ah, but did you note the lack of smiley?







(I forgot to add it )

no, seriously, it's not going too badly. There's just so much of it

Glad it's going OK. Give me a shout if you want help

Thanks Barry, will do

Stumbling through some odd time signatures now so may well be shouting for help very soon

I bet they're not as odd as the ones I've got to negotiate in the Bernstein for my diploma

Probably not but then you've been doing this music thing for much much longer than I have and to me these are odd

Fair enough!

at least these aren't changing after every bar like the time sigs in yours do



Help!!!! onto funny squiggles now

I like the description!

make a cup of tea and settle down with a book

some practice I think back to counting 3/2 time.....

Off dancing at Middlewich Folk Festival. Ooh and possibly drinking beer.

Try and motivate myself to do some work........and probably fail! (This is despite the fact said work is due tomorrow!)

eat fruit salad

Piano practice

Was it nice?

Up to school to hear the 4 and 5 year-olds reading

Paint a Yellow Brick road ...... ( Don't ask!!>>>>> oh go on then -you can if you want to )

.... and while I'm at it I'm going to be listening to some rather lovely clarinet music Can't be bad

Paint some mice... and for many reasons it's STUPIDLY late in the day to begin new paintings.

Going to watch 'Morrissey at Glastonbury' on iplayer - again !
I am young again and full of miserable hormonal angst!

Don't want to rub it in too much, but we've been to see the man himself in York tonight. It was outstanding.

i'm brushing up on my Theory and scales as i seem to have forgotton everything except which end of the clarinet goes in my mouth...............and i'm sure that only because one end is too big to fit

Update my CV and get it on to the job sites. Due to isues with my current job I need to look for a new one ASAP. If you don't understand what I mean go the scream thread!

Have dinner - hopefully!

It was very nice. And it has got me hooked on fruit salad, so I made another one and another one after that and I'm now chowing my way through a large bowl of fruit salad. I don't know how long this will last, but there are worse things to be hooked on I guess!!

Nearest thing I could find to a 'green with envy' emoticon.

Go to orchestra rehearsal in West Dulwich. The season finale concert is tonight!

Eat Dark Chocolate!

Get ready for our Year 11 leavers' ball this evening

eat a large home-cooked curry.

SLEEP.

My first real day off for a MONTH and I intend to do as little as possible (although I have some things that still have to be done... ).

I thought I might pop out and do an exam.

Good luck Pushpull

Walk the dogs.


Wrap the last painting to go to Edinburgh tomorrow.


Try to stop feeling queasy with nerves.

Right done that. Report posted. Done some playing of Beethoven trio for a "special" session on Thursday. Off out morris dancing. There may be beer.

Beer and morris dancing sounds an excellent antidote to the stress of doing an exam!!

Audition for sixth form music ensembles

go to Ikea. In Germany. With my friends.

GOOD LUCK LOTTIE!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope everything goes really well!!! Your paintings are stunning, so I hope you get lots of interest!

EDIT - i'm off to pick up my mum's old bike so I can start cycling from tomorrow... The problem being, will it fit in the back of a tiny Peugeot??!!

Cry ... probably

Are you ok, Tom?

Oh dear - dare one ask why?

Yes. But now and again sad feelings well up unexpectedly.

Better not to. I'll be OK!

Suggest changing rules...... maybe they should think about changing forum rules! One thing they could include is...... no calling people names!

All the best, Tom. Hope you're OK.

Off to take grade 7 piano!

Good luck!

I'm going to teach. With whiteboard and no voice

Good luck

Thanks barry-clari and clarimoo, I think it went pretty well! A couple of slip-ups in scales and sightreading (normally my best bit, but these things happen!), but overall I'm pleased. Just the looooong wait for results now