Phew. [with new editorial comment]

Eight-hour rehearsal yesterday. It was a good one. Worked out lots of stuff. One of my favorite things about this upcoming show is that KK, a young hip-hop dancer (among his many talents), is joining the show and adding youth and vitality and taking away from the always oh-so-seriousness we taiko players seem to always impose on ourselves. It'll be fun. I'm not nervous, but a part of me reminds me that I should be. I have stuff to work on.

I wanted to work on my drum rolls so went into the chasm when it was still daylight and came out later in darkness. When did it become 9:21? Also worked on studying my transitions and helping a student out on the big trip to Sado and I don't know what else. Time flies when you're in a chasm. It's past 11 now. I swear I'm in a time-warp. I wanted to be in bed by 10! Oh well. I tell my students the joke about saying "Oyasumi Nasai!" when we leave class (the joke is that musicians stay up late playing their music, so you say "Oyasumi nasai" first thing to greet your fellow taiko players--which is Japanese for "good morning"--no matter what time it is, because the stereotypical musician wakes up sometime in the afternoon), and I think it's actually kind of true. Well, it would be true if I didn't have a day job. Today in particular I had to wake up early and be at work early, dressed in a suit with my hair blow-dried and everything so we could make a nice impression on the incoming students. It's exhausting, but eh, I'm game.

[EDITORIAL NOTE: I totally got that mixed up. "Ohayou gozaimasu" is "Good Morning," and "Oyasumi nasai" is Good Night. Obviously when I was writing this post I had no idea if I was coming or going. I'm not even sure what my point was supposed to be]

Next Sunday our rehearsal is scheduled to go to 9:30pm, but I know better. My only wish is that I could actually wake up at noon, but I guess that's what Saturdays are for. Too bad Saturdays are as far away from Sundays as you could possibly get.