No such thing...

No such thing as no time... there is only less sleep.

P.S.

A piano-starved week.

Piano. I want to practice. But, alack the week, I have no time! Except these lunchtime piano dates, which I hope will happen more often.

The Rhapsody in g minor, by Brahms.

I like that video! Piano battles. I wish we had them at our school. Mrow! Those would be so fun to watch. You'd be the Princess of Piano for Leigh. Mahaha.

Ray Charles!

-soft snore-

I was so tired I literally fell asleep, jarred myself awake with the sensation of my head falling down, and am sleepily resuming typing.

So tired.

Thirteen hours at school. I've had fifteen hour days before...but they are difficult to grow accustomed to. One still becomes very, very tired.............

Duets...........................................

It's called....

Un pistole.

I just took a three and a half our nap. Rather than feeling refreshed and vibrant, I still feel vair vair sleepy. I suspect that three and a half hours did not remedy my huge sleep debt I've been accumulating since August.

I know what will make me feel better.

Chopin.

I had a dream about music. I have dreams about music all the time, and I always have it bouncing around in my head. I just don't know how to put it down on paper, on two staffs.

Dearest, Craig had an inquiry for thee: Which Rhapsody are you playing?

Look at this! Maybe it would be worth purchasing a four hand book:

http://store.doverpublications.com/by-subject-music-piano-and-keyboard-piano-four-hands-and-duets.html

Or we can learn that duet from the Asian movie. I've actually always wanted to learn the third piece and the improv of the waltz. Have you seen it yet sweetheart?

I truly enjoy "Mr. Ice," the sleaze ball.

The movie is terrible. You want to know my favorite most terrible quote from it?

"Why do you play piano with one hand?"

"So I may hold your hand with the other!"

Take a peek at Jay's right hand during the Black Key Etude bit... It looks like a spider. I was taught to keep my hands curved and relaxed! I see a lot of Evgeny Kissin videos where his fingers are sticking straight up. Oops. I'm starting to realize perhaps this rule can be broken. Must consult Craig.

Okay okay okay. I'm going to go do homework and then I'll go practice piano for one hour at 9:30. Wrist pain no more, stinging finger/hand pain no more. Today I WILL finish Liebestraume and what Craig has asked me to play of the Revolutionary etude... and because it is already Wednesday, I really should work on that Inventio and Mozart! Prokofiev can wait, as charming as his pieces are.

And I will stick to this! Really! Nevermind that it is vair vair cold in my house... I'm considering purchasing one of those Costco packs of hand warmers.

OOFFF okay. Oh wait, you have a Journalism work night tonight! I'm awfully sorry that I can't come visit you but I know you'll forgive me. Especially after our wonderful piano date.

Except for the silly Kimball upright we were forced to play. Why can't our school purchase better pianos? My Schafer sounds better than that... but then it'll just be subjected to abuse. Did you see all the profanity carved into that thing? The deep grooves on the hammers? It's time that thing is tossed out, it's hit and missed its prime!

Goodbye dear.

Shame.

I was only able to "practice," meaning foolishly spend ten squeezed-in precious minutes with Love in this Club before playing a section of Clair de Lune.

Mother wanted me to study Physics. Test next Tuesday. Grade is now a B, not a B-. How sad that I am happy about a B! Non, non!

News Items for the Home Page

Brown University here during lunch Audience: All Grades, Grade 09, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Assistant Principals, Parents, Principals, Staff, Students, Sys Admins and Teachers Jennie Yoo, student ambassador from Brown University will have a table on the Quad on Wednesday, March 31st during lunch. Stop by and get information about this great University located in Provedence, Rhode Island.

Could we perhaps stop by before going to the band/drama room?

Last thoughts

Sleepy? Well you can't go to bed yet until you've practiced! Did you practice today?

I hope you enjoy your new Debussy book. I fully expect you to serenade me outside my bedroom window with a comprehensive recital of Debussy's masterpieces one hot July night.

Something sad occurred to me when I was taking a hot shower... our generation will be known for Lil Wayne and Twilight. Why can't we be known for substantial music and literature?

Annie, there is only one way to remedy this. We must become great composers and writers. Starting tomorrow. When we wake up, we shall surely become remarkable people of remarkable talent.

One and a half score and eight years ago...

Senor Buengo was born.

I love Ella Fitzgerald.

I'm sleepy.

Her voice is soothing.

