Teacup CafÃ© XXXVII - Page 3

SilverKnight · 03-30-2009, 02:50 PM

I donâ€™t think that we are arrogant?
But have some patients.

sisterandcousinandaunt · 03-30-2009, 03:29 PM

Well, hello.

Sweets and cake on the sideboard, help yourself.

***Tessar*** · 03-30-2009, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by sisterandcousinandaunt

Tessar, you have to go to him, and you have to go now. 3 years ago, similar problem for student of mine re: summer dance intensive. I found one that was not conflict with other training, needed tape to audition for scholarship. Teacher said, No. I put together list of benefits and said, "This is during time student will get NO training. With audition tape, might get some money, without, money will be spent and take away from REGULAR training. Student needs variety of exposure, started late. Why NOT?" Teacher worked with student to prepare audition, wanted HIS student looking good, and sniffed when he felt the scholarship wasn't big enough." LOL

Those egos can work FOR you.

On side note, that particular program (not a really prestige one) created a contact/reference that has been really helpful, since.

Tell the teacher that the value of being with other students during the program is important to you, too. You love singing too much to take serious time off.

Thank you so much for the last tip--I'll bring that up to him.

Because the thing is... I know he'll say no if I ask for lessons over the summer, because he likes to kick back and relax during the summers without any voice lessons to teach... so I want to go and get some experience.

I wish I could've gone to him today, but he only comes in on Tuesdays and Thursdays. He's simi-retired from teaching, so he HATES to come in on days when it's not absolutely required

. Great teacher, tho'.

I've been looking at two arias from Marriage of Figaro all day, and I THINK I might be able to pull one of them together in time to record and sound simi-okay on Thursday.

One I sang for my first audition at the school, so I have some bad 'muscle memory' of singing it incorrectly. I might be able to fix that... and it's the one I know the best. The second one would probably sound good in my voice, but it has a couple of F's, and I can hit F's, but maybe not make them pretty enough to be audition-tape worthy.

klatukatt · 03-30-2009, 03:58 PM

CAKES! Thanks Sis, just what my throat needs.

Oh bloody hell. What happened to my throat? It was just fine yesterday. I was singing merrily along, when suddenly it goes *wheeze* and dies. I was trying to sing on the way home last night, but it was URG BAD.

Also, I have my nice new computer that I got from various places all ready to be set up for my specs, and I have no power cord. WTF?

***RÃan*** · 03-30-2009, 05:22 PM

busy weekend - so tired - but it was fun doing lots of shooting at the expo (I liked the Ruger, my daughter liked the Glock)

*headdesk* ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz.............

klatukatt · 03-30-2009, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by RÃ*an

busy weekend - so tired - but it was fun doing lots of shooting at the expo (I liked the Ruger, my daughter liked the Glock)

*headdesk* ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz.............

GUNS?
Awesome. I wanna go to a gun expo.

I WANT CAKE
(but the cake is a LIE)

katya · 03-30-2009, 08:20 PM

I have homemade chocolate cake sitting on the counter, with homemade vanilla frosting too. It turned out pretty well! Quick, eat it up before I eat it all and get the fatties.

Pip · 03-30-2009, 08:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tessar

I've been looking at two arias from Marriage of Figaro all day, and I THINK I might be able to pull one of them together in time to record and sound simi-okay on Thursday.

One I sang for my first audition at the school, so I have some bad 'muscle memory' of singing it incorrectly. I might be able to fix that... and it's the one I know the best. The second one would probably sound good in my voice, but it has a couple of F's, and I can hit F's, but maybe not make them pretty enough to be audition-tape worthy.

I hope that goes well Tessar. How do you record your tapes? Just a recorder or do you have special equipment?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Katya

I have homemade chocolate cake sitting on the counter, with homemade vanilla frosting too. It turned out pretty well! Quick, eat it up before I eat it all and get the fatties.

Ooooo, chocolate cake sounds good. I just made cookies.

The last sane person · 03-30-2009, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RÃ*an

busy weekend - so tired - but it was fun doing lots of shooting at the expo (I liked the Ruger, my daughter liked the Glock)

*headdesk* ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz.............

Glocks are nice, but one must be wary not to shoot their ass or foot, off with them. Especially with 1911's, you can't keep a round chambered in them safely. I do it anyways, but I don't recomend it to others.

