bring it on
I feel like my life is about to get overly crazy with Holiday, craft, and work things. Pieces of every obligation that I have are flying in different directions. I keep dreaming that all of my responsibilites are flying around my head like Legend of Zelda fairies, and I’m meant to jump up, grab them, and get them back into their little jars, but its just nearly impossible. And just when I think I’ve had enough, one of the fairies will revive me and I’m still stuck where I was weeks ago. Sorry, maybe you didn’t know that I was an ultra-nerd.
Anyway, part of the reason is probably due to Rory being in the same boat and finishing all of his finals at break-neck speed. I barely see him and when I do, we are both exhausted. We have a date planned for tonight to alleviate this crossed-path syndrome… then I’m off to my parents’ to see my sister who is up from Florida… and then I’ll be back at work again for the craziest week since I started (I am so scared).
One thing that is helping is the very slight amount of exercise that I’ve done this week has given me a tad bit of energy. I know that if I keep going with that goal (and by going, I mean s l o w l y working up to exercising and eating healthy all week long), then things will only improve. Okay, enough dwelling on that.
My one saving grace is that I have a week off for Christmas/Winter break. That is my finish line, so to speak. I hope to cross the line triumphantly, but we shall see. Allison and I cooked up plans to throw a Holiday Party during the break, and we’ve selected a Marc Jacobs theme. I have no idea what we mean by this, but we’ll run with it and it will be amazing.
Rory and I performed last night at EXIT ART, as part of a class project for ITP at NYU. You can actually view some of the video of the perfomances here:
http://www.menscher.com/blog/2007/12/14/fall-2007-nime-algorithmic-composition-show/
The piece I performed in was Lesley Flanigan’s Speaker Synth Choir. The video is not inclusive of the bulk of the piece, but only the initial set up of the instrument (the first movement, if you will, which is simply getting the speaker synth to do its thing). I’m disappointed not to see the rest of it, because we had no monitors set up and we could not hear anything that was going on with all the layers that Lesley built into the performance. Rory said he’s going to try and ask for the original video files, which would have the singing parts as well.
From the link above you can also view Rory’s “Canon in Robot Major”. The video gives you a pretty good idea of what Rory’s performance sounded sounded like. In the performance space, the instrument resonated more and filled the room.
Okay, weekend. Let’s go!
Oh no! I couldn’t get the link to work. Sounds like you’re a busy bee! That’s great that you have week off as your light at the end of the tunnel!
I’ve been feeling kind of like that lately. Like I piled my plate really high and now I don’t know what to do with it. A little each day, I suppose.
Hope you find relaxation soon!
Yes! The holidays this year should be extra enjoyable. I can’t wait.
Also–as of 6:00 am this morning when he walked in the door, Rory is all done with school for this semester. I am jealous, proud, and excited for him. He needs some time off, too!