Lesson, lesson, lesson
Jan. 14th, 2006 03:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chu_totoroI lost my intonation.
I never exactly had it in the first place; no one has perfect intonation as soon as they're born, but I used to be terrible and she would drill, drill, drill, so then I went home and practiced a hella lot until she told me my intonation was good and stop, stop focusing on intonation so much, it's time to work on bow and speed to make a richer sound because that was lacking and intonation wasn't. And I had a good ear, so I was developing intonation pretty much into gut instinct, but recently I've been slacking, not practicing, and now I've lost it again.
Also, orchestra practicing. Kills it. Because you can't hear yourself in an orchestra. You can barely tell what you're playing, not to mention when you're out of tune, and also when everyone around you is out of tune how the hell do you TELL? But that's not much of an excuse. It's me. Just me. I've been slacking. That's all there is to it and I need to stop, pull myself back up and get back into it except I don't want to....
Yesterday's piano lesson was much better than expected, though, considering my amount of practice. Think it's just 'coz I reached the right level and "clicked." I... get it. If that makes any sense. And to say the least, ONE session of quality practice > 100 sessions of brainless note-repeating without listening or feeling the music.
In any case, I have a lot of stuff I should be doing. Instrumenting, for one. No duh. If I practice a lot, I can get my intonation back and I actually know it, I just... can't bring myself to go practice. Too lazy, too tired. I don't feel like moving, for god's sake. Typing isn't much of a problem. See, because I just sit here. And typing is like, second nature to me. And it only moves the fingers, and also I can type extremely fast and accurate, for the most part, and.... yeah. I just feel extremely lethargic and lazy right now. >< Oh, might be one of the side-effects of my period. It draaaaains the energy out of you.
On that note, I've discovered that chocolate (for me) seems to have the same effect as midol. Not that I've ever taken midol, but the basic point is the same. It relieves cramps. How wonderful. Wonderful wonderful~
I have opened the last chocolate orange in the house. I have, slowly but surely, devoured half of it, and probably by tonight it will be completely gone. Yet, I feel no guilt whatsoever.
Chocolate oranges are goooooood~
Yeah, I should blog less. I talk too much. Adam's right. But I can twist it around the other way... true, if I spent all the time I spend blogging on instruments, I'd improve a lot. But right now, if I weren't to be typing on the computer, the most I would do, I think., is sit here. Maybe read a little bit. Or computer games. Yeah, I have the capability to waste the entire afternoon away with computer games; dun wanna move or go anywhere else or do anything else, much... so, in that regard, spending this time writing in the blog is at least more productive than other things I might be doing. I could come back and read this entry someday and amuse myself. Whereas if I went and wasted all of this time sitting staring blankly into space, I would've achieved nothing more than what I'm doing now.
... does that make sense? I'm rather sure it made sense. It makes sense to me.
I just finished reading Joy Luck Club. I hate Amy Tan's works, but I'm surprised to find I like this one. However, I have a hunch that it's the only book of hers I'll ever like. Somewhat depressing, yet true. But JLC is a good book, for sure... I should keep reading Of Mice and Men. We got it in English on Wednesday. I read the beginning during Biology; it sounds promising so far, except unfortunately this was the day where the guys were playing frisbee outside and I really, really COULDN'T concentrate because that was all I could think about and the frustration was so great it almost made me cry, right, which, you know, rather takes one's mind off the book... I did read it. Just not thoroughly, 'coz my mind was distracted. I should reread it more carefully some time.
There are plenty of other books around the house I should read. Our house is full of books. There're still ones in MY room that I haven't read. Not to speak of the two giant shelves in the garage... and the shelves and shelves of science fiction in my dad's room. I should find a good booklist and read more. Oh, where was that book meme I did a while ago... I should dig it out and start looking for the books on it that're in my house.
Kuroi says that after she got into fandom and fanfiction, she can no longer read proper fiction anymore. o__O That must suck. Reading's still one of my favorite hobbies. Books are awesome. ^^ Much better than TV. I never really watched TV, aside from movies. I used to occasionally check on Cartoon Network, but not on a regular basis. Infrequent occasions, generally. We watch videos at home a lot, or more often DVDs//pirated VCDs or other things of the like.
TV = uncool. .... that randomly makes me think: myspace = uncool. Hah. Myspaces ARE stupid. Quoth Tiffany (Hu), go here! XD I disapprove of myspaces. Partly because they ALWAYS, without fail, look horribly messed up on my computer. It happens to some LJ layouts too, and minorly to the majority of layouts, but usually never as terrible as a myspace is. But also, I find myspaces rather pointless. Maybe, because they are. If someone can find a good point to counter that, by all means do so. I've always wondered what was the point of a myspace... all these people in SHS have it and so proudly advocate on AIM and I follow the link and find it and there's never really anything of value there. Except of course maybe to figure out who I'm talking to, if a random person IMed me.
