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The dryer in the laundry room of the apartment building sucks rocks. The first time I used it, I thought it didn't do a very good job, but attributed that to the fact that there were some heavy things in the load (towels, blue jeans). Today's load was much lighter (t-shirts and dress shirts, mainly), but after two cycles, everything was still damp. So there are shirts hanging from every available place in my apartment. Over doors, from doorknobs, on hangers on teh shower curtain rod...it looks as though the dryer exploded in the apartment.
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Had a high school student come in for her first violin lesson after school today - she signed up for orchestra, but has never played before. She already plays piano, which makes my job much easier (don't have to teach note-reading, counting, etc.), and is also in choir...and has a good ear. At one point, she said, "That doesn't sound quite right. What am I doing wrong?" Her whole hand had slid about ¼ inch closer to the bridge, so all of her notes requiring fingers were a bit sharp. Zipped through the first ~30 pages of the lesson book...and she didn't seem to have any trouble understanding how to do any of it. She's gonna be a good violinist. Great kid to work with, too - asks good questions, tries before saying "I can't"...