These past few weeks have been killer
for the entire world, it seems. At least, everyone that I know has been rather busy and somewhat stressed by everything that has been happening. I hope that everyone else can relax a bit, or at least distract themselves.
This Friday was MissVamp Hawaii 2012. Tiki T. won last year, so she performed in this one (an aria called "Arria mi bella") to pass on the crown. Arthur's girl won, which was no surprise. Not only does he pick the ones with the most potential, he also styles them in a much classier way than the rest. Really, one black corset with garters looks just like the next one even if you add a couple of chains. Teased strawberry blond hair with nearly-completely-tulle be-flowered dress makes an impact. Also, when doing a Q&A, keep the answers short and don't explain your jokes. >_< Aiya, MissVamp contestants - a 'where' question should not be answered with a time or a description of your "victims". It should be answered by a location. Well, Sis and I had fun critiquing the good and the bad. Then, the whole group went out to J.J. Dolan's for some fantastic thin crust pizza.
Tiki's accompanist is wonderful. He has such great ideas about his music, and can play everything. Seriously, from nose flute to guitar to didgeridoo to piano. He wants to become a teacher and he should be. He holds an unshakeable belief that with the proper training, which is simple guidelines and "little tricks" instead of formal, hours-upon-ends practices and processes, anyone can play music in an impressive way. And he wants to encourage that in everyone. Beautiful to see that optimism still exists in the world. :D
And Saturday, I saw Hotel Transylvania in lieu of Cake Night. Alfie was feeling unwell, so we couldn't be hosted at his place. And no one else stepped up to the plate (with the state of our house, we can't host -- a fact I am somewhat sad about). So, we went out for lunch and saw the movie.
It began at a frenetic pace. There were no pauses between the one-liner jokes and I nearly went into an epileptic fit. The pace remained high energy the entire way through and you just need to adjust for it and not think very long about anything. I laughed inappropriately long and loud at the sheep joke (*sporfle* It's still funny to me!) to the point that people in the audience were laughing because I was laughing. This happens often enough in movies that I am undisturbed, though.
I will say that the movie has a nice mix of some "parent" jokes and mostly "kid" jokes, so the whole family can go to it. However, the overall message about love is horrible. You only have one moment of True Love in your life, your zing, and once you feel that with someone, you must get married instantly. And if you zing and He doesn't, then you have no more chances for romantic love in your life and all of those dreams that you had about traveling and going out on your own don't mean a thing, because you've lost your chance for a zing. No self-actualization without a man to come along with it, apparently. Oh, and if your SO dies, you can never have another person to love in your life -- single forever after! Mrph. >:( Yeah . . . we ripped that apart as part of our, um, several hours long conversation that happened afterwards.
Well, the conversation is the main part of Cake Night anyway, so Mission Accomplished! :D
Now, I must accomplish homework, my slow trudging through my thesis (which really is only research right now :\), and maybe organizing my closet.
This Friday was MissVamp Hawaii 2012. Tiki T. won last year, so she performed in this one (an aria called "Arria mi bella") to pass on the crown. Arthur's girl won, which was no surprise. Not only does he pick the ones with the most potential, he also styles them in a much classier way than the rest. Really, one black corset with garters looks just like the next one even if you add a couple of chains. Teased strawberry blond hair with nearly-completely-tulle be-flowered dress makes an impact. Also, when doing a Q&A, keep the answers short and don't explain your jokes. >_< Aiya, MissVamp contestants - a 'where' question should not be answered with a time or a description of your "victims". It should be answered by a location. Well, Sis and I had fun critiquing the good and the bad. Then, the whole group went out to J.J. Dolan's for some fantastic thin crust pizza.
Tiki's accompanist is wonderful. He has such great ideas about his music, and can play everything. Seriously, from nose flute to guitar to didgeridoo to piano. He wants to become a teacher and he should be. He holds an unshakeable belief that with the proper training, which is simple guidelines and "little tricks" instead of formal, hours-upon-ends practices and processes, anyone can play music in an impressive way. And he wants to encourage that in everyone. Beautiful to see that optimism still exists in the world. :D
And Saturday, I saw Hotel Transylvania in lieu of Cake Night. Alfie was feeling unwell, so we couldn't be hosted at his place. And no one else stepped up to the plate (with the state of our house, we can't host -- a fact I am somewhat sad about). So, we went out for lunch and saw the movie.
It began at a frenetic pace. There were no pauses between the one-liner jokes and I nearly went into an epileptic fit. The pace remained high energy the entire way through and you just need to adjust for it and not think very long about anything. I laughed inappropriately long and loud at the sheep joke (*sporfle* It's still funny to me!) to the point that people in the audience were laughing because I was laughing. This happens often enough in movies that I am undisturbed, though.
I will say that the movie has a nice mix of some "parent" jokes and mostly "kid" jokes, so the whole family can go to it. However, the overall message about love is horrible. You only have one moment of True Love in your life, your zing, and once you feel that with someone, you must get married instantly. And if you zing and He doesn't, then you have no more chances for romantic love in your life and all of those dreams that you had about traveling and going out on your own don't mean a thing, because you've lost your chance for a zing. No self-actualization without a man to come along with it, apparently. Oh, and if your SO dies, you can never have another person to love in your life -- single forever after! Mrph. >:( Yeah . . . we ripped that apart as part of our, um, several hours long conversation that happened afterwards.
Well, the conversation is the main part of Cake Night anyway, so Mission Accomplished! :D
Now, I must accomplish homework, my slow trudging through my thesis (which really is only research right now :\), and maybe organizing my closet.