http://www.dragonsfolly.com/wpblog babblings! Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:28:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 A few months ago, the string that attaches the tailpiece to the violin I play snapped. I took it to an old violin repairer. I learned today that he died not too long ago. It was strange; all I could think about was not him but his little shop, a ... http://www.dragonsfolly.com/wpblog/index.php?p=354 My life is so generally uneventful and unexciting that I haven't taken the time to write in this thing for a while. Let's do a mini-update about recent thoughts and events. 1.) Visiting Ally I was sad that Dana couldn't come, but by far the highlight of the trip was visiting Michelle ... http://www.dragonsfolly.com/wpblog/index.php?p=353 I like it when Renee and Nikki come over to the house and the house is filled with the noise of everyone conversing; it's nice. (Sometimes it's not nice, like when I'm trying to study and my patience becomes nonexistent, but for the most part, it's nice.) I think it's ... http://www.dragonsfolly.com/wpblog/index.php?p=352 You know, I really, really miss the days when I wasn't procrastinating and thus not writing craptastic papers in one day that make me sad and more stressed out when they're finished because they're such shitty quality. Yeah... so how do I, at eight weeks into the quarter, get my ... http://www.dragonsfolly.com/wpblog/index.php?p=351 Jeff said I should write in this more, so maybe I should. First, because it's most prominent, school: I don't know what changed from last year to this quarter, but I am friggin' swamped with work and more often than not behind in it. It's true that I have been ... http://www.dragonsfolly.com/wpblog/index.php?p=350 Saw the Diavolo show with Dana tonight. Slow at parts, but at other times simply amazing in the breadth of skill and example of human strength and grace. Some segments even had my gut clenching in fear that someone was going to take a bad fall or get crushed, but ... http://www.dragonsfolly.com/wpblog/index.php?p=349 John O'Neill III, if you see this, I'm going to have to steal my anime back from you one day. And how the hell are you doing? http://www.dragonsfolly.com/wpblog/index.php?p=348 I was continually amazed today by just how many times my coworker can mention to people that she has two children and relate to them, one after the other, the same goddamn story or circumstance. To me, it just seems odd to tell people things like this, but maybe this ... http://www.dragonsfolly.com/wpblog/index.php?p=347 So while trying to tune the E string on the violin today using the peg, there was suddenly a loud bang. A little chaos and disbelief later, I realized the tailpiece's, er, string? (that which attaches it to the button--the violin is pretty much just held together by tension) had ... http://www.dragonsfolly.com/wpblog/index.php?p=346 Yesterday, a man newly wed came into the store. I greeted him, as I greet about 80% of the people who walk in, and he gave me this smile that while open, immediately put me on edge because I knew there was a question coming and I hate not being ... http://www.dragonsfolly.com/wpblog/index.php?p=345