Children of Men

Other Kenjari and I went to see Children of Men last night. It's extremely good, and I highly recommend it. The performances and direction are superb, and the story is very thought-provoking. It's quite intense and even harrowing at times. The version of the future portrayed is somewhat disturbing for both its brutal bleakness and its resemblance to the present. I especially liked the way the film raises questions and issues, but doesn't give complete answers or explanations for them - even the ending is rather open-ended. It rarely takes the easy way out and isn't afraid of complexity. It's definitely a movie I'll want to see again, and one I'll be thinking about for a long time.

Music all the time

Besides reading books and seeing movies, what have I been up to?
Well, I've been preparing for a ( concert )

I've also been working on finishing up my last two grad school applications, for Oregon and Arizona State. This process has been complicated by unresponsive people, both administrative and professorial, at these schools. I've got questions, mostly of the procedural variety, and I need answers soon.
However, I've been rather distracted from applicaitons by the need to finish up my current compositional project (the set of songs for mezzo-soprano). There's a certain irony in the fact that the things impeding my progress with applicaitons to doctoral programs in music composition are two very important music projects.