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Name: AJ
Country: United States
State: New York
Metro: Rochester
Birthday: 6/1/1986
Gender: Male
Interests: violin playing, computers, hanging out with my friends, watching movies, eating, harrassing people, fire
Expertise: Classical and Irish violin playing, fixing people's computers around the dorm, giving great hugs, making people smile (or so I'm told).
Occupation: Student
Industry: Art
Message: message meEmail: email me
Website: visit my website
AIM:  AjosephM13
Member Since:
10/7/2004
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| This is quick and easy, so I guess I'll do it...1. cigarettes: turn off
2. sex: marriage
3. relationships: amazing
4. your last ex: what last ex?
5. Power rangers: "go go power rangers!"
6. marijuana: mary jane
7. crack: whore
8. food: "it's one of those things that we italians do best"
9. this president: *monkey noises*
10. war: death
11. cars: fun!
12. gas prices: obscene
13. Halloween: Boo!
14.
Bon Jovi: Too many ballads
15. Religion: Catholic
16. MySpace: UnSafe
17. worst fear: losing those I love
18. marriage: will come when the time is right
19. blondes: , like my girlfriend, are cute
20. brunettes: why is it that there's no equivalent for this word for brown-haired men?
21. red heads: cute
22. work: is fun if you're in music
23. pass the time: online
24. football: anything but the Bills
25. one night stands: never done it
26. pet peeve: stupid people
27. pixie sticks: I used to eat them with the paper on. I was little. So sue me.
28. vanilla ice cream: chocolate is so much better.
29. porta potties: grooooooooooss
30. high school: got better the farther along I got
31. pajamas: who needs them? Just kidding.
32. wood: violin
33. surfers: tory
34. pictures: i've taken over 400 in the past 6 months
35. first love: real love? alys.
36. job: violin!
37. dating: alys is amazing
38. restaurant: italian
39. college: cua
40. baseball: no thanks
41. friends with benefits: those people have issues
42. tattoos: ouuuuuuuuuuuuch
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| Well, I figured I might be able to pull together an entry since this week was so freakin awesome. But don't you expect regular entries out of me. Just when stuff happens....
First, let me say that there are few things funnier than Mr. G talking with an Indian accent and ranting about outsourcing. My lesson this week was awesome! It went perfectly, intonation was good, it was clean (that's a first!), and he just really liked what I had prepared! I was pumped!
Orchestra has been awesome; we have a concert today that I hope we get some good attendance for. The program is awesome, the orchestra is sounding great, and I'm just really excited for it. Nothing's more fun than playing insanely fast and awesome ethnic dance music!
In other news, my baroque studies have gotten into full swing. I've begun my rehearsals with the Peabody Baroque "orchestra" (it's really too small to be called an orchestra), which is an amazing experience. We're doing some stuff of our own, and some opera accompianment. It's really amazing. I'm learning quite a bit, and everyone is really working hard there. It's fun to have such a tight ensemble. They've been very welcoming.
I had a baroque violin lesson today and it went awesome as well! We worked on a Telemann Fantasy first, and she seemed to really like what I was doing with it. We worked on other interprative techniques and better technique with sounding point (which is impossible with gut strings). Then I played the Biber Passicaglia. And she really really like it! I was so pleased! I worked my butt off on it, and she really enjoyed it! So next I'll be working on some Westhoff Suites (which are written super wierd in the manuscript) and more Telemann I'm sure.
Well, I may revise this later, but I have a concert to play. Later.
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| Well, I got tagged by Brit, so here it goes....
10 things that make me happy...
1) The most wonderful woman named Alys who I love more than anything.
2) My dear violin (baroque and modern).
3) Playing in St. Vinny's/The Crypt of the BNSIC
4) Good italian food (esp. gnocchi).
5) Being with my family.
6) Having lunch with my friends from home (who I miss so much!)
7) Chocolate...mmmmmmmm
8) Traveling overseas (especially to Italia).
9) Staying up till god-only-knows-when with my friends just hanging out.
10) Random phone calls from friends at home just to say hi.
And I tag.....Alys, Liz C., JiHea, and Catherine
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| So I realized today as I was engulfing my senses into the amazing orgy
of sound that is the Bach D minor Partita, that I never blogged on my
first lesson. I should do that....
Well, he came in late. I wasn't too happy about it, but oh well. I
played my audition stuff for him (Lalo 5 and Sarabande from the D minor
partita), and he said he saw improvement, which is good. The Lalo still
wasn't where i wanted it, but the partita was good. Haha, we were
discussing my other colleges, and the reasons I didn't like the
teachers. We were talking about some teachers that are too cutesy with
their students, and he goes
"Yeah, it's not like we're on the purple dinosaur show. Guh huh huh
huh, let's practice, kids! Guh huh huh!" (That "guh huh huh" is the
laugh that Barney does on TV).
And then when we were discussing the teachers at one of the schools I
applied to, he did an impression of a Valley Girl "like oh my gosh!
That was like soooooooo sharp!". Haha. It was amazing.
Later that day, I had my audition. My Lalo was great, and so was my
Bach. I'm confident that I'll do just fine for seating in orchestra. I
kinda hope I get principal second, but i dunno. Cause she likes to
shift people around too, and I don't want to really be a 2nd unless I'm
doing something leadership-wise. Otherwise, I'd rather just be playing
the harder part. If that makes any sense at all (i know, it probably
doesn't).
Today was good too. I practiced a good solid 4 hours, and just got back
from dinner with Uncle Leo. Twas reaaaaaally funny. Hahaha, he was
talking about one year many moons ago the orchestra had 2 violas that
sounded like chickens in heat. I love that guy.
Well, I have to get ready for trying to get people to come sing for my 4:00 mass. Talk to you all later!
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