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Post by Marie-Cris on Nov 29, 2007 18:26:32 GMT 9.5
Congrats on the job!
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It's raining!! *dance* *dance* *dance*
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Post by neh on Nov 29, 2007 19:32:37 GMT 9.5
It is?! Oh poo, you get rain and i don't... grumble grumble....
On the upside - ROSE IS RETURNING TO DOCTOR WHO, SERIES 4!!!!!! DOC/ROSE SHIPPERS REJOICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *dance* *dance* *dance* *dance* *dance* *dance* *dance*
*I'm so darn happy*
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Post by sanderella59 on Nov 29, 2007 19:54:03 GMT 9.5
Yay! I love Rose! Chemistry between her and Doctor was great and Billlie Piper is just so cute.
Just got home from a big choir rehearsal preparing for Advent Carols on Sunday night. Feel so much better after a really shitty day with too many patients and not enough staff and too many people diagnosed with brain tumours just before Christmas and ratty workmates cos we are all so sick of working 12 hour days and having to come back for more of the same the next day and no meal breaks except for bowls of salt and vinegar chips and M&Ms and Anteasers and cans of Coke Zero on the run.
Oops have just turned into Hyde and I'm actually really happy now because singing descants releases tons of endorphins and my solos were perfect and I'm still "channelling' Ant everytime I sing!
My conductor says she doesn't know what I've done to my voice but I should thank whoever is responsible.
Maybe I should write to him!!! *flirty*
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Post by neh on Nov 29, 2007 20:00:10 GMT 9.5
Congrats to you Aunty Sandra! I wish i could feel happy with my singing voice... i never do, but with my mouth still partially wired - the middle bands came off yesterday so thankfully i can now get tablets down! - my alto sounds even lower! Anyone willing to subject themselvesd to a very weird partial rendition of The Dark I Know Well from "Spring Awakening" - let me know, but i'd advise you to STAY AWAY!
That's actually something positive i suppose; i have joined the Spring Awakening bandwagon finally - i caved in after months of resisting - and it's actually quite addictive! I have a few new celebrity crushes due to it, but of course none will ever measure up to my immense Ant-love!
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Post by Marie-Cris on Nov 29, 2007 20:18:19 GMT 9.5
Oops have just turned into Hyde and I'm actually really happy now because singing descants releases tons of endorphins and my solos were perfect and I'm still "channelling' Ant everytime I sing! My conductor says she doesn't know what I've done to my voice but I should thank whoever is responsible. That's similar to what people have been saying to me lately!  |
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Post by sanderella59 on Dec 2, 2007 12:33:04 GMT 9.5
Please ignore self indulgent Hyde rant from yesterday! After a fabulous concert last night (Ian Munro playing Gershwin Piano Concerto, Aaron Copeland's Fanfare for the Common Man and the Dvorak New World Symphony) which nourished my drained soul I had a lovely night's sleep drifting off to the Snow Goose. It's 28 degrees and cloudless in Hobart today and I'm spending the day in the garden. Next to music, gardening and gardens are my other passion. I love my garden. It's like an English cottage garden and I was inspired by several great gardens I visited in England. I have lots of roses, mainly white Icebergs but also some beautiful pale pink ones called Titania and Cymbeline. The whole garden is either pink, blue or white and it is spectacular at the moment. An absolute haven. Rufus the cat is helping me by leaping at me from the undergrowth and head butting me when I bend down to pull out weeds. Now have 20 bags of mulch to spread to keep it waterwise. No water restrictions here yet, luckily and garden is well established and shady so things stay damp for a while. Anyhow, I'm happy today and I have Advent Carols tonight to look forward to. It occured to me a few minutes ago that this time next weekend I will be in Melbourne having seen Phantom twice on Saturday and just about to head off to the theatre for the third session so I really have no reason to be whinging about anything!  All the overtime I have been pissed off about has paid for my trip!! I am a bad person for complaining and should be whipped.  Oh, and I forgot. My youngest son got his first year Uni results back yesterday - 4 High Disinctions so I am one very proud Mummy. That pretty much guarantees him entrance and/or a scholarship to Melbourne Uni next year or the year after. He may take next year off to work full time so he can qualify for Youth Allowance when he moves to Melbourne. Melbourne Uni are now offering an English degree based on Oxford so he is keen to do that. He wants to go into publishing or communications. |
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Post by neh on Dec 2, 2007 13:43:00 GMT 9.5
Yay for Aunty Sandra, gardening (i'm awful at it, but still appreciate looking, hehe) and multiple viewings of Phantom (grrr.... green-eyed monster emerging) And congrats to your son, Aunty - my cousin i should say! Our results come out next week methinks... i'm not too hopeful, but i should at least pass everything.
