Violin

Yesterday the music minus one type CD arrived of the Mendelssohn violin concerto. I was very excited to get this, as right now the Mendelssohn is my running favourite. I got it ripped onto my computer, and then started it up and tried to play along. After the first section, I quickly realised that the real thing is quite a bit faster than I had imagined somehow, and I was having extreme difficulty keeping up. It was fun though to play along with an orchestral accompaniment. I'll have to work on getting it up to speed more over the comming days and weeks. Eventually I would like to record myself playing it and post it. I can just about make it through the first page at this point, but I'm slow. The second page is not much easier, but I think I can learn it fast. The only other thing I have to do is learn it from memory so I can play it without the music.

Wii

We got a wii!!! yay! I phone a couple of gaming stores and they didn't have any, so I figured I'd give Wal-Mart a go just for shits and grins, and surprisingly they had some. We made a quick U-Turn and picked it up. I also got an extra controller so more than one person can play. I have discovered that I rock at Wii Sports tennis, but suck at baseball. The last bowling challenge is much fun, and I got to lane twelve before running out of balls. I have ordered the latest version of Mario Kart and two more controllers from Amazon.com and they should be arriving on Friday, so we'll get to play some four player madness over the weekend.