Taurus is just as good as a Glock; slightly safer, lighter and mechanically tough as nails. Also, about half the price of a Glock too. I have both, among others. My CC of choice is Taurus though.

Acalewia · 03-31-2009, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by sisterandcousinandaunt

Well, hello.

Sweets and cake on the sideboard, help yourself.

CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!

How is everyone?

HOLY CRAP! Its after midnight! Glad I don't have to work tomorrow

I get to play Easter Bunny this weekend. *Wonders how many times she'll be tackled by rowdy kids*

Lief Erikson · 03-31-2009, 03:17 AM

Have a happy Easter, Acalewia

.

I know I mention it a bit early

.

**Mari** · 03-31-2009, 04:53 AM

"I HAVE THE DAY OFF!!!!" she yelled before getting back to her chores...

Hey Lief! It's been a while!
Hiya Acally!
No cookies or cakes or whatever for me. *sigh* Though it sounds delicious. *drools*

You know, it's so weird to read about people owning guns like it's the most normal thing in the world. Which it probably is for you guys. Here you are barely allowed to own a kitchenknife

The last sane person · 03-31-2009, 10:18 AM

Bleh...

we have a saying in Farsi that illustrates this perfectly.

"Na beh ein shoor-y e shoor, na be ein benamack-y"

Not to be so totally salty, but not to be this bland either.

I.e., everything in moderation.

**Mari** · 03-31-2009, 10:28 AM

Though surely excessive happiness is allowed!

*tackles Sane*
Can I join you on the sundeck?

sisterandcousinandaunt · 03-31-2009, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mari

You know, it's so weird to read about people owning guns like it's the most normal thing in the world. Which it probably is for you guys. Here you are barely allowed to own a kitchenknife

No, among the folks I see routinely having a personal gun would be signficantly stranger (and less desirable) than having a carousel in your yard.

That's what I'm saving up for. And a small scale train.

Noble Elf Lord · 03-31-2009, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by katya

I have homemade chocolate cake sitting on the counter, with homemade vanilla frosting too. It turned out pretty well! Quick, eat it up before I eat it all and get the fatties.

I'll save you! The knightly ways aren't dead! (though I feel like I am)

**Mari** · 03-31-2009, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sisterandcousinandaunt

No, among the folks I see routinely having a personal gun would be signficantly stranger (and less desirable) than having a carousel in your yard.

That's what I'm saving up for. And a small scale train.

Carousel!

Me likes.
A friend of mine from a different forum has miniature Dutch trams in his garden. Not the same as a small scale train, but nice too ^_^
My dad used to build miniature trains as well, but he sold them years ago.

Noble! Long time no see! So you more or less survived your exams?

Noble Elf Lord · 03-31-2009, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Mari

Noble! Long time no see! So you more or less survived your exams?

Was it such a long time?

I guess my current location explains it...

Today, I finished one of the projects I have to do to that design school, a jewel. Well, it doesn't have any jewels in it, but it's a pretty piece of wood with light brown and silvery strings on it. Don't know the real name, but in Finnish the wood is "red beech". It gives a nice touch to the surface, with those red stripes on it.

I also made the sound box; a (fake) sponge with wood pearls in it and a thin piece of wood covering it, attached with a strong taping. Maybe not very pretty, but I consider the use of a (fake) sponge to be creative, when the paper says it's supposed to be a sound "box". Tomorrow, I'll make the floating item miniatyre, and maybe even put together the two files I'm supposed to send. (Two schools, two files.)

I also finished the last two pieces of lyrics to the record me and my best friend are doing. The other one I wrote using the haiku- poetic meter. I'll post it in the WW.

How have you been? I've been sneaking around the cafe, but didn't really wanna log in. My exams... went worse than I expected, but not that bad really. Let's see, all the used grades, from the best to worst: L(Ã¼ber), E, M, C, B, A, and I (failed). My grades: L/E for English, B for Geology, C for Swedish, Philosophy and maybe Mother Tongue.

**Mari** · 03-31-2009, 01:48 PM

Those projects sound interesting! If you have a piccie, send it? *puppy eyes*

Which course did you fail? Not Finnish, did you?

