Well, here it is...Jamie's ride before Thursday, and Jamie's ride after Thursday (drumroll, please)...
What an improvement. He was so excited signing the papers at the dealership he looked like a jackass eatin' briars - to borrow an expression from home.
Ok, so I'm having issues with my picture software. Big surprise. There will be pictures of the new ride coming soon to a blog near you. But now it's 9:13 on Friday night and baby girl is asleep, and I'm tired and would like some time before sleep time to myself and not on the computer. So, I say ta ta for now, and I'll get the pics later this weekend.
Friday, February 1, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Lord Nelson Mass with old ladies and all
Last night Jamie played a concert with Nova Sinfonia. The program listed a Beethoven overture and Hayden's Lord Nelson Mass (not the official name, but it has become known by this name). I'm about to show my stupidity in all things orchestral, but I didn't know that it was common for composers to compose their own mass. Essentially the composer would take the parts of the Latin Catholic mass and put it to music with choirs, soloists, etc. The piece had all of the parts of the mass...the Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei, etc...I'm leaving a few out, but you get the idea.
I'm sitting there thinking this is the most entertaining mass I've ever sat through. Going to Catholic shool for 13 years and having mass every Friday for 9 years of school then having mass once a month for 4 years of high school, I've been to my fair share of masses. I got to sit there and watch Jamie do something he loves - playing trumpet with a great orchestra. He is sooooo good at it too. I can't imagine having so much natural talent that it makes rehearsal and everyday practice enjoyable. I can't relate. If I'm not good at something, I usually don't have the patience to practice at something so that I achieve some level of mastery. When I started tae kwon do, I can honestly say that I think I had a natural ability at it. When I played basketball and volleyball, I think I was pretty good at it. Was I going to be the star of the team? No, but I was good enough so that practice was fun - unless running suicides were involved.
The choir last night was fantastic. The soloists were great individually, but at times when singing together, it sounded like a train wreck where cars are running off the rails in all different directions. I'm sure the conductor was doing a fantastic job and keeping all of these different parts together as a whole, but to this layperson's ear, it was about as good sounding as a baby cutting teeth while sitting in a poopy diaper.
Back to Jamie, the Mass had a lot of trumpet parts with fanfares and all. He did an excellent job. I tried taking a movie of a portion of the performance to post, but I'm not that happy the recording. Me and every old lady within a 15 mile radius of the Church thoroughly enjoyed it. You'll have to trust me - it was the best mass ever.
I'm sitting there thinking this is the most entertaining mass I've ever sat through. Going to Catholic shool for 13 years and having mass every Friday for 9 years of school then having mass once a month for 4 years of high school, I've been to my fair share of masses. I got to sit there and watch Jamie do something he loves - playing trumpet with a great orchestra. He is sooooo good at it too. I can't imagine having so much natural talent that it makes rehearsal and everyday practice enjoyable. I can't relate. If I'm not good at something, I usually don't have the patience to practice at something so that I achieve some level of mastery. When I started tae kwon do, I can honestly say that I think I had a natural ability at it. When I played basketball and volleyball, I think I was pretty good at it. Was I going to be the star of the team? No, but I was good enough so that practice was fun - unless running suicides were involved.
The choir last night was fantastic. The soloists were great individually, but at times when singing together, it sounded like a train wreck where cars are running off the rails in all different directions. I'm sure the conductor was doing a fantastic job and keeping all of these different parts together as a whole, but to this layperson's ear, it was about as good sounding as a baby cutting teeth while sitting in a poopy diaper.
Back to Jamie, the Mass had a lot of trumpet parts with fanfares and all. He did an excellent job. I tried taking a movie of a portion of the performance to post, but I'm not that happy the recording. Me and every old lady within a 15 mile radius of the Church thoroughly enjoyed it. You'll have to trust me - it was the best mass ever.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
I hate picking out the seeds
Scene: 10:39 pm in the living room, and the State of the Union address is on TV. I'm changing the settings on the blog, and Jamie is eating an orange. I'm halfway paying attention to Bush's speech and pondering the feasibility of universal health care coverage in the US, while Jamie chimes up...
"These are good oranges, but there are too many seeds. We're only buying navel oranges from now on."
"Oh yeah. I didn't know those had a lot of seeds. Sorry."
"That's ok; they're still tasty...Cajunadian."
"What?"
"That's what Navarre is - a Cajunadian."
"Yeah, I guess so."
I love our deep conversations.
"These are good oranges, but there are too many seeds. We're only buying navel oranges from now on."
"Oh yeah. I didn't know those had a lot of seeds. Sorry."
"That's ok; they're still tasty...Cajunadian."
"What?"
"That's what Navarre is - a Cajunadian."
"Yeah, I guess so."
I love our deep conversations.
Monday, January 28, 2008
What's your flavor?
I'll be trying out different looks on the blog in the next little while. I'd love your feedback.
More creative stylings from Steven James May
Our friend, Steve, has a new website that lets readers into yet another facet of his creativity. I'll be looking for pics to send in.
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