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and then i'm going to sleep, because i'm really tired.
1) the clarinet recital that i am in is tomorrow (11/15) at noon. it is at USF in FAH 101. if you wish to come and need directions, give me a call (but not tonight please, i'll be sleeping :P ). i would be happy to see you there.
2) i have a job! i'm working at chick-fil-a on fowler. the past few days i've been in for a few hours to fill out paperwork and do orientation stuff, an today was my first hands-on training. i'll be working in the back at first, so no promises on free chicken. :P it's not the most fantastic job, but they tell me i should be able to get 30-40 hours a week, so i don't really have anything to complain about. in fact, i now have a great deal to rejoice about!
have a wonderful evening/night/day. whatever it happens to be for you. time for me to get some sleep. |
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"The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy but cannot disjoin them."
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firstly:
what he said.
secondly:
tonight was the last concert of the tampa bay symphony's first concert series of the year. it went pretty well, if i may say so, and i'm looking forward to the next series. we'll be playing An American in Paris (Gershwin), Symphonic Dances (Grieg), Andante e Rondo Ungarese (Weber), and Alborada del Gracioso (Ravel). i've never listened to any of these works (at least not closely), but i'm definitely familiar with the composers, so i'm looking forward to it.
i have two more concerts coming up next week. i'm playing with the FC string ensemble on the 13th (if i remember correctly), and on the 15th at noon at USF for the brahms trio that i've been working on. i would highly recommend coming to the clarinet recital. i've really enjoyed getting to work on the trio; it is a beautiful piece of music, and mr. payne and emily (the clarinetist) are a pleasure to work with. i haven't heard any of the other pieces that emily is playing, but if she's anywhere near as prepared on those as she is for the brahms, we're in for a treat.
also, can i say again how much i love getting paid to play cello. i could get used to this.
thirdly,
still no job. unfortunately, as much as i would love for it to, freelance cello playing doesn't quite pay the bills (not like that was the plan in the first place). the search broadens, and continues.
fourthly,
why does nobody write like this anymore?
We fight not for glory or for conquest. We exhibit to mankind the remarkable spectacle of a people attacked by unprovoked enemies, without any imputation or even suspicion of offense. They boast of their privileges and civilization, and yet proffer no milder conditions than servitude or death. In our native land, in defense of the freedom that is our birthright and which we ever enjoyed till the late violation of it; for the protection of our property, acquired solely by the honest industry of our forefathers and ourselves; against violence actually offered; we have taken up arms. We shall lay them down when hostilities shall cease on the part of the aggressors and all danger of their being renewed shall be removed, and not before.
—Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms (July 6, 1775)
I shall not die without a hope that light and liberty are on steady advance... And even should the cloud of barbarism and despotism again obscure the science and liberties of Europe, this country remains to preserve and restore light and liberty to them...The flames kindled on the 4th of July, 1776, have spread over too much of the globe to be extinguished by the feeble engines of despotism; on the contrary, they will consume these engines and all who work them.
—Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John Adams, Monticello (September 12, 1821) |
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hi there. i guess i should let you know how i'm doing these days, considering it's been well over a month since i last updated. and i left you with a bit of a cliffhanger, if you're among those who do not keep in touch with me through other means....
well, i did not end up getting that job. nor any other, so far. i have of course been continuing to seek employment since then, but very recently i have redoubled my efforts. over the past few days, i've filled out applications at a number of fine establishments, mostly in the vicinity of university mall. i am also in the process of making another pass through the job listings on hospital and laboratory websites and applying to whatever i can find there. i realize this is probably not the best time economically speaking to find a job, but surely at least one of these places needs someone.
when i went to waldenbooks in the mall, the woman there said to me, "well, we actually just finished hiring a few people, but you never know, we might end up strangling them, so here's an application." i'm not sure whether i should be encouraged or disturbed.... i also took a test for an interesting potential job yesterday morning. it was for the position of 911 dispatcher (specifically for police services) for the city of tampa. the first part of it was a typing test which you had to pass at about 30 wpm to move on to the second section. that was easy enough to pass, but the written test was somewhat challenging. while we were working on the first sections of this multiple-choice test, there was a tape playing that would break in every minute or so with a mock call from a police officer or citizen. we were to take notes on these calls and the last 20 questions of the test were on those calls. i think i did pretty well on most of it, but there was one section on different locations in tampa that i probably bombed, mostly because i don't know the downtown or anything west of 275 very well.
