| Jul. 31st, 2008 @ 01:03 am Isn't one post a month enough? No? Oh. |
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I'm still alive, though you wouldn't know it from reading here. Suppose I'll give some capsule summaries, in case you were interested.
Geeking: I'm not going to Debconf this year, which makes me sad. However, ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) womble2 and I are going to LBW. By car. With one driver. Yes, we are insane. We're taking the ferry to Dunkerque, and plan to break the journey by stopping at my dad's in my German hometown. If anyone wants a postcard, please let me know; I'll be putting up an address-request post with screened comments closer to our departure. I'm quite looking forward to it, really, and I'm not treating it as a mere consolation prize for Debconf. Really. There's a cheese tour, where as Debconf will only have a cheese party, for one ;-) (To my .ar-going readership: postcards please!)
Singing: In fuller swing than you might think, considering it's summer. We've had one inverse snobbery attack from a local resident (we were singing outside with a barbecue) who informed us "not everyone likes your kind of music" in a rather mean-spirited, uncultured way. Maybe we should have blasted this person with revolutionary anthems. What a fsckwit.
Oh yeah, also Wolfson Choir went to Rome. It was hot. The conductor was cute. (Apparently, nattish still requires translation for many people. "Oh! The little guy was all bouncy!" is apparently incomprehensible to people. It means "Oh, the conductor, who is not so tall, and rather slight, was very enthusiastic and vivid in his interpretation!" At least I knew to translate almost immediately for certain people.) I love the Coronation Mass (for Sentimental Raisins, even after twelve years) with a passion abiding, but the Vivaldi Gloria, not so much.
Dancing: On hold at the moment. Haven't been to lessons in about a year, nor to GD in at least a month. Shame on me. Singing's been a bit higher priority at the moment. Again, I will endeavour to go to lessons after the summer. I'm informed that Friday-evening Intermediate A classes are meant to be back again in term-time, which is very convenient for several of us.
Knitting: I appear to have caught the knitting bug pretty badly. Socks are currently my favourite thing to knit, mainly because I know I'll actually wear them (eventually - not in this weather, though). Considering trying some of the easier lace stuff as well (I'll need someone to hold my hand in the beginning!), and I might dare make some gloves for this winter. We'll see.
Cycling: NUDITY! In June, we went on the World Naked Bike Ride in the company of a certain mad Singaporean who has blogged it all rather more eloquently than I could manage here.
Fencing: Yerwhat? Just checking if you were still paying attention. I've got a vague notion to try it in the autumn, though. Thoughts?
I have a delicious cup of rather rich hot chocolate containing a small amount of amaretto (in an attempt to get an earlier night than I have been lately), and there was just a very bizarre arrangement of the Internationale on Radio Three. (Late Junction, what do you expect?) Also, I fancy going to see various Proms this summer. If anyone would like to join me, please let me know. I'll possibly post a list of the ones I want to go to shortishly.
And so, good night. |
