Hope it gets better from here (Alborada del Gracioso)

There's a lot of happenings this week, particularly the one this morning, and i'm going to start with something that makes it all better:



Above is a clip of Richter playing Alborada del Gracioso , aka the song nodame played in the 交響情人夢歐洲篇. It is composed by Maurice Ravel. More on that later. This is officially my favorite clip of the week.

So,

Mon: found out tire got slashed. had a flat tire. had to replace it completely and was late to school.

Tues: manager and technician giving me the grief, like always.

wed: tried out a new restaurant but scraped my car BIG TIME on the way out of the shady parking lot in downtown LA. Skipped class afterward.

Thur: nothing much.

Fri: OVERSLEPT AND MISSED A QUIZ COMPLETELY. THE FIRST QUIZ AND THE QUIZ I WENT TO OFFICE HOUR FOR AND STUDIED SO DILIGENTLY. DONT EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START TO BLAME MYSELF. NEVER HEARD THE ALARM AT 5AM. ALREADY AM MISSING 10% OF MY GRADE. FOUND OUT I'M REJECTED BY IPSF (INTERNATIONAL PHARMACY STUDENT FOUNDATION)'S SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. sort of expected this to happen but can honestly say i am sad that i didn't get it, again.

Ok, cannot dwell out that. That is ALL i'm going to say about the happenings this week.

And the thing with french impressionism is, once you start to like it, you cannot go back to the same classical, baroque stuff you always play. you just dont get the same pleasure you did before hearing debussy. Ravel and Debussy sound so out there that when you practice you never quite know if you're doing something right. and the extent of difficulty is just indescribable. which make me not want to play because i get frustrated within 3 bars and i get mad at myself for going back to Sonatina because that's not trying at all. But i want to get better. what a predicament.

Let's hope my bad week ends here.