARTS degree!

Being back on t'internet!

Sitting on the beach with mwl1 with the sea coming perrilously close to our feet, writing in the sand.

Scraped my first ever reed - and it crows

I got let home from hospital today! I was in there from Friday following a really really awful asthma attack (again!)

A C-String.

Well done pushpull : a big step in your oboing career!

A man coming to the house and offering to take the scrap at the side of the house away saves me waiting for the other half to get rid!

My dad has moved the router to be closer to my bedroom, meaning that I don't lose signal anymore!

Working out how to post on the forum via my iPod!

Watching the craziest string quartet I've ever seen at Covent Garden, still chuckling about it! Never seen someone doing the splits, dancing and playing a viola or cello before!

Oh, and having lunch with two fantastic other 'mites

They are so cool!

I've seen them before, I'm sure. They are very good

Seeing mwl1 and Miss Ross... oooo and getting my pressie, thank you!

Watching this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WphLTOvD0GE

Absolutely brilliant!!! I must learn that stuff when my fingers eventually become quick enough!

The guy's face had me in stitches!!!!

Thank you for that

Me too! How could you *not* enjoy playing that!

I'll have a stupid grin on my face all day now!

Same as every other day then?

What can I say, living life in ignorance is bliss!

Someone said my improvisation in the 'jazz workshop' thingy was good. Unfortunately, because I only ever do it at our school jazz band, I seem to be unable to improvise on anything other than the C blues scale.

My 5th unconditional coming through... meaning that I am *officially* and undisutably going to be a York student!

That's great news Floss!

My son getting his degree (at last!)

Counting my work hours and realising how much overtime I'll be paid.

Both of my school scholarships (academic and music) being approved! YAY! (You have to wait for a letter each summer which says if you have met the required standards for the school to continue to give the awards out - so evidently I did meet the standards )

Walking round the beautiful gardens at Wisley with katyjay.

AND my root canal treatment is finished.

I'm happy because it's the opening party for the degree show tonight - I don't graduate until next year but have a couple of paintings in this show as a 'continuing student'. There will be lots of wine and hopefully gallery owners, agents and other IPs (Important People).

And I passed my latest examy-thing!!!

AND I'm going happy cappuccino-hunting in the village this morning.

Our wardrobe mistress telling me that my costume is too loose. Clearly all of my early morning running is having the desired result.

Finding out I may be moving up to 1st violin in TYO due to some people leaving to go to uni.

Shortly going to meet a very dear friend whom I haven't seen for a couple of years.

The flippin' horrible headwind I had on my journey in to work. In and of itself, very displeasing, as it slowed me down considerably.

But it is making me very very much look forward to the ride home. Assuming the wind doesn't change direction during the day to make it another headwind-struggle...



(Oh, and it's the first time I've cycle-commuted four days in a week. Though I suppose technically I can't say that until I get home, although it'll take something major to make me get the bus or train instead [I dunno, the two-storey car park collapsing and squashing my bike which is in the bike park at ground level, perhap?])

A wonderful client taking me to lunch




(love the cycle smiley Maizie )

New music!

Finzi's Five Bagatelles and James Rae - 40 Modern Studies for clarinet.
Unfortunately they were from a second hand stall, and the Finzi hasn't got a separate clarinet part (only the part for piano and clarinet together). If anyone happens to have a clarinet part for this lying around not being played, or could photocopy one (oops it's illegal isn't it? ) please let me know!

(Yes, I know I could spend hours writing it out on music software, but I want to explore all the other options first!)

Nowt's had chance yet, but I'm now going to wake Fiona up.

Having a clear day in which to work hard at catching up with myself...and the sun is shining and the air is clear and fresh - just my sort of day!

An offer from a certain forum member

Half an hour with my oboe on an empty floor of the office block. What a great sound (well for me anyway).

An unexpected gift from a friend, in the post.

A great end-of-music-course concert. Played the clarinet in wind band (The Magnificent Seven; Blackwater) and orchestra (Bernstein Overture to Candide; Gershwin An American in Paris). Also sang in the choir - loads of songs, some serious and some completely ridiculous.

The handbells event was fantastic fun! Still have a grin on my face.

Dong!

Ding!

It was really nice to meet you, DC Likewise with everyone else. I must say I'm impressed at how nice and genuine the people on these boards are I hope I'm not quite as annoying in real life as I can be on here!

Oh well, back to scales and losing the will to live for a bit....!

*insert some other handbell noise here*

Shuffle shuffle! (when we did the changes!) (which I have now tried to explain to both parents- and struggled to!)

LOL, I should have brought a cowboy hat, it was more like Line Dancing, as someone (andante_in_c?) mentioned!

You too Sol! I thought you were quieter than expected!

Tittums (sp?) was fun too!

It was quite like Line Dancing- it is the most walking and playing that I have done since stopped playing tuned percussion a few years back!

Tittums and Queens were both fun!

Overall a great day!