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Post by neh on Jun 2, 2007 18:12:41 GMT 9.5
Oh, you is forgiven Cinta dear... this time! *evil glare*
Only a few more days of Uni work, then a break of two weeks, then one tiny batch of stuff for Modernism and Performance, then a three week break! THANK GOLLY!
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Post by neh on Jun 29, 2007 22:04:10 GMT 9.5
AUGH!!!! Sorry guys, i know this isn't to do with the beautiful Ant but i just can't hold in my happiness:
THE SPICE GIRLS ARE DOING A REUNION TOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH THE SHEER NOSTALGIC FUN JOY OF IT AL!!! *Neh does a happy dance for about 4 hours and then collapses in a sugar coma on the floor*
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Post by Marie-Cris on Jun 29, 2007 22:32:33 GMT 9.5
Welcome back Cinta! Long time no talk
I wasn't exactly sure where to put this so I might as well put it here: I've quit uni. Now I know the Elder Conservatorium of Music is one of the best musical institutions in Australia ((even though a lot of people don't know about it, as they have very little advertising - if any)), but unfortunately for me this year' I haven't been able to cope with it all, and so I made the decision a few weeks ago to pack it in and move back to Waikerie.
So here I am.
Theory and History were driving me nuts; as well was Rodney, the lecturer who ran those classes who could bore you to death just by saying Hello. I was never good at the theory side of anything; even though History is normally a subject I enjoy as I love exploring the past and its mysteries ((okay, mainly mythology and legends, but you get the idea)). The place I was boarding at was inhabited by evil; not only was I living in a cellar with wine bottles, milipedes, earth worms ((YES!! IIIIIIIIIIIICCCCKK!!!)) and a cat ((I hate domestic cats)), but the landbitch had an air of pure dominance and intimidation. She looked evil, her atmosphere felt evil, and anyone who - when they sing - sounds like a female version of Bob Dylan ((and gets PAID FOR SINGING!!!)) and who looks like a melting transvestite wannabe is just PURE EVIL.
I admit I did enjoy my time at uni, as well as hate it. The vocal training was excellent and I've developed my voice a lot in the past year' and a half that I've been there, but there wasn't anything practical to catch my interest and keep me from going mental. We had Performance Class and Technique and Repertoire along with the standard Individual Tuition, yes, but it's not really performing. I need to keep performing otherwise I just end up getting depressed and ill, which is what has happened ((Madame Dylan with her wretched voice and her horrible cooking didn't help much either; I've only had 6 decent nights of sleep since February)).
I am grateful for the time there. I don't quite understand when people say that it was really hard to get into the course because I failed dismally on the theory exam of the course auditions ((both C3 and C4)), and yet because that has been said I feel somewhat guilty of not being physically, mentally and emotionally strong enough to continue C4 at this point in time. Also I will miss the friends I have made; I will miss going to uni and hanging out with them at the Backstage Cafe, even if none of us had any lessons at all on a day. I can still contact them, but it could be a very, very long time before I see them again.
On a brighter view, this is my chance to recoup and to work on several projects I have started in my life but have never completely finished. I'll find a job somewhere in town ((I'll kill myself before I consider going back to Nippy's)), I'll return to the choir and maybe even join the RMS again next year' ((too late for this year', they're getting ready to put on Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat - oh, were I the Narrator!)). I may even take a hand at teaching the basics of guitar, and possibly even piano ((there's a piano for sale for $400, iron frame, walnut finish, dating back to the early 1900s and has been tuned recently; the candle bars are missing, which is a shame, but so long as it plays it's fine)). I don't know how long it'll be before I return to Adelaide to finish C4, and if ever; and if I do, I don't know whether or not I'll go on to a full graduate ((I'm surprised I lasted as long as I did there, as I tend to get bored easily)). I may even go to Melbourne someday, and if I have enough money I'll go and see Italy and Greece - possibly even England.
But for now I'm back home, ready to start posting again ;D
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Post by neh on Jun 29, 2007 22:51:28 GMT 9.5
Well Mar - i can say that i am very very happy to have you back here, but i do indeed want to see you happy, so i hope that things can work out for you and that you are able to find the path you wish most to take and embark upon it in a positive and satisfied frame of mind. I love you lots, Captain!
