Indulging One's Hobbies
On a non-technical note...
I've spent the past 15 years working. Period. Occasionally, I'll got outside and get some fresh air on the bike, but for the most part, I've just plain worked for the duration.
I've missed playing the piano (hence the earlier blog entry about the career that wasn't). I finally found an outlet for this unrequited love.
I find myself this weekend (and two weekends hence) playing piano in a 15-piece band for a production of "West Side Story", in lovely Sunnyvale, CA (where I lived for a while in the late 80s). The conductor's an old friend (she played horn for a production I conducted while living here in 1991), and she agreed to let me play two weekends of the run, without attending any rehearsals. (Thanks, Jean!) The first performance this past Thursday was harrowing, but the rest have gone swimmingly. I'm having huge fun, banging away for three hours each night.
If you happen to live in the Sunnyvale area, stop on by and say hi! I'll be here the weekend of Oct 5 - 8. If not, just relish the concept of NOT having to sit for three hours and suffer through my well-intended, carefully styled, but highly inaccurate rendition of West Side Story.