mini-golf and crêpes

happy weekend, everybody! what a lovely one it's been so far. my dear friend, olivia rose, celebrated her birthday yesterday with mini-golf and cupcakes. i saw a lot of old friends, and made some new ones. it was a really nice evening. today i woke up at noon (heaven), and went to watch my cello professor's 4 year old- matisse. then, i went to a place for brunch with a friend that one of those new friends last night recommended- the leaf kitchen. i had the crêpe up there (lime and brown sugar wheat), with a mint lime soda. it did make me want to drink a mojito, for it to be about 40 degrees warmer, and possibly lay on a hammock for days. oh well. time will cure all, i'm sure. then i spent 3 hours at a coffee shop with a couple of friends. i plan to keep hard-core relaxing through the weekend, maybe eat a lot of indian food, maybe cuddle too much, probably play cello a lot. 

hope the rest of yours is great!

itzhak lovie

god of gods

warning: cello nerd post
this is insane.

frugal wishlist

we both know i have no money, but if i did, you'd better believe i'd already own these things.

see? i don't ask for much. besides, nobody can have too many moccasins. 

patiently anxious

man i want to meet the kid my sister is supposed to have soon.

mr. noah is taking his sweet time coming out. i helped katie waddle through the grocery store when i was home last weekend. being pregnant must be weird. people give you lots of looks- mostly older woman smiles. it's a special time. for most people, it only happens a few times- if ever. isn't it weird how little babies look like old men? how are they still so cute? my two year old nephew still doesn't really understand what's going on. he asks everybody if there is a baby in their tummy- including my guy friends.

(photo from t.b.)

wonderful stop motion

i've been meaning to post this for awhile now.

i wouldn't mind spending all day in my pajamas in bed or living my life in stop motion.

out of hibernation

to my two official followers, sorry i've been out of commission since last week. to the rest of you- i suppose i'll apologize to you, also.

the video above is from a concert i played in last summer in beijing, china. i've been thinking about that trip a lot lately. i studied there for 3 1/2 weeks with a lot of amazing people, and i'll leave it to you to play some where's waldo. i'm wearing a silver dress, and i sort of stick out. that piece is written for an octet- 8 people- and we played it with 85. you would think it would sound awful with that many people, but it didn't turn out so bad. i met some of the most talented people i've ever met at that festival, and i know they're all going to go somewhere. as for me, who knows. we'll see.

this weekend i made cupcakes, spent a whole night cleaning my apartment, saw my nephew, and probably annoyed people to death with hugs. i've been thinking too much about spring vacation and the people who are visiting me soon. i should focus more on school.

stay tuned, there are lots of things i have in store to show you! 

have a lovely day.