Yawn. Still not over Brokeback Mountain. Had more to say, but forgot. Well no, I don't plan what I say. I don't have a point in my entries half the time. I start something, and digress and digress and digress except it doesn't matter, because I don't have a main point in the first place. In any case, maybe I'll go reread Eragon now. I'll go find the kitty and make him come inside and join me, so then I have a nice warm little ball of fur and claws to keep me warm. Kitties are nice like that. Puppy is much warmer than Squishy. Unfortunately, there are drawbacks. This morning Puppy woke me up at like 7 by walking around on me with his sharp kitty claws very purposely out, and kept poking my face meaningfully (he wanted to get out). It's a pain... but... he's too adorable aaaaaah~! I don't have the heart to keep him out when he meows and paws and gives a sad kitty face with that I-want-to-sleep-inside-today-it's-RAINING-outside-don't-you-SEE-that-pweeeze-let-me-in! expression on his face.
Mm. Mornings with cat = *claw* *shove* *walks on me with claws out* YAAH!! *jerks and cat falls off bed* *jumps back onto bed and walks onto my head* *hefts cat up bodily and puts him at the foot of the bed* *comes back* *shoves away* *comes back again* *shoves away* *comes back and pokes pointedly with a claw* AAAAAARGH!!!! *pokes more* STOPPIT!! *SHOVE* ....... *comes back*
... and so on. _ _;; Until I do get up and let him out. But it's still nice... like, when you're sleeping at night and there's a cat with you, the blankets and sheets won't ever freeze. ^^ Why the hell is my room like.. the coldest place in the house... anyways? Aside from the gameroom. *sulks* How unfair.
Edit:
Hm. Not bad. Whyever did I put Kuroi twice? No duh it's wrong. Must not have been thinking straight.
I never exactly had it in the first place; no one has perfect intonation as soon as they're born, but I used to be terrible and she would drill, drill, drill, so then I went home and practiced a hella lot until she told me my intonation was good and stop, stop focusing on intonation so much, it's time to work on bow and speed to make a richer sound because that was lacking and intonation wasn't. And I had a good ear, so I was developing intonation pretty much into gut instinct, but recently I've been slacking, not practicing, and now I've lost it again.
Also, orchestra practicing. Kills it. Because you can't hear yourself in an orchestra. You can barely tell what you're playing, not to mention when you're out of tune, and also when everyone around you is out of tune how the hell do you TELL? But that's not much of an excuse. It's me. Just me. I've been slacking. That's all there is to it and I need to stop, pull myself back up and get back into it except I don't want to....
Yesterday's piano lesson was much better than expected, though, considering my amount of practice. Think it's just 'coz I reached the right level and "clicked." I... get it. If that makes any sense. And to say the least, ONE session of quality practice > 100 sessions of brainless note-repeating without listening or feeling the music.
In any case, I have a lot of stuff I should be doing. Instrumenting, for one. No duh. If I practice a lot, I can get my intonation back and I actually know it, I just... can't bring myself to go practice. Too lazy, too tired. I don't feel like moving, for god's sake. Typing isn't much of a problem. See, because I just sit here. And typing is like, second nature to me. And it only moves the fingers, and also I can type extremely fast and accurate, for the most part, and.... yeah. I just feel extremely lethargic and lazy right now. >< Oh, might be one of the side-effects of my period. It draaaaains the energy out of you.
On that note, I've discovered that chocolate (for me) seems to have the same effect as midol. Not that I've ever taken midol, but the basic point is the same. It relieves cramps. How wonderful. Wonderful wonderful~
I have opened the last chocolate orange in the house. I have, slowly but surely, devoured half of it, and probably by tonight it will be completely gone. Yet, I feel no guilt whatsoever.
Chocolate oranges are goooooood~
Yeah, I should blog less. I talk too much. Adam's right. But I can twist it around the other way... true, if I spent all the time I spend blogging on instruments, I'd improve a lot. But right now, if I weren't to be typing on the computer, the most I would do, I think., is sit here. Maybe read a little bit. Or computer games. Yeah, I have the capability to waste the entire afternoon away with computer games; dun wanna move or go anywhere else or do anything else, much... so, in that regard, spending this time writing in the blog is at least more productive than other things I might be doing. I could come back and read this entry someday and amuse myself. Whereas if I went and wasted all of this time sitting staring blankly into space, I would've achieved nothing more than what I'm doing now.
... does that make sense? I'm rather sure it made sense. It makes sense to me.
