Can I just say that 700 words is nothing. How can I possibly articulate the reasons behind my pursuing musicology in 500-700 words? I'm already at 698 and I haven't even told them what I want to research. This is my life! My soul! My music! What do I do? They need to know everything! It's not enough to simply know that I like opera, that I ( Read more... )

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So, now that I'm at Sweet Briar and classes have started, I have friends around and people to talk to. When I'm at home I don't talk much. I'm left to myself most of the day; and even when my family is around, I've never been one to really chatter endlessly to them or really say more than a couple sentences at a time. Now that I'm around people ( Read more... )

Excerpt from today's inner dialogue (how we got here is unimportant): "I don't believe in Art! It's all crap! Just something people made up to explain whatever may or may not be behind their creative impulses, something to work against - an entirely human construct! Like God! ... Oh... maybe I am an atheist..."

More evidence that the concept ( Read more... )

Our Abbey on the Loch Ness has been purchased.

D:

Oh well. We'll have to start scouting new properties.

I suggest here, here, and here.

There's also one in New Jersey that might be worth looking into...

So, when are we having our Tea and Sweeney Todd partay? Where might also be a good question. The 24th-26th are not good for me. Other than that, I'm free.

Thoughts?!

I like having an excuse for using Sweeney Todd lines for all of my subject lines. There are so many good ones ( Read more... )

No more opera work until Feb. 25! :D I can have friends again! It is most assuredly time for a break ( Read more... )

If anyone knows where I can download Tin Man (Scifi channel re-imagining of The Wizard of Oz movie thinger - looked reeeeeeally good and has Zooey Deschanel and Alan Cumming in it, etc.), let me know ( Read more... )

Bwahahahaaa! Thank god for Google Alerts! This morning they directed my attention to this lovely little collection of clips and "behind the scenes footage."13 Stills ( Read more... )