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Sep. 14th, 2005 08:02 pmI didn't get that job. Apparently circumstances changed - someone who was gonna leave now isn't - and so they don't need the extra person. Damn.
So today I figured out that when using chords when playing the piano you should use the foot pedal to hold them on for the bar ^-^ This may seem elementary, but remember I've never had any formal lessons. Anyhoo, it sounds quite nice now, and I can play it relatively easily (though only when my family are out, because I'm self-conscious.) What I wanted to ask, though, was whether anyone musical fancied giving me a hand with it, because I think it could be really good, but I'm not so great at the technicalities. I can get the melody and the chords and the lyrics pretty much sorted out, but I never really learned how long each type of note lasts and that kinda stuff, which sounds stupid for someone who is/was about Grade Seven level flute...
I also read the twelth 'Anita Blake' book today. Anyone who has heard me bitch about it will know that I think Laurell K. Hamilton screwed it up by making it too much about sex and ditching her strong plotlines. While that's still true, this one was better, so I'm thinking I'll still buy the next one, but with the same sort of probation thing going on. (To give non-readers an idea of what I mean by too much about the sex, Anita shags five different guys in the space of one day. And some more the next day.) I prefer the 'Merry Gentry' books to be honest, because they're more open about the fact that a lot of it is about screwing - Merry has to get pregnant, so that involves sex. I can handle that. But please, Laurell, put the boobs away next time, more with the monster-ass-kicking!
Now, anyone who made it this far through the post gets to read my mullings on the subject of my friends that I was mulling over today ^-^ I was thinking how unusual it is to have so many creative friends, when so many people aren't creative. But most of you write, or draw, or make music (and by that I mean create-your-own, sorta like DIY.) And it's really nice. Those of you who don't at least think about it and know what the rest of us are talking about. And that's unusual, I think. So many people in this world do nothing by themselves, just take the stuff doled out by the creative people, whether that be music or books or TV. But it's so very different to create something yourself, to have that spark in you which lets you do that. I think it's wonderful. I think you're wonderful. I love all of you, and sometimes you lot are all that keeps me sane, because I know that you must like me if you hang around with me even when I'm annoying (laugh). I appreciate it. And I don't say it enough.
So today I figured out that when using chords when playing the piano you should use the foot pedal to hold them on for the bar ^-^ This may seem elementary, but remember I've never had any formal lessons. Anyhoo, it sounds quite nice now, and I can play it relatively easily (though only when my family are out, because I'm self-conscious.) What I wanted to ask, though, was whether anyone musical fancied giving me a hand with it, because I think it could be really good, but I'm not so great at the technicalities. I can get the melody and the chords and the lyrics pretty much sorted out, but I never really learned how long each type of note lasts and that kinda stuff, which sounds stupid for someone who is/was about Grade Seven level flute...
I also read the twelth 'Anita Blake' book today. Anyone who has heard me bitch about it will know that I think Laurell K. Hamilton screwed it up by making it too much about sex and ditching her strong plotlines. While that's still true, this one was better, so I'm thinking I'll still buy the next one, but with the same sort of probation thing going on. (To give non-readers an idea of what I mean by too much about the sex, Anita shags five different guys in the space of one day. And some more the next day.) I prefer the 'Merry Gentry' books to be honest, because they're more open about the fact that a lot of it is about screwing - Merry has to get pregnant, so that involves sex. I can handle that. But please, Laurell, put the boobs away next time, more with the monster-ass-kicking!
Now, anyone who made it this far through the post gets to read my mullings on the subject of my friends that I was mulling over today ^-^ I was thinking how unusual it is to have so many creative friends, when so many people aren't creative. But most of you write, or draw, or make music (and by that I mean create-your-own, sorta like DIY.) And it's really nice. Those of you who don't at least think about it and know what the rest of us are talking about. And that's unusual, I think. So many people in this world do nothing by themselves, just take the stuff doled out by the creative people, whether that be music or books or TV. But it's so very different to create something yourself, to have that spark in you which lets you do that. I think it's wonderful. I think you're wonderful. I love all of you, and sometimes you lot are all that keeps me sane, because I know that you must like me if you hang around with me even when I'm annoying (laugh). I appreciate it. And I don't say it enough.
