Piano Work

Maybe this should go in my music blog. But it is work and real-life related, so, being the Supreme Owner of this blog, decide otherwise.

I got a call from Mr. Alan St.George who lives in Savanna, 30 miles north west of here. He owns a castle overlooking the Mississippi river and is having some sort of semi-formal party day after tomorrow and needs a pianist.I got a job! I will be playing background music (Mozart would die of apoplectic rage) for a dinner/luncheon event at this dazzingly ornate castle. It will be so much fun.

In other news, Jack ran off. Again. I wish he would come back. I hope no one took him or he got hit by a car. I miss that big black dog and I want his return posthaste.

I am getting closer to finishing school, and summer vacation looms.

Next time I document HoneyRock and more work,
~Aria

Over And Done: Onwards To Employment

My recital is over and done, as I noted on my music blog. Now I am ardently working towards the end of my year and the employment.

I have applied at about ten different institutions but there are few employment opportunities for me. Arthur's looked promising and so did McDonalds but I would rather not work at either. My dream part time job is working at a movie theater, but that does not seem like the job in line for me this year.

It sucks, really. I need to come up with about fifteen hundred dollars in a matter of weeks. I should have been working for ages, not just trying to find a job like a maze rat just this past week. Shucks and other comments.

So I am finding a job as best I may. More later when I have graduated and am employed!!

What A Nightmare

That indeed is what it feels like sometimes. A full-blown, crashing, momentous nightmare.

But hey, nightmares are the stuff of which dreams are made, right?

I think I mixed that up. But my brain is frazzled from my Mozart and Debussy, not to mention my Latin, Theology, and Philosophy courses. I am so lucky I finished math my Junior year. Doing a semester of Calculus was all I wanted to do. I will take Algebra review at St. John's but we have a year or so before we get to Calculus with Newton. First we study Geometry with Euclid.

Naturally piano takes up a great deal of time, but all the same, I will be relieved when this concert is over. The tuxedo is ordered, the program is being composed, and the piano is definitely getting a workout.

After I finish my school for the year, I graduate! That is fairly obvious since I am a Senior and unlikely to spend two years for my last two semesters in high school, but it is exciting nonetheless.

I would post about ze crisis but I refrain from placing such content on the Internet.

Torsion

Yes, it is a word that reminds one of catapults and trebuchets. But it aptly describes me as of this moment.

I am frantically trying to get ready for graduation and still retain some autonomy but such is not working. I need to try a different tack.

On the chipper note, my registration for St. John's is in and a spot for me on the Santa Fe campus is assured. Now I need to register for dorms, etc.

There was the nasty event that happened two weeks ago but if you (whoever you are) think I am going to write about that on the Internet you are crazy.

The Question On Everyone's Mind

Is winter done or is she just lurking in the background? Upstate she usually comes and goes until April. WILL SHE DO IT THIS TIME OR IS SPRING REALLY HERES?!!

It was about 60 degrees Fahrenheit today so the snow is mostly melted and the ground is drying with great rapidity. This means I get to loose the chickens from their cooped-up hell (ha hah!) and have them roam in the Great Outdoors. Funsters.

I also washed the living room windows - it took almost an hour, but at five bucks a pop, how could/would I refuse? I'm too much of a capitalist for that.

I discovered a web comic that I actually like and found all by myself. It gets rather crude sometimes, but Pintsize is worth it. www.questionablecontent.net. Beware.

I'd post my musical progress but I really should keep these two blogs separate, even if they're anonymous - no one I know knows I have these things. That's how it should stay, for obvious reasons.

Emo-ness

Not many people know me very well, but that's because I don't get out much. In retrospect, I think the reason I don't get out much is because I don't know many people very well. It's a vicious cycle.

Amazing Violin

I found out that this violinist, Hilary Hahn, records Mozart and Beethoven. Wow. I was a big fan of hers awhile ago, having heard her scoring of M. Night Shyamalan's The Village, but hearing one of her recordings woke me up to how talented an artist she really is. I wish I knew violin.

I want her recordings of Mozart's Sonatas for violin and piano as well as Bach's Partitas.

Mmm, violin.