It's just that I was on a bus (going to my piano lesson) and the bus was completely full (I hate that!) and then the bus stopped again and this guy came on the bus... and he was just standing between the doors... and I was thinking: oh that won't be ok, cause I think these new buses can't close the doors if someone is standing in between. So all other doors close except those of course... and that guy is still standing there... and the bus driver opens all doors again and closes them and then turns off the bus and turns it on again and people are like: Oh is there something wrong with the bus... and that guy is still standing there looking all confused (like all other people)... and then people start going off the bus cause I guess they thought it was broken. So all of a sudden the bus was almost completely empty. And then finally that guy went to sit somewhere because almost all the sits were free cause so many people went off! Oh and I was late so that was a little annoying.
I know what you mean. But you can't waste your energy - good OR bad - on lowlife like that.
Cool! So, if there are no seats available (bus is full), one can stand on the doors, wait for everyone to get off and get to choose a seat from the multitude of vacancies?Nice!Since you hate it, maybe you could also stand on the doors, wait for everyone to leave and you have a scarcely occupied bus... hmmm... nice strategy
Is it a coincidence that on this "piano forum" the most popular board is the "anything but piano" board?Dunno. I just felt I had to say that.
This is to one heart. I think that you may be angry that I brought it up. I think that even you question why I did. I brought it up because I wanted for you to be able to come to terms with it, and to feel as though you had a choice. I have felt as though, for years, you have thought that you haven't had a choice and that what you feel about it has just been forced on you. I thought that you might realize, from a different and maybe even fresh perspective, that you are either happy now or that something needs to change - and that if something needed to change, that you might feel it was possible. Despite what kinds of "tales" the human thinking might try to convince you of me, I deeply believe that in the end -and even in your deepest heart and most quiet place now- you will actually know that in life I have fought on your side in ways that you probably don't even imagine ... and in ways that I have believed you need, whether you believe right now that you like it (and me) or not. I have fought for and have believed in your very soul, and I believe that somewhere within you, you know that.Peace.
I just assumed she was talking to you Alistair. Haha. She'll deny it of course. And I think we can all see through Alistair's little ruse here, feigning ignorance. ... doth protest too loudly. And stuff.
Bet,Alistair
Nothing to bet about, Mr Hinton
And the second thing I wanted to say is that... I noticed I have to force myself to go practice my piano every day! Not that I don't want to! I really really love playing piano!! But... it's just that I think about what it sounds like ALL the time!!!!!! I'm just imagining our neighbours being all annoyed when they hear me start practicing again. And all the time while I practice and when I make mistakes (cause of course when you practice you make mistakes right?) and I just see in my head how they're like: oh she's soooooo bad!!!!!! she's practicing the same piece over and over and not getting it right and making mistakes, she'll never get it right anyway! why is she even trying? and then every time I make mistakes or when I get lost and I need a lot of time before I can continue I just feel so embarrassed! and then I REALLY can't get it right anymore! And now I'm just playing with the quiet pedal all the time!! And I thought that they can't hear that! But then the neighbour who lives two floors below us told my dad that the piano is pretty loud, and my dad said he didn't say it in a bad way but I just feel like I can't practice anymore without thinking about what other people think of my playing........ and some people said they would play even more and louder if someone was complaining about it... but I'm not like that... I don't want to be annoying, I don't want to make people angry... but I would never want to give my piano away either!!!! Oh well whatever!
Littletune, I know EXACTLY where you're at. In my apartment in Rome, I practised to my heart's content for 30 years. No one EVER complained. In fact, they said they liked it. THEN, the people upstairs moved out, and the new ones who moved in...well, I was never able to practise seriously again. They never said anything to my face, but everytime I started practising, I would hear stomping around and banging. It was a nightmare. I couldn't touch the piano again without that shrinking "OMG I'm going to bother them" psychosis. Fortunately, we bought a place in the country, and there I can practise to my heart's content. I don't know what advice to give you. I know one time I got so mad I banged out the finale from the Schumann symphonic etudes - from beginning to end for 1/2 hour. I felt better afterwards, but it didn't change anything. I know a japanese pianist who couldn't give a crap about people around her and would practise 8 hours a day without stopping. It's all in the mind. You've got no choice but to learn to not worry about it. Because this attitude can be very harmful to your playing.
Littletune, you could have rubber pads under the piano feet. That would cut down on vibrations travelling through the building. Or throw a thick blanket over the top and back of the piano.
I think people who believe in God are idiots who are nothing but gullible sheep.Oh - that felt good to say.
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