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I'm proud to be weird. Probably one of the very few living off composition (not music) in Greece to begin with. I'm 100% legal and don't own photocopies (except in very rare cases or for a matter of studying and not wanting to 'polute' my original scores), as well as very few mp3s, created by me. All software is legally bought. You can't begin to imagine how weird this is in Greece! They think I'm insane!

Fell in love with my wife in first sight and never looked back, never had an urge for anyone else or doubts whatsoever! Got a PhD in composition (which apparently seems worthless in Greece as well)... :-/

In parties I play songs which lead the fellow men around me to 'yawn' and ask for something else in a matter of minutes!

But I'm dead proud of being weird, if this is what I am!

Oh no! Sorry everyone!!! I used the quickquote option originally to create that post and it had so many quotes (quotations?) embedded in quotes it looked really weird. I edited the post and manually deleted some of the text in the field but being a chemist with no html skills (although I am planning to take a web site design class this spring) I completely messed things up. Now I feel weird.

You know what this means?

We need more piano parties!

The point that seems to be driving this thread is that we're all weird in the same way. We all share a common interest not just in music, but also in some small way the sciences. I am interested in meterology, among many things. Recently I've been going severe storm chasing. Now this is a conversation starter and stopper at many parties, but the usual line is "Is this like Twister?", which I have to answer, yes but not really.

Growing up I was never involved in sports in a big way. My parents are artists and have little interest in sports so there was no push in that direction. The other thing too is I was extremely un-coordinated, and would usually get hurt, or worse run too slow and end up losing the game. This last aspect put me on the outs with most of my peers in school. So instead I found it more interesting poking around ant hills and watching spiders, birds, or other crawly things. At one point during high school I considered a career in zoology or biology, but that never happened.

Anyway another thing I've noticed, and perhaps this is also musically related. I think that the study of classical music has a way of opening up the mind. We as a group tend to be critical thinkers, technical thinkers, and open to learning and doing. Perhaps if classical music and music lessons were made more important in school systems there would be a whole new generation, or generations of people more interested in other things besides American Idol and sports.

This was also one of my reasons to go back to school for what I always wanted. I am tired of workuing around people with little or no interest in anything I had to talk about. I mentioned this to my piano teacher, and she said the same thing. At least at the university I can talk about music, science, politics, and art without being ignored or patronized.

John

It's not your fault, foxyw, but the site software's, which should be able to render misplaced tags without freaking out.

Canonie: I bow before the master. What excellence I really discern.


-Jason

Re: the original post - what's wrong with just learning from other people about what *they* do? It's interesting, though you don't get to talk about yourself very much, because there is always something to learn about any career.

If someone didn't work, I would have a hard time making conversation. But anyone who has a job can hold my interest for a good long while.

I'm an attorney specializing in one specific area of law. Although I love my work and I think it's fascinating, I don't assume other people are or should be interested in my work, and I rarely talk about it except with my husband.

And this is why I only hang out with musicians.. Not that I intended it to be that way, but when you go to a music school it's inevitable. Only pianists and string players though (cellists especially). =P

BTW, I fixed the odd display error on page 5...happy reading!

By the way, the culprit was the long horizontal line in one of the posts.

When you put a bunch of underline characters together, the computer treats it as one word and will not split it up, so if you go crazy and use like 100 underlines in a row, it widens the screen for everyone.

If you want to test something you've written out, just use the "Preview Reply" button (next to the submit button) - your post will appear at the bottom of the screen looking like it will when you submit it (you'll have to scroll down to see it.)

I definitely won't do that again!

Just back from a lovely cross country ski outing in the fresh snow. Now it's time for some piano practice

People think I'm weird because I especially like July 1 and December 1. Anybody else feel that way, and know why? (Yes, I'm an engineer and proud that I was a geek in school!)

I don't think it had anything to do with a long line. I hypothesized above that the culprit seemed to be a strange use of quote tags, and this seems to be correct: The posting is indeed now uncorrupted, and the quote tags in the post have all been removed. Am I missing something?

-Jason

In high school, I was a wallflower. I never went on a single date. I just didn't have a lot in common with the other kids. I liked to read. Loved classical music and was a bit of a nerd. During free periods I got special permission to work on my music in one of the practice rooms. It was lonely, but I liked myself.

I'm weird. This forum helped me in my weirdness, I believe... I'm not alone practicing piano after the age 40 :))). In the work they just think that my "hobby" is consuming my time, since I don't have financial income from doing my "piano thing". But, in reality, it spares a lot of tablets: it is a natural antidepressant for me and antistressor after the work. I also sing in a choir and there I meet people that are professionaly involved with music, so I can share my passion without being looked odd.
I don't watch TV, I don't recall any commercial, ...

Deborah Gooddog,
Now look what you’ve started........
For those who may like to unwind (or wind-up) with a weird crossword, I’ve just posted one on the Games forum. Enjoy!

Withoutyou, effort is readily discarded

'31425' - it's not the first movement of any beethoven sonata (?) Should I check other movements?

For Christmas, all the gifts I asked Santa for were music related =D

I have a few friends who want to become piano teachers & concert pianists when the grow up. (3 friends, actually). So I have someone to talk to about music, luckily. =]

I don't mind if other people think I'm weird... it's just being me. I was discussing this with friends one day, and we came to the conclusion that normal people are weird... because everyone is different.

Me too, but I like wallflowers more than artificial flowers in artificial gardens... Is this weird?

At any rate, we are all proud to be weird....
So... Viva los wackos!!!

So why do I like July 1 and Dec 1? When I reset the date on my wristwatch those days, I know I don't have to do it again for 92 days! Extra time to practice the piano.

This thread is so great not only because we can all relate to it but also because I learned so many fascinating things about you guys! I too belong to the weird scientist/musician club; I am double-majoring in piano performance and microbiology.

I tend to avoid small talk in social situations (tricky as a bartender), because I don't have the same interests, therefore references, as most people. Half the time I have no idea what they're talking about, and the other half of the time they don't know what I'm talking about. C'est la vie!