popping in
To say hello. I'm getting some good work done. And making a special effort to get adequate numbers of hours of sleep, which makes or breaks my day like never before. I need quantity to make up for quality, which isn't that great at the moment what with my watermelon obsession (leading to bathroom trips) (n.b. watermelon is not a pregnancy obsession...it's a whole life obsession; I go crazy for it every summer.) and leg cramps. :-P
Anyway. Some things that I thought about writing about, but won't right now, and maybe not ever, but maybe sometime:
* How much I love my facsimile! Musical notation of the 14th/15th centuries has held a fascination for me since it was first put under my nose for scrutiny 3 years ago...my first graduate seminar. I love how it is at the same time, so completely "other", yet so much "not other". I love how it divides time. I love perfections. Why can't I love the notes, relishing their appearance on the page, the page itself even, the meager bits of meaning I can see just from their place on the page...like a poet can love the appearance of words?
* Recently someone asked me what my opinion was about the use of contemporary musical styles in worship. I haven't thought about this for a long time, mostly because I find it to be a frustrating topic that usually ends up in fruitless, nonconstructive conversations that conflate so many topics at once (and are so rarely musically informed), that I'm just annoyed. Part of me just really doesn't care, there are more constructive things to think about. But the context was ripe the other day, and when the conversation came up, probably the first time in years, I surprised myself. Maybe I'll blog more about it later...
* Funke has some interesting observations on John Cage's 4'33". (Her archives aren't working, so I'll just link her page and not the entry, dated 12 April 2005).
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About contemporary worship, you'd enjoy my brother's blog. He's all about researching, experiencing and creating community with just that. May be interesting to you musical folks. He's at New City Fellowship St Louis PCA. He's also at Cov theo seminary.
http://worshipinthecity.blogger.com
Posted by: katiek | 13.04.05 13:31
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oops that's http://worshipinthecity.blogspot.com
Posted by: katiek | 13.04.05 13:34
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Leg cramps- been there, done that. When I got leg cramps during pregnancy I knew I wasn't drinking enough water. The markings on my water bottle have rubbed off, but I think that it is a 1000 ml bottle and I drank at least 2 a day. Oh the leg cramps hurt. Once I woke up crying and Damon wasn't in bed with me. He was in the bathroom. I then stifled my crying because I didn't want him to think I had gone into labor!
Posted by: mrscrumley | 13.04.05 14:13
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Katie, thanks for the link...I'll check it out!
Alli, I tried imbibing more, esp since I tend to use defensive drinking when I'm in school, so that I can just get through classes. To no avail. My dr suggested calcium supplements (and I just need to plain up the calcium/protein items in my diet anyway) and that has really made a difference. I got sloppy about calcium intake over the past few days, and boy, did I pay for this morning/today.
Posted by: Jeannette | 13.04.05 14:33