The lyrics are lulling and smile-making.

There's a somebody I'm longing to see...

I don't think I have any more time to practice today... so that means I could only fit in 30 minutes today. This is probably good for me, actually, since my chronic wrist pain is flaring up again and I have some pains on my left pointer finger. I inadvertently cracked it in AP Chem earlier and now I can't write or do much with it without a lot of stinging.

I'll make up for the lack of Chopin in my life with Ella Fitzgerald.

Congratulations on your win, dearest.

You know... it is Mr. Warren's birthday in April. He is too dashing to be turning 38.

Why do I smell like honeysuckle right now?

I got a lovely nice little box from Mary Kay containing four different fragrances and a tube of lip gloss. No idea why, but the package had my name on it.

Won my game! 4-15 the first set, 5-15 the second.

Unfortunately we lost as a team, 7-8. Blasted forfeit!

I think that panorama idea sounds fantastic. But you know, I think, honestly, that a photograph of Lays would actually be quite profound and powerful. It's a Lays. It represents what our American culture has come to. It defines it. It raises many provocative questions about ourselves, our culture, our diet, and human decay.

I don't how some people claim that the cold does not affect their playing. It's not just a psychological block - it's physical! You can't help it! Your stiff fingers lag.

Alas! I have checked both my Yahoo and Gmail. There is no e-mail from you containing lovely potential duets. I am sad. =(

I think most people do get a look of concentration when playing piano. I believe my brows furrow and that I nod my head when playing forceful chords, well, more like leaning with them forcefully. Not sure.

And playing lunch at piano, I mean, piano at lunch, sounds delightful.

But wait, French Club.

But wait, piano.

But wait, French Club.

But wait, playing with you.

But wait, seeing Alan.

But wait, playing piano and listening to you play.

Oh, what a quandary.

But......I think you win. I'll see Alan at the end of lunch. I'll walk you to Warren's!

P.S. - That Craigslist post...muy interesante y comico.

Piano Craigslist Ad & Photo

I found this amusing. I suspect you might also.

http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/bos/153144227.html

I noticed that when I play piano, I contort my mouth oddly. It is very apparent here. Observe.

It's like I tense it up and purse it slightly...

What do you do when you're concentrating hard? My previous piano teacher, Joe, made really odd sounds. It was like SCCHHHHHHHHHH SCHHHHHHH SCSCHSFASFH sounds in rhythm to the piece he was playing.

Another proposal - Leah's off to the music festival tomorrow. What do you say to a lunch time of practice with me tomorrow, eh?

Why do I smell so Asian right now?

Take a guess. To be more specific, I smell like teriyaki.

I've had a brilliant idea for my photo project. The theme is panoramas, but we're allowed to break the conventional rules of art to form something truly unique.

So do you know the evolution of man photos?

http://goldendome.org/EvolutionOfMan/EvolutionOfMan.jpg

I was planning on taking a pano of Alexander in similar poses, except that when he's a fully grown man, there will be some photos where he's holding a gun and then shooting himself in the head.

I don't normally create photos with such narratives, but I'm trying to express that as we evolve, we become more destructive and it'll only lead to our extinction.

What do you think? I think Mr. Cohen will like it. He thinks I'm a brilliant photographer. I could hand in a photo of a potato chip and he'd loudly proclaim my originality and artistic talent! After all, nobody's dared to turn in a photo of a Lays before!

Okay okay, piano.

I got home and I played for a little bit. My fingers felt like Jello. I suspect this is because my house is at a constant negative 2 degrees all the time.

Quickly played through another line of the etude at half tempo, played through the end of Liebestraume.

Then I was hungry.

And that is the reason why I smell very Asian. My mama wasn't home and our fridge is literally empty so I was forced to a last resort: Ramen.

I miss cooking and baking all the time.

Goals for this week:

-First page of the etude

-Completed Liebestraume (I don't care how slow I play it, I just want it done!)

-Decent tempo for the Inventio No. 1

-Finish the second movement of the Mozart

-Start the third.

Practice for 8 hours.

Do NOT even want to think about the Prokofiev right now.

Maybe next week.

Craig so very kindly sent me a huge list of duets. Check your email swift-ish and we'll go through the pieces and decide.

Love,

Me

Busy bee.

Three games and two worknights this week, for both Yearbook and Journalism.

Tik tok, tik tok. Tick tock, tick tock. Hickory dickory dock. The mouse ran up the clock.

