Goals or resolutions

[wonderlandwiggins]

Thread where you can post stuff you've been meaning or wanting to do and real want to do it and might just need alittle encouragement or reminder or push from your fellow goners...



My goal, and it has been for a long time is to learn how to play Beethoven: Piano Sonata #14 Moonlight
i always tell myself i cant do it i always put it off but i love that song and i wishi could play something that beautiful.

[QuoterGal]

Thread where you can post stuff you've been meaning or wanting to do and real want to do it and might just need alittle encouragement or reminder or push from your fellow goners...



My goal, and it has been for a long time is to learn how to play Beethoven: Piano Sonata #14 Moonlight
i always tell myself i cant do it i always put it off but i love that song and i wishi could play something that beautiful.

Wiggsy, you play the piano? Good on you - Armond was a music major and plays beautifully, but I can't...

Oh, learn it, learn it... and tape yourself and let us hear!

I would like to smoke *sigh* only five cigarettes, tomorrow... I have bigger goals, but that's on my mind right at the moment...

[wonderlandwiggins]

im not very good but i taught myself how to play when i was little mostly b ear but i do know how to read sheet music and translate that into playing

[cabri]

All it takes is practice and time, Wigs. I once taught myself to play "Tubular Bells" (though I still needed the sheet music as I'm self-taught too) on our little organ, but I couldn't play it at my aunt's house who had the only piano cuz it was the devil's music. :rolleyes:

[wonderlandwiggins]

if i really set my mind to it i could probably do it but i dont know if i have the patience and im better if someone will play it and then i mimmic what theyve done

[cabri]

Do you mean seeing them do it or hearing them do it?

[wonderlandwiggins]

both
if i watch there hands i can usually do what theyve done but i have to hear it too

[cabri]

Maybe you can find a DVD of a competition or concert at the library.

[wonderlandwiggins]

maybe...


whats something you want to do cabby

[cabri]

I need to start working out again, cuz I haven't since before the Mud Job. I blame the weather. And class. And anything else I can point a finger at. ;)

[wonderlandwiggins]

get one of the step machine things... at my grandparents house they have one with the pull thingys too it fun doing that one.

[cabri]

They're expensive, and if I was going to get any kind of machine, it'd be either a treadmill or an ellipse trainer.

[wonderlandwiggins]

its not a big expensive one i think they saw it on an infomercial

[cabri]

Expensive is relative. Anything more than $100 would be too expensive for me right now. I need to get a new bed.

[wonderlandwiggins]

i do too im too tall for mine.
ya know what else i wanna do get a's but im not going to in all my classes

[cabri]

As long as you understand the material, that's okay. I could've passed this javascript class easily, but I really felt like I was missing some of the basic concepts. I would rather retake it, and hopefully they'll let me do that, but the stupid teacher still hasn't responded to the email about withdrawing that I sent him Monday before last. :mad:

[wonderlandwiggins]

if they gave me the finl for half these classes at the beggining of the semester i could easily of passed them but the semester is just so long and the homework gets so repetetive

[samatwitch]

I need to start writing again on a regular basis. I have three novels I want to finish. The short story challenges we've been doing at BIFF are a step, but I don't really like writing short stories - not enough time for any decent character development.

Time's going to be in short supply over the next two months because of the charity screening, but then I need to buckle down and do some serious writing.

[Kessie]

hm lets see... finish the Script so I can apply for the writers program again.
Another one would be getting my short movie produced.

@samatwitch: I hear you with the writing. I´m slacking as well ;) Maybe we should poke each other from time to time?

[samatwitch]

Sounds good, Kessie!

[wonderlandwiggins]

you two get to writing... always keep it on your mind so you can look for inspiration whereever you go write random things down maybe theyll help you later or at least remind you to get to wiriting

[samatwitch]

Thanks for the pep talk, Wiggs! My problem is I have so many ideas running around my head. ;-)

[wonderlandwiggins]

well type them all in spereate places and then see which one you can keep going with...sometimes ill have dozens of ideas but once i get em onto paper half of them are ridiculous or i find theres not really anywhere i can take the story

[samatwitch]

I usually write longhand when I'm writing novels. Short stories I can compose on the computer. I have three chapters done of one novel, one of each of the other two, plus various other writings in folders in my filing cabinet. ;)

[lilbird]

I need to start going to bed earlier. I need more sleep.

