Oh my god It's the best place ever i cannot wait to eat this! YES!
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Sunday, February 1, 2009
A criminal diet that I quit, and Motherboy XXX
I was on the "master cleanse" for a brief period of time, and it was disgusting. The idea is, you are supposed to drink this nasty juice consisting of lemon squeezings, maple syrup, and cayenne pepper. 2 liters of it, all day, every day, for ten days. Also, before you go to bed, you are supposed to drink a laxative tea, and every morning, you are supposed to chug a liter of salt water and then shit yourself for about an hour. And the thing is, you start to get really disgusted by the fact that the skank juice you have to drink every day looks exactly like the mess you leave in the bathroom every morning. It is gross, and after 4 days of being psychically and physically nauseous, I quit.
However, it is not without its benefits, even if you do it for four days. You see, you are actually starving yourself, so you're bound to lose some weight anyway. Anecdote: I was crossing the street Friday, at a crosswalk with a yield sign, and there was this SUV coming at me that didn't even try to slow down. Finally at the last minute, he did, and I guess not noticing the yield sign right in front of him, screamed at me "What's wrong with you? I could have hit your skinny ass!" I beamed.
Anyway, Friday I also performed that piece I wrote for the Young Composers Festival, entitled "Motherboy XXX". It went well! I didn't have a reprise of 6th grade after all, so that was a triumph in itself. The piece was written for piano and laptop, with an accompanying patch in Pure Data that is constantly polling the audio input for two notes: the E above middle C, and the A flat below middle C. Upon hearing those notes, the patch starts to record a dubbed-out sample of about 2 measures, then plays it back. The cool thing about this is, if the note I'm playing resonates long enough to make its way onto the dubbed sample, when it gets played back, the patch will hear that too, and include it in the next sample it records. This created an awesome feedback effect at excellent points during the piece, adding great texture and sense of space to the samples being played back. It was also really fun to play along with my own feedback; I liked how it forced me to listen carefully to what was being played, and make small adjustments to my phrasing and timing. No matter how extensively I practiced the piece, it will never be played the same way twice for that very reason. Noah was very good to record my performance. My only regret is that I didn't make a recording on our excellent sound equipment in the concert hall, or else I would have posted that, too.
The Pure Data patch
What else? Well, there's this: Share.tv Series 2. (You know, my TV show.) I'm really excited about this! I sent out my call to artists to several lists, but the majority of my submissions (and really excellent ones at that, don't get me wrong!) have been from European artists. Perhaps you can help me out-- spread the word! I would like to get more local talent!
Um... Super Bowl was good. We watched that, despite kind of hating football. But it was good! Wyna will be so proud of me! Hmm, other than that, nothing. Oh, and now the fish is really dead.
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