Greyhound with a good ear

This is way too funny. Gave me a good laugh on a day that's not been all that great over all.

I was giving a trombone lesson tonight, and Abbey got his first taste of "live music". Since I've had him, I haven't practiced in my apartment, so I wasn't quite sure what he would do with 2 trombones making noise! My student started to warm-up, and Abbey perked right up, ears straight up in the air, and then comes over, head cocked to one side, staring at the trombone, over to the other side, staring at the trombone, looking very worried but with a curious expression as well!

He continued to be interested in the lesson, but further on, as we got into exercises and her Kiwanis piece with higher-register notes, he started to whine in tune to the notes!! She would go higher, and so would he!! It was hilarious!! Unfortunately, he's way off key!! The lower register didn't seem to affect him, but anything above a C and he was whining away! Now I just have to teach him to whine in tune, or at least within the same chord!

Wow, has it been a long time since I've given a lesson!! And it's been ages since I picked up my horn (Thanksgiving I think, with the Brass Choir in Sudbury). I need to get back to practicing. Too many things to do, too little time. I also discovered that my French vocabulary does not cover vocabulary to give a music lesson!! Thankfully the student's father was here as well, so he could translate some of the more convoluted concepts to her.

Went to Muay Thai tonight and had a good time. I scheduled a punishment session with Kru Sacha in the ring for Friday - sparring and more sparring. I want him to give me a good thrashing as it might take away some of the immense frustration I am harbouring right now. We worked on liver shots in class tonight - my floating ribs took a beating. We ended with a 10-count kick pyramid - shit!! That takes alot of effort!! I'm not at that stage yet - my kicks after 5 or 6 consecutive ones turn to crap and get really messy. Practice, practice, practice. Maybe I'll go in on Saturday and do 1000 kicks or something. Depends on how badly Sacha beats me up on Friday. I can't wait for ball hockey to finish so I can spend every friday night sparring with the others who come later in the evening.

Watching Quebec MMA right now. Should go to bed. Meetings bright and early tomorrow, a couple of which may not be all that much fun. Take my medicine like a good girl though. Fuck FUCK fuck fuck fuckety fuck. Some days, the thought of moving to Scotland for sheep farming and scotch distilling sounds oh so good... I wonder if I could move to Thailand and teach English and fight full time? I hear that some gyms in Thailand are looking for women fighters to train and fight as a job. Meh. Probably have to be 10 years younger.