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Thursday, August 7th, 2008
11:42 pm	We're back from a fun but exhausting trip to my parents' home. Both boys have caught a cold (probably when we were trapped in the Philadelphia airport on Monday and Tuesday) and N.B. has a weird rash. But at least we're settling back into our home routine. Current Mood: relieved Current Music: Zoviet France, Popular Soviet Songs and Youth Music (Comment on this)
Friday, July 18th, 2008
10:58 am	My children have been sick this last week and I am at my wits' end. I need to get them out of the apartment or I am going to go completely stir crazy. Current Mood: irritated (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, July 27th, 2007
12:50 am	Busy day What a busy day today! I took care of the boys as usual this morning, but my mother-in-law came over at around lunch time to help out and let me have some time off. I tried to use my time off as effectively as possible, and so I got a lot done today: Went to the post office and mailed a couple of packages Returned some videos and books to the library Picked up medicine at the pharmacy Bought new shoes Emptied out the old storage locker at Public Storage and moved everything to the new one Bought some rum at Binny's Bought a book and a CD at Borders Had herb tea at Dream About Tea Tried out a new Indian restaurant on Howard St Went to piano quartet and played Schubert, Schumann, and Brahms. Good lord! Then I came home and dismantled our treadmill and cleaned up the kitchen. Tomorrow will be less frenetic, I hope. Current Mood: tired (Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 12th, 2005
9:58 pm	Life is good It's been a while since my last entry. Hmm... what to say? I have two sons now. They are terrific. We live in a new apartment — a condo, actually, so we're homeowners now. And I'm very happy. So enough personal crap. Next entry will be something interesting. Current Mood: cheerful (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, June 3rd, 2004
12:57 pm	Just kidding The last entry, like the one preceding it, was from the Apathetic Entry Generator. I'm actually doing fine. Current Mood: cheerful (Comment on this)
12:55 pm	Oh well More or less nothing seems worth thinking about. My life's been really boring lately, not that it matters. I just don't have much to say. Basically not much notable happening today. I haven't been up to much these days. I've pretty much been doing nothing to speak of, but I guess it doesn't bother me. Current Mood: cold (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, April 5th, 2003
4:47 pm	Maybe tomorrow Not much on my mind lately. Pfft. So it goes. I've just been letting everything happen without me lately, but that's how it is. I don't care. (Courtesy of the Apathetic Online Journal Entry Generator.) Current Mood: apathetic (Comment on this)
Saturday, February 22nd, 2003
11:26 pm	Changes coming Things are going to change a lot in the next few months. Furniture shopping tomorrow is the least of it (and possibly the least expensive, too). Current Mood: cheerful Current Music: "I Can See For Miles" (Comment on this)
Thursday, February 20th, 2003
9:59 am	Moving right along It's been a long time since I posted to LiveJournal. I'm all right. I've been fine since getting off Prozac, though my moods are a little less stable. Teaching is all right: oddly, I really enjoy it while I'm doing it, but then can't stand the thought of it other days. I am still playing chamber music and enjoying that. I suppose that's all for now. Current Mood: blah (Comment on this)
Sunday, January 12th, 2003
12:01 am	Doing well I'm doing well. This is my second day entirely off Prozac. I haven't noticed anything unusual. I seem to be in approximately the same overall good mood that I was in earlier. Of course, Prozac takes a while to be entirely out of one's system, so I'll keep an eye on my moods to make sure nothing goes awry. Current Mood: cheerful Current Music: The Best of Louis Jordan (Comment on this)
Friday, December 27th, 2002
10:53 pm	Pointless, pointless Today was all right. Saw the kids again before they go back to California. Practiced taiji with the wife before she fell asleep on the couch. Got some unwanted correspondence, which I'd hoped not to get. I wish that person would leave me alone. Haven't I been through enough? Current Mood: irritated Current Music: Tchaikovsky, Symponie Pathetique (Comment on this)
Saturday, December 14th, 2002
11:15 pm	Another term over And it's over and over and all. Except for the grading. I'm looking forward to being able to concentrate on other parts of my life, but the grading is dreadful. And the cabin fever can be pretty bad, too. I will need to find things to do that will get me out of the apartment. Current Mood: calm Current Music: Dvorak piano quartet #1 in D Major, Op. 23 (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, November 28th, 2002
