how do you read pianistimo's postings?

[tds]

me: what is she thinking?...skip...skip...what the?...skip...skip...

[pianowolfi]

me: what is she thinking?...skip...skip...what the?...skip...skip...

If Bernhard comes back he will be surely able to give a systematic advice on this

[tds]

If Bernhard comes back he will be surely able to give a systematic advice on this

true. i kinda miss him.

btw, back to topic...

[counterpoint]

me: what is she thinking?...skip...skip...what the?...skip...skip...

Me: what is she thinking?...oh, interesting thought... never thought about this...  Czerny had colored hair? Cool  ... she's playing which concerto? Never knew Leroy Anderson had composed one... the end is near... oh, I know  ... everything should be played even... seems, she has a little sadistic tendency... ehmm, what was the topic... 

All in all, I like pianistimos postings very much, there are so many surprising ideas (I can live with the lesser surprising ideas as well  )

[tds]

me: skip...skip...(me thinks: is her husband happy with her spending tons of time here?)...oh ok...that is kinda true...she got how many kids? ( wait she only got one husband, right? )... bikini?..she wore bikini where?...during piano lesson?

[rc]

hahah, with some people what we get are thoughts distilled and condensed to the point.  With Pianistimo I'm pretty sure we're getting a transcript of the whole thought process:  idea -> scattered into many directions

If she could put the same energy from posting into piano, it'd make for some interesting improv!

[pianistimo]

tds, if you wouldn't skip through my messages like it was a flowery day in may - you'd understand the context.  anyways - congratulations for stopping on the word 'bikini' and somehow reading it into a piano lesson.  i think it sparked some kind of fantasy take off for you - and that is why you literally stopped on one word alone - and read it into the context of a piano lesson.

[jakev2.0]

tds, if you wouldn't skip through my messages like it was a flowery day in may - you'd understand the context.  anyways - congratulations for stopping on the word 'bikini' and somehow reading it into a piano lesson.  i think it sparked some kind of fantasy take off for you - and that is why you literally stopped on one word alone - and read it into the context of a piano lesson.

Trans: If you read my posts in their entirety they would make sense.

since you seem to be interested (skip this part) - once either i called or my teacher called about a lesson that we were scheduled for.  he mentioned that he was thinking of going to the beach with some friends.  i said- (feeling bad for how much he sat in front of the piano) - 'by all means - go to the beach.'  then he says, 'no, no - we had a lesson scheduled.'  then, i say - 'no - i really think you should go to the beach and relax.'  then, he says 'nono - just come for your lesson.'  so - still feeling somewhat bad for him - i put on my swimsuit under my lesson clothes and when i arrived i rung the doorbell (message thingy) and said 'let's go to the beach.'  i know it was a terrible thing to say - but i am rather impulsive.  i really didn't know where the beach WAS.  he - being somewhat speechless - says nothing.  i say ' i've got my bikini on.'  (nothing)  then i think - this is too stressful for him.  so - then, i say - 'ok...i'm going to change into something more appropriate. i'll be back in a while.'  (i wasn't wearing the bikini openly anwyas - just playing a joke). 

Trans: [some incoherent anecdote]

anyways, it was a bad joke and backfired.  he thought i was coming on or something - and told me not to cross the line.  i asked where the line was.  now, who is at fault in this situation?  me or the piano teacher?  sincerely, i was just joking around with him - but in the back of my mind wondered where the beach was.

ps i would not do this again.  in fact, i did penance for a while about it.  banging myself on the head and saying - why do i do and say impulsive things?

[pianistimo]

well, mr jake - as i see it - piano teachers should not use subliminal methods of inducing their students to know what exactly they do on the weekends.  it is freaking on sunshine.  as i understood my teacher more and more - i understood that HE was joking about going to the beach.

[jakev2.0]

U shud take a writing class.

[pianistimo]

you really think so?  (there's more where this came from)

for the record, it is not good to flirt with piano teachers.  certainly don't make it a habit.  of course, right now - i don't have a piano teacher.  hmm.

what makes me endeared to the last teacher in a non-threatening way - is exactly that he was non-threatening and held to standards.  i am certainly not challenging this in any way.  in fact, if he simply put a no bikini policy on the door - it might solve the problem of where the line is.  you know - draw a bikini and then put a red circle and X on it.  then, there would be no confusion as to the 'line.'  perhaps even drawing a line in the carpet somewheres for the really difficult students. 

i have been reading the bible long enough to know when i'm really in trouble.  i had a slight regret for joking on a serious matter.  perhaps when i'm older i will be more serious.  perhaps when he's older - he'll be really serious.   

