I think that I might just be being defensive, but I just had an idea:

All (well, the vast majority of) criticism is constructive, just sometimes poorly put.

So last semester I had a bassoon student and this semester I have a different one (though the old one might contact me for lessons eventually and there's another girl trying to get in touch with me ( Read more... )

So today I was sitting in a concert and had a wonderful realization. Of late, I've been practicing for other people. Practicing because I have an orchestra rehearsal the next day or a quartet coaching or a lesson. However, I fundamentally disagree with this style of thinking. I suppose things such as these can be used as a means of prioritizing ( Read more... )

max pipinich's method for coping:

1) talk to the person with whom you feel like you should talk

2) go to bed and wake up feeling better the next day

3) (not for all people) go bowling

...i think at the moment i'll settle for #2

hmm... do you ever feel like your emotional state isn't justified by the reality of things? that's me right now and, if you ask me, i think it's fucked up.

that's all

The more time I spend traveling through life, the more i realize that most gay men are totally and irreconcilably ridiculous.

tee-hee

So here I am, still in Aspen. Things have long since begun to get rolling, as it were. I played the first cycle in one of the all student orchestras (two of the orchestras have faculty members sitting in principal positions). I played first bassoon on Dvorak 8, which was a lot of fun. The only downside to playing in the concert orchesta is that ( Read more... )

So. Here I am in Aspen, Colorado. I haven't updated in months, and I figure it's about time ( Read more... )

ew... I just realized that was a total "cry for help" lj entry. I'm not crying for your help, I'm simply venting to y'all about my inability to vent properly at the moment.

Why is the only person I really feel like venting to in Israel?