Decade
Here it is: my life the past 10 years. Did a lot of traveling and meeting new people.
2000 - Senior year at university, rediscovered Star Wars films and fanfic, family reunion in Denver, working in the Rose Garden Cafe.
My senior year at Chico State, I was finishing up my degree in music and piano pedagogy certificate. I gave my senior piano recital. On the program were Brahms Op. 117 Intermezzos, Bach (concerto for 2 keyboards, which I performed with a friend), Schubert, and Bartok.
It was the year I bought the Star Wars Trilogy Soundtrack and re-discovered the films. I watched them over and over again and read all of the novels and fanfiction.
We made the trek to Colorado to the family reunion. 2 days in the car to get there and 2 days in the car to get home. But worth it to see family and sight see different places along the way. Visited the Molly Brown House in Denver, natural museum (Egypt), didn't do the Mint because the line was too long and it was too hot.
My cat, Tobin, was 1 year old. Our neighbor, a nice lady who loves cats, offered to feed him and my mom's cat Julie, for us while we were away. It was was summer time and the cats would be fine outdoors, 24/7. We were gone for about 8 days, which was a long time for Tobin because he didn't seem to recognize me when I returned. He ran away from me when I approached him. This was unsettling at first, but he gradually came around.
It was the year I worked at the deli on campus; it was called the Rose Garden Cafe and was nestled along the Little Chico Creek which flows through the middle of campus (and also through Bidwell Park). My job was mostly making sandwiches but I also tossed salads; the sandwich and salad stations were right next to each other. I gained the reputation of making the best Chinese Chicken salad. It amused me because I never acquired the taste for Chinese Chicken salad.
2001 - graduation, Songs of Children cantata, piano, 9/11, grandma died
Finishing up my senior year. I was part time, with something like 9 units. I stuck around because A Cappella choir was to perform Songs of Children by Dr. Robert Convery, a cantata for choir, piano and strings. It's a series of poems written by children who lived in the Holocaust and set to music by Convery. It is the most emotionally draining piece of music I have ever performed! We performed it on tour in Northern California: a synagogue in Stockton, a church and high school in Novato (a lovely little bay area town), a high school in Grass Valley, and a performance here at home with Dr. Convery in attendance!
I graduated in the spring. Graduation is an outdoor event and this year the weather was very pleasant. It is either scorching hot or sometimes it threatens with rain. I had my graduation party at my grandma's with friends and family.
My parents bought me a piano, a used Yamaha upright (before this, I'd been doing most of my practicing on campus or at grandma's). They let me pick it out. At the piano store, I tried out many pianos, but I kept gravitating back towards this particular Yamaha. We were meant to be. ♥
I was still working at the Rose Garden Cafe on campus. That summer, just before classes started up, we moved into the new Bell Memorial Union building, a huge building that takes up a whole city block and houses many offices, the student book store, the food court, and an auditorium with capacity for 1,000 for concerts and 450 for conferences/banquets. Our new dinning facility was called the Marketplace Cafe. The deli was far from the salad station this time. I ended up working in salad prep. Salads were right next to the Asian food section where I learned to stir fry.
9/11. I was asleep when it all happened. My mom came over, pounding on my door. I was still half asleep but I remember hearing her say something about terrorist, bomb, World Trade Center. I put on some clothes and went over next door to watch CNN with her. I was having breakfast as I watched in disbelief as the first tower came crashing down. You couldn't see much of it, just a big cloud of dust and smoke (the close up footage would air later that evening). I went to work but they closed down the university by noon (all state and federal buildings were closed by noon that day). The campus had to keep the food cafeteria open for the dorm kids and it remained open until 7pm. I was off at 3pm (my normal time). We had just moved into the new building and they hadn't patched the stereo through the speakers yet. We were cut off from everything. So every time someone came in to order food, we'd ask them “What's going on? What's it like out there?” We heard stories of people huddled around radios around campus and people in offices watching it on tv.
