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In this village in Germany, you pray for your rent - literally.
In honor of the King Tut exhibit at the Dallas Museum of Art, a 26-foot-tall statue of the jackal-headed Egyptian god Anubis was installed at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Seeing as Anubis is associated with the afterlife, I'm not sure that this is such a hot idea, and surely giving the statue a candy cane staff is grounds for a smiting from this guy. Although, taken in another light, since Anubis oversees the journey of souls, "it almost becomes a very large ancient Egyptian response to the St. Christopher medal". I think I'd almost prefer Anubis over seeing a statue of freakin' Icarus in an airport I was going to be flying from. Because, y'know, a mythical figure associated with mechanical wing failure is such a reassuring thing to see in an airport! Cripes.
(Other worthy comments regarding the Anubis statue include a variation on the 'opening of the mouth' ceremony and Egyptian LOLdog...)
While I was talking about Oliver Sacks' Musicophilia with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
vyctori, she pointed me to this amazing pianist/comedian (...pianidian?) Victor Borge, who I think I'm going to have to add to my personal list of idols. Here's a plethora of YouTube links for y'all to check out:
*Playing Lizst's Hungarian Rhapsody No.2.
*Playing Chopin's Minute Waltz. ("As you can see, we don't have much time, really, so therefore, we have decided that you will play 30 seconds, and I will play 30 seconds. That way, together we can play the Minute Waltz.")
*Playing a humoresque, with humorous antics.
*A hilarious reconstruction of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute.
*Here, during an encore, Borge improvises on a song that he's heard but has never actually played before.
For something more somber, here are two sarabandes from Bach cello suites. I was YouTubing sarabandes for inspiration while I was working on the lyrics for a song that I'd previously thought was a lost cause.
Still continuing on a musical motif (hur hur), the von Trapp family isn't as harmonious as the musical would make it seem.
And finally, a link posted by Eridanus on Twitter: 16 Habits of Highly Creative People.
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I start classes again in eight days - that's a week and a day. WTF WTF WTF.
So, to amuse y'all (and distract myself), here's a slightly blasphemous list I came up with last night, inspired by somethingvyctori said and taking some suggestions from kiirobon. It's a little early for the season, true, but since we just finished with Advent...
INAPPROPRIATE RESPONSES TO THE QUESTION: "WHAT ARE YOU GIVING UP FOR LENT THIS YEAR?"
-Reileen
lock the last open door, my ghosts are gaining on me
In honor of the King Tut exhibit at the Dallas Museum of Art, a 26-foot-tall statue of the jackal-headed Egyptian god Anubis was installed at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Seeing as Anubis is associated with the afterlife, I'm not sure that this is such a hot idea, and surely giving the statue a candy cane staff is grounds for a smiting from this guy. Although, taken in another light, since Anubis oversees the journey of souls, "it almost becomes a very large ancient Egyptian response to the St. Christopher medal". I think I'd almost prefer Anubis over seeing a statue of freakin' Icarus in an airport I was going to be flying from. Because, y'know, a mythical figure associated with mechanical wing failure is such a reassuring thing to see in an airport! Cripes.
(Other worthy comments regarding the Anubis statue include a variation on the 'opening of the mouth' ceremony and Egyptian LOLdog...)
While I was talking about Oliver Sacks' Musicophilia with
vyctori, she pointed me to this amazing pianist/comedian (...pianidian?) Victor Borge, who I think I'm going to have to add to my personal list of idols. Here's a plethora of YouTube links for y'all to check out:*Playing Lizst's Hungarian Rhapsody No.2.
*Playing Chopin's Minute Waltz. ("As you can see, we don't have much time, really, so therefore, we have decided that you will play 30 seconds, and I will play 30 seconds. That way, together we can play the Minute Waltz.")
*Playing a humoresque, with humorous antics.
*A hilarious reconstruction of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute.
*Here, during an encore, Borge improvises on a song that he's heard but has never actually played before.
For something more somber, here are two sarabandes from Bach cello suites. I was YouTubing sarabandes for inspiration while I was working on the lyrics for a song that I'd previously thought was a lost cause.
Still continuing on a musical motif (hur hur), the von Trapp family isn't as harmonious as the musical would make it seem.
And finally, a link posted by Eridanus on Twitter: 16 Habits of Highly Creative People.
***
I start classes again in eight days - that's a week and a day. WTF WTF WTF.
So, to amuse y'all (and distract myself), here's a slightly blasphemous list I came up with last night, inspired by something
vyctori said and taking some suggestions from kiirobon. It's a little early for the season, true, but since we just finished with Advent...INAPPROPRIATE RESPONSES TO THE QUESTION: "WHAT ARE YOU GIVING UP FOR LENT THIS YEAR?"
-"Sleep."
-"Sanity."
-"My virginity."
-"My self-respect."
-"Respect for my fellow humans."
-"Hope."
-"Using the Bible as a furniture prop."
-"Personal hygiene."
-"God."
-Reileen
lock the last open door, my ghosts are gaining on me