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@#%*& weather!

April 6, 2007 at 8:37 PM

In which I nearly declare open revolt on the climate of Planet Earth.

My friends, just what in blazes has been going on with the weather this winter/spring? First it refuses to snow on the ski slopes of Austria. Then it refuses to snow in RUSSIA. Then, normally mild Oklahoma gets buried under several feet of ice, and Cleveland gets hit with the coldest blast of arctic air imaginable. Meanwhile, perplexed Hungarians are jogging through the parks on Margitsziget in shorts! Four days ago I too was wearing shorts, but this morning, it was snowing!

I would apologize for the lack of anything music-related here, but it DOES have a musical angle--it's driving my violin crazy, he refuses to stay in tune. Last night, as I was getting ready for bed, he was lying calmly in his case, which was open on my desk. Then, right as I turned off the light and started to get comfy under the covers, I heard this low sproinnnnnnnnng from across the room. Groan. Turn the light back on, walk across the creaky floor (probably waking up my parents, whose room is directly below mine), put the string back in tune so nothing goes awry....

Now the sun is coming out. I don't know if this is El Nino, global warming, global indigestion or WHAT, but I want it to STOP and things to go back to bloody well NORMAL!

It's all my fault. I apologise.
Maura - time to go to Hungary. Weather probably is more reliable. Sorry your violin is having difficulties. Maybe the answer is to join Emily in Alaska where the weather is predictably cold all the time practically.
Ajjajjajjaj, Tamás, if only I could! "S hogyha földobnam az egre szívemet/Melegitne a világot nap helyett!" :)
Global warming is real. Even the US government admits it now. Sorry about that.
it is great to meet someone who also likes ligeti :) by the way, are you from Hungary? or been there i guess.
i worked at a hungarian embassy for a while till last year and i like the hungarians.
but even the people at the embassy didnt like ligeti much :P i and a friend of mine were playing at several receptions of the embassy, and we had a reputation for being ligeti fans. so the ambassador's wife would explicitly tell us not to play ligeti and shock the guests please, some baroque duets would do just fine. hihi :D
"@#%*&"? My, what language! Next time, try "$!^*#", which is a bit milder. Oh, it is chilly here too, but no snow. The potted geraniums are on the kitchen counter right now, as it got down to freezing last night. Brr.

Also, speaking of Ligeti, I have the multi-volume set that Teldec Classics put out, "The Ligeti Project". Good stuff.

Sevgul--not FROM Hungary, actually I have not even been there yet. I am of part-Hungarian ancestry and perhaps overly proud of it. :)

Anna, at least I didn't say %$#*@&$%.

Pauline, yes, I know.