10:41 pm	Thankful and tired I miss Thanksgiving with a big family gathering. Now that most of the wife's relatives are out of state, it's just me and the wife and her wacky mother. This is not very satisfying, as Thanksgiving goes. But it's better than nothing. And I am thankful for what I have, which is pretty good. Current Mood: tired (Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 27th, 2002
11:46 pm	Ready to give thanks I've been pretty bummed out most of the day — not for any particular reason, of course, other than my brain chemistry. I'm feeling pretty good now, though. It's almost time for sleep, and I'm looking forward to a restful night (knock on wood) and a good Thanksgiving with my wife and her wacky mother. I hope the Prozac withdrawal doesn't get much worse. I can cope with this, but it's no picnic. Current Mood: tired Current Music: "A feather on the breath of God": Sequences and hymns by Abbess Hildegard of Bingen (Comment on this)
10:18 am	Bad dreams More bad dreams this morning, and I'm in a bit of a funk. I expect I'll feel better once my day gets started in earnest, but I'm not so hot right now. It's an ongoing struggle for me to recognize the depression for what it is — a disorder, not a collection of Immutable Truths about What a Loser I Am. Also, it's cold as hell in this apartment, and our mail delivery has just been suspended because the building superintendant won't get the mailboxes fixed. All in all, not the best way to start off the Thanksgiving break. Current Mood: moody (Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 26th, 2002
11:58 pm	Sleep Some time in my 30s, I realized that I simply need more sleep than most people, and that I'm not fully healthy or energetic or productive if I don't get enough sleep. So I have stopped kicking myself about sleeping a lot, and just let my body tell me when enough is enough. This has contributed greatly to my peace of mind. After all, sleep is a necessity, no less than food. Prolonged sleep deprivation can kill. Speaking of which, it's about time for bed. Current Mood: sleepy (Comment on this)
Monday, November 25th, 2002
10:25 pm	Listening to Prozac I'm glad to be easing off this drug, but the last week has been pretty rocky. I've had dreadful nightmares most days, and even the dreams that aren't nightmares have been unusually vivid and not very pleasant. I can't say for sure that coming off Prozac is causing the weird dreams, but it doesn't seem too unreasonable to think so. Ah, well; perhaps the bad dreams will stop after I'm completely off the drug for a few weeks. One more class before Thanksgiving, tomorrow morning; then I'm free until next week. I intend to sleep a lot this week. Current Mood: calm (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, November 24th, 2002
11:39 pm	Sunny day, chasing the clouds away Today was the NSCO concert. It came off much better than I expected. The acoustics in Millar Chapel always help: the echo helps us sound like a real orchestra. Some idiot just had a car accident at the intersection outside my window. I swear to God, the city has to do something about this intersection. We must have heard at least fifty accidents in the last four years. Anyway, back to NSCO. Despite the good performance, I still felt like laughing when I thought about the award that was presented at the start of the concert. The praise they lavished was so over the top that I felt like saying "What color is the sky on your planet?" We're not the worst orchestra in the world, but we probably could give a lot of them a run for their money. Oh, well. I like the people. Current Mood: amused (Comment on this)
12:13 am	Feeling all right We learned a new move in taiji class this morning. Fun! I love learning new moves! This one involves a 225-degree turn, which requires going completely pigeon-toed. Not easy, but useful. I am not looking forward to tomorrow's NSCO concert -- it's going to eat up my whole damn day -- but at least it'll get the season over with. I like my current user pic, the famous kitten. Current Mood: cheerful Current Music: Beethoven sonata for piano and cello op. 5 #2 (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 20th, 2002
12:02 am	Orchestra Orchestra has ceased to be pleasurable and is now mostly burdensome. In part it's just because I'm tired of the cacophony. But also it's something I've mentioned before: I walk into that rehearsal room and flash back to the summer of 2001, when I was severely depressed. Just being in the room makes me tense and unhappy. Current Mood: exhausted (2 Comments |Comment on this)