My grandmother, my mom's mom, had been ill this year and by the time it was diagnosed (a cancer, I don't remember which kind, cancer is cancer and is ugly) it was too late to do anything but keep her comfortable at the end. You never want to lose dear loved ones but it was a blessing when she passed away because of the illness and discomfort she had towards the end.
2002 -
I quit my job at the deli on campus even though they offered me a regular position there. Sometimes I wonder what direction my life would have taken if I'd accepted the job. But I wanted to focus on building my piano studio and teaching full time and to be honest, the food industry can be stressful sometimes and I was ready for a change.
Being the dork that I am, a friend and I went to see LOTR:Fellowship just to catch the trailer to Star Wars Ep II which would come out in theatres in May. Knew nothing about LOTR or Peter Jackson but I enjoyed the film very much and now own the trilogy extended edition, which is the only one to have, btw! :P
2003
This year my folks bought me my 2nd used car. They buy me a lot of nice stuff, I'm very blessed. Though, I think I'm on my own for the next car purchase. The car I had was a monster from the 80's. I will say this, it got me around town just fine, but forget about long distance trips. Like the time my sister and I went to San Francisco to see Patrick Steward perform in Stravinsky's “Soldier's Tale” (what a treat! Hadn't seen Stewart in anything except TNG. He's amazing!). Coming home, we experienced car trouble. It lost acceleration on the hills getting out of the bay. Yeah, going at 30mph while everyone else is zooming past you at 70+ at 11pm at night is not fun.
Anyhow, the new (used) car (1999 Plymouth Breeze) was purchased in part with money from my mom's inheritance when grandma died. The dealer's price was $7,995 (before taxes) but with dad's awesome wheeling and dealing skills we got it for $7,000 out the door! I'm sure the fact that we paid for it in full with cash and because it was the end of the month and the dealership needed the sale helped us get the win.
2004 - family reunion in Denver, kitty died, SGA premiered
Another family reunion in Colorado. This time (the one and only time) I placed Tobin in a kennel while we were away. It was a nice place called the Catnap Inn, just for cats. But Tobin is used to having his own space and being in and out of the house, and I'm sure it was hard for him being cooped up in doors for a week. I left him there because I was afraid the pack of fox we'd been seeing off and on through the summer would find him a tasty dinner. :S This trip we toured Salt Lake City and visited the Mormon temple and took in an organ concert. Power outage before we left and tires gave us trouble and we upgraded the Les Schwab tires in Winnemuca, NV.
We got back in time to see the premier of Stargate Atlantis. I was hooked several episodes in but it wouldn't be until the following year that I fell in love with the show.
In the fall, old cat Julie died (my mom's cat). I crawled under the house to get her out. Poor thing had things inside her that eat dead things.It wasn't pleasant. :(
2005 - London, lost dog, MTAC conference in Sac, SGA obession *g*, choral accompanying, taxes
Jan London with my sister. This is an amazing story. In the fall, the Chico State Wind Ensemble (my sister plays flute in the ensemble) planed a tour through England. They teamed up with a university travel coordinator who coordinated with a vacation tour company called Go Ahead Vacations (I highly recommend them!) to plan the tour. Members from the community were invited to come along. I had never been off the North American continent before - what an opportunity! So I registered and made a small payment (the total was under $2,000). Unfortunately, half way through the semester, the ensemble had to cancel the tour because too many students were unable to pay their way but there were still enough community members signed up to justify making the trip. So there I was, headed to England without my sister. :( In late December, just days before the new year, my grandma asked if it was too late for anyone to sign up for the trip. I thought, “wow, grandma wants to go?!” but it turned out she felt bad about Adrienne not being able to go and had some extra money from harvest that year that she wanted to pay Adrienne's way. Mind you, it's nearly 7 days before the tour is set to fly out of San Francisco to London! I made a phone call and sent off some emails, coordinated with the tour coordinator (who was absolutely lovely to work with on this last minute addition) and we got the green light from the tour company. The only snag in the plan was because it was so close to leaving, the tour company couldn't promise that we would be on the same flight together. This would suck, because my sister hates flying and to have to fly by herself... :( But fate was smiling on us because we ended up on the same flight and were able to arrange our seats together at check in at the airport! It was a nice trip, 10 days, sight seeing mostly in London with an excursion up to Stratford upon Avon, York, and Fountains Abby. It was a wonderful trip!
