Just needed to be heard for a little while

Waves_and_Smiles

Aw, MU. There will be others when you feel ready for them. I have been wondering how you were.

I will try to keep posting again now, if I go quiet, though the chances are nothing is wrong, I am just lurking curled up in a small ball of paranoia. Random point I noticed, one of the male voices told my mother's voice to f. off. Now what is that about?

And well done on the presentation, JM! I am sure tomorrow's will be fine, too then you can relax on your holiday. I love that Doctor Who quote, I cried at the end of the episode because it got to me so much.

Pyxis

First of all, how did I miss it? CONGRATS to Whitewing for the 4000th post!!
Which leads me on to say, WaS, that this thread, the very thread that YOU started, has had 81,779 views!

Now, if you were a boring old self-centred fart, 'scuse my French!, a) would this thread still even BE here?, b) would it have had 4000 posts and counting?, c) would it have had nearly 82k views?, d) would it have, not only posters, but lurkers? Of course not!

It is only because you keep posting, telling us what you're experiencing, thereby helping us understand you, and others, and also ourselves, that this thread continues. If you weren't so open and honest, this thread would be useless, so DON'T STOP POSTING! (That's not a shout, that's an emphasis!)

Besides which, you also post lots of funny stuff, lots of chitchat, so we actually have a lot of fun here, too! And I wouldn't want that to stop!

It's not being self-centred, it's called sharing, and we welcome and encourage that! After all, it's what a lot of us crave!

So yes, tell the voices to sod off, with knobs on. They've met their match in us! Not to mention Sir Pugliet dressed in his Knight in Shining Armour gear!
(But do I detect a certain softening of one of your voices? Telling you mother's voice to 'depart, please'? Could he/she be on the point of leaving the dark side? I hope so!)


Also, a brilliant idea of someone* to suggest that, even if you're not up to posting, if you are up to using the thanks button, we'll know you're there, and could even, indirectly, talk to you. But if you're not up to that, don't worry; we know you'll be here when you can.


messedUp, don't fret. A long-distance relationship is extremely difficult and exhausting to keep up, even when the relationship is well-established. Where there's one, so there'll be another! Just keep your eyes peeled!


* solarjunkie

jobbingmusician

Just realised I haven't commented on the photos of musical instruments! (But tomorrow's presentation is now written, so I can relax).

Beautiful keyboards! And I have a friend who owns a serpent (a musical one, I mean). He played the ophicleide in the opera I did at the weekend (OK, who can identify the opera from this clue? )

And if you're into musical quizzes, you will have to be quick on this next question because I will delete it quite soon (TMI if any lurkers out there are trying to hack into people's real identities). I am going to an opera featuring a Heckelphone quite soon - which opera?

geminilady

xXMessedUpXx wrote: »

Thanks

Though ive gone off fish for the time being

Hi think i remember you from the depression thread? don't give up there is someone out there for you,maybe you could search for people that live near to you it always makes things easier.go out and have fun, the "one " might be just round the corner.:)

Pyxis

JM, 'serpentything'! Crumbs! That's a new one for me!

Is the opera Olimpie? (Which I'd also never heard of!)


And the thingyphone! (How do you find these weird things?!) Is the opera 'Salome'?

lostinrates

Edited for jobbing musician cos not sure which bit is safe or not.

jobbingmusician

Not Olimpie. A much more famous composer. You are right about the other opera, though I'm going to remove the bit in my post about that, now

PS Not Verdi either. And I confess I didn't know he'd ever used one, although I suppose I could have guessed that given his fondness for on and offstage bands!

Pyxis

Elias? Mendelssohn?


Orfeo?

Solarjunkie

I'm sure you'll give an elektrifying performance, JM!

lostinrates

Instruments are funny things.

The parent that doesn't live with me has my childhood piano. Its not a valuable piano, but an attractive thing, and has a nice sound, sadly however, its now only able to be kept in tune with its self, or would have to be restrung. That would ruin its sound and its not really of value to do that.

I'd really like to give it to a youngster very soon, it needles me because I feel guilty I don't want it, or cannot make room for it. We spent MANY MANY hours together over the years and I've been cross with it, thought it wasn't good enough and thought it was by far the sweetest little piano I've played.

Eventually we'll get a piano here, even though I cannot play properly any more ( neurological illness stinks) I cannot stand keyboards, and when people visit I'd like a proper piano here instead of the key board we have.

I've been very lucky to play some very great instruments in my time, and we won't be getting those, as that's certainly a bit pointless for me, but lots of little baby grands look for homes these days, and I'll try and find one of those ones the house is in a better state.

Its a shame modern pianos aren't as pretty as the old ones really, especially as our homes tend to be smaller and their importance as furniture is greater!