Well, crap. I completely forgot about having to rehearse with the accompanist before saturday... called her today and the only time she has left is 5-7 on Friday (for both me and tyson mao, the other techer who's trying out). Looks like I'll be missing yet another blacker dinner...

Mozart's pretty good right now. Still working on parts of the third movement, and a couple parts of mvt 1 that're a little shaky. Cadenzas aren't terrible - the Tillmetz ones are a LOT easier than Gallway's, and they sound more 'normal', more in the style of the piece. Learn three cadenzas by 10 AM on Saturday... piece o' cake, right? ;)

As for orchestra - ok, I was overreacting the other night. And I didn't notice that Allen was switching other people out too... thanks for the IM, Joe, I feel a lot better now. Though it's funny to think of the timpanist as the most secure chair in the orchestra, especially when you're the one who always takes the brunt of Allen's wrath on bad days. :)

Aside from music, I'm having real problems with motivation for this core paper. I don't know how I'll hit 3000 words - 2000 will be a stretch in itself. And I'm not feeling so well, thanks to a coffeehouse burger... should've known better, but I missed dinner earlier and figured I should eat something. Chalk up another casualty to the food here. Food poisoning twice in a term is twice too many.

Aight, I'm sleeping now. H 161 research on incantations is on the schedule for tomorrow - I may or may not go to the ME 72 contest. I've never seen it before, so it might be cool... but so, so much to do. :(