Just came home from a concert - winnipeg symphony orchestra played Beethoven's 2nd symphony. I've never seen such an energetic conductor, at least not with that kind of personality. He made me laugh right out, and members of the orchestra had a hard time keeping from smiling too. Awesomeness. What's even better is that they are continuing playing B's symphonies, one after the other. I missed the first one, but I will definitely not miss the Eroica (3), and not 5,6,7 either. Somehow I ended up getting 5 stuck in my head afterwards thanks to my musiclistening companion. Good day, despite having to invigilate 2 mid-terms (watching poor students sweat through a test in 50 minutes - I could feel the tnesion, and ended up with a nasty headache already a few minutes into the first one. My advisor laughed at me, knowing my terror about exams). (And for all who worried in my behalf, the meeting yesterday went well, (as it usually does when I'm nervous about it)).
This weekend it's thanksgiving. This means I can eat as much pumpkin pie as I want. yes. There are some excellent things about living in the western hemisphere, and one of them is pumpkin pie. Did I mention that we have an amazing autumn btw? It's WARM (around 20) and the trees are in all colours, not only yellow this year, and it's gorgeous.
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... and how is an advisory meeting when you are not nervous?
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