Unlineations I

I now know the thrill that musicians feel upon practising their instrument. I practised my riz (Egyptian tambourine) today. I'm sure it's overly cliched, but I felt the need to mention..it's interesting how we set out to do something else and end up doing something completely different. For example, tonight I was going to study French and read Hugo's Les Orientals ..I was supposed to go to an opera called Les Dialogues des Carmelites as well. As it turned out, I wasn't able to get tickets for the opera, and I did get hold of my books, but ended up practising the tambourine and dancing instead. So here I am, at 6 in the morning, trying to finish the Hugo reading. Interesting side note: An alarm clock, in French, is called 'reveille-matin', meaning 'waking up in the morning'...mine fails to wake me up...I disregard it completely..in any case, it is usually the afternoon when it is tuned to beep.