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Post by gizelmo on Dec 2, 2007 15:12:35 GMT 9.5
eep uni results next week.....*retreats to corner and starts rocking back and forth*
(sorry this definitely does not belong in the 'happy thread') *thud2*
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Post by phantasy on Dec 2, 2007 17:45:48 GMT 9.5
 oooooooooo! good luck gizelmo!!!! fingers crossed u do well!!
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Post by jazzgirl1960 on Dec 3, 2007 5:29:31 GMT 9.5
It occured to me a few minutes ago that this time next weekend I will be in Melbourne having seen Phantom twice on Saturday and just about to head off to the theatre for the third session so I really have no reason to be whinging about anything! Oh, and I forgot. My youngest son got his first year Uni results back yesterday - 4 High Disinctions so I am one very proud Mummy. That pretty much guarantees him entrance and/or a scholarship to Melbourne Uni next year or the year after. He may take next year off to work full time so he can qualify for Youth Allowance when he moves to Melbourne. Melbourne Uni are now offering an English degree based on Oxford so he is keen to do that. He wants to go into publishing or communications. Oh Sandra, I hope you get Ant for all three shows... how wonderful would that be. I'm green with envy, girl! Congrats to your son, they are fantastic results! *bows* My daughter Claire is doing communications (her major is PR) and loves it, she has just finished her 2nd year and did quite well... 1 high distinction, 1 distinction and 2 passes, she's happy! *dance* |
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Post by Marie-Cris on Dec 3, 2007 16:57:30 GMT 9.5
I'm happy for everyone.
I'm equally happy about the lovely dream I had last night *floats* You may recall I was not in the best of moods last night; for a fact I stayed awake for several more hours' worrying and crying. Once I fell asleep, however ...
Just a tick ... have I written about my previous Phantom dream or not? Oh dear, I can't even remember it!!
EDIT: Oh wait, now I do. ;D I've got to remember to finish that one. Maybe we should have a dream diary ... No! Stop it Mar! Bad Mar! Bad! *whip*
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Post by neh on Dec 3, 2007 20:12:28 GMT 9.5
Hehe, it's ok naughty Mar - and i think a dream diary would serve nicely, though i am NEVER detailing the Phantom dreams i've had in the past... oh boy....
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Post by Marie-Cris on Dec 3, 2007 22:12:34 GMT 9.5
Strangely enough in all three dreams ((I don't recall sharing the first, but I know I've written it up somewhere)) he has just been himself; never any of his characters, even if he has dressed as Erik for two of them.
Hmm. Just went through my hidden LJ; looks like I already keep a dream diary. XD
That's it, I'm going to bed.
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Post by nat on Dec 4, 2007 9:15:37 GMT 9.5
Hi everyone, I'm finally back from SE Asia, the land of suicidal driving, weird smells and squat toilets. Had a fantastic time but is nice to be back and able to have hot showers again.
I'm so glad that you got to see Anthony as the Phantom and you enjoyed it so much Marie Cris. I'm hoping to go see it again before it leaves melbourne (sniff, sniff).
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Post by Marie-Cris on Dec 4, 2007 10:14:02 GMT 9.5
Yay!!! Welcome back nat! *glomp* Glad you had a good time!
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Post by neh on Dec 4, 2007 12:01:07 GMT 9.5
Hehe, howdy doody nat! Oh you poor thing - pit toliets! Ickypoo! *quite literally... haha, oh the wit!*
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Post by gizelmo on Dec 4, 2007 18:22:50 GMT 9.5
Got a copy of The Main Event today at borders with a 40% off voucher, so it ended up being about $20, score! *dance* Yet to watch it though...hm...might actually go and do that now xD
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Post by neh on Dec 4, 2007 20:38:12 GMT 9.5
Do! Do! and be sure to keep it on so you watch the behind-the-scenes moments; Ant does impressions again and makes a puppet out of the buffer's cover thingy and does a tap dance!
