Thursday, March 10, 2011

The project worked all 3 times and we got 2nd place *score* but we wouldn't be competitive in the regionals, so maybe we won't keep it up. I'm going to leave it to our Project Manager, and just say I'll follow whatever he decides.

Talked with Chowon a little on FB chat. I hope I will be able to contact her via Skype this Saturday, but I will be at my sister's place. I think it will be ok. If I can't swing the Skype appointment, I can call her and tell her about it (I hope).

A little bit worried about transportation. Pray for me.

Shane has some cool videos on his phone.

I have a project management midterm tomorrow at 8:40, which means if I get to sleep immediately, I will have 6 hours and 10 minutes of sleep to work with.

I haven't had the opportunity to practice piano in 2 days. I'm so close to having this song perfected, and I think I could do it with just 4 more hours or so (or at least have it performable in 4 hours). I will practice it tomorrow.

Mr. Jonah, the head of procrastination at LeTU, says he "has a phone number" for the guy who's supposed to fix their pianos, and that he intends to call the guy "soon". If he doesn't do it, I think I'm just gonna put my first paycheck into a tuning kit and some new strings and fix the darn things myself. I've come to his office multiple times this semester only to get the same answer every time, and last year I came to the previous head of the music department multiple times with similar requests. This semester, none of them have been carried out. Of the two acoustic pianos in the practice rooms, one of them requires that you slam the keys to get any noise, and the other has a harsh buzzing sound behind some of the keys. The spear chapel piano is missing a string and the pedal is not working well anymore. The piano in the village center has a bad hammer, so one of the keys hardly works. The piano in MSC doesn't have a working dampener (afaict). The MSC piano might be the best one, but there's always people there so it's not really good for just practice. And finally, of the two pianos in the green room, one is out of tune and difficult to get sound out of, and the other is tuned weirdly and just has a funky sound that kinda ruins slow songs.

Basically, the only really good piano is hiding in the back room of Belcher, and anyone who isn't performing immediately risks trouble if he or she plays it.

.... Ok, I'm done with my rant.

"A little bit of respect goes a long way"

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