Under pressure....
May. 16th, 2004 03:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
days_unfoldingI haven't had a chance to really talk to the friend with whom I was having difficulties; he's been out sick and working from home. As a consequence, I'm feeling a little on hold waiting to see what happens. We have been talking on the phone about things of less consequence, and the conversations have gotten a lot more mellow. So we'll see.
On the other hand, I'm aware that part of the problem is that I've been friends with him for a long time, and I work with him and talk to him all the time (inside and outside of work), and he's somehow become the most important person in my life without my intending that he be so. So I'm working on plans to do more things with other people, and sort of diversify my affections, as it were.
Pressure at work is working up to a crescendo; I delivered the final version of one book on Wednesday, and we're delivering another book for review on Monday. The pressure should lessen for a little while, then build up again.
The saving grace is that it was musical instrument day at my place. I had been having problems with a particular chord on guitar for months, so I promised myself a new classical (nylon-string) guitar that I wanted if I mastered the chord. I reached a point when I was able to play the chord more often than not (although I still have some problems with it), so I ordered the guitar. The guitar arrived, and its sound is so awesome--pure magic. It's a very attractive guitar too. I'm absolutely thrilled with it, and it makes me want to play more.
I also bought a violin. I had picked out a violin and was agonizing whether to get it, when I saw a similar violin on eBay that was fairly cheap, so I bought it to mess around with it, figuring that if I seriously decide to study violin, I'd get a better violin. It arrived at the same time as the guitar, oddly enough. I haven't tried to play it yet, but have plucked its strings, and it seems to have a nice resonance.
And I'm still agonizing what to do in regards to the guitar and violin. I want to put in more practice time on the guitar; now that I'm more comfortable with the guitar, I've gotten more critical of my playing than my teacher is -;) However, I've been listening to (classical) violin recordings almost all the time now, and still love the sound (I don't OD on it), so I wonder if that is really what I should be studying. I'm planning to drop Pilates, which will help my time constraints a little bit.
Harlee is a musical cat. She loves it when I sing; her eyes get very large and round, and at first she stares, and then she comes over to me. Well, she seems to like violin too; I was playing Joshua Bell (violinist) on the stereo in the bedroom with the door closed, and opened the door to find Harlee right up against the door and eager to come in. I should teach her to play the electronic keyboard; "cat-on-keys" is a time-honored composition.
On the other hand, I'm aware that part of the problem is that I've been friends with him for a long time, and I work with him and talk to him all the time (inside and outside of work), and he's somehow become the most important person in my life without my intending that he be so. So I'm working on plans to do more things with other people, and sort of diversify my affections, as it were.
Pressure at work is working up to a crescendo; I delivered the final version of one book on Wednesday, and we're delivering another book for review on Monday. The pressure should lessen for a little while, then build up again.
The saving grace is that it was musical instrument day at my place. I had been having problems with a particular chord on guitar for months, so I promised myself a new classical (nylon-string) guitar that I wanted if I mastered the chord. I reached a point when I was able to play the chord more often than not (although I still have some problems with it), so I ordered the guitar. The guitar arrived, and its sound is so awesome--pure magic. It's a very attractive guitar too. I'm absolutely thrilled with it, and it makes me want to play more.
I also bought a violin. I had picked out a violin and was agonizing whether to get it, when I saw a similar violin on eBay that was fairly cheap, so I bought it to mess around with it, figuring that if I seriously decide to study violin, I'd get a better violin. It arrived at the same time as the guitar, oddly enough. I haven't tried to play it yet, but have plucked its strings, and it seems to have a nice resonance.
And I'm still agonizing what to do in regards to the guitar and violin. I want to put in more practice time on the guitar; now that I'm more comfortable with the guitar, I've gotten more critical of my playing than my teacher is -;) However, I've been listening to (classical) violin recordings almost all the time now, and still love the sound (I don't OD on it), so I wonder if that is really what I should be studying. I'm planning to drop Pilates, which will help my time constraints a little bit.
Harlee is a musical cat. She loves it when I sing; her eyes get very large and round, and at first she stares, and then she comes over to me. Well, she seems to like violin too; I was playing Joshua Bell (violinist) on the stereo in the bedroom with the door closed, and opened the door to find Harlee right up against the door and eager to come in. I should teach her to play the electronic keyboard; "cat-on-keys" is a time-honored composition.
