I want.

A puggle. Cute and perfect size dog.

Things I want for my someday existant house.

Super sweet space for my piano. Wood floors, big open windows, and a cool, modern atmosphere.









I want this kind of piano. SO perfectly perfect. Perfect touch, perfect sound.



I want lots, and LOTS of color on my walls.





Not to mention a wonderfully chic white sofa to go with my colorful walls.

Chic lighting to go with my chic sofa.



Or maybe just this amazingly awesome sofa would be enough.

Minimalism

I thought I would share some of my favorite music today. Okay so one of the best things I've gotten out of my education is repertoire. I've learned about too many composers to count. Some amazingly good, and others, well lots of others, that I just don't care for. However there was a movement in the 60s of minimalist music that produced some GORGEOUS stuff. The idea behind minimalist music is to take a very simple and short motive or idea, and slightly tweak it bit by bit throughout the entire piece. Now some minimalist music does get quite monotonous but sometimes little surprise slight changes will come in the music that make it so refreshing and make for some lovely pieces!

First off is the American composer, Steve Reich's Nagoya Marimbas. I love marimbas. They are so relaxing to listen to. Listen to the very slight changes that come throughout this piece that make it what it is. It gets better the further you get into the piece!


Next is John Adams. Hugely famous American composer if you don't know about him you should. He recently wrote a piece called On the Transmigration of Souls in memory of 9/11 and he won a Pulitzer Prize for it. But the piece I like is called Shaker Loops for string orchestra. He said he was trying to emulate rippling water with this piece. It has four movements and I couldn't decide which one to put on here. Here's the first movement, Shaking and Trembling but Hymning Slews is really good too.



Next is a movie composer that I'm sure is more well known to the general public. His name is Yann Tiersen, a French composer known for his Scores for the Amelie and Goodbye Lenin soundtracks. Beautiful stuff. This is Summer '78 from Goodbye Lenin but I also like Goodbye Lenin, First Rendez-vous, and Comptine d'un autre été from Amelie.



I can't talk about minimalism without mentioning Phillip Glass. An American Composer, he is a publicly popular composer even being an Art Music composer. Here is Sunday Afternoon.



Last but not least is my favorite, Arvo Pärt. He is an Estonian composer that is known for his sacred music. This piece is very popular, it has been featured in movies and it's performed at ASU on a regular basis. I like the arrangement for Cello and Piano best. The cello part is particularly difficult. I want to perform it so bad! Listen to it at least until the piano comes in. Gorgeousness!!

It's a Pity

I wish men still dressed like this.






So handsome.

Minimalism

So I thought I'd share some of my favorite music. The last couple years I've been exposed to some really great composers. And others, lots of others, that I just don't care for. But one type of music I've always liked it Minimalism. This was a movement in Art Music in the 60s toward something simpler. The idea behind it is to take a simple idea or motive, and slightly tweak it bit by bit throughout the entire piece. Now some minimalistic music is quite monotonous, but some is just so gorgeous! Here's some of my favorites.

American composer Steve' Reich's Nagoya Marimbas (1994). I love Marimbas. They're so relaxing to listen to. This piece just changes ever so slightly bit by bit but it's so refreshing when those changes come. Beautiful.



American composer Phillip Glass's Symphony no. 3 (1995). This is Movement III. This is a particularly lovely arrangement for cello octet.



American composer John Adams's Shaker Loops (1978). This is the third movement, Hymning Slews. He said he wrote this piece to emulate the rippling of water.



French composer Yann Tiersen's Summer '78 (2003). Tiersen is best known for his soundtracks to Amelie and Goodbye Lenin. This is from Goodbye Lenin.



And my favorite! Arvo Pärt, an Estonian composer, best known for his sacred music. This piece is used in movies and is performed at ASU on a regular basis. The cellists love it I want to perform it so bad. It's particularly difficult for the cellist though. It's called Fratres (1977). Wait till the piano comes in. Gorgeousness!!

This wasn't in the plan.

I love him so completely.

I don't mean to be a sob story but holy cow I had no idea this would be that hard. When he's with me it seems like I can find everything in the world to be annoyed about but then when he's away it feels like part of me is missing. And it's a big part of me. I don't know how women can do this. Why this was my lot in life I have no idea. And why I have to go through this I don't know! Why when I think I would make a great wife, and a great mother do I have to wait longer? I just don't know. What am I supposed to accomplish in these two years? Why do I have to do it alone? And I feel so incredibly alone.

I know it'll be possible. I know I can do it. I just. don't. want to. I just want Kyle by my side.