Friday, November 12th, 2004

Friday!

Friday, November 12th, 2004 09:23 am
I've had two days off this week, and it's rained on both of them ...

At Novacon I was talking to Steve Jeffery WINOLJ about The Baroque Cycle, apropos of which he mentioned a play he'd seen reviewed in Chemistry World. It's Calculus, by Carl Djerassi, about Liebniz and Newton: the review is here. If anyone knows of a performance, I'd love to see it!

Had unpleasant first-half-of-evening yesterday (crowds and alarming lights, both part of the Armistice Day commemoration) which culminated in my sitting in the RFH bar writing haiku and swigging pink drink. We were supposed to be seeing Arcadi Volodos (+ London Philharmonia) playing Rach 3, but he couldn't make it. I decided to give Freddy Klempf (former Young Musician of the Year) the benefit of the doubt, and he made it more than worth my while. If anyone ever wants a picture of a modern-day Romantic pianist, he is it. I'm sure they don't let him out in daylight. He did the fast bits very spectacularly; the slow bits very distractedly; all in all, watching him play (from right behind the tuba -- I swear I caught the tuba-player's eye, reflectedly) was a wonderfully voyeuristic experience.

Sibelius Symphony #5 (anyone remember Strawberry Switchblade?) also lovely, though rather restful.

Slept a lot. Now going back to bed to attend my wordcount.
light looms over me
a moving cage of blue bars
bringing the sky down
here

(Am not even attempting to polish these haiku: the spontaneity is the point. Besides which, I have bread in the oven and a Plot to attend.)
Dear LiveJournal

I'd like all my comment notifications, please, not just a randomly-selected 10%.

Love, me
Having been reminded of their existence last night (Sibelius Symphony #5 quoted in 'Since Yesterday'), I felt a bit of a craving. And was very satisfied.

yay!

*bounces around in pre-BMovie fashion*

EDIT: I had no idea how many people had covered that song ...
EDIT #2: Potshot (who?) get the prize for bounciest version. now, must stop listening and go write ...
Zokutou word meterZokutou word meter
31,494 / 50,000
(62.0%)


The downside: it's nearly dark already -- I missed out on the hour of sunshine! -- and I have to get some fresh air (and something to feed people to with, later).

But *bounce*. (If only I knew where the last two chapters had come from!)

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