New oboe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can you tell by the title that I'm excited?? 'Cause that's right, I'M EXCITED!!!! Only in my warped little world would it be exciting to spend roughly the amount of a decent car on a piece of wood with some metal on it to make a sound that often sounds like a duck in heat (I don't know what a duck in heat sounds like, I'm just guessing here). Either way...it's new! And it's pretty! And it's going to be mine! As soon as the credit card thingy gets approved yadda yadda...I didn't need $3500 right away...I just needed like, I dunno, not $3500. So, now I need to get the new instrument, and blah blah, and then sell of my other ones...leaving me ahead, hopefully something ridiculous like $800. :)
YAY NEW OBOE!
And it's new! Not just new used, but NEW! Sort-of. For all practical purposes it's new, even though it was like, play tested or something. But who cares?? It's marked down over 50%!!! So I don't care!
Yes, today has been an exciting day in the world of double reeds (or at least my little world).

Changing the subject, Paul, you're the only person I know who was hit by falling excrement from a SQUIRREL!!!!!!!!!
If I had an award, I would surely give it to you :) Congrats, buddy.
- posted by L. @ 5:23 PM