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12 years ago
General
So yeah, things and stuff:
- As you’ve probably seen on my page, I recently got an awesome commission from johis with Ty playing the cello. Her work is reasonably priced given its high quality and she’s super great to work with – basically I would recommend her to anyone looking for a non-yiffy commission, anthro or feral. It was an idea that was rolling around in my head for a very long time and the piece is very personal to me. Personal enough, in fact, that I’ve come to the resolution that I want to pick up the cello again. I’d like to hone my skills and get my technique back to where it was before (and hopefully beyond that), but also I want to start performing again. So, starting within the next month or so, I want to be recording and uploading a different solo cello piece weekly or biweekly. I can guarantee that it’s almost all going to be classical music and I don’t have the capability to create the necessary backing tracks for pieces that have piano/orchestral accompaniment. However, I’m going to be starting out by revisiting pieces I’ve played in the past, and after ~8 years of being an avid cellist I've played a nice variety of classical music. I hope people will enjoy it.
- On the writing front, I’m continuing to plod along with ‘Unnatural Tendencies’ and making progress slowly but surely. I’ve been stymied for a little while because I haven’t ironed out all of the plot details for the whole novel yet, but I’m close to reaching that point and expect the process to be easier as I move forward. However, I’ve also been considering diverting my attention towards some of my unfinished and unpolished work, namely: ‘The Closet’ (needs finishing) and ‘Corruption’ (needs an overhaul and perhaps a sequel). For those of you who read my stuff, I’d really appreciate some feedback on interest levels for each of these three options. My time and energy are limited, so I can only feasibly work on one project at a time. I continue to write (despite my low readership) because I enjoy writing, but the prospect of writing something people very much want to read would give me the huge boost in energy and motivation that would help me get my throughput higher. Since I can only feasibly work on one project at a time, if you could take the time to comment below and let me know whether you’d rather see more ‘Unnatural Tendencies,’ ‘The Closet,’ or ‘Corruption,’ that would be great. That said, I don’t plan on officially abandoning any of these in the long term.
- I’ve finally finished submitting all the materials for my graduate school applications and I’m very excited. Why I’m applying to grad programs again (for the third time, actually) is a long story, but basically I’m not happy after 2 years in my current PhD program, so in the spring I’m planning on defending my thesis and graduating with an M.S. With any luck, I’ll get into one or more of the programs I’ve applied to and I’ll start again next fall.
- Thanksgiving break was restful for the most part. It was hard to be in a celebratory mood on Thanksgiving Day because my grandfather was conspicuously absent from the dinner table (see previous journal), but I was glad to see my family after several months apart. Sadly, that day my grandmother on the other side of the family had a stroke and has been in the hospital for the past 5 days. Thanksgiving indeed. She seems to be stable now and is very aware and communicative, but she’s in significant pain still and she has little to no motor control on the left side of her body. She’s not out of the woods yet, but given her resiliency so far, we’re cautiously optimistic.
That’s about all for now. I hope that you all had a nice break (at least, those of you in the US) and that life is treating you well.
~Ty
- As you’ve probably seen on my page, I recently got an awesome commission from johis with Ty playing the cello. Her work is reasonably priced given its high quality and she’s super great to work with – basically I would recommend her to anyone looking for a non-yiffy commission, anthro or feral. It was an idea that was rolling around in my head for a very long time and the piece is very personal to me. Personal enough, in fact, that I’ve come to the resolution that I want to pick up the cello again. I’d like to hone my skills and get my technique back to where it was before (and hopefully beyond that), but also I want to start performing again. So, starting within the next month or so, I want to be recording and uploading a different solo cello piece weekly or biweekly. I can guarantee that it’s almost all going to be classical music and I don’t have the capability to create the necessary backing tracks for pieces that have piano/orchestral accompaniment. However, I’m going to be starting out by revisiting pieces I’ve played in the past, and after ~8 years of being an avid cellist I've played a nice variety of classical music. I hope people will enjoy it.
- On the writing front, I’m continuing to plod along with ‘Unnatural Tendencies’ and making progress slowly but surely. I’ve been stymied for a little while because I haven’t ironed out all of the plot details for the whole novel yet, but I’m close to reaching that point and expect the process to be easier as I move forward. However, I’ve also been considering diverting my attention towards some of my unfinished and unpolished work, namely: ‘The Closet’ (needs finishing) and ‘Corruption’ (needs an overhaul and perhaps a sequel). For those of you who read my stuff, I’d really appreciate some feedback on interest levels for each of these three options. My time and energy are limited, so I can only feasibly work on one project at a time. I continue to write (despite my low readership) because I enjoy writing, but the prospect of writing something people very much want to read would give me the huge boost in energy and motivation that would help me get my throughput higher. Since I can only feasibly work on one project at a time, if you could take the time to comment below and let me know whether you’d rather see more ‘Unnatural Tendencies,’ ‘The Closet,’ or ‘Corruption,’ that would be great. That said, I don’t plan on officially abandoning any of these in the long term.
- I’ve finally finished submitting all the materials for my graduate school applications and I’m very excited. Why I’m applying to grad programs again (for the third time, actually) is a long story, but basically I’m not happy after 2 years in my current PhD program, so in the spring I’m planning on defending my thesis and graduating with an M.S. With any luck, I’ll get into one or more of the programs I’ve applied to and I’ll start again next fall.
- Thanksgiving break was restful for the most part. It was hard to be in a celebratory mood on Thanksgiving Day because my grandfather was conspicuously absent from the dinner table (see previous journal), but I was glad to see my family after several months apart. Sadly, that day my grandmother on the other side of the family had a stroke and has been in the hospital for the past 5 days. Thanksgiving indeed. She seems to be stable now and is very aware and communicative, but she’s in significant pain still and she has little to no motor control on the left side of her body. She’s not out of the woods yet, but given her resiliency so far, we’re cautiously optimistic.
That’s about all for now. I hope that you all had a nice break (at least, those of you in the US) and that life is treating you well.
~Ty