I'm wearing three shirts! Asking Katie to prom shirt on bottom, then jersey, then Vote for Alan shirt on top.

Despite the lack of time that we all suffer, I will practice. Even if it's for simple ten minute increments here and there. Those add up. And provide nice breaks.

Piano, piano, piano!

Debussy book? Pretty please.

Snickerdoodles and Jordan Baker.

Jordan Baker is pretty and does have a sultry voice. And you know who looks like her? Audrina Patridge. In a more fake, plastic way. But the resemblance cannot be denied. Very similar.

Our class voted it as a six/seven. One or two stray "almost eights".

It depends on what kind of cake and whether I shall get a slice, but until I find out those two things, I vote for snickerdoodles.

Oh, you cheeky little thing. I can imagine you, high voice, innocent face, chubby cheeks, hand on hip, insisting, "Joe says I don't need practice! I'm just THAT good."

-skips off to play make-up with Nhanie-

Ooh, good luck. Tell me when you find out if you got the internship or not! Even if it's at 3 a.m.

And you know, I find Nick Carraway to be adorable and endearing in his own right.

Without a shirt, without a shirt!

I thought Daisy's silly little song today was cute. Initially she was not attractive, but she grows on you. Her character was charming.

Jordan Baker was a sultry kind of person in the movie.

I know with absolute certainty that you will become an EIC next year. Honestly, why not? You have the experience and in my opinion, one of the few articles worth reading. Don't get me wrong, the Eleight is one of the best school newspaper out there but a lot of the writing is terrible... and hopefully you bring the Oxford comma back into journalism.

I thought it was very apparent that the essay was satirical. Especially from the thesis. I deem it worth of a 9... and so did the rest of my class. Her usage of irony had us roaring the entire time.

"Human greed and desire to the forefront, everything else on the back burner!"

GO PRACTICE WOMAN. I don't think I'll actually have any more time to practice today... poo...

Remember our CST review list of 90 terms in World History Honors last year? The US history one is about three times its length... I figured I should start taking a crack at it tonight.

I hear back from Stanford Med on Friday. I'm so nervous, I really hope I become an intern this summer. Cross your fingers for me! I'm so afraid that they'll think I am not worthy... they're only accepting 46 applicants. They must be very selective. If I get in, I'll easily be spending over 40 hours a week working in the lab or attending lectures... which actually sounds very promising and fun!

You know, funny thing is I felt the same way... never appreciated piano that much until two years ago and since then, I've progressed so much... funny how that happens. When I was little, I told my mama, "Joe says I don't need to practice! I'm just THAT good."

Cheeky little thing.

I think Joe and I felt a mutual resentment for each other. He never liked me because I never practiced and I never liked him because he made me play Henry Mancini and smelled like cigarettes.

I feel like making cookies this weekend. What do you think? Snickerdoodles? Or am I better off making cake?

Settling down to study and fill out EIC app.

Hello, dearest.

Just come home from falafel, volunteering, and badminton practice/team picture. Must do homework. Must complete Journalism Editor-in-Chief application!

-bites nails to the quick-

-gnaws on Sarasa (the disease-sounding name!) pen-

God, I hope I'm EIC next year. I must be. I want to be. Surely, I have a good chance, at least? Everyone else assumes I will be, and asks, "Who do you want to be your partner?"

I hope their assuming does not jinx it. Good grief.

My reasons sound so lame and unworthy. I feel like I should be pouring out these incredible heartfelt and passionate words of beauty so deep and moving and convincing that they shall fall to their knees and weep, crying, "Yes, Annie Jung is The One."

Or at least, one of The Ones.

-distress-

-nervous-

-anxious-

-slight glimmer of hope-

-dares not assume-

Aye.

Anyhoot, I agree on the naming the piano thing. A little...queer. Like boys naming their best friend Excalibur. No. Non. No. Non.

The satirical essay was quite disturbing. My initial response was, "Oh my God. This is the next Hitler type here! Human supremacist!" And then I realized (I hope!) that it was being satirical. Although I strongly disagree with it being a nine. Non. I gave it a six/seven.

Ah, yes, Gatsby. He is quite handsome. Those close-ups of him...so dreamy!

I initially found Daisy to be not that attractive. But now...she looks quite pretty.

But Mertyl was always strange-looking. Eh. She looked quite frightening in that scene where she was rolling her eyes back and had them all narrow and was whispering intensely, "...like a cold fish was swimming in my veins" or some other rot.

