update

I'm in bed, just having corrected some theory tests (good job class) and Evan is humming a few bars of "Bob the Builder" before he nods off.

What's going on, you ask? I have two words for you:

Desert Truck.

Head on over to Flickr to see the new toy (pictures and video uploading as I write). We're all laid out here with colds, but the Desert Truck definitely takes the edge off. It brings a smile to Evan, being one of the only things that he would rather do more than watch a DVD of Cars. Also to the neighbors and passersby and random patrolling officers of the law as it careens down the road and off my homemade jump at SICK SPEEDS.

Today I took it to the skate park and jumped it until I actually broke one of the steering links. Serious fun...almost makes me forget that I can't breathe through my nose.

And Nyquil helps.

Off to Rochester for some birthday-related family time this weekend. I'm trying to practice piano a few hours every day. Why did I ever agree to accompany the Strauss Horn Concerto in Eb?

A long day tomorrow-class, lessons, faculty club, concert. Evan is done singing and asleep I think.

Low hanging fruit

Well, I took back the ambitious Maynard Solomon biography of Mozart and replaced it with a nicer, more compact biography, to be finished tonight or tomorrow. I also brought home the rest of the Harry Potter books.

Finished Holes by Louis Sachar mostly while Evan was systematically disassembling the shelves at the library. Good book! Unfortunately it leaves me one less easy read for my goal.

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The True Life of J.S. Bach (trans. from German by Hoyt Rogers) was really interesting, the author, Eidam, is 50% concerned with an accurate portrayal of Bach's life using all sources available and a common-sense rendering of the facts. The other 50% is dedicated to sarcastic jabs at other Bach biographers. He repeats and contradicts himself just enough to be annoying and I'm guessing that some of the wit didn't survive the translation process.

March by Geraldine Brooks is historical fiction set as a partner book to Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (which I read but barely remember). Very good, nice and short, and a pleasant compliment to the Shaara books I just finished.

Evan says OCH!!!