I think I have to break down and buy a printer ( Read more... )

Not only am I fussy lately, but everyone else is fussy, too. I'm glad it's not just me. :) I'm not even the only one documenting the abundance of fussiness in his blog. In fact, fussiness documented elsewhere is not even the fussiness I had in mind when I (wisely) decided not to make this very post, although now I'm (foolishly) making it after ( Read more... )

I had set my alarm for Saturday morning so that I could go to the beginners' yoga class, but on the sounding of the alarm I thought better of it and decided sleep was of a higher priority. This having been done, I woke up around the time yoga would have started, threw myself together and ran to FlaxI did a quick lap before decided that I needed to ( Read more... )

You know how sometimes a dog will urinate in excitement when meeting a new person? Well, my pamphlet binders have arrived! How can I be expected to focus on work at a time like this?

I've been gradually listening to mix tapes (!) made for me by various friends -- really, I only have a few still around, and have listened to those since the last time I owned a car. Anyway, I'm going through them and trying to identify the songs (often without any "liner notes" from the friend who made the tape) and then trying to find as many of ( Read more... )

I think of Juice Newton as a two hit wonder. Are there many two hit wonders, I wonder? (As I wander ( Read more... )

I finally broke down and ordered some materials from Archival Products so that I can sew my single-signature music into pamphlet binders. Now I need to go shopping somewhere local for an awl, an upholstery needle, some heavy-weight thread, and a staple-extractor (gentler than a staple-remover).

OK, I've decided to take up with a voice teacher again. I'm officially accepting suggestions for repertoire. This is what I've been considering so far ( Read more... )

OK, so if I wanted to do a mostly-Grainger program for concert band, what would you recommend? Both what pieces by Grainer would you recommend AND what other pieces would you put amongst the Grainger-O?

So one of littlepinch's friends has taken to calling me by a codename when I'm in a state of inebriation. "Is Sake coming out with us tonight?" he asks ( Read more... )