Piano Joys 2 July 2009

I’m playing piano again. Obviously I couldn’t play much in India, but I did perform “My Favorite Things” for my grandparents’ fiftieth anniversary party on a very small keyboard. And before India, it wasn’t playing as much as repeating the same two songs over and over, in preparation of my recital, which went as well as could be expected considering Dollarhide’s (the piano store where they hold recitals) was ridiculously freezing. Cold fingers make not for good piano playing.

And now I am learning new songs again. I am on the last one I have to play in this book, and my teacher gave me my new books at my last lesson, so that is exciting. I already looked through it and am excited about all the composers whose music I will be playing. Clementi, J.C. Bach, Elgar (Pomp and Circumstance, of course. What else was he even known for?), some dude named Brugmüller of whom I’d never heard but he has two works in this book so he must be important, and hopefully many more in the other book which I haven’t gotten yet.

CLOSE CALL 1 July 2009

Thank goodness there are still 40 minutes left in Canada Day (CST). Because I forgot to wish everyone HAPPY CANADA DAY on this here blog. Canada Day has a deep significance for me, but it’s something personal that you probably wouldn’t care to hear about. Just trust that it’s not only my deep love and appreciation for Canada that incites me to celebrate this wonderful day.

You’ll also note that I will neglect to do a Fourth of July post. This is because I’m a secret commie intent on destroying the USA from the inside out, starting with the great institution that is launching fireworks into the air and starting forest fires.

The Chatback Chronicles: This Time It’s Personal

He’s back. And this time, it’s personal. I wasn’t logged in to Gtalk when this started, so it showed up as a chat box in Gmail, meaning I could copy text directly without screenshotting. However, I could only do one box-window at a time, meaning it was easier to just copy in this chat with Priya. I italicized all the stuff copied directly from the chat to make it easier to read. Please enjoy.