[ronde_des_sylphes]

i wished i had more to give him.   

I think that was probably his concern. 

[pianistimo]

in what way?

[ronde_des_sylphes]

I have no idea how informal your lessons are, but I suspect that inviting your teacher to the beach and telling him you had a bikini on was rather more informal than he was expecting..

Actually, I thought it was quite a funny anecdote.

[pianistimo]

i don't know what possessed me.  i shall never do it again. 

seriously, i learned so much from the lessons that it wasn't my intention to embarrass him. 

i'm sure he gets paid whatever he's charging nowdays - and i'm sure it's beyond my budget right now.  kinda wish there is somekind of honest bartering system. 200  plates of cookies - whatever.  sometimes i need direction to make sure i'm not doing something in a slower way. 

[ahinton]

i don't know what possessed me.  i shall never do it again. 

seriously, i learned so much from the lessons that it wasn't my intention to embarrass him. 

i'm sure he gets paid whatever he's charging nowdays - and i'm sure it's beyond my budget right now.  kinda wish there is somekind of honest bartering system. 200  plates of cookies - whatever.  sometimes i need direction to make sure i'm not doing something in a slower way. 

Well, Susan dear, if ever your felt like coming over here in your bikini and doing one of your pole dancing routines as a fee, I'd endeavour to give you a piano lesson. And if you believe that, you'll believe anything - not that I wish to insult your bikinic self-presentation or your pole dancing prowess (or otherwise) - no, just that, with the best will in the world, you'd end up getting the worse end of the deal, because I could not give you a meaningful piano lesson.

No - just stick to trying to make it to St. John's, Smith Square, London on 22 June this year; you can dress perfectly normally and will, furthermore, not be expected to gyrate around the nearest bus stop or anything of the kind - just to sit in the audience and absorb all that Jonathan Powell has to offer in the way of extraordinary piano playing of a wide variety of repertoire...

Best,

Alistair

[imbetter]

me: what is she thinking?...skip...skip...what the?...skip...skip...

i dont

[tds]

i am sure we dont mind seeing your bikini pics. wait, if i remember correctly, you lent someone something. is it the bikini? not to your teacher, no way!?

[pianistimo]

lent someone something?  when did i say that?  the only thing he lent me was some CD's.  i don't recall lending him anything.  i think he was a very nice teacher and i wouldn't lend him anything he didn't ask for.  perhaps i should rephrase that.  he has standards - so he wouldn't ask and i have standards so i wouldn't pick a teacher any less - so i'd never be asked.

perhaps i have learned something from him besides piano.  actually, i think he has a good character.  good thing for a piano teacher.

as far as my bikini from 20 years ago.  it fell apart from too much sunlight.  i was going to try to piece it together - but since then, i've bought several others that were less scandalous.  i mean - when you're young - you just buy the ones that look good on the hanger.  when you are older you make sure and try them on.  i probably have a bikini pic somewhere's around ehre.  i think i had one taken at the beach - with the beach in the background and my slim bod in the fore.  but, who knows where it has gone.  both the bod and pic.  anyways, i've been cycling a lot lately.  23 miles yesterday.  i'm slowly but surely making my way to summertime. 

[ahinton]

i probably have a bikini pic somewhere's around ehre.  i think i had one taken at the beach - with the beach in the background and my slim bod in the fore.  but, who knows where it has gone.  both the bod and pic.  anyways, i've been cycling a lot lately.  23 miles yesterday.  i'm slowly but surely making my way to summertime.

...Summertime - when the cyclin' is easy
Boobs are jumpin' - the bikini's too high.
Oh your husband's rich - and yourself is good lookin'
So hush, little Susan - don' you cry......
(with abject apologies to George Gershwin)

If you go cycling 23 miles in one day, you'll risk ending up building muscles that you might not know what to do with - and you'll certainly need to up your bikini size as a consequence...

Best,

Alistair

[rach n bach]

Piani-who?





Actually, I do read your posts p... I just am less verbose by nature.  Well duh, I mean, I am a guy...

[timothy42b]

I think perhaps she sends some seriously mixed messages.

She wears a bikini to excite her teacher - but covers it with clothes.

