I'm losing my memory
Bit by bit I am losing my memory. Every few days something else falls off.

So far half of it is gone, about 64 MB right now are gone and 64 remain.

I am speaking of the SIMM stick I have had on my keychain for a number of years now. I am surprised it has lasted this long, some five years or so. One of the holes wore through and I had to use the other one but until last week none of the chips had fallen off. Now four are gone.

I still have the graphics processor on there, too.
- posted by Nick @ 8/03/2007 06:08:00 PM | 0 comments

 
Almost a week ago...
my sister was married. The whole weekend was great fun thanks to all of the good friends who came down for the event. Thursday night I skipped summer chorus to help decorate the church (though the work was done by the time I got there) and hang out. I went out for sushi with my old roomie, Christopher Lovely, and my sister Fer, Jen (becca's old roomie and the wedding coordinator), Becca, Mike (the groom) and his brother Mark. The sushi was wonderful as it always it is at Matsu Sige and much fun was had.

Friday night I got to the church for the rehearsal and Mike Roderick and is wife Jen were there (Yes, two Jens and a Fer, making 3 Jennifers involved in the wedding). The rehearsal went smoothly, two run-throughs. Afterward yummy red beans and rice were had at my parents house with Mike's Family, our family (though more of his family), and the friends who were involved in the wedding. Also yummy djembe cake was had.

Our friend Haley was down for the wedding and came over friday night with her boy too and the evening was filled with music as Mike (Roderick) and Chris played and we all sang (the big hit being "I'm going back to Yarrawonga", a song my grandmother had been sent by friends in Australia. We performed it over the phone for her during the course of the evening).

The wedding day came (Saturday) and things progressed smoothly. I was there for photos before the show and at one all of the ensemble I directed was there and we had a chance to warm-up and practice--it went very well. The only hitch was that Becca and Fer forgot to get Mike's ring and Jen (Eckert) was sent to get it while the service proceeded.

After the service and reception the bride and groom went to the bride's house for the evening (to depart the next day for the mountains of north Georgia), the Rodericks departed (for the mountains of north Georgia), and then I went out with Haley and her guy, Fer, Mark, and Christopher Lovely for dinner at The Bee's Knees (great tapas bar in Augusta) and then we played games at my parents house until late.

Sunday saw me getting up for the 8:30 service which I usually don't go to when there is no choir (and I often do not go to even when there is a choir... bad habit haha) so that Christopher could get on the road (and it would have been somewhat rushed to go to the 11 o'clock service and get Fer fed and on her plane on time anyway). After church Christpher took us to have brunch at the IHOP. By 2 everyone was gone and my parents and I were left with copious amounts of cake, punch, crackers, fruit, and red beans to consume. Some of these things are still being consumed. The cake, wonderful yummy cake, is all gone.

Good weekend.

However, I didn't have time to do my stuff for school. Thankfully the class hasn't focused on discussion at all this week and only on conducting. And we didn't conduct the pieces we needed to prepare for until Tuesday, focusing on Bach chorales on Monday.

Class is over next week! Choir is over next week! Then I get a couple of weeks to prepare for the fall semester (and my first semester with a full load). I need to do the things that I planned to do during the month long break between the end of spring semester and the start of June but never did. I think that if I can get my room organized, including ripping the rest of my CDs to the computer so the CD shelf can be organized in something other than "this stack has been ripped and this stack has not" and get my bookshelves at LEAST organized better and preferably cataloged in SOME way I will be good. Also yardwork will call my name.

Two more hours relaxing in Atlanta Bread Company, two hours of choir and then home to sleep a short while before working tomorrow. I hope tomorrow goes better than last week. I have my doubts since Becca has been gone all week and the coffeeshop seems to fall apart a bit when Becca is gone.
- posted by Nick @ 8/02/2007 05:02:00 PM | 0 comments