Piano Recital – Beethoven Sonata Op 10 No 2
One of the pieces I played for my AMusA diploma. I was a bit disappointed that I couldn't play it as well I played during the actual exam! I've been too engrossed in learning Chopin's Black note etude.
End of year update
December already. The year seems like it went quick because we are already in December, but if you sit down to think, it is a long time. I certainly can't remember any of the New Year's Resolutions I made earlier on. I don't know if I can be bothered making new ones either. So anyway, I've moved into my new place. It's cool go be able to organise my rooms and stuff and it's still not far from home...thanks to the parents for still doing my washing 
(until I get a washing machine).
In other news, if I haven't mentioned earlier, I finally sat my AMusA exam and passed! I was so relieved. It has only taken since 2004 before I got a kick up the backside to take the exam. I think I'm more excited about learning new pieces. I'm currently obsessed with the Black Note Study by Chopin. All black notes in the right hand (except for 1 sneaky one in the entire piece), played vivace. A very interesting combination to get up to speed.
Anyway, I hope to get some pics up of my new place. Probably when I have a housewarming or something. I'd probably have to split the housewarming into friends only then family only...it's only a small place! Until then...
Virgin Blue upgrade to Gold Status
I was greeted this afternoon to a free upgrade to Gold Status! I've only flown a few times with them and I've been a member for almost a year so I thought it was a way to get me to buy more flights. Later this evening I got an email saying "friday the 13th strikes". Nice cover up. It's all over the web now. Here and here. All 2 million members should get the upgrade just for the inconvenience and false hope
Random spam on meebo.com
Don't get me wrong I like using meebo. It lets me sign into multiple IM accounts without having to install a separate application - I only need a web browser. The only drawback, which I'm not sure is from meebo or not, is the random people or bots trying to talk to me. For example:
[22:31] flossievuzyzyv@hotmail.com: hey i'm Lynn, i thought you seemed interesting...add me as a friend if you wanna chat ;] http://www.absolutegirlss.net/?profile_ID=xoxLynxox
[22:31] flores741@hotmail.com: get a life
I usually ignore them, but this time it just got a little out of hand 
Finally upgraded
The site is going to be buggy for a while. I finally had to upgrade my wordpress installation...probably for all the wrong reasons. I had originally planned to do it when I took a few days off but I kept putting it off. My cousin Mark alerted me to some interesting PHP errors on his site this morning. Upon further investigation it looks like someone has found an exploit in my outdated wordpress installation. So anyway I took a few hours tonight trying to upgrade. If you can see this post, at least that is working. It's not going to be pretty for a while but at least it's still up lol!
- James
Surprise announcement
Well well. Yet again it's been an eternity since I've posted. And I do keep saying that I will upgrade my wordpress installation but it requires waaay too much effort. I shouldn't wait until it's 3 years out of date next time. Well there's two exciting things relating to the title of this post. 1...I've just got myself a cosy 2 bedroom unit! 2...a quick announcement from a guy on Sunrise:
Deja vu aka Nick’s Birthday 2009
September 13, 2008:
September 12, 2009:
Nick invited a few of us out to Paddies to watch the Potbelleez. They played two songs and that's the last I heard of them. I did bail a bit after midnight though. Anyhoo, gotta get back to the piano - got an exam soon.