Emma Flournoy

Yup, definitely. And yeah, at least I’m no PA. ;P I mean, it sounds like a position I’d enjoy, but busy.

Wul cool still. I love fiddle music either way.
And wow. People like that are amazing.

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Yeah, it’s pretty fun. I check the emails and print music and bind scores for her and she and I send out the emails and organise repertoire and things like that.

Yeah, it’s really fun.

Yes, they are! We have a friend who doesn’t know how to read music very well, but he plays the piano amazingly.

Kewel.

Wow. 😀

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lol

Which movement of St. Pauls’ Suite did you say you’ve played? My orchestra has been playing the first movement (the Jig, I think it’s called), and that’s pretty challenging, but lots of fun (though my stand partner doesn’t like it XD).

We played the 3rd mvt. at our concert, but we’d been practicing the first for a bit before they decided not to do it this semester. I agree, it’s alotta fun. And really challenging. XD The worst part is the part with like 6 sharps (if you’re a second violinist. If you’re not you might not have that part.). Thankfully it’s not very long, but so…[Read more]

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I am a second violinist. 😉 You mean the bit with all the semi quavers going up and up? In our score they’re all accidentals, but it would be six sharps if put as a key signature 😛 My teacher’s helped me with that and says play each group of three with the third, second and first finger so it’s always 3, 2, 1. It means a lot of…[Read more]

Okay, yes! That’s the part. I’m pretty sure they’re accidentals on our score too. OK, that sounds like a good solution. We had someone help us with that part too, and I don’t think they gave us quite the same fingering (it doesn’t involve much shifting at all; it’s mostly just all half a note down from where your fingers usually are in 1st…[Read more]

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Cool, I’m glad you’re getting input from more experienced people. Otherwise you can feel a bit lost as to what to do.

Today Elizabeth and I went and played an informal concert thing at a local library, with a cellist/jack-of-all-strings from the orchestra and several of his students. It was mostly Christmas carols, and pretty informal, but it was fun.

@emma-flournoy That sounds really fun. 😀

Orchestra is over for me now. 🙁 Tonight is the party the conductor is having at her house, but I’m not going to go, except to maybe drop in and give my stand partner a thank you present (she brings me home every week).

Aw, too bad. 🙁 But yay for nice stand partners!

Oh well then. XD

Aww, fun.

That’s sweet too. <3 And yay, getting to do it twice! XD

Are you excited for 2019? Weary? Ambivalent? Hopeful?

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XD

Yeah.

Actually, three times! 😀 One of them lives in a different timezone than the other two so hers was an hour after. XD

I think my 2019 is off to a good start in many ways, especially my writing. Last night I finished one of my stories, tonight I started the second draft of another, and I’ve written every day so far (haha,…[Read more]

Ha! Fun. XD

Good, I’m glad! That’s great. Meh, I’m probably more on the ambivalent side…. def. wouldn’t say excited. XD I’ve never been terribly excited for new years to come; prolly ’cause I’m sad the time’s going so quick. Which is probably not the best view to take. -_- There are a several things I have in mind for this year, but I’m not…[Read more]

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I know what you mean about time passing quick. Sometimes that can be scary.

Oh, I love Casting Crowns! That video was so cool. 😀

Yikes, now THAT is scary. I’ve been a legal adult for almost two years (12 days left XD).

*nod*

😀

Yikessss that’s even scarier. You won’t even be a teenager anymore. XD

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I knuuuu! XD

How do you feel about becoming an adult? 😉

Mostly, I always thought I’d feel older than this by the time I got here. XD But I don’t. I’m the same Emma I was when I thought those things. Just with a ton more experience behind me. 😛

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I know what you mean. The only age I remember actually feeling different at was 15.

Heh. Where do de years go.

XD It’s OK.

Yeah, definitely. Scary. 😛 I’ve only been in one recital before, and it was plenty nerve-wracking.

OOH, I’ll definitely watch that one. LOVE Canon in D. <3 <3 <3

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I’ve done a couple of exams and one time I couldn’t tell if I was purposefully doing vibrato or my hand was just shaking. XD Anyway, so far I’ve decided not to do any more exams because they’re not necessarily necessary and I don’t need that added bit of pressure/anxiety. XD

Yeah, it’s pretty nice. But you gotta feel sorry for the…[Read more]

Ha! XD Well, makes sense.

I know! The same thing over and over and over again….

Yeah. XD

Ha! You poor thing. :’D That’s funny though. That would totally happen to me in the same situation.

We have about two and a half weeks till our Christmas concert now, and we only started practicing our music for it about a week ago. *shudder* I really don’t know why they do this. 😐 That’s less than half the amount of time we had to…[Read more]

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It wasn’t too bad. Though my hands were shaking after for a bit. XD

Aw. You shouldn’t have to be really tense to hold the violin (though sometimes you just are and don’t realise it XD). What songs are you playing for the Christmas one?

At this point that I know of, May. We’re not doing a Christmas thing this year (not a formal…[Read more]

XD

Yeah, I think a lot of my tensity I don’t notice soon as I should ’cause I’m too focused on other aspects. It’s sad. ;P Lessee. There’s “Around the World at Christmas Time”, “A Christmas Festival”, “Star of Wonder”, “March of the Toys”, “Joy to the World”, “The Huron Carol”, and “I Heard the Bells”. I think that’s it, at least for the main…[Read more]

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Yeah. There’s a lot to think about when playing an instrument. 😉

I don’t know any of those specifically (except for Joy to the World and I Heard the Bells), though if they’re medleys, I’d most likely know the songs in them. 😉

Yeah, I’m sure you’d know most of them. 😉

How goes NaNo?

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Carols are generally known universally. XD

It goes well! I reached 30,000 words last night and I’m consistently a day ahead of the recommended goals. I haven’t been stressed or feeling like I wasn’t going to make it and I’m confident I have plenty of story to reach the word count, and then some. 😀 It’s been an enjoyable…[Read more]

Yay! That’s awesome.

Welp, I’m not even sure, technically. If reading counts as a hobby, count that. :’D I’m not really naturally artsy so I don’t do much in that field, and though I can sew things fairly nicely I don’t particularly like sewing except for once a year or so. XD Which would make violin, piano and reading my main ‘hobbies’. And…[Read more]

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I reckon they all count, and I don’t see why MBTI wouldn’t. 😉 Yeah, it’s nice to have the outlet of writing for all my thinking and wondering. 😀

Yikes. That’s okay. 🙂 Sorry to hear that, that’s not always fun, is it? Of course I’ll pray. _hugs_

Uh… Not specifically at this point, but thank you. 🙂

I consider music and…[Read more]

I bet. 😀

Not very fun at all, Precious. *gollum, gollum* XD
Thanks, that means a lot. 🙂

I know though, sometimes when I’ve been asked that question I’m like…uh… nothing? *wracks brains* Yeah… So it’s all right. XD

Cool!! So much neat stuff. Woodworking, that’s neat. Do you like specifically carving, building things, both? When you can…[Read more]

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😀

That’s okay, precious. *gollum* XD

Yeah, same here. XD

With woodworking I’ve made a bowl (which was mostly round when I started, so it was a good starting project and I really enjoyed that). I’ve made two boxes (one a test, one my new jewellery box). And I’ve made a baton that I’m going to give to my conductor. 😀 I did start…[Read more]

XD

Ooh, cool stuff! I bet it’ll be fun giving your conductor the baton. 😀