I'm going to church this morning. This is something that I do occasionally with my parents, but today we're going to the local church on our own. So what motivated me ( Read more... )

...at which point our heroine feels that things are different. This is (obviously) true in a lot of ways - new apartment, new class/job/internship/whatever, newlywed, etc., etc ( Read more... )

...To the south side! ...of Frederick!! This weekend ( Read more... )

RIP Pepper the Guinea Pig, 2003-2007. We will always remember your squeaks and excellent hair.

Wow, what a busy week. For a girl who considers herself fairly anti-social, I was out and about visiting people almost every day last week. Cocktail party, movie, dinners, dinner parties, new years parties, etc, etc, etc! Danny gave me an awesome book about cheese for Christmas, which includes a recipie for just about every variety I can find in ( Read more... )

I'm about 60 hours in to FFXII right now, and I'm thoroughly impressed. The fact that the game's foundation is the combat rather than the plot is refreshing and addictive. I find it interesting, however, to note that people are bemoaning the lack of romance in the game. Then again, I may be seeing what I want to see, but here comes the theory ( Read more... )

I'm inspired to scribble something down here after dredging the archives for a recipie I recorded here in 2003. It involves bacon, and I feel I really don't need to explain much more. (On a side note, I'd like to let everyone know that I don't believe in regular-cut bacon anymore, as the paper-thin nature is really freaking annoying. Thick cut ( Read more... )

It's been a busy, busy past few weeks! I had my senior recital last friday, which was highly enjoyable for me - thank you very much again to everyone who came out! Makes me think seriously about my choice of major, having that much fun performing - but I'm sure I'll find a way to have my cake and eat it too. It becomes more and more challenging ( Read more... )

Opera in the new digital age

I'm curious to know what people not in a school of music think of this? Would you plunk down the price of a movie ticket to see Renee Fleming perform an opera at the met?

Discuss.

1. Pick 20 of your favorite movies.
2. Then pick one of your favorite quote/s
from each movie.
3. Post the quotes in your journal.
4. Have those on your
friends list to guess what the movie is.
5. Either strike out the quote once
it has been correctly identified, or place the guesser's user name directly
after the quote.

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