July 24, 2005

  • The party was a hit! Many Madagascar things all around the park, including the soundtrack playing in the background...pizza, swings, grass, pinata, home-made cake, what else could anyone ask for??? Oh yeah, and a bunch of presents. So many presents that we decided not to get him anything. I know, that sounds harsh, but we're really trying not to let him develop the whole "it's all about me" - I'm-so-spoiled thing. Obviously, we're being reasonable, not just depriving him of stuff for the heck of it, but there was no need for us to add to the inordinate amount of gifts he received from our dearly loved friends.

    So, every five minutes...can I open this now? Can I play with my basketball now? etc..etc..etc..

    And heck! We've spent like 20 bucks just on batteries for all this stuff...I guess that's our present! HA!!

    Oh yeah- a tragic thing happened today...I accidentally copied an OLD version of a song I was working on orchestrating OVER the most RECENT one. It wasn't just a file, the whole darn folder. I was taking it from my work computer to my home computer, and I grabbed the folder to throw it on my jump drive, but actually grabbed the one that was on the jump drive from this morning and copied it right over the newest one. ARGH!! It was sickening. I lost about 2 hours of work...I actually felt sick to my stomach. I called anyone I could think of to help, but no luck. I searched the internet for hours looking for something that recover the file. I downloaded two different file recovery programs that didn't find it. I searched the apple discussions page-other people were researching. It was hopeless. I finally just did it over again, but here's the thing. It will never be the same. I don't remember exactly how I had it earlier, though I remember I loved it. I tried to replicate it, but I felt like I was missing something. It is so sad. The flow I had in the first version was a very in-the-moment-go-with-the-flow thing...so you see why I was devastated. The whole time I'm saying, "God, what are you trying to teach me. What!!!??! Just teach me already so I can get that darn file!!!!!" I'm sure I'll discover the lesson soon enough...

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  • I don't want Arianna to be so spoiled that she doesn't appreciate anything, either. It's kind of a fine line with giving them things and withholding enough so that they will learn the value of things. I want her to have every good thing, but I'm hesitant to give her too much. I can't stand it when I see kids who have no appreciation for anything and are so spoiled with a million things. It ruins them. We always hear about "the good old days" from our parenst  and grandparents who had very little "in their day" but the things they did have and things they got later they really appreciated. There's some wisdom in that and I hope I can walk the fine line of that part of her upbringing. (I hope it isn't too late- she is already spoiled!)

    Sorry about that file. I know that awful feeling. Hard to let all that work go.

  • I wish I had a bike...

  • Happy Birthday to Nathaniel...Happy Birthday to Nathaniel...Happy BIRTHDAY to Nathaniel...Happy Birthday to him!!  What to you mean you did not give him a present, who gave the party?  Who made the cake?? Who bought the music for the party???? Oh yea and batteries definitely count! ha
     
    I feel for you and the lose of your file!  The first time is usually the BEST.  God only knows the lesson in that one!!  Maybe...ahhh forget that thought...the first is the best!!

  • The next one will be better... It really will.

    Happy B-day Nathaniel!

  • There was a little boy.... lets call him Nathaniel, and he was looking threw the family bible at home, when somEthing feel out. The little boy picked it up and found that it was a leaf that had been pressed between the pages for safe keeping. When Mom asked the little boy what he had found he replied "I think it's Adams underware!!!!    Feel better now?  

    Now if you want to make God laugh.... tell him YOUR plans for that song...think about it... maybe He has something else in mind ... don't know... just saying......maybe the first one isn't the best...look at Adam and Eve! First he made Adam, and then he figured out  what was missing,,,, improved on that and then made Eve!      Sorry for your lose though, it is always hard when God allows something like that to happen. Very Frustrating!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    On a up note( no pun intended) yesterday the worship was AWESOME!!!! Spirit filled and up lifting! Mayby thats because you ARE the BEST Choir  Director in the WORLD!!!!!!!

  • The movie is a "lo-budget" Christian film called "The Exodus Project". It doesn't seem as thrown together. Shack only recommended me, the gig is not through him. I'm working with a composer named Jon Neal, and the other copyist is Craig Ware, the trombonist that comes and goes at APU, and also happens to play for Warner Bros., the Long Beach Pops Symphony, and Ralph Carmichael's big band. The movie is a documentary about Moses and the story of the Exodus, from what I gather. They sound organized to me, and apparently the first check is already on the way. I'm not too concerned about them flaking on me- if anything, I'm concerned that I won't get the work done quickly enough for them. But I just finished the first big "cue" tonight! Yay!

    Sorry about the file. Whenever I do stuff like that, it reminds me of those backups that I should have made. Oh well, life goes on...

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