My life:

I still dislike 110. I don't enjoy biochem that much, and I'm stuck for another 7 weeks in this class. Grrr.

122 is just fine - need to catch up in reading, but A-ok. It's doable and well-taught. -shock-

core 1ab - I hate it. Already. Kate Eaton, my mentor, is cool, but I'm so afraid of disappointing her once she sees how dumbed down the paper has to be...

161 - Fun! Nothing like learning about trepanation and ancients' approach to wound treatment. Thumbs up, though Kate Eaton needs some more experience to work on her nerves, in my opinion. Neat class though.

142 - It's Deverell, ie supercool. So much reading to catch up on, though... :( 200 pages of fairly dull reading by thursday. -sigh- At least lectures are fun.

flute lessons - Worked on the slow movement today with Woodward. I don't know if I quite agree with his mental picture of it - he says it's like the story of an ancient Greek/Roman hero, one that everyone knows, but listens to again to see what the storyteller brings to the tale. The main theme (repeated three times) is the hero at three points in his life, and should reflect his knowledge/experience he's encountered. The rest is his life. I like the general idea - I thought the movement should reflect a life - but I don't think it fits with any Greek/Roman heroes I can recall, and I remember a whole lot of 'em. Perhaps a more recent hero - it reminded me a little of Pride and Prejudice, or Emma, or Sense and Sensibility... the melodic line isn't tempestuous or arrogant enough to be a Greek or Roman hero, but it just might do for an Austen heroine. ;)
In any case, even only performing on 5 hours of sleep, I did decently enough to be commended by Woodward on phrasing and tempo - according to him, there's only about a 2-click margin at which the movement sounds good, and I landed right smack in the middle of it (no idea how... maybe by listening to Gallway's interpretations?). Too fast, and you lose the depth of emotion; too slow, and it sounds heavy and ponderous. Hooray for me. :)

Orchestra tonight: decent. I've done better, but things are coming along. I really, really like the second movement of the Tchaikowsky - it's gorgeous. I almost want to cry during the opening oboe and closing bassoon solos, the melody is so poignant. Turns out I won't be playing in the modern piece - there're only parts for two flutes, and Allen wants the woman from JPL and Harlan on 'em. Works for me! I'd kinda looked forward to playing the Afro-Cuban dances, but it sure will be nice to have extra time to work on the concerto and the tchaikowsky... my plate's awfully full as is.

Riding: Rode Alabama last Thursday in the UCLA class (because someone in the office screwed up when I tried to change into Davee's Thursday class and put me into the wrong one at 7 PM, and Davee doesn't even have a class that day - the site schedule is wrong) - she's great. Not quite so responsive as others, but a fantastic mover - nice smooth trot, and her canter feels like a dream. It was so easy to keep a good seat and stay glued to her back - she made me look so good. -grins- And the way it feels... this must be how it would feel to be a centaur. Ah, fun.

Anyway, sleep deprivation's catching up to me... night all.

To close - another attempt at classification falls on its face:

What box do you get put in?
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