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i've been out with sarah chang, junichi hirokami and the vso. just the three of us... it was a night of russian composers--tchaikovsky, shostakovich and racmaninoff. i had a wonderful time. i really did. as the lights dimmed and i saw the orchestra illuminated below me (we were way up in the balcony again), and as the violins swept us away with their bows moving in unison i felt so grateful to be there, to be experiencing it. it makes me happy. highlights of the night: 1. sarah chang. she was amazing. she wore an orange sparkly gown. she had bare arms and she kept flinging her hair, stomping her feet and lurching back or forwards. as steve would say, she emotes, that means she shows a lot of emotion in her playing... she played Shostoakovich's violin concerto no.1 and my favourite parts were the nocturne, passacaglia, and burlesque. basically, 1,3 and 4. i liked two too, but not as much as the others. the nocturne was so plaintive. that's what i liked about it. beautiful. 2. junichi. i had previously been complaining to steve that i missed maestro tovey and his animated punctuation style conducting. i didn't have high hopes for junichi, but boy was i wrong. he was facinating to watch. he danced as he conducted, did aerobics, jumped (actually leapt in the air, and more than once, many times! and in succession!), bowed, quivered... he did it all. he's really got to be in shape to do the deep knee bends with his hands high above his head like that.. i really liked him. 3. sarah signed cds in the intermission so i bought one and stood in line. now after the person in front of me went i went up to her table and put down my cd. she waited a moment and then signed it, i walked past all these pointed cameras. that's all that was in my conciousness. but according to steve i walked right up into someone taking a picture with her, right in the middle of it. that would explain the pause before she signed it, but i was totally unaware. 4. the percussionists. there was a large percussion section this time and they were so fun to watch. there was a girl with a humungeous drum, the regular timpany guy, an xylaphone, tambourine (that was cool to watch), gong, cymbols, and some others. 5. the first movement of rach's symphonic dances, lovely. sigh. there was a beautiful echoing melody played by the saxaphone, oboe, flute, clarinet and piano all at different times, answering each other. so what i'm trying to say was that it was a good night and i'm glad i went. i wore my amber pendant for the first time, although i think it was usually hidden. no matter, i knew it was there and it made a difference to me.
we went through wendy's drive-thru after. after driving away we realized that they forgot my small fries. steve was pretty steamed about it, not me though, so we went back. when i was explaining to the voice on the other side of the menu sign, for some reason i said "i just went through and i'm missing a small fry." i said it twice because she couldn't hear me the first time. steve was totally weirded out that i said 'small fry' instead of 'small fries' and to top it off he said i said it in this weird lilting tone. as we drove up to the window he said "i really wish you had said small fries instead of small fry. that's just really weird. like what do you mean small fry? a child? or a single fry? oh is this it?" (holds up a small french fry). so that by the time we got to the window we were laughing and we just kept laughing harder as we drove away. it was the kind of laugh that made my eyes water, and made it hard to breathe. i don't know what i thought was so funny, we were laughing at me, but seen through his eyes it was quite humerous.
i had a good day. it started well, it ended well. i know when i have uplifting sundays because they lead to good mondays. i had a rested and peaceful soul and it made me cheery all day. loved everyone i saw at work, and called out cheery hellos to them, had how ya doin chats..etc. it was sunny and blue skied and i had a short easy grocery list, and it was my early day. at lunch i looked up from my stew to see ingrid looking at me. she usually is unresponsive to my friendly advances and doesn't remember who i am, and so on. but today she said "your hair and face are pretty." (i was in two braids, so usual curls around the face) "thank you!" i say, rather surprised. "they match" she went on. "match?" i said, wondering what that meant. "yes. you look german. you look like a german maiden." then sure enough, "what's your name? yes, laura's a german name." (actually it's latin, but i wasn't going to say) and so we had a little conversation about her german heritage. i got to go over our action plan with the bosses and they seemed happy with it, which was a relief, drove to my appointment at vgh singing with the hims, felt really thankful for the opportunity to have the procedure and all the great things mom and dad do for me, went shopping for lisa's birthday present, first bought some chocolates at purdy's, but then rounded the corner and saw a kiosk selling all these beautiful orchids. i love orchids. wanted to buy one for me, but there's no place for something beautiful like that in my home right now, so i bought one for lisa. we'll just have to keep the chocolates. i carried this pot with a towering, gracefully bent, fuscia orchid with me all over the mall. i wanted to keep it so much, but no. i hope lisa appreciates it. i also bought some aveda cherry bark conditioner, a cake for lisa and a silver chain for my amber pendant. the conditioner is great. i knew as soon as i smoothed it on in the shower. my hair likes it. and sure enough it does. thanks katie. experienced the frustration of shopping at the bay when looking for my silver chain. of course i found some, but was anyone around to help me? no! i waited and waited and finally decided to wait no longer. basically they were underserving of my business. so i bought it at blue ruby where they were very helpful, friendly and it was not a bad price, all three of which conditions did not comply with my expectations of blue ruby, but it was a nice thing to be wrong about. and that's about all the bla bla bla i got in me now kid.