Purchased my first mp3 player - all of 250MB!
Lost a dog while house sitting. She escaped from the back yard. Fortunately, a kind soul found her and dropped her off at the animal shelter where I bailed her out the next day to the tune of $80. Her owner reimbursed me.
Interviewed for a choral accompanist position but didn’t get it. I didn’t realized how badly I wanted it until I didn’t get it.
MTAC convention in July, in Sacramento.
Became obsessed with SGA. Discovered GW and lurked in the forum there all year. It wouldn't be till March the next year, that I would register and begin posting.
Star Wars Ep 3 was epic!
Fell in love with Cold Play
Got a choral accompanying position in another town 30 minutes away.
Became Treasurer for local MTAC branch.
In September, I took H&R Block’s tax course because even though I use Turbo Tax software, I never really understood taxes until I completed that course. And because I’m self employed and my taxes are a bit more involved than entering in my w-2 info.
2006 - University chorus, GW, LJ, Lutheran church keyboard job, DAVID HEWLETT and ADB in LA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Got back into University Chorus
March joined GW, fell into SGA fandom, and met many wonderful people online.
July registered an account at LJ to get dl of DH from a comm (I think it may have been the DH profile rip from the UK dvd before it came out in the US)
Aug. first LJ post.
Fell in love with Snow Patrol.
October - Lutheran church position.
November - MET DAVID HEWLETT!!!!!!!!!!!!! Saw A Dog's Breakfast! I have never laughed so hard at a movie in my life, LOL! I've seen the film several times since but it's never been the same since that first viewing. Watching it in a theatre full of Hewlett/Stargate fans was epic! Was even on the local news (for all of a few seconds) covering the screening. Thrilling! SQUEE!
2007 - got fired, David and ADB 2 more times!!!, VANCOUVER and Stargate con, recital, running, twitter, DH's bday present to me ♥, YouTube, Fort Bragg, laptop
2008 - Project365, London and P3!!!!, got fired again, MTNA in Denver, California burned up, Comic Con, I was on SGA season 4 DVDs!!!!, SGA canceled, piano
2009 - London and P4!, new carpet, new piano, Denver, SPN!, Seattle, LA, JOE!! ♥
And I managed to read 15 books last year!
2000 - Senior year at university, rediscovered Star Wars films and fanfic, family reunion in Denver, working in the Rose Garden Cafe.
My senior year at Chico State, I was finishing up my degree in music and piano pedagogy certificate. I gave my senior piano recital. On the program were Brahms Op. 117 Intermezzos, Bach (concerto for 2 keyboards, which I performed with a friend), Schubert, and Bartok.
It was the year I bought the Star Wars Trilogy Soundtrack and re-discovered the films. I watched them over and over again and read all of the novels and fanfiction.
We made the trek to Colorado to the family reunion. 2 days in the car to get there and 2 days in the car to get home. But worth it to see family and sight see different places along the way. Visited the Molly Brown House in Denver, natural museum (Egypt), didn't do the Mint because the line was too long and it was too hot.
My cat, Tobin, was 1 year old. Our neighbor, a nice lady who loves cats, offered to feed him and my mom's cat Julie, for us while we were away. It was was summer time and the cats would be fine outdoors, 24/7. We were gone for about 8 days, which was a long time for Tobin because he didn't seem to recognize me when I returned. He ran away from me when I approached him. This was unsettling at first, but he gradually came around.
