La Bene Vita

Thursday

The Star Wars concert was AWESOME! How does John Williams compose such intricate works with no discernible meter - or parts, at times - and make it sound so... natural? The man is a genius. I wanted to be in the choir... or playing the pianos, all three of them... or directing... or composing... Concerts always make me jealous.

Launch one new Potbelly song per week.
Goal met.

Post at WordPress at least once per month.
Pending.

Launch one new Praise Band song per month.
Pending. I have tentative plans if I can find music. A member donated a grand piano to our church, and Natalie Grant does a kick-ass version of Joy to the World   with lots of jazzy piano. I'm also thinking of -gasp- switching from my staple Audio Adrenaline version of The Little Drummer Boy   to the Jars of Clay version.  

Maybe. That Audio A version is hard to beat.

one new original song per month.
Pending.

Earn at least $75 per pay period at Textbroker.
Goal met at $176.57 for due date 12/5/09.
In progress for the next pay period.
Current Balance: $0, with an $8.40 open order to write. Due date: 12/20/09.

I went ahead and requested payment two days early, so I could get a head start on the next pay period, since I met my goal and then some!

Earn at least $25 per month at Helium.
Pending.
Current Balance: $0.00. Due date: 12/24/09.

Resign from Abbott by 6/1/10.
In progress and on schedule.

Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 1/31/09.
Weight: 154.0
Meals:
7:00am Coffee (1)
9:00am Waffle w/butter and lite syrup (5)
1:45pm Skinny roast beef sandwich (7)
4:45pm Half a ZonePerfect bar (2)
5:45pm The other half! (2)
8:45pm Another ZonePerfect bar (4)
9:00pm Chai (1)
10:15pm Two chocolate chip cookies (4) and an oatmeal raisin cookie (1)
TOTAL POINTS: 27

Current real estate goal: Organize garage.
No activity.

Read a book in print for fifteen minutes every day.
No activity.

Business: Music Instruction Books.
In progress. I wrote three introductory piano songs yesterday. I also opened up the copy of MS Publisher 2007 I bought with my laptop, which I haven't used yet. It's been years since I've used any version, but at least help menus and shortcut keys are Microsoft-familiar. I need to figure out how to compose my songs in my Finale software, and then transfer them into Publisher. I'm thinking I'll have to save the songs as images.

Dang it, I wish I had more time. This stuff is fun.