B. Rottman is fantastic:
Feb. 1st, 2005 10:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
And people wonder why economics makes me giggly...
Today:
-He warned us about the (unlikely) threat of "Banks Gone Wild" -- you know, giving loans to ... ant farms ... and the like.
-In a massivemixed mauled metaphor, he lectured us on the importance of having "a maestro at the helm" ... otherwise our economy would... sink? get off tempo? perform poorly-sung shanties? (OH THE HORROR! Hide the women and children!)
Classics (Now with 70% more inadvertent racism!):
-In reference to a comment on beaded purses, "I saw a guy beating an octopus once... It was in Greece. I think he was getting the ink out... because we had it for dinner that night. Maybe tenderizing."
-In a bout of something completely unintended and entirely inappropriate, "Israeli women need to get on the stick and start producing babies."
Also, I now have five pair of stainless steel chopsticks. My joy is effusive.
Today:
-He warned us about the (unlikely) threat of "Banks Gone Wild" -- you know, giving loans to ... ant farms ... and the like.
-In a massive
Classics (Now with 70% more inadvertent racism!):
-In reference to a comment on beaded purses, "I saw a guy beating an octopus once... It was in Greece. I think he was getting the ink out... because we had it for dinner that night. Maybe tenderizing."
-In a bout of something completely unintended and entirely inappropriate, "Israeli women need to get on the stick and start producing babies."
Also, I now have five pair of stainless steel chopsticks. My joy is effusive.
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Date: 2005-02-02 08:06 pm (UTC)(P.S. you can try but I'll beat you with a limp fish! ^_^)
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Date: 2005-02-02 08:08 pm (UTC)(Re:P.S. That would suck I think I won't)
Also. Been buggering about on your website, now have "The Sun Whose Rays" stuck in my head.
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Date: 2005-02-02 08:12 pm (UTC)YAY! My website deserves to be buggered (er...) and that song is SO PRETTY. It's terrible that it's opera because it's ruddy impossible to sing out loud. Not that I have a history of trying to sing opera in public places... *cough*
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Date: 2005-02-02 08:15 pm (UTC)Hey, you should come hang with me and we'll sing G+S in public places. And any other opera you care to go for. Heck, the emp's at Kopp's Burgers and Frozen Custard are used to it by now, as we go there after every single performance, in full stage makeup.
And of course, whenever it's me and
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Date: 2005-02-02 08:21 pm (UTC)There's probably a big difference between your singing and mine, because I'm absolutely terrible at hitting the right notes. Or deciding on a key.
Not that it makes any difference in the amount I sing in public, but still.
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Date: 2005-02-02 08:29 pm (UTC)And no, yeah, my pitch rather sucks, no worries.
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Date: 2005-02-03 06:26 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-02-03 06:31 pm (UTC).::brags::.) We in the upper school do a play, a musical, and this year an opera as well. This year's playbill was / will be Midsummer, My Fair Lady, and Dido and Aeneas.And Purcell's probably the easiest composer even if you're people are tonedeaf. He practically hands you the notes on a silver platter-- which I think is the only reason most of our sopranos can successfully 'sightread' it. Hehee