The Moose Corner

Public Apology

Moose — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 05:19:46 +0000

Public crime, public apology. It’s been nearly a year and a half the incident occurred. Once I called it a scandal; now I call it thus no more. It stemmed from a certain journal entry that I adapted for the internet. Date-stamp, Sunday, July 6, 2008 at 7:11 PM. The post either exists no more or sits, abandoned, in the WordPress database, marked “deleted.” Fortunately for me, I kept a copy of this text. I’m not sure who read that post, except I’m quite sure a certain individual read that post. She pursued me for that writing because she found it slanderous. Was it true? It was an opinion, and it has been said that an opinion is neither true nor false. However, facts are either true or false, and the fact stands that I voiced my opinion candidly on these issues.

It was a mistake. Better that I would have remained silent. Let none believe that I intend irony or sarcasm. I am genuinely sorry that I, lacking the wisdom to hold my tongue, maligned this authority, to whom I referred as “the principal.” I’ll extend my apology one step further, to the “language arts [...] and social studies [...] teacher [...] who gave [colouring] projects,” as well as to the “French teacher [...] who knew a lot about what she was teaching and what she was doing.” I reiterate the apology that I made above: I am sorry that I spoke badly of you. This apology includes any damaging comments, likely no longer available to the public (including myself), that I have made on the Xfire blogs of my friends. True or not, it matters not, for the Bible commands me “to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and to show true humility toward all men,” (Titus 3:1-2, NIV) without regard for the nature or the behaviour of the authority. Therefore, it was inappropriate that I gave such damaging testimony without necessity. I ask your forgiveness for this mistake, and sincerely hope that it will not be held against me.

And to the Crestwoodian who discovers this post first, please direct the relevant people, the ones for whom this apology is intended, to this apology.

(Quotations, aside from the Bible quotation, are from the original post “Reflection on Last Three Years at School and Farewell to Friends”)

Added Performance of Mozart

Moose — Sun, 30 May 2010 02:35:31 +0000

Finally uploaded the Mozart.

New Video

Moose — Mon, 10 May 2010 23:19:31 +0000

After many months of nothing new on this blog and over a year of no new music posted, I have posted a new piece, the Prelude and Fugue in E minor (Book II) by J. S. Bach, recorded 2 May 2010.

I will soon add Mozart’s Sonata no. 2 in F major K. 280, but I’m having a few technical issues right now so that will have to come later.

Focusing Direction

Moose — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:48:17 +0000

I’ve gotten rid of almost everything on my blog. The old visual theme has been replaced by one featuring a nice, light blue. All posts prior to this one have been deleted, along with most of the pages and images. For one, the JMS materials are gone so if you like JMS and you can’t read Japanese, you’re on your own. Next are the the Gyakuten Saiban transcriptions; keep up with these folk if you want transcriptions. Last but not least, the LieroX pages have been removed. I’m also disbanding Storm Alliance because our previous gatherings have had very poor attendance due to the lack of activity from clan members. The only part of my blog that remains now is my music.

I’ve updated this part of my blog, and I’m adding a page containing my repertoire. Seeing as classical music is highly about rehearsal, I won’t be updating this blog very often. Two or three updates per month will be the likely maximum. I’ll add a relevant journal entry here or there, but for the most part I will spend little time on my blog as I have done for the last year.

All these actions do not mean that I have gotten rid of all these things from my life. I’ve decided to pursue matters that I consider more important than the games and projects I removed. I want to spend more time sleeping, reading the Bible, reading other books, and practicing piano. Since I am an IB diploma student taking not just six, but eight IB subjects, my schedule is extremely busy as is and I must choose carefully what I spend my time on. The actions discussed in this page are part of the decisions I have made.

I hope you will enjoy the music that I will be uploading to YouTube and posting on this blog.