Reasons to be cheerful!

[Harmonie]

I made a B on a piano exam that I was so unprepared for (not really because I didn't practice, sadly) and was seriously about to have a panic attack going into it.

The professor was trying to give me a talk on how to improve and the whole time my mind was on "I GOT A B!". I was really scared I would fail the test.

I walked out a believer in Jesus Christ singing Handel's Hallelujah Chorus. Just kidding... But the Hallelujah Chorus certainly did go through my mind!

[Tank]

I made a B on a piano exam that I was so unprepared for (not really because I didn't practice, sadly) and was seriously about to have a panic attack going into it.

The professor was trying to give me a talk on how to improve and the whole time my mind was on "I GOT A B!". I was really scared I would fail the test.

I walked out a believer in Jesus Christ singing Handel's Hallelujah Chorus. Just kidding... But the Hallelujah Chorus certainly did go through my mind!

Excellent

[Dave]

Good one, Harmonie!

[Essie Mae]

Hallelujah indeed. 

[Icarus]

Harmonie, In the past you were a reed instrument person if I recall correctly.  But pianos have almost no reeds at all. What's up with that?

In any case, congrats for getting a good grade for playing that string and hammer thing.

You know what would be a sensational post?  If you could play the Oboe, baritone, tenor. alto sax, or clarinet in a video for your friends here at HAF....... Just think! ...... You'd have an international audience of people who already like you.  Best audience ever......

[Buddy]

I made a B on a piano exam that I was so unprepared for (not really because I didn't practice, sadly) and was seriously about to have a panic attack going into it.

The professor was trying to give me a talk on how to improve and the whole time my mind was on "I GOT A B!". I was really scared I would fail the test.

I walked out a believer in Jesus Christ singing Handel's Hallelujah Chorus. Just kidding... But the Hallelujah Chorus certainly did go through my mind!

Congrats Harmonie! I know you feel like you could have done better, but I'm sure that whatever you played sounded lovely.

[jumbojak]

I made a B on a piano exam that I was so unprepared for (not really because I didn't practice, sadly) and was seriously about to have a panic attack going into it.

The professor was trying to give me a talk on how to improve and the whole time my mind was on "I GOT A B!". I was really scared I would fail the test.

I walked out a believer in Jesus Christ singing Handel's Hallelujah Chorus. Just kidding... But the Hallelujah Chorus certainly did go through my mind!

That's always a good feeling. Back in college I had a big test in differential equations that I didn't bother to study for. Not only that, but I woke up seriously late and after driving an hour to the school - it was a wild night - I walked up to the building just as everyone was walking out having finished the test. They all had a good laugh. I walked into the room just as the department secretary was packing up but she let me take the test anyway.

Ten minutes later I was on my way to my next lab and ran into that math professor who told me in a stern sort of voice that we needed to have a chat about my missing the test. He was shocked when I told him that I had finished it in the ten minutes between him leaving the room and the secretary closing everything up. The laughing hyenas were even more shocked when I did better than any of them.

Ah, the glory days. Most people who know me today wouldn't believe that I went to college, much less excelled in a seemingly obtuse and arcane subject.

[Harmonie]

Thanks, everyone! The rest of the semester is only going to get harder, I hear. =(

Harmonie, In the past you were a reed instrument person if I recall correctly.  But pianos have almost no reeds at all. What's up with that?

Oh, no... I would never abandon my precious woodwinds for the piano! Personally, I actually prefer the timbre of the harpsichord and organ over the piano. Heck, I even prefer the timbre of early pianos (like 18th century pianofortes) to modern ones. I'm an odd one.

Understand I am only playing this instrument because I'm a music student and we all have to take four semesters of it.

You know what would be a sensational post?  If you could play the Oboe, baritone, tenor. alto sax, or clarinet in a video for your friends here at HAF....... Just think! ...... You'd have an international audience of people who already like you.  Best audience ever......

Pft... I can only claim to play the oboe and bassoon. The only recordings of me that I currently have are for someone very special, and those are a work in progress. Hopefully I could make something to post here, but I'd have to lug my recording equipment to the campus in a practice room and I get really shy about that. Pathetic, I know. I only like recording when I'm at home alone, and there are so few opportunities for that anymore.

Congrats Harmonie! I know you feel like you could have done better, but I'm sure that whatever you played sounded lovely.

Trust me, it didn't. I was a nervous wreck and made a lot of mistakes. And the piano was out of tune on top of that.

That's always a good feeling. Back in college I had a big test in differential equations that I didn't bother to study for. Not only that, but I woke up seriously late and after driving an hour to the school - it was a wild night - I walked up to the building just as everyone was walking out having finished the test. They all had a good laugh. I walked into the room just as the department secretary was packing up but she let me take the test anyway.

Ten minutes later I was on my way to my next lab and ran into that math professor who told me in a stern sort of voice that we needed to have a chat about my missing the test. He was shocked when I told him that I had finished it in the ten minutes between him leaving the room and the secretary closing everything up. The laughing hyenas were even more shocked when I did better than any of them.

Ah, the glory days. Most people who know me today wouldn't believe that I went to college, much less excelled in a seemingly obtuse and arcane subject.

Wow. You got super lucky there! I remember at my previous university, I made a huge mistake and came into one of my finals late because I got the time wrong. I was mortified. Thankfully the professor was understanding and I came out of that class easily with an A. It was one of my favorite classes that I have ever took (a class called Plants and People, where we got to tie in the science of botany with the use of plants/plant products for society), and I was so embarrassed that I did that to the professor.

[Guardian85]

Just felt like sharing this...   
https://sports.yahoo.com/norway-dominating-medal-count-time-somebody-something-112948749.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=fb

[Dave]

Just felt like sharing this...   
https://sports.yahoo.com/norway-dominating-medal-count-time-somebody-something-112948749.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=fb

OK, just 'cos you guys live in the arctic, are born with skis or skates already fitted etc!

[Buddy]

Just felt like sharing this...   
https://sports.yahoo.com/norway-dominating-medal-count-time-somebody-something-112948749.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=fb

And hear we see the Norwegian in their natural habitat...

[xSilverPhinx]

I can take a power nap without feeling overly guilty for doing so.

[Tank]

Proud Dad moment

My son in the McLaren pit during testing. He's Alonso's performance engineer this season!

[Bluenose]

Proud Dad moment

My son in the McLaren pit during testing. He's Alonso's performance engineer this season!

Fabuloso!  Very exciting!   

[Buddy]

Congratulations to Tank Jr! That's an impressive accomplishment