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.
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Day out in the big smoke
Sunday, June 18th, 2006What does a musicologist do all day?
Wednesday, June 14th, 2006Last 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)…
I'm an American-and-naturalised-British academic who tries to juggle musicology with family life, singing, extreme knitting and football. Most of the time I succeed in keeping the balls off the ground.