Sooo, what happened during August?
Nothing much out of the ordinary. I was asked to play with
the pit orchestra of our local acting group’s production of The Wizard of Oz. I’m
the only violinist, which puts me in a very scary position. I mean, just look
at this music:
Anyway, I’m plugging along with that. Show doesn’t play
until the second or third weekend of October, so I’ve got time.
Of course, I was looking through the music when I first got it and going, "What is that?". So we watched the movie to get the jist of things, and now everything makes sense. While we were watching it, the commentary was rolling:
"They had color in 1939?!"
"She's not wearing the shoes in that shot!"
"Wow, compared to the Munchkins, the Winkies have pretty awesome voices."
"The Tinman untied the hot air balloon! He's a traitor!"
It was much fun. ^.^
We went to the Civil War reenactment again this year. The
kids just love (and I hate) to see the battle and hear those cannons roar. I
like to stay to the back of the park while that’s going on; not too fond of
gunfire. However, the shops were fun to browse through; they had clothing,
cookingware, weapons, and all sorts of stuff from the Civil War era. They even
had a drummer and a fife player, and some other random soldier who danced an
Irish jig. We stopped at a woodcarver’s tent, and the lady gave Jesse quite a
few tips to use on his own projects; Lydia was given some sewing lessons, and
came away with some kind of handkerchief embroidery thing.
I’ve been keeping up with reading and writing, of course,
and a little drawing. Just sketches of characters and random little people,
really.
Oh, and another thing: I now have glasses. Not all-the-time
glasses; these are just for reading because my eyes aren’t strong enough to
handle the amount of reading that I’m doing. A source of headaches has been
discovered; apparently my eyes get tired and just quit, and my head starts to
pound. It’s funny, really; I, who have been an avid reader since the age of
five, have weak eyes. Hmm. Well, that’s how it stands.
Here they are:
Yes, they are large and dorky. I liked the color (at least,
over some of the others that were covered by insurance) so I snagged these
(plus, the co-pay was much smaller).
Anyroad, not much else has happened this summer. I finished
piano and violin lessons last week, and auditions for choir and orchestra are
on Saturday. For violin, I’ve got Handel’s “Sonata in D Major” and for choir “The
Infinite Shining Heavens”, which is an aria and I don’t know why on earth I
chose it. It was under the list of songs for high voice. *Shrug* It’s in a
horrible key and even worse time signature, but, oh well. Wish me grace.
Dia leat, mo chara.
Oh, and I almost forgot; I got this painting at the farmer's market in exchange for a bar of soap. I watched the girl do it entirely with spray-paint. Impressive, eh? It's hanging above my desk.
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Oh, and I almost forgot; I got this painting at the farmer's market in exchange for a bar of soap. I watched the girl do it entirely with spray-paint. Impressive, eh? It's hanging above my desk.
Firefox has crashed multiple times in the making of this post. Stupid, human-made technology.
