I wrote about a minute and a half of keepable material this weekend, so I should finish my sixth movement tomorrow or Tuesday. On the downside, I've been working on this section so closely that the blasted motive is stuck in my head. Ostensibly I'd like to get a good chunk of the seventh movement done before I leave since it will only be about half a minute long. I'll post another MP3 of the work in progress on Wednesday.

My long term goals are to finish the eighth movement the weekend before Christmas and the ninth movement before New Years'. That will give me the month of January to edit the score with an aim for a late February defense. If things go accordingly, I'll be done with my Masters' by Spring Break. So keep me on task if I'm not composing.

We had another basketball practice yesterday, and it looks like the games will be a fun diversion from my normal state of non-exercise. I do wish we had some say in the name though; Diminished Five sounds like we're horribly crippled, either mentally or physically.