It's nice you had some time to write. Haiku is interesting, but a lot of people make a mess of it. I'd be interested to read it, to see how you adopted it

I have been good

Working a lot for school and reading, reading, reading

I had some time to lounge today though ^_^

The last sane person · 03-31-2009, 01:49 PM

*runs in and kicks everyone in the pants*

Bwaahahahahahahahahaahahaha!!!

*runs out*

03-30-2009, 03:29 PM	#42
sisterandcousinandaunt Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4,535	Well, hello. Sweets and cake on the sideboard, help yourself. __________________ That would be the swirling vortex to another world. Cool. I want one. TMNT No, I'm not emo. I just have a really poor sense of direction. (Thanks to katya for this quote) This is the best news story EVER! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26087293/ â€œOften my haste is a mistake, but I live with the consequences without complaint.â€...John McCain "I shall go back. And I shall find that therapist. And I shall whack her upside her head with my blanket full of rocks." ...Louisa May

03-30-2009, 05:22 PM	#45
*RÃan* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	busy weekend - so tired - but it was fun doing lots of shooting at the expo (I liked the Ruger, my daughter liked the Glock) headdesk ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz............. __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ã‘Ã¡ Ã«?* Ã³Ãº Ã©Ã¤ Ã¯Ã¶Ã¼ Ã–Ã± Ã‰ Ãž Ã° ÃŸ Â® Ã§ Ã¥ â„¢ Ã¦ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lÃ³mÃ«! AurÃ« entuluva!

03-31-2009, 03:17 AM	#51
Lief Erikson Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fountain Valley, CA Posts: 6,343	Have a happy Easter, Acalewia . I know I mention it a bit early . __________________ If the world has indeed, as I have said, been built of sorrow, it has been built by the hands of love, because in no other way could the soul of man, for whom the world was made, reach the full stature of its perfection. ~Oscar Wilde, written from prison Oscar Wilde's last words: "Either the wallpaper goes, or I do."

03-31-2009, 04:53 AM	#52
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	"I HAVE THE DAY OFF!!!!" she yelled before getting back to her chores... Hey Lief! It's been a while! Hiya Acally! No cookies or cakes or whatever for me. sigh Though it sounds delicious. drools You know, it's so weird to read about people owning guns like it's the most normal thing in the world. Which it probably is for you guys. Here you are barely allowed to own a kitchenknife __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

03-31-2009, 10:18 AM	#53
The last sane person The Black NÃºmenÃ³rean Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,773	Bleh... we have a saying in Farsi that illustrates this perfectly. "Na beh ein shoor-y e shoor, na be ein benamack-y" Not to be so totally salty, but not to be this bland either. I.e., everything in moderation. __________________ Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

03-30-2009, 02:50 PM	#41
SilverKnight Hobbit Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: UK by the sea Posts: 16	I donâ€™t think that we are arrogant? But have some patients.

03-30-2009, 03:58 PM	#44
klatukatt Entmoot's Drunken Uncle Join Date: May 2005 Location: ghost Posts: 1,792	CAKES! Thanks Sis, just what my throat needs. Oh bloody hell. What happened to my throat? It was just fine yesterday. I was singing merrily along, when suddenly it goes wheeze and dies. I was trying to sing on the way home last night, but it was URG BAD. Also, I have my nice new computer that I got from various places all ready to be set up for my specs, and I have no power cord. WTF?

03-30-2009, 08:20 PM	#47
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	I have homemade chocolate cake sitting on the counter, with homemade vanilla frosting too. It turned out pretty well! Quick, eat it up before I eat it all and get the fatties.

03-31-2009, 10:28 AM	#54
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Though surely excessive happiness is allowed! tackles Sane Can I join you on the sundeck? __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

03-31-2009, 01:48 PM	#59
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Those projects sound interesting! If you have a piccie, send it? puppy eyes Which course did you fail? Not Finnish, did you? It's nice you had some time to write. Haiku is interesting, but a lot of people make a mess of it. I'd be interested to read it, to see how you adopted it I have been good Working a lot for school and reading, reading, reading I had some time to lounge today though ^_^ __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

03-31-2009, 01:49 PM	#60
The last sane person The Black NÃºmenÃ³rean Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,773	runs in and kicks everyone in the pants Bwaahahahahahahahahaahahaha!!! runs out __________________ Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

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