Sunday, April 02, 2006

The Piano

The other day I found a tape of a recording of me playing the piano a while ago. I was impressed with some of the songs I used to be able to play and now I can't :) But ofcourse I bet I play songs now that I wouldn't have been able to learn then. Anyways, I'm not the greatest at the piano, but I just love playing it! So...um...well...Oh! So you ask why I love playing the piano? There are many reasons for this. First and foremost, I'm named after someone who plays the piano. My mom always used to love to open her basement window and listen to the girl next door playing the piano. Well that girl's name was Kathryn and so is mine(I guess it's a good thing I wasn't named Rebecca huh? Anybody else almost named Rebbecca? Oh and that also goes to show just how much your name really can do for you. If you want to motivate your kids to do something you'd like them to and enjoy it, name them after someone who did that thing and they'll feel obligated to like it). So yeah one reason I like playing the piano is it's sort of my way of living up to my name. Another reason I love playing the piano is it relieves stress. It's so nice when I'm having a bad day to just come home and sit at the piano and play whatever I want. It's great. I think I'd be living in some insane asylum if it weren't for the piano. Another more selfish reason for my liking the piano is that... well being the youngest of a competitive family of 8, everyone is always better than me at everything because they're older and not to mention a foot or two taller. Now ofcourse I always want to be better than other people at stuff if you haven't noticed, so this drives me crazy .Playing the piano is my secrert way of revenge. Everyone in my family plays the piano, but this time I'm better than all of them for once. It sounds stupid, but really it's actually very full-filling. Yeah so I guess the piano nurtures my pride :) which I have a lot of and you can probably tell that from just reading this. Okay well, uh the last reason I'm going to mention for liking the piano is it gets me out of stuff like doing the dishes. However, I guess it also get's me into stuff like accompanying the ward choir etc. which is scary, but secretly I like that too.
Yep so I like playing the piano. It's one of the few things in life that I'll actually admit to always enjoy doing no matter what.

5 comments:

Natalie said...

Hey! I love playing the piano too! It's my favorite thing! Let's play a duet sometime! Have you ever played the duet "Tonight" from West Side Story? It's kinda hard but really fun! Also, have you ever played on a five piano team? Five piano teams are the best! Let's start one.

Katrina said...

I wish I could play the piano! I am so jealous of the people that are amazing like you! Where were you today? ARe ya ready for the Math test? Have an awesome day!

dancer said...

I've heard you play, you are amazing! But then, you are amazing at everything. My sister likes playing Disney songs, do you know any of those?

PS How was your day?

Sorano18 said...

well I wish I could play the piano it would help me a ton in choir, maybe you can teach me some lol. Oh I tried out for choir today and I might have made Ladies AcCapella choir for next year!!!!!!

The Last Popsicle Stand said...

Yeah we should play something together! That would be huge! I have done 5 piano thingys.Those are so much fun!We should start a team! I don't think I'd ever be able to live up to your amazing-ness, but it would still be awesome!