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Aug. 31st, 2017 10:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_rckMy A-Ride pick up is scheduled for 10:15. I've set an alarm for 10:00 so I'll have time to put on my shoes and go outside (assuming it's not raining at that point). I've decided not to try to deal with returning the viola today. I neglected to have Cordelia find and pack up all the bits and pieces that came with it, and I don't want to walk to Shar in the rain (if it does rain).
I think I'm going to return one of my current DVD lectures sets to the library without finishing. It's about how to listen to music, and I've gotten through half of it with another 18 hours left to go. It can't be renewed, and I'm not convinced that I've learned anything. I don't know if it's that I'm starting from great ignorance, if it's that I'm only giving the lectures part of my attention, or if it's that the lecturer lost me early because the metaphors he uses don't fit how I perceive music. He's not a bad lecturer. He speaks clearly, audibly, and with enthusiasm, and I think the lectures are well structured. It's just that I parse musical sounds as kinetic, as certain kinds of movement-- waves, spirals, etc.-- and don't really hear music if it doesn't come through to me as doing that. I don't dislike it; I just don't hold onto it at all. As they say, in one ear and out the other.
I think I've found a way forward in my Captive Audience story. I've broken 9K words and don't know how much longer it will end up being. I'm not sure how much writing I'll manage today, though, given that I'll get home from my appointment around the time that the cleaning lady arrives.
Cordelia plans to be out for the evening-- The library is having a party for volunteers, and she and her friends are getting together for movie night. We'll be up as early tomorrow as we have been all week because the camp is having a breakfast party for their volunteers. They're trying to get those volunteers to stay after the party for an outdoor work/maintenance day (I assume this would be pulling out invasives and picking up any trash visitors have left behind. More of the former, probably).
I think I'm going to return one of my current DVD lectures sets to the library without finishing. It's about how to listen to music, and I've gotten through half of it with another 18 hours left to go. It can't be renewed, and I'm not convinced that I've learned anything. I don't know if it's that I'm starting from great ignorance, if it's that I'm only giving the lectures part of my attention, or if it's that the lecturer lost me early because the metaphors he uses don't fit how I perceive music. He's not a bad lecturer. He speaks clearly, audibly, and with enthusiasm, and I think the lectures are well structured. It's just that I parse musical sounds as kinetic, as certain kinds of movement-- waves, spirals, etc.-- and don't really hear music if it doesn't come through to me as doing that. I don't dislike it; I just don't hold onto it at all. As they say, in one ear and out the other.
I think I've found a way forward in my Captive Audience story. I've broken 9K words and don't know how much longer it will end up being. I'm not sure how much writing I'll manage today, though, given that I'll get home from my appointment around the time that the cleaning lady arrives.
Cordelia plans to be out for the evening-- The library is having a party for volunteers, and she and her friends are getting together for movie night. We'll be up as early tomorrow as we have been all week because the camp is having a breakfast party for their volunteers. They're trying to get those volunteers to stay after the party for an outdoor work/maintenance day (I assume this would be pulling out invasives and picking up any trash visitors have left behind. More of the former, probably).
