Rainy Tuesday

I have mixed feelings about the rain. I woke up to the sound of raindrops. (Of course, not to the sound of my multiple alarm clocks. That never happens.) I never like awakening to rain on a day I can’t sleep in and enjoy it.

Off to work I go, driving in the traffic and the rain. If there’s something less enjoyable than waking up to rain on a work day, that would be it. (But there’s not.) Visibility’s bad, I can’t go my normal 90 miles an hour without sliding a little.

When I got to work finally, all of the parking spaces were taken, so I had to drive down the block to the Grand Union and park there, and walk the rest of the way — in the rain. I was decidedly unhappy as I started walking, but a few minutes into the trip to my office, I realized that if I just enjoy the rain I’d feel much better. So for the rest of my walk to the municipal building where the [DELETED] offices are, I enjoyed the rain. I just wish the rain didn’t make me wet and soggy.

DISCO FUNKY! Here are some

DISCO FUNKY!
Here are some disco funky pictures from this weekend. We have Alissa at the Appel Farm Music Fest, Stacey — the birthday girl — at Dave & Busters, and Jen — Stacey’s future roommate — at the same place.


Alright, so maybe they’re not so much disco funky.

PICKING APPELS This weekend I

PICKING APPELS
This weekend I went to the Appel Farm Folk Music and Art Fest in Really South Jersey. It was located in a town called Elmer, which as it happens is not so far from Cowtown, NJ, where they have rodeos apparently.

In any case, there was a lot of good music there, including the wonderful Moxy Früvous. I also heard someone called David Gray who was pretty good, as well as Richard Thompson and Mary Chapin Carpenter. By 7:00 p.m., the little kids at the festival were starting to get restless, and we couldn’t even hear the singers from where we were sitting. We decided at that point it was time to leave.

Today I went shopping for a suit. I desparately needed a suit in general, but with Robert‘s wedding coming up, I really needed to take care of that. I ended up spending close to six hundred dollars on the total package. I wish I had the money…

MUSIC For some reason, track

MUSIC
For some reason, track four on the Gladiator movie soundtrack is really affecting me. There needs to be more good film soundtracks out there. I’d like to write some. Anyone doing a film? I’d love to do your soundtrack.

Checklist

So, let’s take a look at what I completed tonight. Got tickets? Yep. Cleaned? Somewhat. [DELETED] Worked on ReidSound.com? Yep, Darren came to visit and we made a few changed. Progress is still slow. It’s 12:30 a.m. and I haven’t gotten to the Levin/Shanken-Kaye website yet. Maybe tomorrow.

WHAT A WEEKEND! The weekend

WHAT A WEEKEND!
The weekend is finally over and the stress can subside for a while. Although some students never showed up, Saturday’s rehearsal showed that we were going to still have two great ensembles. The kids really enjoyed working with their conductors and the conductors enjoyed working with their kids. Sunday’s concert was fantastic, and seemed to run smoothly, even from back stage.

I finally got to hear The Cadets for the first time this weekend, too. They have all new instruments this year. They really sounded wonderful. It’s going to be a great season for them, and as well as for the Crossmen.