So, I apologize for the lack of updates, significant or otherwise ( Read more... )

So, my diploma came.

And, to prove it, I took pictures.

The case, which I received at graduation:


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I have three cats. You might have known this before.

Anyway, I had an awesome breakfast this morning. I thought I'd share.


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Hey folks, no I haven't completely disappeared from this fair community, but I have been lying low.

Anyway, on to more pressing matters; I realize that several people here have an affinity for a science fiction writer named William Gibson.

I've read one of his novels, and seen the TV-edit of Johnny Mnemonic. I have not, however heard the ( Read more... )

I passed my oral exams today. In a month or so my Master of Music in Composition diploma will arrive in the mail.

Awesomeness.

If you're interested in any of my pieces, let me know.

In addition to a mostly-accurate list of works, there are three streaming files on my composition website, including a setting of Byron's "She walks in Beauty" (with ( Read more... )

If you enjoy knowing more about comics and having really good ideas broken down very simply without treating you like an idiot, you might like Aaron Diaz' (of Dresden Codak fame) new art blog. He's already put out a few pointers on the focus of a panel, the environment, etc ( Read more... )

Today: Crumb's Black Angels and Unto the Hills. Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique. Buttoned it up with a live performance of solo flute music in NYC. Robert Dick (the guy who wrote the book on extended technique for flute playing) performing Takemitsu, Berio, Shulamit Ran, Robert Morris and four of his own pieces.

Yesterday: J.S. Bach's B-Minor Mass, ( Read more... )

I have to listen to a lot of music before my oral exams, so, in part to keep track of what I have actually listened to, I'll try to list what I've been listening to each day--usually with a score of some sort in front of me.

Today: Verdi's Requiem, Beethoven's Missa Solemnis.

Yesterday: Machaut's Messe de Notre dame, Mozart's Mass in C Minor, ( Read more... )

We found Lily today. Dragged her inside despite her moaning and thrashing. I realize she likes being outside, but she's gonna get hurt (more than she already has, I might note) hanging out in parking lots and scuffling with raccoons.

Eventually she'll get all the dirt out of her coat and be lily-white again.

So, for those who don't already know, I've had a weird past few weeks.

Monday the 3rd, I had a final presentation in one of my classes at 6:30 PM.

At 6:15 my mother called me and told me my father had died earlier that day in a car accident.

More on that later.

Friday, the 7th, theatreannie and I decided that we will move to Portland, Oregon in ( Read more... )