Continual State of Becoming

This must have been a slow weather-news day. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EST MONDAY. AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION OVERNIGHT...CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPEARTURES TO FALL INTO THE MID 30S DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. I hope FEMA is prepared to handle this one, there's no telling how many sensitive-outdoor-plants-left-uncovered casualties we'll have.

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So first thing tomorrow morning I am taking the GRE. I began studying for this mid-June (off and on). At first I was incredibly intimidated by the math section (for starters I forgot that negetive numbers even exsisted), but after doing some review most of it came back to me. My biggest problem now is probably that I'm still a little on the slow side when it comes to solving problems, but other than that I think I've got the math section as good as I need it. The verbal section worries me for only 1 reason... VOCAB. If it was all reading comprehension, I'd be fine. I understand what I read. No problems there. But i do not use GRe level vocabulary and honestly I really didnt feel like learning it for this test. I did anyway, at least I made an effort to familiarize myself with some of the words. I got a study book from the library that had 2 lists of vocab words: 1- the 50 words most frequently used, and 2- the 3,000 words most frequently used. Anyone else see a p...

So accompanying went pretty well on Sunday. I played TONS of wrong notes, but still managed to get through it (mostly thanks to all the other instrumentalists who covered up all my wrongness). It wasnt as painful as I thought it'd be. It does get a little easier every time I do it, but that doesnt mean I'm in any kind of hurry to do it again. I would rather play 10 solo recitals than 1 accompaniment kind of thing. There's just way way way too much pressure. I mean, when I'm by myself and I make a mistake, I can recover how ever I want. I can try to disguise it and move on, I can retrace a little bit, or whatever. The worse thing that happens is I make myself look bad. And I'm okay with that. Accompanying however, is very different. I have to make sure I dont cause other people to look bad when I make mistakes, and that is far far far more difficult and stressful. And i had a horrible experience the first time I accompanied someone... I still dont think I'm compl...

Don't ask why, but I absolutely love filling out forms, so these are a treat for me! 1. Sleep with or without clothes on? with 2. Prefer black or blue pens? black 3. Dress up on Halloween? no i dont really like halloween 4. Like to travel? of course 5. do you like some one? yep 6. Does he/she know? i sure hope so 7. Who sleeps with you every night? matt 8. Think you're attractive? i guess i'm ok 9. Want to get married? i am 10. Who? matt 11. Are you a good student? I was, i love school 12. Are you currently happy? yes because I am filling out a form! 13. Have you ever cheated at a game? solitaire, all the time 14. Birthplace? crailsheim germany 15. Christmas or Halloween? christmas 16. Colored or black-and-white photo? black and white 17. Do long distance relationships work? they can 18. Do you believe in Astrology? no 19. Could you date a good friend? yes 20. Do you believe in love at first sight? not really 21. Do you consider yourself the life of the party? not even clos...

Man I havent posted in a while. I didnt realize how long it had been. Probably because there are usually like 1 or 2 times a day when something happens and I think "hey, that'd make a good blog entry," so I write one up in my mind with the intention of transfering it to the computer later, but I never make it that far. So it actually feels like I've been maintaining my blog, but I guess it's about time for me to put in an actual post. So a lot has been going on here. I keep myself pretty busy these days. I had my 1 year anniversary of teaching piano at home a week ago (I took the day off... it also happened to be my birthday and my husband took me to atlantic city). My little business has come a long way in a year. It took me about 2 months just to get 1 student. Now I get about 10 calls a week for potential students, not too bad. Unfortunately thats all going to end soon... but for a good reason. Anyway. This weekend I am sub-accompanying at church. Sub...