It was the year I worked at the deli on campus; it was called the Rose Garden Cafe and was nestled along the Little Chico Creek which flows through the middle of campus (and also through Bidwell Park). My job was mostly making sandwiches but I also tossed salads; the sandwich and salad stations were right next to each other. I gained the reputation of making the best Chinese Chicken salad. It amused me because I never acquired the taste for Chinese Chicken salad.
2001 - graduation, Songs of Children cantata, piano, 9/11, grandma died
Finishing up my senior year. I was part time, with something like 9 units. I stuck around because A Cappella choir was to perform Songs of Children by Dr. Robert Convery, a cantata for choir, piano and strings. It's a series of poems written by children who lived in the Holocaust and set to music by Convery. It is the most emotionally draining piece of music I have ever performed! We performed it on tour in Northern California: a synagogue in Stockton, a church and high school in Novato (a lovely little bay area town), a high school in Grass Valley, and a performance here at home with Dr. Convery in attendance!
I graduated in the spring. Graduation is an outdoor event and this year the weather was very pleasant. It is either scorching hot or sometimes it threatens with rain. I had my graduation party at my grandma's with friends and family.
My parents bought me a piano, a used Yamaha upright (before this, I'd been doing most of my practicing on campus or at grandma's). They let me pick it out. At the piano store, I tried out many pianos, but I kept gravitating back towards this particular Yamaha. We were meant to be. ♥
I was still working at the Rose Garden Cafe on campus. That summer, just before classes started up, we moved into the new Bell Memorial Union building, a huge building that takes up a whole city block and houses many offices, the student book store, the food court, and an auditorium with capacity for 1,000 for concerts and 450 for conferences/banquets. Our new dinning facility was called the Marketplace Cafe. The deli was far from the salad station this time. I ended up working in salad prep. Salads were right next to the Asian food section where I learned to stir fry.
9/11. I was asleep when it all happened. My mom came over, pounding on my door. I was still half asleep but I remember hearing her say something about terrorist, bomb, World Trade Center. I put on some clothes and went over next door to watch CNN with her. I was having breakfast as I watched in disbelief as the first tower came crashing down. You couldn't see much of it, just a big cloud of dust and smoke (the close up footage would air later that evening). I went to work but they closed down the university by noon (all state and federal buildings were closed by noon that day). The campus had to keep the food cafeteria open for the dorm kids and it remained open until 7pm. I was off at 3pm (my normal time). We had just moved into the new building and they hadn't patched the stereo through the speakers yet. We were cut off from everything. So every time someone came in to order food, we'd ask them “What's going on? What's it like out there?” We heard stories of people huddled around radios around campus and people in offices watching it on tv.
My grandmother, my mom's mom, had been ill this year and by the time it was diagnosed (a cancer, I don't remember which kind, cancer is cancer and is ugly) it was too late to do anything but keep her comfortable at the end. You never want to lose dear loved ones but it was a blessing when she passed away because of the illness and discomfort she had towards the end.
2002 -
I quit my job at the deli on campus even though they offered me a regular position there. Sometimes I wonder what direction my life would have taken if I'd accepted the job. But I wanted to focus on building my piano studio and teaching full time and to be honest, the food industry can be stressful sometimes and I was ready for a change.
Being the dork that I am, a friend and I went to see LOTR:Fellowship just to catch the trailer to Star Wars Ep II which would come out in theatres in May. Knew nothing about LOTR or Peter Jackson but I enjoyed the film very much and now own the trilogy extended edition, which is the only one to have, btw! :P
2003
This year my folks bought me my 2nd used car. They buy me a lot of nice stuff, I'm very blessed. Though, I think I'm on my own for the next car purchase. The car I had was a monster from the 80's. I will say this, it got me around town just fine, but forget about long distance trips. Like the time my sister and I went to San Francisco to see Patrick Steward perform in Stravinsky's “Soldier's Tale” (what a treat! Hadn't seen Stewart in anything except TNG. He's amazing!). Coming home, we experienced car trouble. It lost acceleration on the hills getting out of the bay. Yeah, going at 30mph while everyone else is zooming past you at 70+ at 11pm at night is not fun.
