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By Andy, July 26, 2010 4:08 pm

This summer will most certainly go down as one of the most productive of my life so far, and that’s a really great feeling.  I don’t know about you, but since I started as an undergraduate I’ve always had a terrible, nagging feeling about the start of the fall semester.  So many things that I probably should have been doing (namely, practice), so many things not accomplised.  That feeling never really left, either, even the summer I took Introduction to Research and Bibliography in four weeks, with a scary, Soviet-trained professor.  I always thought I would do so much as April rolled around, but by late July reality had set in.

Well, not this summer, at least.  I just emailed the last of a (very) rough draft of my dissertation to my advisor.  In response to this Carrie said, “You really are going to finish this, aren’t you?”  I can’t think of a better response from the wife of a grad student.    Oh sure, the revising will beging tomorrow (always, always try to get an advisor who responds to you quickly; I’m so grateful for all my prompt notes), but I think I may relax a bit between now and then.

All this Irritable Hedgehog stuff has been so great as well (we’ve got a facebook page now, FYI).  To spend a summer practicing the music I like(though never enough, eh?) and writing on the topic I like is amazing, plain and simple.

So today I will do something that is rather uncharacteristic of me.  I don’t often enjoy celebrating things I’ve accomplished.  Most of the time I’ll just feel good about it for a sort period of time and then start thinking about what I will do next.  In case you’re wondering, I do actually kind of like that about myself, even though I’m sure it’s a bit odd.  Anyway, I don’t think I’ll so casually move on from today.  Oh, I most certainly KNOW that there is a ton of work left before anyone will add some letters to my name, but tonight I’m going to enjoy what I’ve done.  This feels good.

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By Andy, July 23, 2010 6:48 pm

Today David and I had a meeting with our recording engineer and it looks like we’ll get An Hour for Piano recorded by the end of the month.  The trick will be scheduling enough time before then.  That means that in the next few months (I hesitate to give any sort of timetable yet), Irritable Hedgehog will be releasing two CD’s – An Hour for Piano, written by Tom Johnson and performed by yours truly, as well as Landscape of Descent, a piece by David D. McIntire.

I’m very excited about all this and can’t wait until things are up and running.  We should soon have a bit of a website going (more of a teaser than anything at this point) and I’m working on a facebook page.  Don’t worry, you’ll be informed every step of the way (if only so Google knows more about everything…).

The Hedgehogs are coming (duh duh duuuuuuh!)

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By Andy, July 21, 2010 9:23 pm

Here are some of the pictures we took for her 15 month photos.  These photo shoots are getting more difficult every time.  :)

And for your viewing pleasure, I thought I’d include a little video as well.