Xinag-nian ni (Miss you!)
I have not written here in a long time, and when I just logged in, I was reminded of why. Holy smokes, it's hard to get here. Also, I got a new computer since the last time I wrote, so it didn't know my username or password or anything. But I'm up early today because I have a lot scheduled, and instead of just watching The Practice (I heart Helen Gamble) I thought I'd type at the same time.
Here are some bullet points....I just got the summer issue of Lion's Pride. Jena, I'm not proud of us. We can do better! My damn grandmother has this big long entry, and half of her class is dead. My class, no news, except that I'm the class officer. Grrrreat. For the next issue, though, I get to announce my wedding!
So that's exciting. We've been sending out invitations for three weeks now, and are almost done, I think. At this point, the second cousins who get their invites are going to be thinking that they were on the B list, but it's really just that addresses are hard to get. Nobody knows where anyone lives. It makes me think about how we never know anyone's snail mail addresses or phone numbers anymore, by heart. Remember when you were a kid, how many phone numbers you knew? I have several friends whose high school house phones are in still my head, but I don't know their current cell numbers. Because it's in my phone, so I don't need to. I was talking about this the other day, and someone said, yeah, our brains are lazy now, with all this technology. But it's not such a bad thing, if we are using the space for other more progressive things. I mean, if we replace all of the memorization of things we don't need to know anymore with things that are more useful now, it's worth it. What would be more useful, though?
I'm super worked up about the fall dance season. I have some great classes. The hard thing about having regular work lined up as a choreographer (this must be the same for songwriters as artists, as well) is that I am always a little stressed that I'll run out of ideas and energy. As a general music teacher I felt that way too, with the elementary kids. When I was teaching band and chorus it was a different kind of stress, it was more about mastering content and having a rehearsal plan. Not the same kind of creativity involved.
So looking ahead, I'm playing at the Hatch Shell with the Chelmsford Community Band on Wednesday, July 12, and then I'm dancing at Boarding House Park on that Friday, July 14. You should maybe not let me hear that you're bored on one of those nights, because, you know, you could come see me.
Elissa, you're moving?
Here are some bullet points....I just got the summer issue of Lion's Pride. Jena, I'm not proud of us. We can do better! My damn grandmother has this big long entry, and half of her class is dead. My class, no news, except that I'm the class officer. Grrrreat. For the next issue, though, I get to announce my wedding!
So that's exciting. We've been sending out invitations for three weeks now, and are almost done, I think. At this point, the second cousins who get their invites are going to be thinking that they were on the B list, but it's really just that addresses are hard to get. Nobody knows where anyone lives. It makes me think about how we never know anyone's snail mail addresses or phone numbers anymore, by heart. Remember when you were a kid, how many phone numbers you knew? I have several friends whose high school house phones are in still my head, but I don't know their current cell numbers. Because it's in my phone, so I don't need to. I was talking about this the other day, and someone said, yeah, our brains are lazy now, with all this technology. But it's not such a bad thing, if we are using the space for other more progressive things. I mean, if we replace all of the memorization of things we don't need to know anymore with things that are more useful now, it's worth it. What would be more useful, though?
I'm super worked up about the fall dance season. I have some great classes. The hard thing about having regular work lined up as a choreographer (this must be the same for songwriters as artists, as well) is that I am always a little stressed that I'll run out of ideas and energy. As a general music teacher I felt that way too, with the elementary kids. When I was teaching band and chorus it was a different kind of stress, it was more about mastering content and having a rehearsal plan. Not the same kind of creativity involved.
So looking ahead, I'm playing at the Hatch Shell with the Chelmsford Community Band on Wednesday, July 12, and then I'm dancing at Boarding House Park on that Friday, July 14. You should maybe not let me hear that you're bored on one of those nights, because, you know, you could come see me.
Elissa, you're moving?