A couple of big developments from Wednesday:
-I found out that I made the Firsts for Chilly, the ultimate team I've been playing with since I arrived. It was really tight competition, and I'm incredibly stoked - great team, really cool guys, and all that - but at least as much because I worked really hard to make the cut, and that this means I'll be playing with the best team in Australia at the World Championships in Perth once November rolls around. A great feeling.
-the presentation I gave at last week's Forum on Southeast Asia might be turned into a book chapter! Al, forum coordinator extraordinaire, was contacted by a printing press on Wednesday about being editor for a book comprised of the presentations from last Friday. If it comes to pass, it would be a big, big deal - regardless of circulation, the name of the game (as I'm finding) in graduate school is getting your name out there, preferably attached to pieces that you've written. The book review I mentioned in my last posting, while not quite as big as a book chapter, should also help.
-listening to a lot of Josh Rouse at the moment, in particular Nashville and Subtitulo. As one reviewer put it, he's one of "quiet is the new loud" artists - think Jack Johnson, Jose Gonzalez, etc. The music is comfortably "chamber pop" (a bit too close to the old phrase for toilets for my liking), but in an ingratiating, endearing way. Give it a listen.
(You may notice that the album links take you to emusic.com - I think I've raved about this before, but it really is a wonderful site if you're a below-the-radar music junkie. Let me know if you sign up, as I get free downloads for referalls, but regardless of that check it out: they've got a great range of quality music, even some big name stuff, and while it's not iTunes it more than makes up for it with site organization and well-written, personal reviews. I'm a huge fan.)
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