Comments | nyuki_1: I have turned a corner!

nyuki_1

I have turned a corner!

Nov 02, 2005 22:45

more like my Chinese class has turned a corner. I found out I'm amazingly good at brush-pen calligraphy (aka writing chinese characters the real way)... It's HELLA fun! Oh, and you won't see me tomorrow. I'm going down to the UW autism center for a last checkup dealio ( Read more... )

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astraychild November 3 2005, 15:55:02 UTC

It's good to be good at something. And brush calligraphy has always intrigued me it. It looks fun.

And I love Pippin's song!! It makes me want to cry. ;_;

nyuki_1 November 3 2005, 22:52:37 UTC

(oh?) Mist behind, the world ahead
and there are many miles to tread
through shadows, to the edge of night
until the stars are all alight

Mist and shadow, cloud and shade
All shall fade, all shall... fade...

Don't know the absolute beginning, but beyond that, the words are easy. It's the high notes that give me trouble. I can easily do the vibratto and the tone changes, but some of the notes (specifically edge of night and cloud and shade) are running my voice ragged.

nyuki_1 November 3 2005, 22:53:36 UTC

brushpens are hellishly hard on your hand to hold. I'll show you on friday if you want.

arinye November 3 2005, 23:21:04 UTC

It goes like so:
'Home is behind, the world ahead
and there are many miles to tread
through shadows, to the edge of night
until the stars are all alight

Mist and shadow, cloud and shade
All shall fade, all shall... fade...'

Yes I am a nerd.

arinye November 3 2005, 23:19:28 UTC

Do If I Were A Rich Man. You don't want to wrench your vocal cords.

finnbarr November 5 2005, 01:01:08 UTC

You're on the wrong track entirely. Try a Johnny Cash song.

Or, try one of Dylan's. Even if it's horrible and your voice cracks, people will think it's supposed to be like that. It's Dylan, baby!

OR AIR SUPPLY! DO FUCKING AIR SUPPLY!

I'm all out of love! I'm so lost without you! I know you were right, believing for so long! I'm all out of love, what am I without you? I can't be too late to say that I was so wrong!

..Maybe I should keep my musical opinions to myself on this one. But still. If you did any of those, I'd be seriously impressed. Especially Air Supply. While Johnny Cash is about as manly as you can get, and Dylan's just brilliant, it takes a real sort of person to wail about in aged 80s songs sounding like women that hardly anyone cares for anymore outside die-hard fans and idiots. Do it.

Conan O'Brien would be proud.