Tom just looks cruel and like someone with an explosive temper.

Our next home games are Thursday and Friday! Bring your camera! Take some nice pictures. I'm doing the badminton spread for Yearbook.

Whoever did it last year was a lazyass ignoramus who came in one day, was not put off by the fact that it was just a practice, and used pictures of us basically in our practice outfits getting water and stuff. Most displeasing! We shall have a beautiful spread this time. Harumph!

As for piano stuff. I have not gotten the chance to practice today. I may not have any time tonight. I shall try to sneak down and get at least ten paltry minutes' worth later, though. Fah.

Want to iron out Clair de Lune. Figure out some more of Replay and Wonderful Tonight. Play Bedrock's intro because it's fun. Review Rondo Alla Turca. Take another run-through of Rhapsody.

Oh, I wish I had enjoyed piano much earlier. For many years it was just a chore, a silly obligation I resented, that thing called practicing piano. Now, I can't find enough time to do it! And I want to! Blarghas;ldkfjasl;dkfj!!!

To think of how much I would have advanced if I had done more than just practice on the day of my lesson for a few minutes, before fooling around and just playing easy scales to fill the requisite practice time my mom demanded. When she left the room, I would set the timer forward so I'd have to practice for less time.

Good grief!

So young! So foolish! So lazy! So ungrateful!

Youth is wasted on the young.

P.S.

Am I the only one that thinks naming your piano is silly? To me, it is akin to naming your genitalia. Pointless. Bizarre. Do not be anthropomorphizing it!

What would you name your piano?

I would name mine @#(*$&@#(*$!.

So sleepy..

ZZZZzzzzZZZZ. I wish. Maybe later.

I would not be horrified, excuse me. You must think of me as some great, condescending virtuoso who can stare at a song for five minutes and then whip it out, full tempo, sans flaws.

Au contraire Annie, au contraire. You think my Clair de Lune sounded so stellar when I first played it? Non, non, non... It lacked rhythm and taste.

I just slipped in half an hour of practice before tearing myself away. I promised myself that if I completed homework in a timely fashion then I would reward myself with more piano practice!

So I really started the Revolutionary Etude, rather than just playing the right hand (the melody... and then some. Just the right hand.) After ten minutes, I can play at a decent tempo! I feel awesome! But then again, looks are decieving. It isn't as difficult as it looks. Unless you're like me - I actually made it harder on myself by adding a couple of extra notes that aren't in the score. Oops. I had to reprogram myself and readjust, which was a bummer.

What did you think of the satirical essay in English today?

I think whoever played Jay Gatsby looked like Brad Pitt.

In response to your proposal about the weekly video thing... I suggest that we post the videos here. I get embarrassed about my playing sometimes and I'd like to keep it off Facebook and here, where relatively few people will see. I mean, I'm pretty sure I can count off the number of people who read this thing on one hand.

When is your next home game? I will come and cheer loudly and and in the most obnoxious manner from the bleachers.

A break from Physics.

Ahn Nhu. I love you. You're like dew. You are my boo. I think of you in the loo. You're my piano buddy-roo.

Now that we've completed our daily rhyming exercises...

I practiced for an hour today. Well, really fifty-five minutes. I've got the intros to Bedrock, Replay, Right Here Waiting, and Wonderful Tonight down.

Clunkily played through the Rhapsody by Brahms. Tis fun to ignore the dynamic markings and just bang your way through it dramatically.

I registered for subject tests today, too. US History and English in May, Math IIC in June. Bah. Have to take them at Bellarmine and Lincoln, respectively. Should have registered sooner to snag Leigh - foolish girl!

Debussy is most excellent for sight-reading. Please do pass that book down to me. And any others that are collecting dust, if you have any.

Played through Clair de Lune, too. It's starting to sound less like a train wreck and more like the actual piece now. You, of course, would still be horrified at my lack of fluidity, dynamics, and proper technique.

And you know what, I think we should have mandatory weekly videos on each other's walls. To prove that we're practicing, to encourage each other, monitor progress, and be motivated to not suck.

I am listening to Love Me Tender on repeat. Ah, the King. So smooth, so tender.

A break from Calculus

Anethy. Anothy. Anethee. Anothee.

I have a Calculus test tomorrow on revolutions of solids. Or something like that. I actually ended up canceling my date with Alex... we just held hands and solved AP questions together... then went out and grabbed dinner.

