Some random events.....

Over the past few days I keep thinking of all of these funny things that have happened or just random things that have happened that I would like to remember, so I am dedicating this entry to writing down a few of them.

Last week I was walking behind a bunch of brass players and I heard someone say BYU, so I just kinda yelled up there, "Hey, did you guys just say BYU?" And they said yeah. And I said, "What about it?" And they said, "It's the college with the highest teen pregnancy." I have a really hard time believing that... it's kinda funny what people hear.

In rehearsal a few weeks ago we were running the 4th mvmt. of the Hindemith and Mr. Muffit stops and says, "Let's try that section again." We run it again and we stop. Flutes you are too loud, piccolo you are just right. Lucky for me I was the piccolo player. Coincidentally, I didn't even have a part in the passage. I just smiled.

Emlyn and I went over to Judy's house for dinner last week and let me just say it was so delicious. When you eat cafeteria food every day, just about anything would taste good, but still this would have tasted fantastic if I hadn't been eating cafeteria food any day. Anyway, the point is, when we walked in the door she asked if we would like something to drink and we both had lemonade. She quickly informed us she had been to a wine and cheese party about 2 hours before and apologized if she was a little tipsy. Everything seemed to be fine until Emlyn and I finished our lemonades and I see Judy reach into the fridge and pull out a wine bottle. She heads for my glass and starts to tip the bottle over and I put my hand on my glass and said, "Uh, Judy, I don't think that is lemonade!" She was so embarrassed! Good thing I was paying attention, though!

This is from a long time ago, but on the 4th of July we went to a CSO pops concert. If I haven't made this point clear enough in the past, let me make it now. Most people here are old. Lots have hearing aids. They are all lovely, just hard of hearing. So we are listening to this concert and all of a sudden the lady right behind us "whispers", "He's a real shmaltzey guy!" You just have to picture an old lady saying this in a really high-pitched nasally voice and it's great. Same thing happened today at a Beethoven Marathon Violin Recital I went to. This guy in front of me, sporting a hearing aid, leans over to his wife and "whispers", "That's not like Beethoven at all!" About half the auditorium turned and stared. Old people are just so cute. You have to love them.

Did I post about Tony finding glass in his chicken? We were eating lunch one day and all of a sudden Tony's eyes start popping out of his head and Cari Sue and I stopped chewing and stared back at him like, "What is your problem?" Long story short, there was glass in his fried chicken. Lucky for him he didn't swallow it. Since this event, we have heard other cafeteria food scares, like someone found a screw in their mashed potatoes last year. I had the mashed potatoes tonight. Don't worry... I'm all clear.

After our very first concert we were all in the commons area of our dorm having snacks that were provided by our counselors, who happen to be an older couple, probably around 65. They are super nice people who also happen to be from Texas. Also, most everyone in my dorm seems to be foreign. I don't know how Carrie, Cari Sue, and I ended up here... maybe I look Asian.... Anyway, so one girl is from Poland and her name is Agnieskza (or something like that).. you pronounce in Ahn-ee-esh-ka. Well, our counselors are congratulating everyone and the woman runs up to Agnieskza and says, "Oh Ag-a-nee-ska! You were just great on that piano! Did you have to practice with a metronome for that?!" The twangy accent didn't really help. Carrie and I about peed our pants.

When I woke up this morning there was a text on my phone from my pianist in one of my chamber groups that came around midnight last night and said, "U r invited to cool people's meeting in hut 40! Right now!!" The pianists here are real binge drinkers. Actually, there are a lot of people here that seem to be hungover. Before I came here I couldn't really describe what a person who is hungover would look like/act like (I know, I know.... sheltered), but now I'm a pro!

More updates to come! Concert #3 is tomorrow! Exciting!