{"id":327,"date":"2005-04-28T11:00:46","date_gmt":"2005-04-28T18:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nehrlich.com\/blog\/2005\/04\/28\/quick-hits\/"},"modified":"2005-04-28T11:11:15","modified_gmt":"2005-04-28T18:11:15","slug":"quick-hits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nehrlich.com\/blog\/2005\/04\/28\/quick-hits\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick hits"},"content":{"rendered":"

I think that in my quest to improve<\/a> at developing ideas, editing myself, etc., I have psyched myself out of blogging. So I’m going to go back to basics, and start posting shorter less-well-thought-out posts for a bit, just to get the juices flowing again.<\/p>\n

As far as the car<\/a>, I went in and talked to the service manager yesterday morning, and told him that I was returning the car. He was naturally taken aback, but after hearing my story, and confirming it with the shop foreman, he’s looking into what his options are for responding to my demands. So far he seems like he’s going to be reasonable, but we’ll see what happens. In related news, thanks to the wonders of Google PageRank, my post is in the top 5 posts when you type in “mercedes sucks” (with quotes) into Google. <\/p>\n

I made a couple comments on my friend Lila’s livejournal<\/a> that I might develop into posts at some point. One comment<\/a> is on how success is mostly a result of hard work and the confidence necessary to persevere in one’s work, and how there’s no shortcuts. The other comment<\/a> is on finding one’s center in people, rather than places or things, something I am still striving towards. I will<\/i> get around to writing an essay centered on that concept for This I Believe<\/a>. Soon. Maybe in my time off between jobs.<\/p>\n

Next week the chorus<\/a> will be performing Haydn’s Harmoniemesse. The rehearsals for this concert have just been fun. Like the last time we did Haydn<\/a>, the chorus has such a comfort level with this standard German classical music that we can pretty much sight read our way through it, and immediately start catching the nuances and making music out of it. Even our conductor has been impressed – we’ve gotten out of rehearsal early the last two weeks because it’s in such good shape even after only a few rehearsals (five, to be exact). And the music is so bouncy and happy and optimistic, it’s hard not to sing it with a smile on your face. Good stuff. We’re a little nervous because the conductor is the same one that we did the fastest Messiah ever<\/a> with, but we’ll manage, even if the tempi are about double what we expect.<\/p>\n

Okay, enough journal type stuff. I’m going to toss up another quick post with thoughts about identity in a second. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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