a day in the life of piano monkey

http://lolery.com/man-writes-the-greatest-complaint-letter-ever-to-airline-for-having-to-sit-next-to-an-obese-person/ the letter is clearly written by temporarily insane man.  im sure in a different context, he is not such a ranting maniac. though, i do understand what that feels like to slowly suffocate next to what i call the 'expanding person' experience. they seem normal. they sit down. polite hello and a slight unknown sense of dread. as soon as the seat belts are down, they start to expand, 3-D.  soon, their knees are touching yours, the arm rests are no longer arm rests, they are holding this expanding appendages that just keeps growing in space, real time.  after couple hours, you wonder HOW did they seem so normal at the beginning of the flight. incredibly, they still look normal, while occupying at least 50% more space. what is going on? *insert airtravel delilium music. *pop some pills and just pass out till arrival the real issue is not about per...

*pic from cbc http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ottawa-shooting-a-day-of-chaos-leaves-soldier-gunman-dead-1.2808710 i am not a pessimist, nor an optimist. i try hard to be neither. the power of bias, suggestions and expectations are often too powerful to even detect, nevermind neutralize. however, with all the international violence, especially pointed at the united states, we have grown quite dull about it. the gulf war. rwandan civil war. croatian war of independence.  afghanistan. iraq-kurdish.  republic of the congo civil war. the chechens. north-west pakistan.  niger delta. thailand insurgency. somalia.  boko haram in nigeria.  kyrgyzstan. lybian. israel-gaza. these are the first ones that popped into my mind. without looking. eyes closed. and im not a political junkie. it made me wonder why- unequal lives of humans. and that makes yesterday's shooting in ottawa quite shocking in a weird sense, i thought it is stranger that it have not happen...

http://tracesofthereal.com/tag/national-concert-hall/ *what a lovely picture! http://www.baldur.info/blog/10-things-that-we-should-change-in-classical-concerts/ so johnny greenwood of very successful venture, radiohead, resident composer for the bbc concert orchestra recently pointed out 10 things he would change in a classical concert format.  and i thought in most of cases, his proposed changes are not met because well, most of classical music does not have the support hat johnny or the bbc concert orchestra (one of my fav ensembles) have access to.  and certain things, though the public may demand it, is not very helpful- such as access to technology during the show. WHY CANT WE HAVE ONE PLACE WHERE PEOPLE ARENT BLATANTLY TIED TO THEIR DAMNED PHONES anyway, we all live in a different world and i do think it's quite nice that someone who could be influential takes a stand. this is how things evolve. however, on certain points, i cannot help but to think... BUT......