Anyhow, the new (used) car (1999 Plymouth Breeze) was purchased in part with money from my mom's inheritance when grandma died. The dealer's price was $7,995 (before taxes) but with dad's awesome wheeling and dealing skills we got it for $7,000 out the door! I'm sure the fact that we paid for it in full with cash and because it was the end of the month and the dealership needed the sale helped us get the win.
2004 - family reunion in Denver, kitty died, SGA premiered
Another family reunion in Colorado. This time (the one and only time) I placed Tobin in a kennel while we were away. It was a nice place called the Catnap Inn, just for cats. But Tobin is used to having his own space and being in and out of the house, and I'm sure it was hard for him being cooped up in doors for a week. I left him there because I was afraid the pack of fox we'd been seeing off and on through the summer would find him a tasty dinner. :S This trip we toured Salt Lake City and visited the Mormon temple and took in an organ concert. Power outage before we left and tires gave us trouble and we upgraded the Les Schwab tires in Winnemuca, NV.
We got back in time to see the premier of Stargate Atlantis. I was hooked several episodes in but it wouldn't be until the following year that I fell in love with the show.
In the fall, old cat Julie died (my mom's cat). I crawled under the house to get her out. Poor thing had things inside her that eat dead things.It wasn't pleasant. :(
2005 - London, lost dog, MTAC conference in Sac, SGA obession *g*, choral accompanying, taxes
Jan London with my sister. This is an amazing story. In the fall, the Chico State Wind Ensemble (my sister plays flute in the ensemble) planed a tour through England. They teamed up with a university travel coordinator who coordinated with a vacation tour company called Go Ahead Vacations (I highly recommend them!) to plan the tour. Members from the community were invited to come along. I had never been off the North American continent before - what an opportunity! So I registered and made a small payment (the total was under $2,000). Unfortunately, half way through the semester, the ensemble had to cancel the tour because too many students were unable to pay their way but there were still enough community members signed up to justify making the trip. So there I was, headed to England without my sister. :( In late December, just days before the new year, my grandma asked if it was too late for anyone to sign up for the trip. I thought, “wow, grandma wants to go?!” but it turned out she felt bad about Adrienne not being able to go and had some extra money from harvest that year that she wanted to pay Adrienne's way. Mind you, it's nearly 7 days before the tour is set to fly out of San Francisco to London! I made a phone call and sent off some emails, coordinated with the tour coordinator (who was absolutely lovely to work with on this last minute addition) and we got the green light from the tour company. The only snag in the plan was because it was so close to leaving, the tour company couldn't promise that we would be on the same flight together. This would suck, because my sister hates flying and to have to fly by herself... :( But fate was smiling on us because we ended up on the same flight and were able to arrange our seats together at check in at the airport! It was a nice trip, 10 days, sight seeing mostly in London with an excursion up to Stratford upon Avon, York, and Fountains Abby. It was a wonderful trip!
Purchased my first mp3 player - all of 250MB!
Lost a dog while house sitting. She escaped from the back yard. Fortunately, a kind soul found her and dropped her off at the animal shelter where I bailed her out the next day to the tune of $80. Her owner reimbursed me.
Interviewed for a choral accompanist position but didn’t get it. I didn’t realized how badly I wanted it until I didn’t get it.
MTAC convention in July, in Sacramento.
Became obsessed with SGA. Discovered GW and lurked in the forum there all year. It wouldn't be till March the next year, that I would register and begin posting.
Star Wars Ep 3 was epic!
Fell in love with Cold Play
Got a choral accompanying position in another town 30 minutes away.
Became Treasurer for local MTAC branch.
In September, I took H&R Block’s tax course because even though I use Turbo Tax software, I never really understood taxes until I completed that course. And because I’m self employed and my taxes are a bit more involved than entering in my w-2 info.
