I was just going through my library picking out a new book to read when I ran across my statistics for pages read: 60 pages per day averaged over 500+ days. That’s 30,000 pages of text. That’s quite a lot of reading, really. Now if I could only get my library built…
Lorien and I are headed down to the Portland area tomorrow. We’ll be visiting Powell’s, as usual, as well as some family. This Saturday is my old high school pal Tera’s wedding reception in Hood River, we’ll be there as well. I don’t know if Ben will be coming down for it, but it’d be nice to catch him—I missed him last time I was in Seattle…
My wife and I are participating in a community choir singing Handel’s Messiah for this Christmas season. We’d like to make it a yearly thing, and we’re doing everything we can to keep it a free concert for the public. The concert will be held at NIC’s auditorium the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Tonight was the third practice session. One of my cow orkers is also participating. I sing bass, my wife sings second soprano. I’ve never sung any “classical” choral pieces, but now I can totally see Handel’s brilliance. People just don’t write music like that anymore.
Singing isn’t much of a big hobby for me, but I do it because my wife does. I do have a lot of musical background, having played several instruments before. Plus, learning to speak Mandarin Chinese well means you need a good ear, and that certainly helps in music, too.