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Post by Marie-Cris on Jun 29, 2007 23:08:39 GMT 9.5
It's good to be back. Now I can do this: *whip*
AH HA HA HA!! |
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Post by neh on Jun 30, 2007 12:21:24 GMT 9.5
And i will never tire of your good self, and the presence of my beloved Mr. Whippy. *cyber cuddles to you both*
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Post by Marie-Cris on Jul 14, 2007 21:18:05 GMT 9.5
I thought I saw Warlow today.
HA!
I was watching the documentary on Eugene O'Neil on SBS today ((which was followed by a remake of Black Widow)) and towards the end they were talking about The Ice Man Cometh, having actors like Al Pachino and Christopher Plummer read excerpts from the play, talking about the play and showing short clips from the black and white film of The Ice Man Cometh. One of the last clips they showed was dubbed over by Christopher Plummer explaining something ((he narrated the doco)) and the clip was focused on a blond ((you could tell he was blond, even in black and white)) young man who was talking with his head lying on his arm on the bar and I swear the physic was uncanny. Thankfully my parents had set off to the dump a few minutes before this clip was shown because I let out one of the biggest squeals I've done in a long time, followed by a long line of manic laughter ((despite my inner self reasoning that it couldn't possibly be him; the sheer resemblance was hilarious)).
I may have more happy news soon, depending on whether or not I actually sit my father down and talk about my not-too-distant future plans. Whether good or bad, I'll still post.
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Post by neh on Jul 16, 2007 20:51:07 GMT 9.5
*Neh sends out good vibes to Mar, and persuasive vibes to her dad, hehe*
This is both a good and a bad thing, but the final Harry Potter book is coming out in just a few days... oh the bitter sweetness of it all!
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Post by Marie-Cris on Jul 16, 2007 21:07:45 GMT 9.5
Since I'm back in the country I've asked one of my uni friends to pick it up from Borders for me ((as I get discounts there and I've given her the voucher to get it)). To tell you the truth I want the plush toy more than I want the book XD But I would like to know what happens and I would like to see the films ... I'm not fanatic about them, I just find the entire phenomenon interesting
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Post by neh on Jul 17, 2007 13:29:45 GMT 9.5
It is interesting indeed - although most literary critics *ie. Harold Bloom, who is an old crank* would say it's baffling or ridiculous, the way the books have imbeded themselves into pop culture (but i don't listen to them!)
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Post by Marie-Cris on Jul 17, 2007 15:52:55 GMT 9.5
And the price for the original hard back of The Chamber of Secrets costing thousands of dollars - blimmey heck! Why bother?
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Post by neh on Jul 18, 2007 20:51:27 GMT 9.5
I don't know, but the sad - and yet funny - thing is that someone somewhere will.... *shakes head* The world is crazy ham and cheese!
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Post by neh on Jul 30, 2007 22:33:34 GMT 9.5
Here;s a pretty random cause for happiness or at least some sense of 'oh, this is neat'. I've just participated in my second Q&A session with actress and singer Emmy Rossum (from thr film version of Phantom) via a fansite i belong to and she gave a pretty nice answer to my question, so i'm happy chappy. Here it be:
4. Hi there Emmy, this is Renee from Australia. I was just wondering, as you are now approaching your 21st birthday (congrats, by the way), do you look back on your life so far and find yourself feeling the most pride and satisfaction in work-related areas and projects you have participated in professionally, or in how you have lived, loved and learned day-to-day? (or both, of course) Indeed, do you find the two interweave and influence each other often, life imitates art etc? Sorry for the deep-and-meaningful approach, hehe. I look forward very much to hearing your album and i wish you all the best for future endeavors - cheers!
Art and creating art is one of the most important things in the world to me. But when I’m really old, I don’t think that when I look back on my life I will really think of how many hit movies I had, how many records I sold, or how many top dressed lists I was on. I will think about the kindness and love that there is in the world and all the people that meant so much to me. Film and music are my creative outlets, and I love to share them with you.
I find that after spending so many years on sets playing other people, one day I woke up and didn’t know who I was. I’ve taken a bit of every character I’ve played along with me, but I’m still figuring out who I am. That’s one of the main things that inspired this record process. I’m still figuring that part out. Life is a journey and I think when you think you’ve got it figured out, a curveball is thrown and you realize you don’t in fact have anything figured out. Life is a mystery to me, and I just want to create and make people happy with that and with my heart.
