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Day out in the big smoke

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

Yesterday we went to the information meeting for the Peru Trek. It all seems very daunting, but exciting nonetheless. Wonder how I’m going to make those last six hundred pounds I still need to hit my target? The meeting was in South Ken, so we dragged Son 2 along with a few sticker books and then took him to the Science Museum. Poor little blighter – he gets dragged around the museums more often than most, but he seems to enjoy it. We saw a show about rockets and he got chosen to take part. What a relief – it’s agony when they put their hands up and don’t get picked.

What does a musicologist do all day?

Wednesday, June 14th, 2006

Last night Deb and I recorded most of the music for Fallen – lots of delicious Grandi, and other bits and pieces. All a bit hairy – polyphony one voice at a time is nothing like three-part BV’s, especially when you’re singing to a midi organ track. Am disgusted with the way I sound, but at least it’s more or less in tune. Must have some singing lessons again soon. The boys had to make do with Domino’s pizza, again, but I didn’t hear them complaining. Son 1 was terrific and got Son 2 to bed; Son 2 was terrific and let Son 1 put him to bed, and didn’t complain once about the caterwauling under his bedroom. I wonder what they will think of their childhood when they are grown – having to put up with a mother that has too many things in her head at once. What does your mum do? Oh, she writes articles about musical pornography, sings a bit, keeps disappearing off to conferences and libraries and stuff, comes home late from committee meetings, calls going to Red Hot Chili Peppers gigs “research” (well, it is)…