interests meme thingy
(from toad_hall)
Alexander Zemlinsky: Austrian composer around the turn of the century (19th-20th, that is). Slightly older than Mahler. If I'd stayed in musicology, I probably would have done my dissertation on him and then gone on to be the U.S. expert on Zemlinsky (as far as I know, there still isn't one). Wrote some nice lieder, some sweeping orchestral works, and several operas.
augmented sixth chords: So these three augmented sixth chords walk into a bar: French, German and Italian. Doesn't it sound like the set up to a great nerdy musician joke? Sadly my friends and I never came up with the joke to go with it. Augmented sixth chords are really cool because they sound like a plain old dominant chord, and then slide off in a different direction.
black phoenix alchemy lab: They make perfume. With wonderful names and descriptions. I have altogether way too much of it considering how rarely I wear perfume. But last week was the glory week for BPAL, with four consecutive days of named fragrances (Devil's Night, Samhain, All Saints, All Souls).
colored pencils: I have a weakness for art supply stores. And the biggest weakness for art supplies I have is colored pencil sets. What do I use them for? I have coloring books (mostly of Dover ones), also for knitting charts or sketching out quilts. I don't really *draw* with them so much, because I remain convinced that I don't draw very well, so I don't do it, so I don't get better...
German games: Well, there are the classics like Settlers of Catan and Carcassonne. I have a fondness for most things Knizia. wrog and I used to go play games once a week or so up until the time Pip was about two, at which point we couldn't really bring him any more, but we didn't really have a regular babysitter we could line up, either. We have a whole bunch of the Kosmos 2-player line which we play at home, but we really ought to go out and play with other people more often. Newest addition is Thurn und Taxis, which gets a big thumbs up.
graph paper: Doesn't everybody love graph paper? No? It's my favorite kind. Fun for doodling patterns on, but also so useful for knitting charts and diagrams. I also recently found a place that has notebooks with the French ruling on them (aka Seyes rule, it's hard to find in the U.S.) and I'm very excited about that.
polymer clay: I've loved Fimo since I was a kid. More recently I've learned about ways to blend colors and use sparkly powders on it for some really pretty effects. I've made book covers, buttons, and bits of jewelry with the stuff. I think it's the combination of tactile experience and great color I like (hm, sounds like knitting).
Comment and I'll choose some of yours to ask about.
Alexander Zemlinsky: Austrian composer around the turn of the century (19th-20th, that is). Slightly older than Mahler. If I'd stayed in musicology, I probably would have done my dissertation on him and then gone on to be the U.S. expert on Zemlinsky (as far as I know, there still isn't one). Wrote some nice lieder, some sweeping orchestral works, and several operas.
augmented sixth chords: So these three augmented sixth chords walk into a bar: French, German and Italian. Doesn't it sound like the set up to a great nerdy musician joke? Sadly my friends and I never came up with the joke to go with it. Augmented sixth chords are really cool because they sound like a plain old dominant chord, and then slide off in a different direction.
black phoenix alchemy lab: They make perfume. With wonderful names and descriptions. I have altogether way too much of it considering how rarely I wear perfume. But last week was the glory week for BPAL, with four consecutive days of named fragrances (Devil's Night, Samhain, All Saints, All Souls).
colored pencils: I have a weakness for art supply stores. And the biggest weakness for art supplies I have is colored pencil sets. What do I use them for? I have coloring books (mostly of Dover ones), also for knitting charts or sketching out quilts. I don't really *draw* with them so much, because I remain convinced that I don't draw very well, so I don't do it, so I don't get better...
German games: Well, there are the classics like Settlers of Catan and Carcassonne. I have a fondness for most things Knizia. wrog and I used to go play games once a week or so up until the time Pip was about two, at which point we couldn't really bring him any more, but we didn't really have a regular babysitter we could line up, either. We have a whole bunch of the Kosmos 2-player line which we play at home, but we really ought to go out and play with other people more often. Newest addition is Thurn und Taxis, which gets a big thumbs up.
graph paper: Doesn't everybody love graph paper? No? It's my favorite kind. Fun for doodling patterns on, but also so useful for knitting charts and diagrams. I also recently found a place that has notebooks with the French ruling on them (aka Seyes rule, it's hard to find in the U.S.) and I'm very excited about that.
polymer clay: I've loved Fimo since I was a kid. More recently I've learned about ways to blend colors and use sparkly powders on it for some really pretty effects. I've made book covers, buttons, and bits of jewelry with the stuff. I think it's the combination of tactile experience and great color I like (hm, sounds like knitting).
Comment and I'll choose some of yours to ask about.