The Onset of Guilt

I am feeling the squeeze of my conscience this afternoon.

A few days ago, I offered to learn an a piece to accompany a friend of mine for his jury for Trombone.  I really did think I could learn it–it’s in C major, the first and last parts are SLOW, and the middle didn’t look too bad.  So I started working on it today and I realized it’s quite a bit more difficult that I anticipated.  The middle part is the real kicker; it is about double the speed of the other two sections, and while that’s not very fast, it’s complicated because of an unusual melody and very strange chords with lots of sharps and flats.  It also has a few funky rhythms in it.  I feel awful about this, because while I might have been able to learn it in a few weeks, I’m not entirely sure I can in one week, let alone the week before finals in which I have to write the final 8 pages of a 15 page paper on Alchemy, finish a take-home test, write a speech, and finish a Flash animation.  This is bad stuff.  And now I’m not sure he’ll be able to find an accompanist very easily.  His original one flaked on him or something, and the other two people in his hall that could learn it ALSO have juries to get ready for, as well as other finals.

I wish I could find him an accompanist so he wouldn’t have to worry about this.  Had he a backup, I wouldn’t feel nearly as bad.  However, this is for one of his FINALS, and I don’t want to have contributed to issues with such a massively important occasion.  Perhaps I should never have agreed to do this.  I should really think things through first.  But now I feel obliged to help him out in SOME way…

Currently, David is putting the song on Sibelius for listening purposes, as there is virtually no recording of this song anywhere.  Perhaps hearing it will make it easier to learn?  I hope my friend can find someone in time…or that hearing the song will help me play it…

Okay.

Better now.  Still conflicted, but…better now.  I need a second opinion on this matter (other than my best friend, who was EXTREMELY helpful, yay, but also does not know ze people persnoally…so yes, I’m covering my bases?).

Annnyway.  Yesterday was Clavinova Festival.  Second place = sadface, but apparently the judge had such a close call with it that she insisted I play at the recital (first time ever–usually only the first place winners get to perform their pieces, but this year I got to do so, as well).  So that was good.  It hit me a little harder than usual because this was my absolute favorite of all the songs I’ve arranged for Clavinova (and I personally thought it was the best of them, too).  Oh well.  It’s over now!

Dark Kingdom is progressing!  I really should have worked on it more today…but I kinda got on the phone and couldn’t concentrate.  At least I designed the bottom windows and got the flats done on Jo for the first page.  1 out of 10, woo!

School begins anew tomorrow.  Le sigh.  At least everyone will be back from NCYC.  And I need to finish my project with Brian and Danielle HARDCORE!  We don’t actually know what we’re doing yet, and I’m pretty sure it’s due either Tuesday or Wednesday.  I’ll pitch my drawing idea to them (idea is thus: I draw some amusing summaries of the happenings in our Decameron story and…we make it into a Powerpoint or something).  lawl, I say.

Lastly, I really hope we get to pick our own songs for musical auditions (and also that we sing them alone in a room with our judges).  I totally have a song (I’m pretty sure people sang it last year BUT I DON’T CARE)–it’s Home from Beauty and the Beast.  I feel extremely confident when I sing it, so…that’s good.  I don’t really care that it doesn’t fit the part I want AT ALL (Mary Magdalene in Godspell much?).  I can sing it.  I’ll do a monologue that caters to the part instead.  XD

…But father…I just want to…SING–
NO NO SINGING

Oh right, Thes Fest recap later.  Now I have to go to bed!

The Great Warrior

This has been a strange and lovely weekend.

For one, I had no school on Friday, so we had a long rehearsal from 9:00 to, like, 3-something.  But following rehearsal I got to go up to the library to exchange AP Bio stuff with a friend and see not only that friend, but another PLUS ze boy.  So plusses there!

Saturday was the day of my piano recital, which was fine.  A little long (there were only, like, 6 or 7 students performing, but one of them…sang 5 songs…), but otherwise fine.  My song sounded decent, considering it isn’t done and there are only two more weeks until the competition and I can’t go to my lesson next week.  Yikes.

After the recital, I started texting with ze boy, and through a string of messages, we made plans to see a movie!  But, haha, we couldn’t decide on one.  Apparently we’re both horribly indecisive, isn’t that wonderful?  So we were going to visit Blockbuster and just rent one, but then we remembered that I had yet to see V for Vendetta, so I went to his house and watched that.  It was great fun, we watched the movie, he played guitar, it was nice.  ^^

And TODAY, a friend of mine is home from college and he is coming over.  Not for long, since I have a bit of homework, actually, but still.  We are going to play Folklore?  I have heard it is good!  But in all honesty, I have never seen it, I simply remember hearing about the title and how it is dark and spooky and fun.  We shall see!