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Post by Marie-Cris on Jul 31, 2007 14:06:58 GMT 9.5
Smooth answer from Em! If only I could hook up for a Q&A session with Ant, I would absolutely love to interview him ((live, yes, but even if we go via e-mail or msn [although that's a pretty big ask!] I would be happy)).
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Post by neh on Jul 31, 2007 21:56:51 GMT 9.5
Oh we would too Mar, we would too!!!
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Post by Marie-Cris on Jul 31, 2007 23:32:41 GMT 9.5
Folks went to Adelaide last night, brought me back some sushi and Hello Panda. I just managed to finish off the sushi today, actuallyXD That ... kinda makes up for the fact that I punched myself in the mouth last Wednesday. It still hurts but not as much ((my buck teeth ripped a hole in my gums, see)). I don't even know how I did it, I woke up, went blank, next thing I know I'm examining my bleeding lip in the mirror. I'm a hazard to myself ... Cool!  |
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Post by neh on Aug 1, 2007 14:39:03 GMT 9.5
You did what?! Are you ok?  ? |
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Post by jazzgirl1960 on Aug 1, 2007 17:25:49 GMT 9.5
You poor girl!!!
My daughter fell out of bed once and knocked herself out cold on her bedside table... her eye turned every colour of the rainbow.
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Post by Marie-Cris on Aug 2, 2007 18:54:09 GMT 9.5
I'm okay now, yes. Up until two days ago I couldn't close my mouth fully because my top teeth would rub against the new skin.
But having a blackout and mysteriously getting punched is not the worst thing that's happened to me ((and I think I'll refer to the rather neglected venting thread for this)) ...
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Post by neh on Aug 2, 2007 23:19:46 GMT 9.5
But you blacked out - that's not good!! Does this happen often?
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Post by Marie-Cris on Aug 2, 2007 23:58:08 GMT 9.5
Only in extreme heat or when my blood pressure has been too high. This wasn't one of those times though; my room might have been a bit hot, I don't know. It didn't feel like a blood pressure faint ((amazing I can feel the difference!))
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Post by jazzgirl1960 on Aug 6, 2007 6:52:17 GMT 9.5
Mar do you feel very tied and/or a bit confused after one of these faints?
Don't mean to worry you but my eldest daughter has epilepsy and that is how her seizures manifest. She has 'Absence Seizures' - that means she just sort of stops whatever she is doing for a few seconds and/or her knees go out from under her and she sort of faints. When she would come back she would feel lethargic/tied/confused etc. She didn't get diagnosed for about 4 years because she only had one or two of these type of seizures a year and the doctors missed that it was epilepsy. Its quite an easy test if you want to speak to your GP about this, you will need to have an 'EEG' - very simple test - non invasive!
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Post by Marie-Cris on Aug 6, 2007 20:48:33 GMT 9.5
No I don't; for high blood pressure my head feels a bit prickly until I can focus, and the same with the extreme heat, but the blood pressure ones have only happened twice and the heat thing happens every once in a blue moon. I don't faint that often, honestly! With this one I just went down and came back out again; a bit like how I came to awareness after my tooth operation. I wasn't tired and I was only confused because my mouth was in pain. Really, I'm okay!
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Post by jazzgirl1960 on Aug 7, 2007 11:28:09 GMT 9.5
That's good - Jaclyn is definately tied & confused for some time after hers, so they don't sound the same. Hope you didn't mind me questioning you about it.
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Post by neh on Aug 7, 2007 21:19:59 GMT 9.5
Mum, so you're good to us! *cuddles* And may i also say, i hope your daughter is ok - my sister faints and fits quite often and has been doing so for many many years. She's had every test under the sun, and still the docs find nothing!!! It's a worry.....
And Mar, so long as you promise you're fine - always remember that we're hear to help in any way we can.
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Post by coffeequeen on Aug 8, 2007 16:35:30 GMT 9.5
I'm finally done with school, hurray! *jumps up and down* I can't believe I'm finally finished, it's my 3rd degree-- why do I keep on going back for degrees, anyway? I must be addicted to university... yeah, right. *thud* Anyways, now I can sit back and enjoy all the Ant music and videos I've piled up ;D
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Post by neh on Aug 8, 2007 22:16:27 GMT 9.5
Hehehe, CONGRATS to you coffeequeen, well done! I'm most envious... i wish i were done. Yes, you party with some quality Ant gear! 3 CHEERS! *raises imaginary glass*
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