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'Almost there'
Guys guys guys, my technical exam is DONE!! It went so much better than expected, so I can relax a bit now. I have one more exam on Friday and then a month of delicious freedom.
I've gotten fairly slack with lj-posting, I will probably remedy that once I'm properly on break.
Since my last freak-out post over violin I:
- finally got off my arse and did some serious practice
- skyped![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
pebblegosling multiple times
- decided that I am taking the year off practical violin next year, and I won't go back on that now. I need a break from the stress it causes, and need time to settle into a proper routine
- put together my Esmeralda costume for the Disney-themed party I'm going to on Friday (I'll post a pic if I remember!)
- have bought myself clothes for the first time in ages
- finally paid off all those insurance claims
- spent a lot of time on tumblr and reading fanfic (including RPS for a movie I haven't seen - sign of good writing, right there)
- had a couple of good shifts at my teaching job
- taken my violin in to get a couple of niggling things fixed, of course, as soon as I physically *can't* play it, I wanted to
Last night was so much fun. I went to see Bell Shakespeare's production of 'Much Ado About Nothing' withsnuggle_monster and thalia03 and it was ridiculously funny. I honestly haven't laughed that hard in a long long time. My stomach hurt for ages afterwards. Beatrice was so good, so acerbic but still came across as not entirely bitter, Benedick was freaking hilarious because instead of putting on the overly formal accent a lot of actors do in Shakespeare he still had this almost-Bogan Aussie accent... took me a little while to warm up to it but once I did it was hilarious. The use of music was great, random assortments of instruments and awesome vocal harmonies - so good. So much of what made me laugh was physical humour, so it's not all stuff I can remember or describe now. Although one thing that cracked us up so much was the way Don John and his cronies were characterised - as mafia-type guys. The way the guy who played Don John was SO much like Rowan Atkinson's way of playing Mr Bean, we were in hysterics at points because of that.
I'd forgotten how much I love some of the more sappy dialogue in this play. 'I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest' <3
The ending was the single most appropriate way I could ever have thought of to finish that play. Basically, everyone is coupled off, embracing, and it's a really sappy affectionate moment. Cute. Lights dim except for on Beatrice and Benedick, as he reaches down and grabs her arse. Audience as a collective group: awwww.... HAHAHA XD
Today, thalia03 and I started studying for our English exam on Friday, watching Endgame and writing notes on poetry, interspersed with parts of movies and watching bits of Spring Awakening on youtube. The cast list for our uni's production went up the other day, and we were highly amused/surprised that the guy I kind of sort of have a mini crush on in English is in it. How do I spot the musos/musical theatre people in a LIT class?! Even for my instincts that's ridiculous.
We now have a plan to talk about Spring Awakening obnoxiously before the exam and try to draw him into conversation. Comfort zone, I am leaving you. Yep.
I think that's enough now!
Rdm
I've gotten fairly slack with lj-posting, I will probably remedy that once I'm properly on break.
Since my last freak-out post over violin I:
- finally got off my arse and did some serious practice
- skyped
pebblegosling multiple times- decided that I am taking the year off practical violin next year, and I won't go back on that now. I need a break from the stress it causes, and need time to settle into a proper routine
- put together my Esmeralda costume for the Disney-themed party I'm going to on Friday (I'll post a pic if I remember!)
- have bought myself clothes for the first time in ages
- finally paid off all those insurance claims
- spent a lot of time on tumblr and reading fanfic (including RPS for a movie I haven't seen - sign of good writing, right there)
- had a couple of good shifts at my teaching job
- taken my violin in to get a couple of niggling things fixed, of course, as soon as I physically *can't* play it, I wanted to
Last night was so much fun. I went to see Bell Shakespeare's production of 'Much Ado About Nothing' with
snuggle_monster and thalia03 and it was ridiculously funny. I honestly haven't laughed that hard in a long long time. My stomach hurt for ages afterwards. Beatrice was so good, so acerbic but still came across as not entirely bitter, Benedick was freaking hilarious because instead of putting on the overly formal accent a lot of actors do in Shakespeare he still had this almost-Bogan Aussie accent... took me a little while to warm up to it but once I did it was hilarious. The use of music was great, random assortments of instruments and awesome vocal harmonies - so good. So much of what made me laugh was physical humour, so it's not all stuff I can remember or describe now. Although one thing that cracked us up so much was the way Don John and his cronies were characterised - as mafia-type guys. The way the guy who played Don John was SO much like Rowan Atkinson's way of playing Mr Bean, we were in hysterics at points because of that.I'd forgotten how much I love some of the more sappy dialogue in this play. 'I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest' <3
The ending was the single most appropriate way I could ever have thought of to finish that play. Basically, everyone is coupled off, embracing, and it's a really sappy affectionate moment. Cute. Lights dim except for on Beatrice and Benedick, as he reaches down and grabs her arse. Audience as a collective group: awwww.... HAHAHA XD
Today, thalia03 and I started studying for our English exam on Friday, watching Endgame and writing notes on poetry, interspersed with parts of movies and watching bits of Spring Awakening on youtube. The cast list for our uni's production went up the other day, and we were highly amused/surprised that the guy I kind of sort of have a mini crush on in English is in it. How do I spot the musos/musical theatre people in a LIT class?! Even for my instincts that's ridiculous.
We now have a plan to talk about Spring Awakening obnoxiously before the exam and try to draw him into conversation. Comfort zone, I am leaving you. Yep.
I think that's enough now!
Rdm
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I'm really glad to hear that about Chief Prac. I'm certain you'll come back in 2013 and be feeling completely refreshed and mentally ready to hit the last year of prac.
OH MAN. THAT ENDING. I died. Such a good production of it though.
(Speaking of arse grabbing...)
!!! Spring Awakening music! (Thanks for reminding me) Of course you'd be attracted to the muso. What else do you expect in your life? Musos give off certain pheromones, didn't you know that?
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*blinks* 2013 whoaaa
Hopefully!
SO GOOD
(AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA)
Oh, well, that makes sense then.
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I know, it's sounds aaaages away, doesn't it.
SO SO SO GOOD.
(you loved it)
Look out for dem pheromones, they're killers they are.
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Much Ado is definitely one of my favourites.
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I hope you got some pictures because I totally want to see them!!
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Heh the party is tomorrow so I will do my best to get a good one :D
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Also, I must see a picture of this Esmerelda costume :D
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I think the general consensus is I need to post one XD
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Hopefully the year off violin will give you a breather. *gasp* Disney-themed party? Jealous. I need to watch that movie sometime haha (the only 'old' ones I've seen are Pinocchio and Cinderella).
The play sounds brilliant. Heh, just like you to like sappy dialogue. <3
YAY, your technical exam is done! I'm assuming a technical exam is where you show off all your violin technique, yes?
Hopefully the English exam went well, too. But you seem to be good at English, so you'll ace it. :D I LOVE being free for a month. *dances*
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I hope it does.
YOU DO. It's awesome. So much went over my head as a kid, it was pretty funny XD
Shhh you :P
YAY! It is indeed, namely scales. Ugh.
I think it did too, which is awesome. Relaxing starts now :)
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Excuse me, mere relaxing? For shame, for shame. You're meant to be relaxing hardcore.