What's on your mind now?

[siveron]

How am I going to f*** up this year?

[yewtree]

Oh dear, siveron that sounds  a bit negative.   

Think positive, there ain't no mountain you can't climb. Well, maybe.   

[outin]

I suddenly got this urge to play the flute...Since I had to give it up as a teen due to a defect in my spine, I got the idea to buy an alto recorder instead. Much less taxing on the neck and shoulder area. So I could go shopping for one tomorrow... Just wonder where am I going to get the time since I already struggle to find time for piano practice. On the other hand unlike the piano I could keep it at my work and play a little every day before leaving home.

[siveron]

Muffins, so many muffins right now!

[Bob]

This must be where scrambled eggs come from.  Odd that they don't bother labeling those eggs any differently in the store.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IDMUFMU?psc=1

Even stranger that they'd use a rooster then in some of the pics...  




 
https://www.amazon.com/Valhoma-Chicken-Harness-Pink-Small/dp/B00XIMO4JK/ref=pd_sim_199_11?ie=UTF8&dpID=51GolOL2kJL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR143%2C160_&refRID=1DYDH1J2BWT77Y34D928
*Bob wonders how many chickens it would take to harness up and pull him in a sleigh or sledge...*

[pianosonata5]

I am thinking on leonard bernstein...

BUT IM VERY SURE OF MY HETEROSSEXUALLITY!!! AND IM NOT HOMOPHOBIC TOO!!!

...and why the hell didn t him record scriabin divine poem symphony. I didn t sleep last night just because of that!!!  (Lol)

[visitor]

spontaneous performance. this. super rad.

[Bob]

Negative thoughts....

[goldentone]

Happy thoughts from Xenon.

[Bob]

*Bob has less than happy thought about Xenon since it's an unknown.*

[siveron]

I should probably sleep

[goldentone]

How many hours does it take to execute one Kapustin etude? 

When your piano says to you, "Your Kapustin etude is almost ready", prepare for
the display.

[abbyes]

Will I learn the mozart sonata on time for my audition ?

[Bob]

Wondering if I'm wearing out.

[senanserat]

Wondering why I suddenly feel weary, unfocused and tired when I have been practicing for less than 1 hour.

[Bob]

Well, it's not just me then.  I'm thinking I pushed things too much.  Overall, globally.  My body's exhausted.

[Bob]

In terms of varying things and focusing on pushing in certain directions, I wonder if it's better to push just one day and then recover vs. pushing for several days/week(s).

[senanserat]

In terms of varying things and focusing on pushing in certain directions, I wonder if it's better to push just one day and then recover vs. pushing for several days/week(s).

Piano related, it may just be me but I feel like I absorb skills and pieces better when I practice and then take a rest, preferably sleeping. It is like my brain is a IDE and the knowledge I just acquired is compiling.

I also workout and study for my Software Engineering degree and for both of those goals if I study/workout for too much I notice my performance starts to decline steadily. Which infuriates me because I want to be able to play good right kriffing now, I want to be able to do 5 repetitions of 12 bench presses with 160lbs right now as well!

Damn this puny human bodies of ours...sometimes..

[siveron]

I should probably sleep, but I'm here instead..

[goldentone]

*Bob has less than happy thought about Xenon since it's an unknown.*

Those were meant for another, but they obviously didn't help you.

[goldentone]

Mini peach pies.  When you're out on your day, and suddenly your palate cries out for some.

[siveron]

Mini peach pies.  When you're out on your day, and suddenly your palate cries out for some.

Damn, that looks tasty!

[Bob]

The mini peach pies balance out the Xenon post.

Except I've got my calories pretty much balanced or negative but definitely controlled.  I.... can... almost taste those....

[siveron]

Who the f*** is Bob? Sinclair I mean.

[Bob]

Muscle soreness after exercising.  That dull ache.  It's very low level, but constant.  It's like water torture eventually.  Starting to drive me nuts...  That's definitely a downside about exercising, even though it's minor... until it sticks around... and is still there later...

[Bob]

Automaticity...

Is that the brain consolidating things or is that the brain pruning away (losing) the processes that aren't used anymore? ie If it becomes automatic, have you lost a little of the ability to control it?

