Home sweet home
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tarigwaemirBlair Hall Apts., on the Feast of St. Augustine of Canterbury
I've been vegetating at home since Wednesday, where despite my parents' fears, we did manage to cram all my belongings into the car. I don't understand why even though I bring less and less to school every year we always have this problem of trying to get everything to fit in the car. I mean, we didn't even have to try to fit my bogu bag in the trunk this time around. I think this year's moveout takes the cake for the amount of stress and personal hysteria on my part, although I didn't have to pack all that much. -_-
How I've spent my time:
1. Unpacking and repacking for my eventual return to Cambridge on June 5.
2. Sleeping and eating.
3. Listening to opera with my mother. She was delighted by the CDs I bought for her birthday and decided to wait to listen to them until I was back. So we spent Thursday afternoon listening to Lucia di Lammermoor and Tosca. My mother raved about di Stefano's voice (if you recall, he is her "first love"); he is apparently admired for his expressivity and his pianissimi. My impression: a beautifully lyrical voice, melodic and smooth but different from, say, Bjorling, who has a sweeter timbre. Di Stefano sounds more...manly? By which I mean, more hotheaded? In any case, Callas really stole the metaphorical stage though, and Mother and I spent most of the short breaks between tracks raving about her voice. She sounds (and looks, if photographs are to be trusted) exactly like Tosca. Also, the coloratura passages in the Mad Scene in Lucia di Lammermoor...so amazing. Is there a soprano role that Callas could not sing?
4. Going to karaoke with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
angelyrique. We ended up staying for two and a half hours, which meant paying an extra $15. You could sum up the session as a duel between Buzz (reserved by me) and 김종국 (reserved by Angelette, of course). Also, it's really ridiculous that I could score 98 on a song that I don't even have on my computer because I've listened to Angelette sing it at karaoke so often. -_- (Note to self: stop trying to sing Buzz because your voice does not go that low, and you're rather awful at modulating between octaves.)
5. Reading various books that I've been trying to finish for years...not much progress though.
6. Watching TV. Saw the final for American Idol, although I was completely lost as to who was who.
7. Watching the first three episodes 사랑은 리필이 되나요? ("Can Love Get a Refill?") on the KBS website. Although I don't think we're going to watch more of it because we just borrowed all the episodes of 불량가족 ("Bad Family") on VHS. That reminds me, I really need to finish my review of My Girl. By the way, My Girl OST is really difficult to sing at karaoke, especially 상어를 사랑한 인어 ("The Mermaid Who Loved a Shark")...never going to try that again. >_<
Anyone up for hanging out next week (by which I mean Tuesday to Friday)? I'm always up for lunch or a movie. (tryogeru? serendip?)
Yours &c.
I've been vegetating at home since Wednesday, where despite my parents' fears, we did manage to cram all my belongings into the car. I don't understand why even though I bring less and less to school every year we always have this problem of trying to get everything to fit in the car. I mean, we didn't even have to try to fit my bogu bag in the trunk this time around. I think this year's moveout takes the cake for the amount of stress and personal hysteria on my part, although I didn't have to pack all that much. -_-
How I've spent my time:
1. Unpacking and repacking for my eventual return to Cambridge on June 5.
2. Sleeping and eating.
3. Listening to opera with my mother. She was delighted by the CDs I bought for her birthday and decided to wait to listen to them until I was back. So we spent Thursday afternoon listening to Lucia di Lammermoor and Tosca. My mother raved about di Stefano's voice (if you recall, he is her "first love"); he is apparently admired for his expressivity and his pianissimi. My impression: a beautifully lyrical voice, melodic and smooth but different from, say, Bjorling, who has a sweeter timbre. Di Stefano sounds more...manly? By which I mean, more hotheaded? In any case, Callas really stole the metaphorical stage though, and Mother and I spent most of the short breaks between tracks raving about her voice. She sounds (and looks, if photographs are to be trusted) exactly like Tosca. Also, the coloratura passages in the Mad Scene in Lucia di Lammermoor...so amazing. Is there a soprano role that Callas could not sing?
4. Going to karaoke with
angelyrique. We ended up staying for two and a half hours, which meant paying an extra $15. You could sum up the session as a duel between Buzz (reserved by me) and 김종국 (reserved by Angelette, of course). Also, it's really ridiculous that I could score 98 on a song that I don't even have on my computer because I've listened to Angelette sing it at karaoke so often. -_- (Note to self: stop trying to sing Buzz because your voice does not go that low, and you're rather awful at modulating between octaves.)5. Reading various books that I've been trying to finish for years...not much progress though.
6. Watching TV. Saw the final for American Idol, although I was completely lost as to who was who.
7. Watching the first three episodes 사랑은 리필이 되나요? ("Can Love Get a Refill?") on the KBS website. Although I don't think we're going to watch more of it because we just borrowed all the episodes of 불량가족 ("Bad Family") on VHS. That reminds me, I really need to finish my review of My Girl. By the way, My Girl OST is really difficult to sing at karaoke, especially 상어를 사랑한 인어 ("The Mermaid Who Loved a Shark")...never going to try that again. >_<
Anyone up for hanging out next week (by which I mean Tuesday to Friday)? I'm always up for lunch or a movie. (
tryogeru? serendip?)Yours &c.
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Date: 2006-05-28 12:18 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-05-28 04:35 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-05-28 01:20 am (UTC)Sounds like you had fun! :D
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Date: 2006-05-28 04:36 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-05-30 12:55 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-05-28 03:19 am (UTC)1. Unpacking and repacking for my eventual return to Wellesley in August. I have WAY too much stuff to keep in my room at home so I had to redistribute...>_>
2. Sleeping and eating.
3. Borrowing opera from the library. I got Turandot right now but haven't had time to listen to it just yet.
4. Digging holes with my parents. They (especially my father) are living out their farmer fantasy. We (read: Father) planted cucumber, beans, lettuce, and corn!
5. Reading this really really thick book (it's three books in one anthology~ wahh)...not much progress though.
6. Watching TV. Saw the final for American Idol too. Laughed at the people. They were all very emotional...
7. Working on trying to find some good dramas to watch in chinese, to help improve my Chinese. Any ones you'd recommend? Mind you, I don't like love stories and I hate dramas about younger people so...
Lets hang out and watch a movie~~~ Ooh, there's all these really great little food places in Flushing! We should go! Call me! (I got a new phone number, emailed it to your gmail)
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Date: 2006-05-28 04:37 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-05-28 04:40 pm (UTC)http://d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic_5772.htm
I'm just too lazy to download off BT though. Do you know if it's available on VCD anywhere? (With English subs?--unlikely though it is.)
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Date: 2006-06-01 12:00 am (UTC)