We're like that. Otherwise, we'd be more in the
public eye, whether we were good at anything or not.

This is true... :)

It's interesting to see that there are folks
out there who are celebrated just because.

I think I saw a tagline to that effect at one point... something about
being famous because one was well-known... or something like that...

It's not an unknown phenomenon, I guess a lot of TV
"personalities" would qualify.

Okay, that works for some people. Nothing worked
to get my parents mental health help, though
they could have seriously benefited from it.

Here it probably worked because his mother was a counselor herself, and
his father figured that if the kid had problems it was a family problem
that we all should be working at... I've gathered that your parents
didn't have that going for them...

None of that; not much insight in that dyad.

2 against 3 is not that hard to wrap one's
head around, because it's a staple of all
those fun-loving Germans, but playing it
could be difficult. The slow movement of the
Sibelius violin concerto requires the soloist
to do double-stops in 2 against 3, and it's
one of those sly secret tours de force that
hardly goes noticed by te concert audience.

Sad to have that not noticed... ;) As a high-schooler, I was doing a
duet version of Schubert's Rosamunde music with a friend... She was
doing triplets to my eighths... as long as I just went oompa-oompa (I
was secundo, she was primo), I was fine.... listening to hers and trying
to connect was a little more challenging... <G>

Correcting is a temptation for those who have
that introspective gene. The opposite is much
worse, though.

More power to him... :) I've not actually tried conducting, but I probably wouldn't be all that great at it either... :)

I've been paid to do it but don't like it for
a bunch of reasons.

I hear you... :) But, as concertmaster (at least at times), I
understand that conducting might be expected of you.... ;)

'twas.

I don't mind the nice adventures... ;)

I should hope. I actually look forward to them.

Sometimes they are better than life.... :)

Well, maybe; life itself isn't bad, but in my
experience the sad truth is that a decent life
means generally decent dreams, while low times are
the progenitor of bad dreams. One strange thing - I
was in that nearly-asleep condition yesterday, and
suddenly this black awful mood descended for a
fraction of a second. Curious, I tried to rewind
to that spot of consciousness but could not. I
wonder if I am blocking out something black and
awful or if it was just a momentary imbalance of
some chemical sort.

... "Gin rummy with Brandy's scotched, Bud" whined Sherry wryly.

And Anisette?

Pretty much ignored all the liqueurs, didn't it.... :)

But what did she say?

Ah... I wasn't around to hear her.... did you happen to note it down...?

It wasn't in my Heering.

... "'Schizophrenic?' No, *WE* prefer the word 'Imaginative...'"

Har. Could I suppose be worse.

Cherry soda
cat: booze
servings: 1

1 1/2 oz vodka
3/4 oz Cherry Heering
3/4 oz freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/4 oz simple syrup
ice
2 oz club soda
Garnish - lemon wheels and cherries

Combine first 4 ingredients in a cocktail
shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a
tall glass with fresh ice. Top with club
soda. Garnish with lemon wheels and cherries.

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Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 02-23-19 10:56 <=-

We're like that. Otherwise, we'd be more in the
public eye, whether we were good at anything or not.

This is true... :)

It's interesting to see that there are folks
out there who are celebrated just because.

I think I saw a tagline to that effect at one point... something about
being famous because one was well-known... or something like that...

It's not an unknown phenomenon, I guess a lot of TV
"personalities" would qualify.

Probably.

Okay, that works for some people. Nothing worked
to get my parents mental health help, though
they could have seriously benefited from it.

Here it probably worked because his mother was a counselor herself, and
his father figured that if the kid had problems it was a family problem
that we all should be working at... I've gathered that your parents
didn't have that going for them...

None of that; not much insight in that dyad.

Sad.

2 against 3 is not that hard to wrap one's
head around, because it's a staple of all
those fun-loving Germans, but playing it
could be difficult. The slow movement of the
Sibelius violin concerto requires the soloist
to do double-stops in 2 against 3, and it's
one of those sly secret tours de force that
hardly goes noticed by te concert audience.

Sad to have that not noticed... ;) As a high-schooler, I was doing a
duet version of Schubert's Rosamunde music with a friend... She was
doing triplets to my eighths... as long as I just went oompa-oompa (I
was secundo, she was primo), I was fine.... listening to hers and trying
to connect was a little more challenging... <G>

Correcting is a temptation for those who have
that introspective gene. The opposite is much
worse, though.

Fortunately I didn't need to correct her.... just have our parts connect properly... as long as I kept to my beat, and she played out her
triplets properly, it all meshed fine.... :) It's when I play it in my
head that I realize the challenge it could have been, especially had I
been trying to play both parts... :)

I don't mind the nice adventures... ;)

I should hope. I actually look forward to them.

Sometimes they are better than life.... :)

Well, maybe; life itself isn't bad, but in my
experience the sad truth is that a decent life
means generally decent dreams, while low times are
the progenitor of bad dreams. One strange thing - I
was in that nearly-asleep condition yesterday, and
suddenly this black awful mood descended for a
fraction of a second. Curious, I tried to rewind
to that spot of consciousness but could not. I
wonder if I am blocking out something black and
awful or if it was just a momentary imbalance of
some chemical sort.

Probably the latter... or a momentary foreboding without conscious
connections to the current circumstance....

... "Gin rummy with Brandy's scotched, Bud" whined Sherry wryly.

And Anisette?

Pretty much ignored all the liqueurs, didn't it.... :)

But what did she say?

Ah... I wasn't around to hear her.... did you happen to note it down...?

It wasn't in my Heering.

I wish I were better at this sort of wordplay... can think of a few
other liqueurs, but not how to work them into the stream....

ttyl neb

... Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.

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