[siveron]

I don't care!

[Bob]

According to my calculations... think I'm actually running out of energy at the end of a lot of days.  I was thinking I was hitting a wall, but that's what the numbers say too.

The bad part is habit being present.  Possibly.

[siveron]

You are always on my miiiiiind

[goldentone]

Waitress:  You look like you just lost someone.
Me:  Why yes, I did, in the antique shop.
Waitress:  We have a classical room in the back.
Me:  Perfect.  I'll have a coffee with a snippet of cream and no jazz.

[aweshana21]

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[prestoconfuocco]

I'm thinking that it's been years since I last fell in love, and wondering if it'll ever happen again. My guess is that it won't. It sounds terrible, I know, but I'm pretty sure of it.
I changed so much over the past few years, I don't think I could ever go back to my old self. I don't feel anything like I used to. I just hate everything so much. I can't control it, even though I'm trying. I don't think there's anything that can fix it, and even if I leave the army it won't change anything.
To be honest, the only times I really feel calm and content is when I play the piano. I don't have to worry about anything, I don't have to think about my future. I just clear my mind and fester in my own emotions and thoughts. It's hard to describe.
But it's not like I can spend the rest of my life playing without seeing anyone. If I could find a girl that makes me feel like I feel when I play the piano, it would make everything so much better. But I think it's too late for that. I've become too cynical to fall in love.

Wow, didn't mean to sound like a 14 year old girl. Sorry 'bout that.

[Bob]

https://www.botpoet.com/

Poetry, either written by a bot or a person.  You take a guess.

[goldentone]

Clop Clop Clop. . . .

[siveron]

pizza or not?

[goldentone]

[Bob]

I'm getting more and more convinced you can make solid progress by NOT practicing.  It's not always the case.  It's more of a certain set of circumstances that happen -- Practicing a lot, food, sleep... Not recovering enough in between practice session.  Wearing down.  Overworking.  Stop practicing, rest, sleep, eat... Improvement without putting in any effort really.

[reiyza]

How to approach a teacher in piano.

I'm nervous since this is my 2nd teacher after years of silence.

[Bob]

Work.  Health.  Wearing out.

[goldentone]

Vee have dropped the metaphor?
I vill vear this disguise. . .

[goldentone]

"Do you hear it, Admiral?"
"The clopping?"
"No, the fire northward."
"From Jefferson's lodge."
"Ay."
"Revolutionary!  To the Kharghs Red Inn!"

[visitor]

"Do you hear it, Admiral?"
"The clopping?"
"No, the fire northward."
"From Jefferson's lodge."
"Ay."
"Revolutionary!  To the Kharghs Red Inn!"

[Bob]

Whether it's wise to probably insult someone by asking, "Hm... And what did David Bowie actually do that was revolutionary or innovative in music?  How did he change music history?"   (Or substitute any pop musician.)

[Bob]

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_tossing


"The peasants look like they're starving.... What do you want to do today...?" 

[Bob]

I've discovered what happens in the long term after I wear out and give up for the day and just go to sleep after work.

That concept gets extended to a week....


I'd think calories, but more food doesn't seem to be the way to go... necessarily.

[Bob]

What's worked best for working on projects and actually getting things done.

Not quite so much calendar planning....

Divide things up into sections.  Maybe do an overall sweep over the project first to knock off any easy stuff.  Block out time for each section, dividing into more sections if needed and blocking time out for those.  Doing a certain amount of time on that project per day, without wearing out.

'Without wearing out' might mean resting later and not doing other things.

If I want it done faster, make that the priority and do it first in the day.

Then I actually see some progress, but other stuff rots away.

[Bob]

Procrastination.  How to break out of it.  Why it happens, exactly, at least for me.

Breaking out of habits too, in a way that takes the positive part of a habit.

[Bob]

And Bob the dog. 

https://mashable.com/2015/07/07/bob-the-golden-retriever-smiles-all-the-time-because-of-his-cool-friends/#LOmTH4jk3gqy

[pencilart3]

"Do you hear it, Admiral?"

Why is an admiral engaging in land battle?

[chopinlover01]

Because it's quite admirable of him.