i've been out with sarah chang, junichi hirokami and the vso. just the three of us... it was a night of russian composers--tchaikovsky, shostakovich and racmaninoff. i had a wonderful time. i really did. as the lights dimmed and i saw the orchestra illuminated below me (we were way up in the balcony again), and as the violins swept us away with their bows moving in unison i felt so grateful to be there, to be experiencing it. it makes me happy. highlights of the night: 1. sarah chang. she was amazing. she wore an orange sparkly gown. she had bare arms and she kept flinging her hair, stomping her feet and lurching back or forwards. as steve would say, she emotes, that means she shows a lot of emotion in her playing... she played Shostoakovich's violin concerto no.1 and my favourite parts were the nocturne, passacaglia, and burlesque. basically, 1,3 and 4. i liked two too, but not as much as the others. the nocturne was so plaintive. that's what i liked about it. beautiful. 2. junichi. i had previously been complaining to steve that i missed maestro tovey and his animated punctuation style conducting. i didn't have high hopes for junichi, but boy was i wrong. he was facinating to watch. he danced as he conducted, did aerobics, jumped (actually leapt in the air, and more than once, many times! and in succession!), bowed, quivered... he did it all. he's really got to be in shape to do the deep knee bends with his hands high above his head like that.. i really liked him. 3. sarah signed cds in the intermission so i bought one and stood in line. now after the person in front of me went i went up to her table and put down my cd. she waited a moment and then signed it, i walked past all these pointed cameras. that's all that was in my conciousness. but according to steve i walked right up into someone taking a picture with her, right in the middle of it. that would explain the pause before she signed it, but i was totally unaware. 4. the percussionists. there was a large percussion section this time and they were so fun to watch. there was a girl with a humungeous drum, the regular timpany guy, an xylaphone, tambourine (that was cool to watch), gong, cymbols, and some others. 5. the first movement of rach's symphonic dances, lovely. sigh. there was a beautiful echoing melody played by the saxaphone, oboe, flute, clarinet and piano all at different times, answering each other. so what i'm trying to say was that it was a good night and i'm glad i went. i wore my amber pendant for the first time, although i think it was usually hidden. no matter, i knew it was there and it made a difference to me.
we went through wendy's drive-thru after. after driving away we realized that they forgot my small fries. steve was pretty steamed about it, not me though, so we went back. when i was explaining to the voice on the other side of the menu sign, for some reason i said "i just went through and i'm missing a small fry." i said it twice because she couldn't hear me the first time. steve was totally weirded out that i said 'small fry' instead of 'small fries' and to top it off he said i said it in this weird lilting tone. as we drove up to the window he said "i really wish you had said small fries instead of small fry. that's just really weird. like what do you mean small fry? a child? or a single fry? oh is this it?" (holds up a small french fry). so that by the time we got to the window we were laughing and we just kept laughing harder as we drove away. it was the kind of laugh that made my eyes water, and made it hard to breathe. i don't know what i thought was so funny, we were laughing at me, but seen through his eyes it was quite humerous.
i had a good day. it started well, it ended well. i know when i have uplifting sundays because they lead to good mondays. i had a rested and peaceful soul and it made me cheery all day. loved everyone i saw at work, and called out cheery hellos to them, had how ya doin chats..etc. it was sunny and blue skied and i had a short easy grocery list, and it was my early day. at lunch i looked up from my stew to see ingrid looking at me. she usually is unresponsive to my friendly advances and doesn't remember who i am, and so on. but today she said "your hair and face are pretty." (i was in two braids, so usual curls around the face) "thank you!" i say, rather surprised. "they match" she went on. "match?" i said, wondering what that meant. "yes. you look german. you look like a german maiden." then sure enough, "what's your name? yes, laura's a german name." (actually it's latin, but i wasn't going to say) and so we had a little conversation about her german heritage. i got to go over our action plan with the bosses and they seemed happy with it, which was a relief, drove to my appointment at vgh singing with the hims, felt really thankful for the opportunity to have the procedure and all the great things mom and dad do for me, went shopping for lisa's birthday present, first bought some chocolates at purdy's, but then rounded the corner and saw a kiosk selling all these beautiful orchids. i love orchids. wanted to buy one for me, but there's no place for something beautiful like that in my home right now, so i bought one for lisa. we'll just have to keep the chocolates. i carried this pot with a towering, gracefully bent, fuscia orchid with me all over the mall. i wanted to keep it so much, but no. i hope lisa appreciates it. i also bought some aveda cherry bark conditioner, a cake for lisa and a silver chain for my amber pendant. the conditioner is great. i knew as soon as i smoothed it on in the shower. my hair likes it. and sure enough it does. thanks katie. experienced the frustration of shopping at the bay when looking for my silver chain. of course i found some, but was anyone around to help me? no! i waited and waited and finally decided to wait no longer. basically they were underserving of my business. so i bought it at blue ruby where they were very helpful, friendly and it was not a bad price, all three of which conditions did not comply with my expectations of blue ruby, but it was a nice thing to be wrong about. and that's about all the bla bla bla i got in me now kid.
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