Saturday, October 13, 2007

oboe or die trying

the last few days have been quite an emotional roller coaster! Recently I have been feeling motivated to make the last year of my master's degree, which starts in january, worthwhile, but I hit yet another wall this week. I suppose it is all part of the artistic process, but it really sucks! Yesterday's frustrations culminated in throwing 4 reeds across the room. When one refused to break, it was systematically shoved into the brick wall. Ah, the release! the drama! the satisfaction!

Sadly, one reed was actually pretty decent.

Alas! I was able to burn off some of that rage (me!!? rage??) dring my evening 5 mile run. I started out very very VERY slowly, but sprinted for about the last fill mile. It was exhilerating.

Today started out with a long walk to pay the internet bill. Slava, Chico and I were all panting by the time we got home. It's already 90 degrees outside. Afterstumbling into the AC paradise of the apartment, we made fresh grapefruit juice and mixed it with a little cranberry juice. We had last week off from work, and this week's program only requires one oboe, so it's another week of the "artistic process" i suppose.

Now i'm considering wandering over to my reed table to assess the physical and emotional damage of yesterday.

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