I would have preferred a movie to wrangling with complex calculator coding for four hours.

Today I practiced from 9:40 AM to 10:30. 50 minutes... not bad, not bad. I would love to take a break now but I'm going to get sucked into my bench and another hour will go by without me knowing it... and I still have to read the entirety of the Great Gatsby and complete another AP worksheets. Those things look deceivingly short but five of those problems can stretch out to five pages of scribbled out work and several hours.

My lesson was fine today. I didn't do so well during the second half. Liebestraume sounded nice until I got to the end. Isn't it funny that I can handle all the hairy cadenzas and the snarky middle section but haven't even bothered looking at the simple end yet?

So my task for this week is to learn the last section. Completely.

And to master the first half of the first page of the Revolutionary Etude. A lot of nervous swallowing and blinking right now... goddamn that thing is intimidating. Craig, of course, plays it beautifully. I could only bask in his mastery and hope that he will guide me into towards being able to play it.

Of course Rondo alla Turca is a piece by Mozart. Goodness gracious, that is what you get from a sleep deprived girl.

I ordered two substantial music theory/composition workbooks this morning! $46 well spent. If you would like, I'll make copies of the things and give them to you! I'm not sure what level of theory you're studying right now... grade 8, you say?

I've also registered for the rest of my testing. Bloody hell, I dropped by Barnes and Noble today to take a peek at the Literature prep books and it's hard! I would rather re-learn Trig and review old concepts than learn entirely new ones.

I have two books of Debussy and one collects dust. Let me know if you want it.

What's your dream piano?

Goodnight Annie,

-Torie

Thoughts on a Sunday morning.

Meow, Rondo Alla Turca is by Mozart. Perhaps Clara and I should work on it together, sometime.

Alas, Alan did not reply to my 3 a.m. good night text. Emily and Lin told me after the performance that there would be a cast party until two, so I waited, fell asleep, and woke up at 3 to say good job, good night. But no reply. Meow. =(

I shall practice later when it is warmer. Downstairs is colder.

I'm happy with Mrs. Norton. I would progress further if I practiced more! Mah! Which is why this blog will help! Shame if I don't, yay if I do!

I would like to try some Rachmaninoff, too, but perhaps that should wait a bit.

And I only like the first section of Une Larme.

I want to learn how to play Empire State of Mind and Nothing on You. And maybe the hook of Paparazzi.

Want some more Debussy pieces, too.

Hope you are having/had buckets of fun and enlightenment at your lesson with Craig!

Young Son out.

Hmm...

Hey Young Son,

If you ever need help with Clair de Lune, let me know.

Ho hum, ho hum, it's 2AM. I should go to sleep now if I want to wake up early and practice pero Alexander has not called me yet. I feel silly waiting. He must still be up... he never goes to bed without calling me first. One time he accidentally fell asleep but woke up immediately after and gave me a ring. (8

Fantasie Impromptu! Rondo alla Turca! Why, you're playing all the typical pieces! I hear those so frequently whenever I listen to Pandora. I grimace at the thought of Fantasie Impromptu. Good luck to thee, Anothee! I think Clara is learning Rondo alla Turca right now. You guys can study together. (;

Am I the only one that thinks Thibault resembles Evgeny Kissin? It's the afro & piano playing. Hehe...

I plan to put in an hour tomorrow. Before my lesson. Can't say anything about after... Date with Alex and then studying for a Calculus test.

It wasn't so bad playing with my eyes clothes.... until the first cadenza. REEEALLY hesitant. I might start doing it more often because it's so funny. I was going to post a video on your wall of me doing it but the mic on my new laptop makes my piano sound even worse, sadly.

During my lessons with Craig?

I'll quickly warm up and play through my pieces. When I'm done, we go over each section and he makes little pointers. I take mental notes. We change the score. He points out nifty tricks and things I wouldn't have ever noticed that would make playing the piece ten times easier. He plays through it as I record. Next piece, repeat. Questions about theory. We establish what I'm going to work on.

You know, I think you should meet him. He's great... have you ever considered switching teachers? Or are you pleased with your current one and the rate at which you're progressing?

So tomorrow morning:

-Finish second half of the second movement of the Mozart Sonata

-Memorize the fourth page of Liebestraume

-Somehow practice the cadenza

I'm reaaaaallly all over the place tonight, aren't I?

