long night
I just had a large internal struggle to send an e-mail that was only a teeny bit mean, rather than very ranty. So I need to chill and talk about nice stuff with my friends, so I can go to sleep.
Most of tonight was quite nice! I got home from work, which was a little hardcore, and popped open a beer, and played computer games, which I haven't done in quite a while (I was playing an RTS game called Multiwinia). I was nice and relaxed by the time dinner rolled around, and my father had made pizza, which he's really really good at (much better than delivery). Yum, summer squash, peppers, and salami!
Then I played more Multiwinia and lost track of time and was late for choir. But the singing was pretty good, though I'm better at sight reading when there's no residual alcohol involved. Since I left in a hurry, I had forgotten that today is a string band day, after choir, so I forgot to bring any of the various things I play. I asked Sue, the conductor, if there were any stringed instruments sitting around the church, and she said there was a violin, and I could use it. I have played the violin once, for about half an hour. So I was hesitant, but I went and got it anyway, and greatly impressed my friends. And myself! I could play things! Only thing is, I couldn't play it very well held up to my neck like normal, I had to play it like a cello, or a small viola da gamba. Otherwise the bowing was backwards. I wonder if I should learn fiddle. It's smaller than all my other instruments, which is a plus... of course, it would make a fifth thing to practice (guitar, cello, banjo, singing, fiddle). And a fourth thing to haul around places. *sigh* ;-)
So after a while of that, I came back home and played more video games and watched the daily show and should have gone to sleep, but then I listened to a really interesting This American Life about finance and people and stuff, and then I got riled up about contra dance stuff and had to send my slightly mean e-mail. So now it is really late and I am going to be tired tomorrow.
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!
Most of tonight was quite nice! I got home from work, which was a little hardcore, and popped open a beer, and played computer games, which I haven't done in quite a while (I was playing an RTS game called Multiwinia). I was nice and relaxed by the time dinner rolled around, and my father had made pizza, which he's really really good at (much better than delivery). Yum, summer squash, peppers, and salami!
Then I played more Multiwinia and lost track of time and was late for choir. But the singing was pretty good, though I'm better at sight reading when there's no residual alcohol involved. Since I left in a hurry, I had forgotten that today is a string band day, after choir, so I forgot to bring any of the various things I play. I asked Sue, the conductor, if there were any stringed instruments sitting around the church, and she said there was a violin, and I could use it. I have played the violin once, for about half an hour. So I was hesitant, but I went and got it anyway, and greatly impressed my friends. And myself! I could play things! Only thing is, I couldn't play it very well held up to my neck like normal, I had to play it like a cello, or a small viola da gamba. Otherwise the bowing was backwards. I wonder if I should learn fiddle. It's smaller than all my other instruments, which is a plus... of course, it would make a fifth thing to practice (guitar, cello, banjo, singing, fiddle). And a fourth thing to haul around places. *sigh* ;-)
So after a while of that, I came back home and played more video games and watched the daily show and should have gone to sleep, but then I listened to a really interesting This American Life about finance and people and stuff, and then I got riled up about contra dance stuff and had to send my slightly mean e-mail. So now it is really late and I am going to be tired tomorrow.
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!