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Sep 07, 2009 20:32

Saw Franz Ferdinand performing at the open air stage in Stanley Park yesterday evening. It was raining, but it was a great concert. I shall definitely be looking up their music more now. They had a great section when all five of them were playing the set of drums and they made some great beats. You could really feel it getting under your skin.

There was such a nice atmosphere too, everyone just having a good time and ignoring the rain. One song they did had a definite feel of This Is The End by the Doors which I especially loved.

I've been really getting interested in Ballet lately, I borrowed a library book covering the basic history of how and where ballet started from, how it travelled round the world and some of the notable contributors to its formation and development over the years. I've got myself a couple of books on it to read up more and I borrowed all the DVDs the library had of Ballet performances. I just love watching the technique and beauty of it. Along with martial arts its definitely something I would like to do some training in, a very different way of using your body to what I've done before.

Next week I'm off to Toronto for a week for my friends wedding and catching up with some people there. It will be so nice to have a week off and hopefully I wont spend the whole time running round places to see everyone, I really want to relax a bit. I'm feeling a bit of burn out at the moment and wanting some nice alone time to enjoy my own company.

Today four of us went to see the Vermeer and Rembrandt collection at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Some very interesting work and a little history of Denmarks trade power and expansion across the world in the 17th Century. There were some other exhibits on too which I enjoyed, especially the photography and a beautiful photo of a huge set of stained glass windows. All in white glass with the black leading, though annoyingly no information about where it was from. I think the photographer was Gursky?

The autumn weather has certainly settled in now, the sunny days have that coolness about them now and some impressive rain showers are coming in. I have to say I do like the rain still, as long as I have enough layers on to stay nice and cosy for it.

I have an acting class starting in October, an evening one so it wont clash with work and I'm really looking forward to seeing how that goes and getting some feedback. It's hard to think October is next month though, the time, as always flies by faster every year.

My laptop is intermittently dying on me too, so I love my little portable hard drive to keep everything safe on it. I shall have to invest in a new one once I have some more spare cash along and do my best not to kill it this time. Mind you my old one I've had since 2004 so it's lasted a while.

I have another work bbq tomorrow which hopefully will be mostly indoors if the weather is keeping up it's current trend, but still it's close to home and there's food. There's still some shopping I need to do before I leave for Toronto and I'm hoping I'll have my one day off to do that before leaving. I shall certainly pack well before hand so I have as few tasks to do as possible. There's never enough time to get everything done, especially when you just want to curl up in a blanket and watch films or read a book all day, just to chill out and recharge. Ah well, plenty of time for that at Xmas.

Love to everyone!

music, dancing, museums, vancouver

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