2006 - University chorus, GW, LJ, Lutheran church keyboard job, DAVID HEWLETT and ADB in LA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Got back into University Chorus
March joined GW, fell into SGA fandom, and met many wonderful people online.
July registered an account at LJ to get dl of DH from a comm (I think it may have been the DH profile rip from the UK dvd before it came out in the US)
Aug. first LJ post.
Fell in love with Snow Patrol.
October - Lutheran church position.
November - MET DAVID HEWLETT!!!!!!!!!!!!! Saw A Dog's Breakfast! I have never laughed so hard at a movie in my life, LOL! I've seen the film several times since but it's never been the same since that first viewing. Watching it in a theatre full of Hewlett/Stargate fans was epic! Was even on the local news (for all of a few seconds) covering the screening. Thrilling! SQUEE!
2007 - got fired, David and ADB 2 more times!!!, VANCOUVER and Stargate con, recital, running, twitter, DH's bday present to me ♥, YouTube, Fort Bragg, laptop
- Let go from Lutheran church position. “Not a good fit,” they said. *rolls eyes*
- Accompanying at OHS
- March San Jose, 2nd ADB screening SQUEE!!!
- Vancouver, 1st Stargate con, 3rd ADB screening. Roomed with a gal from England and a gal from Italy, both of whom I've kept in contact with since and we catch up at other cons. Met mercury973, strivaria, cindy_z, and folks from GW
- Patty and I did a lot of 2 piano music and did a recital.
- Took up running, started the Couch to 5K program.
- David Hewlett's awesome (indirect) bday present to me! He'd just joined Twitter and began friending people who'd friended him. On the morning of my birthday, there was an email in my inbox. The subject read “You are David Hewlett newest friend!” SQUEE! I turned Twitter on on my phone that day and received bday greetings from international friends - it was awesome!
- Posted my first video on YouTube. David Hewlett from the VanCon. It’s been viewed 20,358 times *g* (as of 1/3/10)
- Did much house sitting during the summer.
- Went to Fort Bragg with my sis in August
- Bought my first laptop.
- CK rehearsals with J, and at OHS
- Made my first video featuring music by me on YouTube.
- Continued as Treasurer with MTAC and also served as Membership Secretary.
2008 - Project365, London and P3!!!!, got fired again, MTNA in Denver, California burned up, Comic Con, I was on SGA season 4 DVDs!!!!, SGA canceled, piano
- Project 365
- Massive power outages in California from big winter storm. My friends kept me sane on twitter (via sms on my cell phone)
- Stomach flu.
- London P3 with mercury973! Met Arlessiar, suekay_87, berlinghoff79, missvortedv, karaotter, rasah, and others. Getting Paul to talk to my sis on the phone - I felt a whole lot selfish asking that of him but what a sweetheart!. Pizza in rasah’s room watching Harmony - MUCH FUN! Sightseeing London and Stonehenge.
- Accompanying OHS & CK. Peterson fired me.
- Saw an incredible movie: Once. And the song from it “Falling Slowly” is just gorgeous.
- March - MTNA convention; visiting relatives in Denver.
- April - Got a new church job at the Christian Science church position. I've been there two years. It's been good.
- Maintain MTAC website.
- Humboldt fire kicks off massive fire season in the mountains. The valley is full of smoke for weeks on end.
- Played a few weddings in the summer.
- Squeed about DH talking about JF having seen my vid on YouTube, not once, but twice! :D (At London Meet the Hewletts in June and Shoreleave in July)
- More squee when mercury973 texted me that I was in the bts footage from the Carson Beckett rally in Vancouver ’07, “The Doctor is In,” on SGA season 4 DVD.
- Registered at PaperbackSwap.com. Haven't bought a whole lot of new books since then and saved a lot of money too.