She wants to run off to the beach with him - or maybe a piano lesson would be better.

Whe will become a pole dancer - when she's not quoting scripture.

I guess it is possible to see how someone could become confused.   

[jlh]

as far as my bikini from 20 years ago.  it fell apart from too much sunlight.  i was going to try to piece it together - but since then, i've bought several others that were less scandalous. 

Well, how often did you wear your "scandelous" bikini that it got so worn out by the sun that it's in several pieces now?? lol

How did it get to be in so many pieces? 

Was there a time when you still wore it when it was warn out and almost ripped to pieces?

 

[tds]

Was there a time when you still wore it when it was warn out and almost ripped to pieces?

 

no way!



got a pic of that, too?

[pianistimo]

i'll look around for the pic.  but, my daughter will probably get mad at me if i did that - because i tell her not to post pics.  perhaps it is better if the pic is lost.  let's see - what did happen to that scandalous bathing suit.  i think it was worn in the backyard pretty much only - because it had these black plastic rings  - one between the boobs and one above the booty.  they were the only thing left after so many years.  just the rings.  anyways - i used to like the tan it got me - because it had basically nothing to it.  but, i never really wore it in public.  when a suit is used for sunbathing - it just turns more and  more opaque until it finally just disintegrates.  one day - i went to put it on and it just fell to pieces on the floor.  that was when i went to buy a new one.

if you want to know how to get a good tan - buy 'queen helena's cocoa butter.'  it is this sort of beeswax type of cocoa butter that gets you an instant tan.  it's kind of greasy though so make sure and open any doorknobs before you butter up.  otherwise, you'll never get out the front door.  don't know if guys try to tan - but anyways - for the girls - it's my best secret. 

[thalbergmad]

With her posts, i normally read the first word and then the last word and skip the rest.

It still takes about 10 minutes per day to get through.

Thal

[pianistimo]

slow reader?  where have you been?  i was about to send a search party to st. kilda. 

[thalbergmad]

i was about to send a search party to st. kilda. 

If you did, you would have found me.

Thal

[rach n bach]

Slow kilda?


Using thal's reading theory... pianistimo thinks he is pretty slow...

[pianistimo]

thank you for reminding me, rach n bach, to carefully choose first and last words.  God.  (hows that?)

just so you don't think i'm swearing - i mean 'thank God that thal was not lost at sea.'

[thalbergmad]

'thank God that thal was not lost at sea.'

Indeed, but my breakfast was.

Thal

[pianistimo]

at least you GET breakfast on those cruises.  good thing you didn't fly.  you'd have to bring your own throw up bag - because they don't carry them anymore because people have nothing to throw up.

how was st. kilda?

[thalbergmad]

at least you GET breakfast on those cruises.  good thing you didn't fly.  you'd have to bring your own throw up bag - because they don't carry them anymore because people have nothing to throw up.

I had breakfast before i embarked and i needed 4 bags.

Thal

[pianistimo]

four?  all squid, i suppose.

[thalbergmad]

What drugs are you on today Rodney?

[tds]

susan, r u as talkative in real life as you are typative here? do you sometimes feel like you need a couple more fingers/mouths to type/talk? tds

[pianistimo]

well, to tell u the truth - i mostly let it out on here so that i can listen to my husband.  he's just as talkative.  but, he doesn't usually talk about piano music - so - i have to listen to computer junk or politics at work and nod.  then, i repeat back what he says.  he seems to be happy.

noone in my family asks 'did you practice today?'  in fact, if i missed a year - they would think i was still fine.  even my parents (after all those years of piano lessons) don't ask.  it's a 'don't ask - don't tell' policy.  they know if i get started on music - i'll talk as much as my husband does about things that he knows about.  we have this thing in our family that is - well, rather selfish.  everyone talks only about what they like.  so it's all one way conversations.  my mom talks about gardening.  i talk about music.   my brother talks about sailing and hunting. and my husband aboiut computers, electronic stuff, and the latest books he's read.  my children are talking about gaming, volleyball, and art. 

try as i might - we simply have problems communicating.  i think we all need to sit down and truly listen to one another instead of nodding and thinking our own thoughts.  how to start?  perhaps i should start with the littlest one.  or, perhaps make sure she is the one that plays the piano - although she wants to start ballet lessons asap.

[shortyshort]

Back to the original Question.

Answer = Very quickly, before she edits it so that subsequent posts don't make sense.

Shorty