well, so much for my job situation.
i have a lot of opportunities to play my cello here. at the very beginning of the school year, FC had a music talent showcase and stephen rouse asked that i assist him in putting on a performance of coldplay's viva la vida, along with my brother and some others. that was great fun to work on and perform. i'm helping out with the string ensemble this year, and we have a pretty good group. we're lacking violas as always, but we have a number of very talented violinists, two quality bassists, and i'm quite enjoying having a very capable (if timid) stand partner.
i'm playing with the tampa bay symphony also; it's a lot of fun to be back in a big symphony setting after four years or so. we're performing some pretty cool music for our next concert, including beethoven's 7th, a vivaldi double trumpet concerto you would probably recognize, and a piece called, "the testament of freedom." it's a work for chorus and orchestra, with the words taken from the writings of thomas jefferson. it's very epic sounding and quite fun to play. of course, since jefferson wrote primarily in prose, the lyrics and rhythms are a little clunky in places, but overall it's pretty well done. our concerts are oct. 30th and nov. 2nd and 3rd. ask me if you need information on where or at what time they are.
lastly, i'm playing with a senior clarinet player at USF for a recital in early november. mr. payne is her accompanist, and she asked him if he knew of a cellist to play the brahms clarinet/cello/piano trio in a minor, so he asked me if i would be interested. while this piece is not quite as technically challenging as the beethoven sonata i played for my senior recital, it has its own challenges. there's a lot of interaction between the cello and clarinet. even though we're in somewhat different registers, we have similar timbres, so our dialogue back and forth is really like a conversation at points. this is also one of the most romantic (in the common sense) pieces of music i've ever played, especially the second and third movements. it's quite enjoyable. i also must remark again on how much i like getting payed to play cello. :)
you may not realize it, but these opportunities to play my cello are one of the biggest reasons i'm glad i moved back to tampa. i have a lot of contacts in the music community here; that's obviously helped me out already, through mr. payne, and these opportunities are only giving me more chances to continue expanding my network. these are things that i wouldn't have the chance to do anywhere else, even somewhere with a more vibrant music scene, simply because i wouldn't have the contacts there that i already have here.
my car is, predictably, broken. again. probably something to do with the starter. hopefully it will be fixed in the next few days.
anberlin came out with a new album about a week ago. i never listened to them too much before, but i got this one, and i like it a lot. i may have to invest in more of their music. once i have a job, of course.
speaking of new albums, anathallo is releasing one on november 18th, which i'm really looking forward to. they have a single available here; just click on the play button next to "the river." "noni's field" is also available to listen to on their myspace page.
heroes' third season has finally begun, and i have to say, it's exceeded expectations so far. yeah, mohinder's still acting like a completely self-absorbed jerk, but at least he'll get what's coming to him. sylar's story just keeps getting better and better.
i guess that's it. i guess if i updated more often, my posts wouldn't be so gargantuan....
live, i wanna live inspired
die, i wanna die for something higher than myself
live and die for anyone else
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this friday afternoon i will be interviewing at the DCI Biologicals Plasma Center, next to the chik-fil-a on fowler. this is the first place i've actually heard back from requesting an interview. i applied to a bunch of phlebotomy jobs in my first week here and i've been monitoring those websites for further openings ever since, but it was only this monday night when i drove by DCI and realized i hadn't tried applying there yet. when i visited their website, i didn't see anywhere to apply online, so i just sent a resume to their e-mail address, and they called me this morning to set up an interview!
i'm very excited. this is truly an answered prayer, as i was starting to get discouraged from not having heard back on any of my applications. i would have preferred a job at a hospital, if i had my pick, but at this point i don't, so i'm happy with this opportunity. unfortunately i know absolutely no details about what kind of a job this would be- hours (number and flexibility), pay, benefits, etc., so i'd like your prayers not only that i do well in the interview but that the job they are considering me for is a favorable one for my current situation.
i was going to write a good bit more, but friends have been distracting me on IM and i need sleep, so i'll end it here for now and put the rest in my post-interview blog. |
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