Radio Silence

Well, it appears that almost a month has passed since I last updated this blog. Quel dommage!

Long story short, things have been rather busy in the past few weeks, between hunting for an apartment, writing (or rather pretending to write) a thesis, practicing for an upcoming solo Liszt recital, and accompanying twenty-five people at the Ontario Music Festivals Association provincial finals. The good news is that some of it is done: yesterday I signed a lease on a bachelor apartment for August 1st, and I survived Provincials. The bad news (or rather, the "busy" news) is that the Liszt recital is in fewer than ten days, the thesis still looms like an ornery rain cloud, and it looks as though I will be accompanying people at Nationals in Nova Scotia in August. Not that I'm complaining about it all - if there's one thing I've realized in the past month, it's how lucky I am to be able to pay my bills by working exclusively in my chosen field - but it will be nice when everything wraps up in mid-August. Of course, that's what I said about mid-May, too, and we know how that turned out.

(Actually, that's all a front. The real reason for the dearth of updates is that, in true Canadian fashion, the squirrels at the Walton Fiction Factory are on strike. Apparently I insulted their nuts, or something.)

Anyway, all that is just to say that updates may continue to be sparse for the next little while. When the dust settles, expect some shiny new features (facebook feed?) and the same cranky rants about stuff you probably don't care about. Until then, "Keep Calm and Carry On."