When I woke up this morning, it took me some moment to remember it was Christmas Day. I'd been dreaming before that...the type of "waking up" dreams that you at first take to be real, because they are very realistic and concern things that have been on your mind. Mom, Dad, Emiko, and I had been watching Persuasion '95 last night, but I went to bed before everybody else (not being a fan of the book or the adaptations). I dreamed she was telling Mom that she liked it (she hadn't seen it before). ;)
Really, I got the idea for this meme/tag from an LJ - it was originally based on the Disney Princesses. However, I thought it would adapt wonderfully to the main Dickens heroines. Here's how it works: each heroine has 8 facts about her life. You tick the boxes next to the ones that describe you, and total up each list to see which one you are most like. :) I never realized how different a lot of these ladies were until I did this. Anyway, here we go:
I just finished outlining (in detail) a new story, which I plan to write and complete in 2010. ^_^ It's not 100% historical fiction or fantasy...I call it "historically inspired". It takes place in the 18th century, in a fictitious country, and is partly a retelling of Sleeping Beauty. I'm so excited about it; this story matches my current writing abilities much better than the Victorian story (from which I'm going to take a break). I also recently finished my Dickens fanfiction short story, which I'll be posting online December 30, so stay tuned for that. =)
By the way, thank you to everyone for following and/or commenting on my blog; I really look forward to hearing from you all. :)
This is my fourth--and perhaps my last, unfortunately--American Girl doll dress that was made for one of my cousins, this time my youngest cousin, who's getting a "Just Like You" doll for Christmas. =)
I'm becoming a fan of Schubert's music. Slowly, but surely. :P
I always considered his music as, overall, being quite boring. No surprise, considering it took me a while to become a Mozart fan; I like memorable songs/pieces, not pieces that sound too much like each other, or pieces where you can easily predict what's coming next.
But we played an arrangement of his Rosamunde overture at orchestra, and I also heard his wonderful a major Rondo (for violin & orch) on the radio. Then I had the opportunity of hearing his lovely 5th symphony live recently, and that pretty much decided it.
It's probably an "acquired taste"...I don't know if I'd have liked it four years ago. ;) Or maybe it's because I greatly associate his music with a new story I'm outlining at the moment. At this concert, I actually sat listening to this symphony, and simultaneously matched most of the music up with parts of the story in my head... ;D
It's not as epic as Tchaikovsky, or as wonderful as Mendelssohn, or as tearjerking as Schumann...but I like it. It's something different, and it's nice in its own way.
By the way, has anyone seen Born of Hope yet? [I haven't.] If so, what do you think of it?
It's getting close to that time of year again. Close to Christmas break, that time of year when you can put the textbooks away and stay up late to watch your favourite movies. :) For me, those almost entirely costume dramas. (Speaking of which, I put up a few Youtube videos from some BBC costume dramas, if you scroll down to the very bottom of the blog.)
Here are some of those good ones--in no particular order--that I wouldn't mind watching again during this Christmas break (click on the title to go to the Amazon page):
Study your chemistry book like a good student; it's always good to memorize the atomic mass of oxygen, hydrogen, and other commonly-used substances. Bonus: Do some litmus tests, like Holmes does in "The Naval Treaty".
Get a Holmesian scarf: black (as in the Brett TV series), or paisley (Rathbone movies), to name two of several options. Or both.
Bake Christmas goodies!! Sherlock Holmes, after all, was known to have a decent meal on occasion.
Play a lot of chess, to improve your strategic skills.
Go to your favourite grocery store and ask if they sell any geese. If they do, tell them (in the most serious of tones) that you are somewhat of a fowl fancier, and that you are sure that the bird you ate was country bred.
Mind you, I don't necessarily recommend all of the above. :D
The house is FREEZING, Watson!- Sherlock Holmes, "The Musgrave Ritual", Granada TV series
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MENDELSSOHN!!!! [violin concerto, mov 2]
E major scale, arpeggios, and octaves
Rode etude #2
Orch music, Christmas music
"I don't know that I care much about living on and on after everyone I know is dead. I'd rather live an ordinary time and die and go to Heaven." - Digory, The Magician's Nephew, C. S. Lewis
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