O Music

I have been converted to the realms of Opera Fans. I am enrolled in an honor's course in Opera this semester, and it really has made me like opera a lot more. I am currently doing a project on Puccini and some or his operas. Which brings me to my first point.

I LOVE NESSUM DORMA. It is a b-e-a-utiful aria in Turandot. The words are lame, it's a guy singing about how the woman he loves won't be able to guess his name. If she can't she has to marry him. Anyway, it is gorgeous. Even if you don't love opera, it is still very nice to listen to. Try and listen to it if you get a chance. If you ask me about it in person, I am very likely to force you to listen to several versions of it. Ok, there's my rant about that.

My second point.

This really does not have anything to with opera, or music, but it is time I mentioned it. I have realized that when you add the letter "O" to the beginning of a noun, it makes the noun seem holy and mysterious. For example:

O Fortune

O God

O Magnum Mysterium

Try it with any noun. It make you want to be reverant to whatever noun it is. (It's also good if you add an exclamation mark to the end.)

O Bookcase! O Winter Wind! See what I mean?

Peace.

O Liz

Life in General

I haven't written much lately, because I was busy, tired, or had nothing to say. So I've been saving up some things to write, and here they are:

I went to Binghampton yesterday to see the Opera Don Giovanni with my honor's class. It was really good, especially the sets! Then we went to Olive Garden which was amazing. We had free chocolate cake because two people had birthdays.

Saturday I went to Ithaca with the Pep Band. The football team lost, and I was freeeeeezing, but I had a good time being the only trumpet player and the only girl.

Wednesday (I'm going in reverse order) I went to work and had to seal (with tape) about three hundred manilla envelopes. That was fun. Only not really.

Hahaha. And this part is for Emily Schlick. I was thinking about this for some reason the last few days, so here it is. We were working on a "cookbook" for a while, and I remember making this terrible pie. It consisted mostly of coffee ice cream, if I remember correctly. We mixed all this junk in with the ice cream, put chocolate frosting on top, and proceeded to freeze the entire thing. We added (let's see....) mini oreos, those wafer and cream cookies, reese's pieces (?) and possibly junior mints (Emily, feel free to correct me). It was one of the most disgusting things I have ever eaten, apart from the Italian Tacos we made (Spaghetti in stale hard taco shells).

Anyway, I guess that's about it for now. I have four essays due on Wednesday, and I am not looking forward to that. On the plus side, I only have 16 more days until Thanksgiving break! And only two more Wednesdays!!

Love,
Liz

Christmas, smells, and things

Well, not much is going on today. I am leaving for Jamestown in a little while, for the weekend. I get to dig up potatoes, and I'm quite excited about that, really. I keep listening to Christmas music online-it's getting me all excited for Christmas about four months in advance. I think my excitement will peak about mid-November, and then when Christmas comes, I won't be so excited anymore. I hope that doesn't happen. I keep thinking about Christmas and how it smells. It smells like pine trees (of course) and pepperkakar (which is spelled so wrong) and snow and smoke and korv. Pretty Swedish, right? And now my room here smells like Febreeze, wheat thins, lotion and hospital room. Not quite the same. But it smells lovely outside when it's raining-like dirt and trees and wet things. This post is really random, but I guess that's the kind of day I am having.