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Of imaginary beasts
Feb. 1st, 2007 09:21 pmLowell House, on the Feast of Ste. Brigid
Oh my gosh. Why didn't I realize the existence of the Naxos Music Library sooner? Ahhh! I could have gone there to preview full opera recordings instead of painstakingly listening to the 20-second previews on Amazon! It has at least five different versions of every major classical work I've ever liked! And let's not even speak of its extensive world/folk music section! It even has Korean traditional music. I finally got to hear 청성자진한잎 (daegeum solo piece) again! *_*
Ugh, I can't believe it took me until spring semester of senior year to realize we had this resource available. -_- I suppose that's what happens when you postpone taking a music class to your last semester. (But I was trying to save the best for last!)
In other news, the first issue of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
imaginarybeasts is up, with the inaugural (and eponymous) theme of "Imaginary Beasts". (I haven't gotten around to reading all the stories yet, but the ones I have finished are quite fabulous. Go read right now!)
Infoblurb:imaginarybeasts is an online original fiction 'zine (much like bb_shousetsu) for genre writing. You should also sign up for the March issue, since the theme is "Love Story".
I didn't sign up to write for the first issue, so I promised myself to write for the second one. Of course, the only problem is, how does one write a love story? I always feel like a fraud whenever I write about a romantic relationship because I've never experienced one myself. (Usual train of thought when posting any sort of 'ship fic: "Agh, I hope the reader can't tell that I have absolutely no idea what I'm talking about!") Of course, I can always draw on fiction for inspiration, but...surely that's not the way it happens in real life? I see dozens of couples out on the street everyday, and I doubt they all met through the usual contrived situations that occur in shoujo manga and Korean dramas.
So, tell me: how did/do you fall in love? How did/does someone fall in love with you? How does the transition from being two separate individuals to having a relationship happen? (You can comment anonymously if you prefer.)
(Of course, I probably will end up writing an elaborately outrageous and cliché story à la K-drama, but I'm curious nonetheless.)
Yours &c.
Oh my gosh. Why didn't I realize the existence of the Naxos Music Library sooner? Ahhh! I could have gone there to preview full opera recordings instead of painstakingly listening to the 20-second previews on Amazon! It has at least five different versions of every major classical work I've ever liked! And let's not even speak of its extensive world/folk music section! It even has Korean traditional music. I finally got to hear 청성자진한잎 (daegeum solo piece) again! *_*
Ugh, I can't believe it took me until spring semester of senior year to realize we had this resource available. -_- I suppose that's what happens when you postpone taking a music class to your last semester. (But I was trying to save the best for last!)
In other news, the first issue of
imaginarybeasts is up, with the inaugural (and eponymous) theme of "Imaginary Beasts". (I haven't gotten around to reading all the stories yet, but the ones I have finished are quite fabulous. Go read right now!)Infoblurb:
imaginarybeasts is an online original fiction 'zine (much like bb_shousetsu) for genre writing. You should also sign up for the March issue, since the theme is "Love Story".I didn't sign up to write for the first issue, so I promised myself to write for the second one. Of course, the only problem is, how does one write a love story? I always feel like a fraud whenever I write about a romantic relationship because I've never experienced one myself. (Usual train of thought when posting any sort of 'ship fic: "Agh, I hope the reader can't tell that I have absolutely no idea what I'm talking about!") Of course, I can always draw on fiction for inspiration, but...surely that's not the way it happens in real life? I see dozens of couples out on the street everyday, and I doubt they all met through the usual contrived situations that occur in shoujo manga and Korean dramas.
So, tell me: how did/do you fall in love? How did/does someone fall in love with you? How does the transition from being two separate individuals to having a relationship happen? (You can comment anonymously if you prefer.)
(Of course, I probably will end up writing an elaborately outrageous and cliché story à la K-drama, but I'm curious nonetheless.)
Yours &c.