- July Comic Con with dragontamerno3. EPIC FUN! Met girly_curl3, mckays_girl, ionaonie, sulien77, and others.
- Piano workshop in Citrus Heights, met Helen Marlais and got to go to lunch with her and give her a ride to the airport.
- GW sort of died for me. It no longer was the fun place that it used to be. Sad.
- SGA canceled. More sadness. :(
- Cut my hair really short, it’s a win. Have never had so many compliments on my hair do than with this cut.
- New glasses
- November LA con with vecturist and dragontamerno3
- New 8G media player for Christmas ftw!
- Cousins from Tennessee came to visit and they brought my aunt’s piano.
2009 - London and P4!, new carpet, new piano, Denver, SPN!, Seattle, LA, JOE!! ♥
- Accompanying CK, then both CK and OHS in the fall.
- Frost or Freeze 5K
- Had my car kicked by someone at church as I was driving by. o_O Apparently for driving too fast in the parking lot.
- London, P4 and hanging with my peeps - GOOD TIMES!
- New carpet, moved my aunt’s piano into the house (it had been at grandma’s for a few months).
- First visit to Table Mountain in the spring.
- Got a raise at church job.
- Star Trek!
- Music Festival and 6Flags/Marine World trip with CK choir
- 2 of my piano students graduated
- Peterson got fired - never heard the official word.
- A lot of famous people died: Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Ed McMahon, Bill Mays, etc.
- 4th of July 5k race and pancake breakfast
- Was invited to play the Monster Concert program with Glenna for the teacher orientation workshop in August.
- Hiked to the top of Broke Off Mountain in Lassen Park. (9,200 feet)
- Piano workshop in Citrus Heights - met Catherine Rollin
- August Denver Family reunion and sight seeing, ran in the Denver Aflac Iron Girl 5K race with my sis and aunt,
- Labor Day weekend - road trip to Seattle to hang with mercury973, rasah, and karaotter. Went to the top of the space needle, the sci fi museum, Experience Music Project, went on the underground tour, and went to a day of Bumbershoot.
- Half of my piano students dropped piano - ouch.
- Continued as Treasurer with MTAC but dropped Membership Secretary position.
- Got hooked on SPN!
- My sister took up running and so we’d meet at the park and run together.
- Salmon Run 5k
- Learning more bts stuff with Monster Concert; the woman who is in charge is going to be gone next year, so the staff has to learn how to do the stuff she has been doing for the past 10 years. She has it down to an art form.
- November LA con with vecturist,nakedwesley, and grammarwoman JOE!!! ♥ And PAUL!!! ♥
- Booked VanCon for 2010 with mercury973, vecturist, nakedwesley, and strivaria.
- Didn’t play OHS winter concert because the director messed up on booking it. CK’s concert was a comedy of errors. Won’t soon forget that one.
- A friend and I did some Christmas songs and sing-alongs at an assisted living place just before Christmas.
- Played a piano/organ duet with Patty at her church Christmas Eve.
And I managed to read 15 books last year!
- A Meeting at Corvalis | S.M. Stirling
- The Neutronium Alchemist: Part 2 Conflict | Peter F. Hamilton
- The Lord of Snow and Shadows: Book 1 of the Tears of Artamon | Sara Ash
- The Sunrise Lands: A Novel of the Change | S.M. Stirling
- Prisoner of the Iron Tower: Book 2 of the Tears of Artamon | Sara Ash
- Children of the Serpent Gate: Book 3 of the Tears of Artamon | Sara Ash
- The Naked God: Part1 Flight | Peter F. Hamilton
- The Naked God: Part 2 Faith | Peter F. Hamilton
- Eternity Road | Jack McDevitt
- Conquistador | S.M. Stirling
- The Scourge of God | S.M. Stirling
- Century Rain | Alistair Reynolds
- Aftermath | Charles Sheffield
- The Coming | Joe Haldeman
- The Tenth Planet | Dean Wesley Smith & Kristine Kathryn Rusch