[cabri]

I'm sorry, that's one goal for which I can offer neither support nor encouragement. :p But if you want to shorten your work hours, I can get behind that one. ;)

[wonderlandwiggins]

lil no coffee after like 3 o you can start to wind down and be tired... unless your working

[wonderlandwiggins]

ok tiight i can play the first two lines...lol my hand hurts now

[samatwitch]

Good for you, Wiggs! I have tendonitis among other problems with my wrists so I had to give up taking piano after I completed my Grade IX exam. (When I was young I wanted to be a concert pianist but my hands are way too small. Even playing octaves for half an hour hurts.) I used to be able to play the first movement of the Moonlight Sonata, but haven't for quite awhile. I'll have to try again.

Okay, just played the first page and my hand and fingers hurt already. Plus my piano needs tuning. :(

Keep going, Wiggs, this is a beautiful piece of music as you know.

[wonderlandwiggins]

i have to strach my fingers so far to play the left handed part... and i am left handed so my left hand plays th right handed part much easier

[lilbird]

Keep goin' Wigs! :)

[wonderlandwiggins]

but it hurts! i hate reading sheet music notes i wish they would write it somewhere just in letter names

[lilbird]

You could rewrite it.

Now, doesn't reading the music seem easier than that?

Plus, I've been to bed early three nights in a row!

[wonderlandwiggins]

lol ill try i wish they have left handed pianos

[samatwitch]

Plus, I've been to bed early three nights in a row!

We noticed, lil. Good for you! Keep it up.

[lilbird]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y200/lilbird/monkey.gif

*does little happy dance, but feels sad because she knows she is missing big late night fun*

[wonderlandwiggins]

dont you feel better though lil? not that much goes on here at night usually everyone leaves

[cabri]

My current resolution is not to buy any more books unless I've finished reading one. Except for Whedonverse books (already on order). And Forever in Blue cuz I've just been waiting for it to come out in PB. :D

This will also cut down on my expensive twice-weekly coffee habit as I generally only get lattes when I go to the bookstore.

This also probably means no more new books for a while :( since I've been focused on watching Buffy/Angel during my free time instead of reading.

So the savings will definitely help The California Jar. :) If they don't go to the dentist jar first. :eek:

[Lioness]

Psst. Cabri. They have these things called libraries where you can read books for free!

[wonderlandwiggins]

cabby make the california jar summer ready! because no school for me equals more play time and happier wiggs not crazy stressful wiggs

my goal is to not spend all my money during the summer... i know ill spend a lot... ill try and spend as little as possible in disneyland and even more so dont go buying everything at comic con

[cabri]

Psst. Cabri. They have these things called libraries where you can read books for free!
I have 6000 books here, most of which I haven't read -- the idea is to get them all read and hopefully get rid of the less outsitanding ones.

[wonderlandwiggins]

so your house is like a library anyway

[cabri]

Yup

[wonderlandwiggins]

you should make a fake library card

[samatwitch]

Given the recent events in my life, I've decided not to save things "for good", but enjoy them while I can - and share that enjoyment with my friends.

[wonderlandwiggins]

yay to Living life!

[lilbird]

So Wiggy are you playing Beethoven's Piano Sonata #14?

Anyone have any good New Year's resolutions?

I'm still trying to get to bed earlier.

[wonderlandwiggins]

yeah... not exactly... i started to play it but i couldnt get the sheet music to print so i always had to bring my laptop and put it on top f the piano

[Paradiso]

I need to clean my apartment.

And turn myself around so I'm used to getting up at the ungodly hour of 7am. *shudders*

I also need to finish my Stolen Lives firefly fanfic before I forget how the story goes. :eek:

[wonderlandwiggins]

Oh guys i got a good one GET MY LICENSE! before my permit expires next month

[cabri]

Oh, yeah, I so see that one not happening. :p

[Paradiso]

It's not the end of the world if your permit expires, Wiggs. Mine expired in October 2005. *whistles*

[Lioness]

I think Wiggs needs encouragement here!
Yeah, get your license. Getting the permit again is a bother - Much easier to just get the license. Then you can drive us all around San Diego! ;)

[lilbird]

I agree. Just get it over with. Are you a good driver?

[wonderlandwiggins]

my permit already expired once and i renewed it.

ive driven from san francisco to the grapevine in so cal before and around but not for a while