But the number 1 reason why I haven't turned in my homework is:

[catsittingstill]

Yeah, I know, I really ought to post more often.

I have a con report for Capricon about half finished. The short version is "Wow; I had a great time--it's a wonderful con--you should go!" But I don't have time to mess with it right now.

The thing is that I think I've lost a bet with a friend of mine on a subject I can't disclose but I put up a CD of all my songs that I've written for the last year for my side of the bet. At the time it was, big deal, maybe six. But on account of getting so inspired for CapriCon, it's now more like fifteen (okay, a couple of them were written before last year, but they're good, and they aren't on anything, and I got them all practiced up for Capricon, so...). I thought I had a clever idea for recording them; I used my little mp3 recorder to record several of my practice sessions, figuring if I didn't get a clean take of a song on one night, I'd get it on another.

Alas, I failed to remember that the reason I was *practicing* was that I wasn't very *good* on those songs yet. So I have a number of songs where I didn't get any clean takes. So now I'm going to go back and re-record those songs so as to have clean takes to put on the CD (don't let me give you the wrong impression here; this is not a studio CD; this is a livingroom carpet CD--if they were little mistakes I wouldn't bother). I'm hoping to get three songs today, three songs tomorrow, and so on. However in an hour, I have to leave to go have dinner and play Scrabble.

So that's why I don't have time to finish my con report today.

(I also did dishes, scrubbed the kitchen and bathroom sinks, scrubbed the tub and the kitchen floor, read a chapter of the Micro book I'll be teaching from, and fixed the vacuum robot, so it has been a busy day.)

Off to record!

Comments

[braider.livejournal.com]

When did you start teaching? I don't think I knew you did that.

Anyway, enjoy the recording. ;-)

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

Well, Carson-Newman has asked me to teach a microbiology class this summer. This will be the first time I've actually taught a class on my own, though I've been a TA a few times.

[braider.livejournal.com]

Very cool! Are you looking forward to it?

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

Yes, but nervous too.

[randwolf.livejournal.com]

When architect Alvar Aalto was asked why he didn't finish essays, he once replied, "paper is for drawing." So keep on working on your songs.

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

:-) I need to apportion my time between all of my projects, right enough. I'm happy with how things have been going so far.

[occams_pyramid]

So when do we get to hear all these new songs? :-)

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

Well, I performed many of them at my concert at CapriCon. And at the filk circles at CapriCon. Um, I don't have any more concerts lined up at the moment, but if you want a copy of the CD when it's done, just send me your address and I'll drop a copy in the mail.

[occams_pyramid]

Well, there's this little problem called the Atlantic Ocean between me and CapriCon :-)

just send me your address and I'll drop a copy in the mail.

That would be wonderful, if you don't mind sending it internationally (or maybe mongol post via Gwen Knighton?). You write some really amazing songs.

I'll email to the address in your LJ profile.

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

I don't mind sending it internationally. I'd be happy to send it via Gwen, but I'm not clear on when she's coming over or where she's going to be. But I send stuff to my relatives in Holland occaisionally, and that isn't too expensive.