Canada Day is a Tuesday this year so nearly everyone is taking Monday off.
Me: "perhaps I will work on Monday, I really enjoy the quiet."
Friend (simultaneously): "... I really enjoy the chaos."

OVNI P2025 - Crédit photo : Mélissa Ménard-Levasseur

Every brass player I mentioned it to has gone "ah yeah I played that - loved it."

This Saturday in Montreal: Lord of the Rings Symphony by Johan de Meij. 📯😍🎶

www.ovni-orchestre.ca?page_id=4472

At Longeuil metro at 6am and I see someone playing chess.

Somehow, agreeing to help another music group has morphed into agreeing to get up at 5am to go do an all day rehearsal that's several hours drive away.
I may think twice next time.
Depending on the repertoire.

Have installed both the Finch self-care app and the WeCroak app.
So now I have a bird saying "You can do this" and a frog saying "it doesn't matter if you can't because you're going to die anyway."

A bit of Christmas vibe.

Finally convincing my brain that is ok to stop working this evening and pick up a book.

oops, misread that as pokemon salad.

So how do I play this solo at the end of this "Dogs of Death" movie chase sequence?
Happy, sad, creepy, romantic, zombie...🤷 I guess I need to watch Willow again to find out.

Shameless plug. OVMF did a concert of Star Wars vs Noel and I really like it. And they got the recording out in time for Christmas.

ovmf.qc.ca/boutique/alb...

New horn who 'dis? 📯😍

"Sorry we can't do a concert on Jan 27th, I need our conductor to go to Quebec and scream on stage". (he's subbing in Zelda and there's a piece with a horse race. Yeeeehoo)

Horn player's rehearsal.
15 bars on phone, 1 bar played perfectly, back on phone. 🤣

Star Wars vs Noel

L'enfant au tambour vs The Mandalorian
Star of Bethlehem vs Rey's Theme
Sleigh Ride vs The Imperial March
...#ovmf

I picked up Creativity Inc about 7 years ago and its still unread on the shelf. 🤔

I wrote croustard instead of croustade because I was thinking of custard (crème anglaise to be precise) and mashed it together.

Today a male colleague said he felt someone was mansplaining something. And, actually, it was cool to know he really understood what it felt like.

Today I learned "jaser" in French means "to chat". I like that verb, it's got a good vibe.

A very simple shirt at the store. No other embellishments. Except, http response code 444 is "connection close without response". So an online dev wearing it is telling people to 'go away'. 🤣