February 2012
Sooo Facebook just told me that my dad is engaged.
“Such a move would make Cincinnati the largest city in the United States to have...”
– Cincinnati may soon be powered by 100% renewable energy — UrbanCincy
Uh, cool.
My Symphony Education
COWORKER: Oh, are you listening to L’Arlesienne?! ME: [glance at iTunes] …Apparently.
everythinginthesky:
Sometimes being someone who gets a terrible, fierce joy out of solving obtuse technical problems while working among people who don’t enjoy their jobs feels like being the only guy in the mining camp who actually knows what gold looks like.
January 2012
Watch(via Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra | the Queen City Project)
If you love me, you’ll watch this!
It means so much to me!!
“Following his performance at the televised opening ceremonies of the Olympic...”
– Pianist Lang Lang sizzles with symphony | cincinnati.com
…Cool.
ME: I love you. DAN: [smile] ME: I don’t tell you that enough. DAN: Aw. [offering] …Popsicle?
When does my life start feeling like it’s mine, instead of some coat I keep putting on?
This stuff with the symphony. And wine. And Beethoven on vinyl and expensive bicycles and walks around downtown.
When do they become me, and not just someone I’m working toward becoming?
okay i’m watching downton abbey now guyyyys
Vignette
It’s 6pm and I’m making scrambled eggs because nothing dinner-y sounded right. He’s barefoot but I’m breaking in new rain boots. He flips a piece of sausage but stops when I hold out my arms— this is a good part of this song, maybe the best part, and he dances with me for a couple of measures.
Bad Romance
DAN: [picks up the check] ME: [coyly] Was this a date? DAN: January ninth.
Corroboration
ME: Is that a dog? Looks bigger than a dog. I think it was a coyote! What if it was a coyote! I’m going to go ahead and say it was a coyote. DAN: Okay. We saw a coyote.
“Despite warnings from the media and other agencies in South Korea, it seems it...”
– Fan death - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wikipedia: Fan death →
what the hell is this
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Inherited
From my father:
Round face
Fair skin
Blonde hair, curls, cowlick
Love of spaghetti, ice cream
From my mother:
Every mannerism ever (nurture? nature?)
Bipolar tendencies
Ability to give great gifts
Love of reading/words
Sarcasm
Perception
One of our musicians had been posting on Facebook for months about how her neighbor keeps banging on the wall when she practices her flute. (We’re talking about reasonable times like 11am.)
Last week she gave the neighbor one of her CDs, and not only has the wall-slamming stopped, but they’ve delivered her flowers.
I can’t help but be reminded of the story of Joshua Bell in...
I have one extra postcard from the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library. If you’d like it, just email your address to redrabbit at gmail and I’ll be happy to send it your way.
