the dreaming tree

i messed up my left hand playing ultimate tuesday night. i dove to try to d a pass (which i missed), and then landed somehow fingers first. i heard a loud pop and let loose a yelp. then i got queasy and headed to the sideline, not to play again that night. i’ve been nursing it ever since. the top of my hand, right behind the knuckles, is swollen, but none of my actual fingers are. however, anytime i move either of the two inside fingers, they kinda pop…so i think perhaps i dislocated one or both fingers. they both seem to be back where they belong, except online slightly off, and hence the popping. i can make a fist, but not very tightly, and i can’t really grip or turn things. i’m also typing all of this with one hand, which i’m actually able to do fairly quickly, though i’ve made some mistakes. perhaps i have a stress fracture somewhere in the metacarpals (i feel so doctorly giving such a diagnosis, though i truly have barely a slight idea of what happened, and i probably said that all wrong, anyway.) at least my fingers aren’t broken. one of the guys from ultimate showed me how his pinky could bend at a right angle perpendicular to the knuckle, cause it’d been broken so many times. i hope my hand heals fast, cause i need to play guitar for ruf wednesday night. and besides, i like being able to play at all (hey michael, i started a new song).

i’m listening to the brahms violin concerto, which is making me happy…cause it’s a really great recording. it’s hilary hahn, and she’s ridiculously, fabulously stupid good (and young…25! so she’s my age…and cute…hmm. but i’m not even close to as good as she is, and she’s only been playing a year longer than i have. that’s what i get for not practicing. now i’ll have to try to make it in a rock band. maybe that’ll impress her…). by the way, she won a grammy for this album. her website: www.hilaryhahn.com

the stravinsky violin concerto is on the same disc. it’s a really cool piece, and relatively short at 21 minutes (just the first movement of the brahms is 23 minutes). one interesting thing about it is that each movement begins with the same chord, scored in the same way, and it appears throughout the 4 mvt. piece. of course, each movement takes its own course and character. oh, and one other morsel of information: the piece has been choreographed (by george balanchine, if that means anything to you) and performed as a ballet numerous times. anyway, it’s really a great piece and example of stravinsky’s neo-classicism.

and i just finished watching martin scorsese’s recent film about bob dylan…which was amazing. watch it.

what a ludicrously long post…typed out with only one hand.

(listening to the stravinsky now)