Last night I had a dream that I was heavily drinking in a motel with you and Leah where you tried to pick up two boys at 3AM. You got bored of them so we left for a little dip in the SF bay and I was eaten by a giant squid multiple times. It wasn't scary or frightening... in the dream, I was very amused.

I saw Julie & Julia tonight. Not pleased. I thought it would be way better. I'm not normally into the chick flicks but I thought a movie about cooking would be vair vair nice.

NON! I should have just watched Fight Club for the 283492nd time.

I should go to sleep.

And drink more water.

That was my New Years Resolution by the way.... drink more water. I'm awfully dehydrated all the time.

I'm not tired.

But I know I will be when I wake up tomorrow.

See? I tell myself that all the time. But I never listen to myself and stay up anyways.

I am a night owl. Like Van Cliburn. Now if only I could play piano like Van Cliburn.

Goodnight Young Son.

Con lame-o.

Ay, Victoria.

I practiced for an hour today. I don't have nearly as big a music load as you.

I began Clair de Lune last week, am currently learning Rhapsody by Brahms, Une Larme, and taking Fantasie-Impromptu at 1,000x slower than it is actually played. Practicing Rondo Alla Turca and Nocturne in C# minor by Chopin. Dabbling in several other Chopin pieces, and figuring out Bedrock, Replay, and Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton.

So, yes, a nice small hodgepodge.

And! I, too, attempted to play with my eyes closed. Was a dismal endeavor. Missed keys, hit wrong notes, had to feel around for the correct ivories and ebonies. Pah.

During your lessons with Craig, what exactly do you do? And what does he do?

Frustrating Day

Well T-Dolor,

Scandalized? I doubt it. I spend disproportionate amounts of time doing Calculus homework versus piano. At least you've completed your SAT I test so it's off your back... I'm studying hardcore for mine still. Starting next weekend, I will take a practice test every week until the May testing date... and then I take my two subject tests in June.

Did you practice today? For how long? What did you practice?

What are you currently working on right now?

I am juggling so many pieces right now that it's difficult to recall...

High commitment:

1. Liebestraume No. 3 by Liszt

2. Sonata in G Major K283 by Mozart

3. Montagues and Capulets by Prokofiev

Low commitment:

1. Inventio No. 15 by Bach

2. Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky

3. Une Larme by Mussorgsky (nothing much to do there... I like it less and less each time I play it)

4. Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky

Must start

-Revolutionary Etude by Chopin (an exercise for my sluggish left hand)

-Invention No. 1 by Bach

-Intermezzo Op. 118 No. 2 by Brahms

Today I played 15 minutes of Hanon, and then throughout the day mostly Liebestraume. I keep sitting down at my piano, only to get up after a few minutes because I'm so frustrated with it. Playing Liebestraume can give me a headache because it goes pretty high in the treble section and my piano sounds very... bright. Piercing. Pain. The action is heavy and the keys are sticking so my cadenzas are pretty much at a standstill... you can only do so much with a half-functional piano.

What will Craig say tomorrow?! I must practice with the utmost diligence before our lesson for tomorrow. I'll finish the second movement of the Mozart sonata, start the third, and blech, look at the first. The third is my favorite while the second one is really pretty but I really dislike the first movement?!

Must call technician in to mellow out the tone, tune it up, and fix sticking keys.

All in all today, I think I got around 1.5 hours of practice. Any progress? No. I'm just frustrated.

Love,

Tor

(P.S. I tried playing Liebestraume with my eyes closed today. Just to see what it'd be like playing the piano blind. Har har har...)

I accept your proposal.

Baby girl, que es tu nombre? Soy Te-Dolor.

Dearest Victoria, your name sounds incredibly elegant right now. Victoria. So Victorian!

Anyway, I accept your proposal. You would be scandalized if you knew how infrequently I practiced piano...however, that has been changing this past week. And this blog is an excellent way to ensure that we guilt ourselves and motivate each other.

Mandatory daily post. Whether it be an exclamation of "Practiced for three hours straight!" or "Woe. I could not practice today."

Oh, Evgeny. We shall have you someday.

Love, Annie.

New Resolution

Annie Hung, a proposal for thee - I never followed through with my New Years resolution so I'm going to make a March 27th resolution: to practice piano EVERYDAY for an entire year, unless I am dead or trapped in a heavily guarded concrete cell with no piano. You with me on this?

Love,

Torie