getsuyoubi sangatsu nijugonichi
Everyone is so busy this week because next week is CMU's spring break. I did manage to catch up with Eugene and he paid me back the money he owed me. I also managed to get into a game of Settlers with Mlahut, Drew, and Martin. And Nick is back from Austin and had a lot of exciting stuff to tell me (but also had a lot of work so he couldn't stay long in the lounge). Apparently today was Fwiffo's birthday, and people had a party for him in Catman at 5, but since I didn't know about it until like 2 minutes before I was leaving for KGB (and I had Kiltie anyway), I didn't do anything about it. KGB was ok, a little sparse (although this time ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
sk4p and ijikeru were there - Nikki, how long are you in town for anyway? Do you guys want to come play DDR tomorrow night in Beaver?) because many of the officers had a lot of work to do. The meeting was pretty much run by teki and Kirstin. Kiltie was also kind of sparse, but less so. Ed and Ben and I stood up at the end of Music for a Celebration and did the thing we usually do at the end of marches during marching season, where if there are long notes to hold at the end, you hold one normal, then take a step out to the left and lean back and tilt your instrument up for the last long note. At least half the band laughed, so that was good. We were also being bad at the end and making noises by smacking our mouthpieces (it sounds like a drum... it's really cool when the tuba players start to do it too) After Kiltie, Carl and I went to Squill. I grabbed food at Boston Market, and then we went over to the Starbucks there. (I think this is like my second time in a Starbucks ever) I got hot chocolate and Carl got coffee and we sat down in comfy chairs and did a crossword puzzle for a bit. Sobajima-san showed up around 7:30, and we talked to him for an hour or so, some in Japanese and some in English. It wasn't so bad but really, Carl is so much better at it than I am that I feel really stupid. Maybe this conversation exchange stuff will do me good. Afterwards, Carl and I went to Barnes and Noble, and I bought a shitload more E.L.Konigsburg books (well, 5. I think that makes 10 of her books I have now, and fortunately there are a few more that I don't have). I love them because they are kids' books, and therefore take like an hour or two to read, but they are really amazingly well-written awesome stories. Whee. After B&N we briefly pondered seeing Gosford Park at the manor theatre, but decided it was a better idea to just go home. So now I am home. Whee.
sk4p and ijikeru were there - Nikki, how long are you in town for anyway? Do you guys want to come play DDR tomorrow night in Beaver?) because many of the officers had a lot of work to do. The meeting was pretty much run by teki and Kirstin. Kiltie was also kind of sparse, but less so. Ed and Ben and I stood up at the end of Music for a Celebration and did the thing we usually do at the end of marches during marching season, where if there are long notes to hold at the end, you hold one normal, then take a step out to the left and lean back and tilt your instrument up for the last long note. At least half the band laughed, so that was good. We were also being bad at the end and making noises by smacking our mouthpieces (it sounds like a drum... it's really cool when the tuba players start to do it too) After Kiltie, Carl and I went to Squill. I grabbed food at Boston Market, and then we went over to the Starbucks there. (I think this is like my second time in a Starbucks ever) I got hot chocolate and Carl got coffee and we sat down in comfy chairs and did a crossword puzzle for a bit. Sobajima-san showed up around 7:30, and we talked to him for an hour or so, some in Japanese and some in English. It wasn't so bad but really, Carl is so much better at it than I am that I feel really stupid. Maybe this conversation exchange stuff will do me good. Afterwards, Carl and I went to Barnes and Noble, and I bought a shitload more E.L.Konigsburg books (well, 5. I think that makes 10 of her books I have now, and fortunately there are a few more that I don't have). I love them because they are kids' books, and therefore take like an hour or two to read, but they are really amazingly well-written awesome stories. Whee. After B&N we briefly pondered seeing Gosford Park at the manor theatre, but decided it was a better idea to just go home. So now I am home. Whee.
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(but, it is more like, once Ladies of the Canyon gets in my CD player, it doesn't usually leave for a few days/weeks)
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Two of my favourite female singer-songwriters when I was growing up were Joni Mitchell and Laura Nyro.
It's surprising to me to run into people who are into them now, when so few people my age knew their music when I was growing up. What that probably means is that they are finally being discovered by the folks that came along a few years after me (I was born in 1970), and finding out what truly amazing musicians these women were/are.
I was just realising that i've never heard "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter" ever and the last time I heard "Hissing of Summer Lawns" I was 11. Maybe it's time to spend some cash on some CDs :-)
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Anyway... Do you think its possible that you are just encountering people who are better educated about music these days? I had to get to college before I was able to have a discussion with someone about any music that wasn't top40 or classic rock. There I found a plethora of people who payed more attention to the music than to what radio station it was on.
Another though - the last year was remarkably bad as far as new rock releases are concerned. Its made Josh and i start buying some of the older music we never bought the first time around. Maybe the trend stretches further than the two of us.