Because I feel like the exact opposite has happened since my last entry and because Robby gave me a cyber penny [for someone who abhors any mere mention of terrorism*, it sure does bring me back to ye olde blog when I've been away too long]...

Oh yeah, I know that one is not supposed to talk about work on one’s personal blog, so I’m going to be ( Read more... )

News From The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

It was suggested that as American Friends of the IPO you would like to receive periodic updates to keep you current with the Orchestra.  Now as we watch, on a daily basis, the news from Israel, we want you to know what our musical friends in Israel are doing.  The IPO season concluded on July 26th, yet ( Read more... )

Okay, so I finally saw Hard Candy with Anthony and Elizabeth tonight, and let’s just say that I’m cleansing with my preferred Patrick Wilson (Romeo and Juliet, Tenderloin, Lucky in the Rain, The Full Monty, et al).  Eeek.

I just went to check myself out in the full length mirror in the conference room (I'm going to see Hard Candy tonight--finally--and apparently it's the Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest première tonight!!) and heard music out on Dean Street.  There are totally bluegrass musicians gettin' down out there!!  As they are related to the music ( Read more... )

But isn’t 8:00 a.m. a little early for builders to come a knockin’ (unannounced)?

So I think that I might just like World Cup football now.  I thought that watching a match in which I had little to no interest in who won was still beyond me, but then I found myself watching the Switzerland versus Ukraine game tonight.  Either I like football or I don't like doing my work.  Hmmm...

But it was kind of a good game to watch as it ( Read more... )

Who knew that a girlie girl like me could get so into football?  I think that the two main factors are 1) the cuties and 2) the drama.  As with the Eurovision contest, our sweepstake has served me well as it's made me actually care about the World Cup.  Elizabeth tried watching some game that didn't contain England because she wanted to try just ( Read more... )

Some things to recap about England: 
*It's not math it's maths (e.g. 'Yes, I am a Maths major at uni,' or 'I was always crap at Maths back in six form.')

So they like plurals, eh? Not so: 
*It's not sports it's sport (e.g. 'Who took the Sport section out of the Guardian?' or 'I love Sport: football, cricket, rugby--all of them.') 
*It's not ( Read more... )

There are some things that will always seem inextricably linked in my mind:

*All That You Can’t Leave Behind and U2 in general in Autumn 2001 and Summer 2005 as pure safety blanket

*P!nk’s MIsundaztood and Anne Rice’s The Vampire Lestat and Queen of the Damned (not because of any real emotional resonance, but it just happened to be the album I ( Read more... )

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