It's a little cheesy, but I really like this video. It's full of the kinds of affirmations that remind me of the way I would like to approach my life:

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It's from a review of The Secret that I found in a link from an excellent blog post about how to separate yourself from limiting beliefs (thanks, linettasky).

It's a little early notice to be talking about my upcoming Sinfonietta concert, but I just wanted to share this article about our soloist ( Read more... )

I've started a text file on my computer called "programming_lessons.txt". I'm thinking I'll write down insights I have about programming throughout the day, and go back and reread it now and then to remind myself of what I've learned ( Read more... )

Last night Marie got into a tussle with a lamp cord, and we thought she might have broken her tail. This morning she seems much better, but we took her to the vet to make sure. We got sent home with an anti-inflammatory medicine to squirt into her mouth once a day ( Read more... )

I always thought spam was based on mad libs. Today I received this message, which removes all doubt ( Read more... )

I guess a lot of people are moving these days because moving is now in my dreams. Last night, just before waking up, I had a dream that my parents were moving. Or rather, it was my whole family moving (Jason and I still lived at home). My parents believed that everything was packed away for the move, and the moving van had already left. All was ( Read more... )

The Oregon Sinfonietta is having another concert ( Read more... )

Those OkCupid e-mails to tell you that someone's been looking at your online dating profile, or that it thinks it might have found a potential match for you? They get annoying when you're in a relationship. Today I figured out how to turn them off. Let's hope it's a long time before I feel like turning them on again ( Read more... )

My piano improvisation last night was so well-received that I decided to repost it here.

It was a fantastic evening of music. I was just glowing with enthusiasm afterwards. Thank you so much linettasky for organizing it.

As previously mentioned, I've been keeping a blog of my piano improvisations.

The one I did yesterday is probably my favorite so far, so I thought I'd share it in this journal too. Here it is.

If you're interested in listening to any others, you can find them at maison_anomala, or if you prefer, feed://maison-anomala.livejournal.com/data/rss