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Two amazing things I have to mention that happened to me recently.
A few weeks ago I attended "Lord of the Rings Live". The first movie of the trilogy was shown, but without the score. The score was simultaneously played live by the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, in cooperation with two choirs and an opera singer. It was so fantastic. I didn't even really watch that much of the movie, I was just completely fascinated by the orchestra and sometimes had to close my eyes because the music was so beautiful. When you watch a movie in the theatre or on DVD, you pay so much more attention to the images and the dialogue, the score usually takes a bit of a backseat. But when you have a rather large orchestra play it in front of you, there's no way around it anymore. It was simply amazing.
And then, last night I went to The Hague to see one of my literary heroes. Stephen Fry was in the Netherlands to promote his latest book, "The Fry Chronicles". He did a talk and there was an interview and it was supercool. I adore that man so much, he has such a lovely manner of speaking and he's so intelligent. It was funny, because he just talked and talked, and the interviewer couldn't really get a word in edgewise, Stephen Fry just did his own thing and babbled on. He's really quite good at that, and he did have some really interesting things to say about writing and self loathing and language, and other assorted topics. I love him even more now, if that was even possible.
I just wanted to mention these two events as thinking about it makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. And I like that feeling.
What else? I've started my TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) course two weeks ago and so far it's going well. It's all online and it's quite a good course. You have to go through slides and watch videos, and do quizzes to move on to the next chapter. There are also a couple of written assignments that you have to send in to a tutor and that get marked. So far I'm pretty impressed. I especially like the grammar bits, as I have never really thought about the English language like that. It's fascinating to figure out how it actually works. You get three months to finish the whole course, but I think I might be a bit quicker. Still, it's quite an investment when it comes to time. I really should be finishing my assignment right now, for example. Feels like I'm back in university, being all distracted when I actually need to finish something important. :D
A few weeks ago I attended "Lord of the Rings Live". The first movie of the trilogy was shown, but without the score. The score was simultaneously played live by the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, in cooperation with two choirs and an opera singer. It was so fantastic. I didn't even really watch that much of the movie, I was just completely fascinated by the orchestra and sometimes had to close my eyes because the music was so beautiful. When you watch a movie in the theatre or on DVD, you pay so much more attention to the images and the dialogue, the score usually takes a bit of a backseat. But when you have a rather large orchestra play it in front of you, there's no way around it anymore. It was simply amazing.
And then, last night I went to The Hague to see one of my literary heroes. Stephen Fry was in the Netherlands to promote his latest book, "The Fry Chronicles". He did a talk and there was an interview and it was supercool. I adore that man so much, he has such a lovely manner of speaking and he's so intelligent. It was funny, because he just talked and talked, and the interviewer couldn't really get a word in edgewise, Stephen Fry just did his own thing and babbled on. He's really quite good at that, and he did have some really interesting things to say about writing and self loathing and language, and other assorted topics. I love him even more now, if that was even possible.
I just wanted to mention these two events as thinking about it makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. And I like that feeling.
What else? I've started my TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) course two weeks ago and so far it's going well. It's all online and it's quite a good course. You have to go through slides and watch videos, and do quizzes to move on to the next chapter. There are also a couple of written assignments that you have to send in to a tutor and that get marked. So far I'm pretty impressed. I especially like the grammar bits, as I have never really thought about the English language like that. It's fascinating to figure out how it actually works. You get three months to finish the whole course, but I think I might be a bit quicker. Still, it's quite an investment when it comes to time. I really should be finishing my assignment right now, for example. Feels like I'm back in university, being all distracted when I actually need to finish something important. :D