I have much to be thankful for. Don't you? :)
Labels: holidays
*laugh*
11.07.2007
... and it was such an easy fix that Patrick Heaney of Heaney Violins did it while I was standing there for free. I feel silly.
However, we got to talking and he made some suggestions to improve the sound of my instrument, so it's currently undergoing an overhaul and meanwhile I have two loaners that are each worth about two of my violin. I ain't complaining. :)
If you are or know of a string player anywhere in the Bay Area who needs anything, send them to Patrick! He is absolutely wonderful. Back to the scheduled practicing, then!
However, we got to talking and he made some suggestions to improve the sound of my instrument, so it's currently undergoing an overhaul and meanwhile I have two loaners that are each worth about two of my violin. I ain't complaining. :)
If you are or know of a string player anywhere in the Bay Area who needs anything, send them to Patrick! He is absolutely wonderful. Back to the scheduled practicing, then!
Labels: music
posted by b.i.t.
2:07 PM
2 comments
IT BROKE!
11.06.2007
I was finally practicing my violin for real again! Three days in a row! I can't remember the last time I played it three days in a row.
And today, it fucking broke.
(Here is a violin diagram for those of you who might need help with the next bit.)
I noticed the bridge was out of alignment, so I loosened all the strings and tweaked the bridge so it sat better. I have done this countless times. Except this time, when I picked it back up to retune it, it was making a most unvioliny rattling noise. Turns out the sound post came loose and is now rolling around inside the body of my violin! I have no idea why this happened; I've never seen it before. And now when I play the thing it sounds like it's on a bad cell phone connection. Who knows what it will cost to fix this? They have to take the whole thing apart. This is not easy.
Goddammit! And I was doing so well. :'(
And today, it fucking broke.
(Here is a violin diagram for those of you who might need help with the next bit.)
I noticed the bridge was out of alignment, so I loosened all the strings and tweaked the bridge so it sat better. I have done this countless times. Except this time, when I picked it back up to retune it, it was making a most unvioliny rattling noise. Turns out the sound post came loose and is now rolling around inside the body of my violin! I have no idea why this happened; I've never seen it before. And now when I play the thing it sounds like it's on a bad cell phone connection. Who knows what it will cost to fix this? They have to take the whole thing apart. This is not easy.
Goddammit! And I was doing so well. :'(
Labels: curses
posted by b.i.t.
6:23 PM
1 comments
So how's it coming, Butterfly?
11.04.2007
It's two years since I started this blog. Here is the entry from two years ago today:
I wonder if I have to remove my navel piercing to properly navel gaze
The good things are still true. Some of the needs-work category still needs work. I probably still have this need to be loved, but I AM beloved by my Cliffle and life is good, so I'm not going to worry about that. :) I just picked up my violin today, actually, and my fingers hurt now but there was a while there where I actually sounded like a musician again. I have a job I like -- I don't know if I'm always going to do the accountant thing, but it's working for me right now, so check. And am I still afraid? I don't know. If I am, I'm currently comfortable with it. And yes, I am still short. ;-) Even shorter now since I can't wear heels since my surgery!
I still need work. I want to excel at things again. It feels good to be playing my violin again -- I've found a lapsed cellist, and we are using each other as inspiration to play, which helps. :) I'm wavering on the bellydancing: some days I love it and some days I feel it's time to try something new. Guitar Hero still doesn't count.
People talk about "finding your niche." It's as if my niche were a Jeannette-shaped hole in the ground that I just have to somehow track down and lay down in and stay there forever. I don't think there is one niche for me anymore. I think there are several fits for me out there, and I have found some, and some are yet to be discovered, and I'm just not going to freak out about it anymore.
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In other news, check out Heid and Jeannette Go To Tokyo! Heidi and I have decided to begin having world adventures, and Tokyo is our first stop! We invite you to join us on our journey. We'll both be posting there as we save up for our trip (hence the Google ads; every $0.20 will help, right?). So stop by, check it out; hopefully it will stay somewhat interesting. ;-) Thanks!
I wonder if I have to remove my navel piercing to properly navel gaze
The good things are still true. Some of the needs-work category still needs work. I probably still have this need to be loved, but I AM beloved by my Cliffle and life is good, so I'm not going to worry about that. :) I just picked up my violin today, actually, and my fingers hurt now but there was a while there where I actually sounded like a musician again. I have a job I like -- I don't know if I'm always going to do the accountant thing, but it's working for me right now, so check. And am I still afraid? I don't know. If I am, I'm currently comfortable with it. And yes, I am still short. ;-) Even shorter now since I can't wear heels since my surgery!
I still need work. I want to excel at things again. It feels good to be playing my violin again -- I've found a lapsed cellist, and we are using each other as inspiration to play, which helps. :) I'm wavering on the bellydancing: some days I love it and some days I feel it's time to try something new. Guitar Hero still doesn't count.
People talk about "finding your niche." It's as if my niche were a Jeannette-shaped hole in the ground that I just have to somehow track down and lay down in and stay there forever. I don't think there is one niche for me anymore. I think there are several fits for me out there, and I have found some, and some are yet to be discovered, and I'm just not going to freak out about it anymore.
---
In other news, check out Heid and Jeannette Go To Tokyo! Heidi and I have decided to begin having world adventures, and Tokyo is our first stop! We invite you to join us on our journey. We'll both be posting there as we save up for our trip (hence the Google ads; every $0.20 will help, right?). So stop by, check it out; hopefully it will stay somewhat interesting. ;-) Thanks!
Labels: navel-gazing
posted by b.i.t.
6:05 PM
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