I'm not too sure about you, but i find discussing finer points of poems rather tedious. After a while there's only so much imagery and deep meaning that one could possibly absorb. I think i am at that stage, if not already well advanced into the 'i can see sooo much in this poem i can see my reflection' stage. Not that i don't like the poem, it's just that i can't really properly prepare for the recitation and the general conversation that follows. Mon dieu!
But classical music.. Star Wars is AMAZING! Just thought i should put it out there, but really, the main really 'stay-in-you-head' tunes are mainly composed by Holst! Sci-fi and classical music really can mix, and therefore so can any other combination in the world. The ominous music that precedes any foreboding scene is marked by Mars, The Bringer of War, part of Op.32. I'm pretty sure that the music that comes on each time Darth Vada enters is also part of Op.32, but which one i'm not sure ><.
..back to my original train of thought, at school for winter concert for the finale pieces, we are singing Anvil Chorus and Chorus of Hebrew Slaves. I'm sure that these two names would bring unspeakable joy to your heart (cough cough) but the first song is the one that was used for the first season of masterchef ads! You know the one where you have acrobats doing impossible flips holding onto plates of food..maybe not, but look it up! The best thing about classical music with vocals is that the sound is big and you even get to sound operatic!
TEETH, and WISDOM TEETH in particular. The morning after the winter concert i will be going under the knife! (inhales with aghast expression) But only to have my wisdom teeth and two other removed so that i can have braces..=I This means no food from midnight and considering the concert finishes at around elevenish, this will leave me an hour or so to eat as much hard food as i can. After the operation i have been told that one's diet would consist of ice cream and pureed soft foods. Just as i was getting over mash potato, oh well!
Just remembered, last week it was the 2010 Australian Open Grand Prix, for badminton!! It was amazing, and i only got to watch second day qualifiers and round 1 matches! Those athletes are just amazing, they are all around the court and they have just so much power, speed, endurance and agility. I sure have a lot more training before i can even dream of being at their level. I found the only womens match i watched hilarious. Each time the shuttle would go out, one of them would shout in a rather high pitched voice 'out', at least i thought it sounded like out. Each time they won a point, the same deal, didn't help that they were practically dancing across the court, it just seemed comical at the time. And in the mens, there was an smallish Australian player against in one case a big burly new zealander and in another a muscular korean. Both smaller players lost, but credit to the aussies as they did win the endurance points, and the bigger players won points by smashing the living day-lights out of the shuttle. Not that their jump smashes weren't impressive, just that i felt really sorry for the small players on the other side of the net who had to brave the missiles. I didn't get to watch my coach play, but still worth the 10 dollars i paid for the ticket.
Think that's all for tonight,
night! :)
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