I just finished reading Joy Luck Club. I hate Amy Tan's works, but I'm surprised to find I like this one. However, I have a hunch that it's the only book of hers I'll ever like. Somewhat depressing, yet true. But JLC is a good book, for sure... I should keep reading Of Mice and Men. We got it in English on Wednesday. I read the beginning during Biology; it sounds promising so far, except unfortunately this was the day where the guys were playing frisbee outside and I really, really COULDN'T concentrate because that was all I could think about and the frustration was so great it almost made me cry, right, which, you know, rather takes one's mind off the book... I did read it. Just not thoroughly, 'coz my mind was distracted. I should reread it more carefully some time.
There are plenty of other books around the house I should read. Our house is full of books. There're still ones in MY room that I haven't read. Not to speak of the two giant shelves in the garage... and the shelves and shelves of science fiction in my dad's room. I should find a good booklist and read more. Oh, where was that book meme I did a while ago... I should dig it out and start looking for the books on it that're in my house.
Kuroi says that after she got into fandom and fanfiction, she can no longer read proper fiction anymore. o__O That must suck. Reading's still one of my favorite hobbies. Books are awesome. ^^ Much better than TV. I never really watched TV, aside from movies. I used to occasionally check on Cartoon Network, but not on a regular basis. Infrequent occasions, generally. We watch videos at home a lot, or more often DVDs//pirated VCDs or other things of the like.
TV = uncool. .... that randomly makes me think: myspace = uncool. Hah. Myspaces ARE stupid. Quoth Tiffany (Hu), go here! XD I disapprove of myspaces. Partly because they ALWAYS, without fail, look horribly messed up on my computer. It happens to some LJ layouts too, and minorly to the majority of layouts, but usually never as terrible as a myspace is. But also, I find myspaces rather pointless. Maybe, because they are. If someone can find a good point to counter that, by all means do so. I've always wondered what was the point of a myspace... all these people in SHS have it and so proudly advocate on AIM and I follow the link and find it and there's never really anything of value there. Except of course maybe to figure out who I'm talking to, if a random person IMed me.
Yawn. Still not over Brokeback Mountain. Had more to say, but forgot. Well no, I don't plan what I say. I don't have a point in my entries half the time. I start something, and digress and digress and digress except it doesn't matter, because I don't have a main point in the first place. In any case, maybe I'll go reread Eragon now. I'll go find the kitty and make him come inside and join me, so then I have a nice warm little ball of fur and claws to keep me warm. Kitties are nice like that. Puppy is much warmer than Squishy. Unfortunately, there are drawbacks. This morning Puppy woke me up at like 7 by walking around on me with his sharp kitty claws very purposely out, and kept poking my face meaningfully (he wanted to get out). It's a pain... but... he's too adorable aaaaaah~! I don't have the heart to keep him out when he meows and paws and gives a sad kitty face with that I-want-to-sleep-inside-today-it's-RAINING-outside-don't-you-SEE-that-pweeeze-let-me-in! expression on his face.
Mm. Mornings with cat = *claw* *shove* *walks on me with claws out* YAAH!! *jerks and cat falls off bed* *jumps back onto bed and walks onto my head* *hefts cat up bodily and puts him at the foot of the bed* *comes back* *shoves away* *comes back again* *shoves away* *comes back and pokes pointedly with a claw* AAAAAARGH!!!! *pokes more* STOPPIT!! *SHOVE* ....... *comes back*
... and so on. _ _;; Until I do get up and let him out. But it's still nice... like, when you're sleeping at night and there's a cat with you, the blankets and sheets won't ever freeze. ^^ Why the hell is my room like.. the coldest place in the house... anyways? Aside from the gameroom. *sulks* How unfair.
Edit:
Hm. Not bad. Whyever did I put Kuroi twice? No duh it's wrong. Must not have been thinking straight.
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Date: 2006-01-14 04:42 pm (UTC)and dont worry - i havent practiced cello since... two summers ago so my intonation is really bad too XD
i really liked of mice and men. that was the best frosh book
yeah myspace bashing!!! i used to think it was just my computer but now its like.... wow... people need to work on their design. its hard to read and there's too many photos!! and myspaces are ew. i wrote an angry entry for my blog (which is on hiatus because my mom banned me from updating so i post updates on my archive) but nobody can see it because my ftp went *EXPLODE* and now I cant upload stuff. i cry
is brokeback mountain the one with the two guys? risa and i saw the preview when we went to watch a movie for apus and we were like, "wait i dont get it... are they gay?" we're stupid. but seriously, are they?
i have a heater!! ^^
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Date: 2006-01-14 04:44 pm (UTC)when linking stuff, don't forget the http:// before or else the link gets messed up
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Date: 2006-01-14 05:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-14 05:02 pm (UTC)... YES they're gay. That's the whole movie~~~~ OMG BM is awesome you should watch~
>> You have a heater. That's great! I don't.
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Date: 2006-01-14 08:25 pm (UTC)but mostly because every time i refreshed i got at least one error message saying that people only have photo entries or all their stuff is friend-only. also, i got a lot of "friends only! comment to be added" O_O