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Post by sanderella59 on Dec 5, 2007 9:53:18 GMT 9.5
I love The Main Event. Watch it over and over and over. Saw it live too so can keep reliving every delicious moment. Took me ages to find the DVD last year. Everyone was out of stock except on on-line company out of Melbourne. Did happy dance when it arrived. Had the CD but DVD is so much better, especially the extras!
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Post by Marie-Cris on Dec 5, 2007 10:14:41 GMT 9.5
Hehe ... Granada *giggletantrum*
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Post by Marie-Cris on Dec 5, 2007 13:48:52 GMT 9.5
My folks hate opera too. None of them can stand half the stuff I sing (("Why don't you sing something modern?! Go on, sing Eva Cassidy's rendition of Amazing Grace! Learn it by tomorrow!" *glare*)).
Although my father surprised me one year' by flipping back and forth from the footy to Madame Butterfly.
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Post by neh on Dec 5, 2007 14:42:05 GMT 9.5
Hehe, my folks are the same, but they'll watch the Main Event coz of John and Livvy (they have nothing against Ant, they just prefer the others' musical styles)
A random question Mar - do you like/not like Eva Cassidy? I'm a fan - i just feel that if i'm gonna listen to a good cover of a song, chances are she'll be the one singing it.
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Post by Marie-Cris on Dec 5, 2007 21:20:51 GMT 9.5
I like Eva Cassidy; I just hated when my mother expected me to learn Amazing Grace off by heart with Eva's technique less than 24 hours' before the gig she wanted me to sing it at. It was that birthday I wrote about some time ago. Some of the things she does vocally isn't that easy for me to do, for I have more strength singing opera than I do singing - in a word - contemporary.
It's also why I have difficulty singing musical theatre, even though I like it and I'd like to be able to train my voice to do so.
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Post by sanderella59 on Dec 5, 2007 21:36:57 GMT 9.5
I must be one very lucky bunny. My love of opera, classical music, music theatre and every other form of music comes from my parents. I was exposed to every form at a very young age and my parents used to take me to Tas Symphony Orchestra concerts when I was quite young and then we progressed to ballet and opera. My first ballet was Coppelia, my first opera was Don Giovanni and I've been hooked ever since. Middle sister has no real interest but youngest sister studied violin and did 2 years of a music degree before getting bored and majoring in psychology. She and I took her 10 year old daughter to Phantom in October so we are carrying on the family tradition. Meggie (the 10 year old) was overheard on the phone telling my mother that she found it very hard keeping control of my sister and I when Ant came on the stage. I guess she's a little young to recognise an Antasm when she sees one!!!!!! *giggletantrum*
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Post by Marie-Cris on Dec 5, 2007 22:17:32 GMT 9.5
*giggletantrum* exactly!! Gawd ... my mother was looking over my shoulder as I was reading that.  |
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Post by gizelmo on Dec 7, 2007 13:22:01 GMT 9.5
Uni results came out today  3 Distinctions and a Credit, guess I'm feeling content considering I was only expecting to scrape a pass for Physics and Chem *dance* Might celebrate by watch the main event again lol on the projector this time (and with surround sound~dad went into a technological frenzy a while back). |
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Post by Marie-Cris on Dec 7, 2007 16:11:30 GMT 9.5
Congratulations!! Hehe maybe we could steal the world's largest TV and make a global broadcast XD
I've got some minor news; bought a new phone yesterday. Nothing wrong with my old one, it's just that my folks bought phones the day before so I thought: What the hey, why not? It's a Samsung A411, has the Blue Tick ((good for rural districts, one of three so far listed for pre-paid)), and I'm on the 12 month plan, as for me I don't really use up $30 all at once. I've been downloading tracks from my laptop onto it ((something I couldn't do with my old phone)) and I made a Warlow ringtone! Yay! It's not in the usual ringtone format, just MP3, but I was able to convert The World Has Gone Insane into .WAV ((using my MP3 program)), sliced it up in Sound Recorder, converted it back to .MP3 format and shipped it off to my phone. I'm the only person in the world whose phone has Warlow screaming when a call is made. XD I might make one with his scream from Transformation ... Hmm.
Sorry, I'm just loving my new phone.
One other point it has against my old phone: IT'S BLACK!!!
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oooooooooo! good luck gizelmo!!!! fingers crossed u do well!! 
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