an interesting week, all things considered. Have to finish score study this week and iron out the March 21st schedule.
Jazz Band should be ready to go by Jazz Night. The Festival/Assessment group is slowly starting to gather steam. Still have to nail down the repertoire for the spring.
The wife says the finances are looking good for the year. Other than that not much going on.
Birthday is on the horizon. As are the worst weather months historically.
The album this time around features the Ticheli #2 and The Geschwindmarsch. The Ticheli is an absolutely stunning work.
Hoping for a pleasant surprise this weekend.
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Adventures in Time
...mismanagement if one is to be truly honest.
so far behind on the nuts and bolts connected to school stuff; grading papers, score study, etc.
so far behind on quality time with my family at the end of the day; too exhausted from the shenanigans on Main St.
and so to be brief, got to get ready to go and load up the family for my trip to Main St.
later.
the album was one of the cornerstones of the Kenton big band. Johnny Richards was on the top of his game... now it's time to see if I can get to the top of my game again.
so far behind on the nuts and bolts connected to school stuff; grading papers, score study, etc.
so far behind on quality time with my family at the end of the day; too exhausted from the shenanigans on Main St.
and so to be brief, got to get ready to go and load up the family for my trip to Main St.
later.
the album was one of the cornerstones of the Kenton big band. Johnny Richards was on the top of his game... now it's time to see if I can get to the top of my game again.
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Across the Imaginary Divide
this might just become a regular thing again.
since we last met...
work kicked back in, with an emphasis on the kick. hit the ground running and reminding myself that if i am going to be a mentor in two and a half months I better get my head back in the game.
had a rehearsal with the assessment kids - 8th graders only and finalized that schedule. honors band is back in play and is going to have a successful second half. jazz band and percussion ensemble go back on line this week.
still no movement on the intent form, kinda torn with what to do.
the girls have discovered Candyland and are turning into little fiends 'jonesing' for the game with every other waking moment.
had a minor meltdown when the wife's day off turned into a partial workday. we do need the money but she does need some mommy time. i have to make that happen for her more often this year.
the dog resolution is holding up so far, am expanding their walk length every week until we get O back to something close to physical peak again.
still haven't finished a book yet this year, have been rereading the Shooters book from last year and am slowly working my way through the World Atlas of Beer.
Bela Fleck and Marcus Miller are behind the title of this entry. Kind of a unique melding of the post-bop/neotraditionalist jazz world with the iconoclast who reinvented the banjo for world. Will have to work this one into the rotation more this year.
acoustic christmas was also listened to in the interim.
today holds laundry and score study completion of assessment song #2 and getting my mental condition right for the week.
still torn on the weight thing
since we last met...
work kicked back in, with an emphasis on the kick. hit the ground running and reminding myself that if i am going to be a mentor in two and a half months I better get my head back in the game.
had a rehearsal with the assessment kids - 8th graders only and finalized that schedule. honors band is back in play and is going to have a successful second half. jazz band and percussion ensemble go back on line this week.
still no movement on the intent form, kinda torn with what to do.
the girls have discovered Candyland and are turning into little fiends 'jonesing' for the game with every other waking moment.
had a minor meltdown when the wife's day off turned into a partial workday. we do need the money but she does need some mommy time. i have to make that happen for her more often this year.
the dog resolution is holding up so far, am expanding their walk length every week until we get O back to something close to physical peak again.
still haven't finished a book yet this year, have been rereading the Shooters book from last year and am slowly working my way through the World Atlas of Beer.
Bela Fleck and Marcus Miller are behind the title of this entry. Kind of a unique melding of the post-bop/neotraditionalist jazz world with the iconoclast who reinvented the banjo for world. Will have to work this one into the rotation more this year.
acoustic christmas was also listened to in the interim.
today holds laundry and score study completion of assessment song #2 and getting my mental condition right for the week.
still torn on the weight thing
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Access All Areas
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends...
long time, no post.
the girls are pushing three and a half, i killed another car and subsequently we have submitted to the borg.
business is about to pick up at work and there's so much going on that it seems that i'll never reach the surface.
fitting album to open the year; passion and pain, anger and melancholy and overall a reminder of how blissfully uncomplicated life used to be.
today is a stunning example of how many plates one can actively spin without breaking any.
main st. beckons...
long time, no post.
the girls are pushing three and a half, i killed another car and subsequently we have submitted to the borg.
business is about to pick up at work and there's so much going on that it seems that i'll never reach the surface.
fitting album to open the year; passion and pain, anger and melancholy and overall a reminder of how blissfully uncomplicated life used to be.
today is a stunning example of how many plates one can actively spin without breaking any.
main st. beckons...
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