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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Sep. 18th, 2012 11:26 pmI just finished typing up my RS Games 2012 story, three days before deadline. I’m just happy I made it – this is probably my favorite fest and I always want to do my best for it. And I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. I can’t talk about it before the reveals in November but I loved the fairy tale theme. Now I just need to send it off to a beta. Hopefully, tomorrow.
Today was a pretty rainy and windy day but the sky couldn’t decide whether it wanted to be too rainy or not. So I had my umbrella with me (and I need to get a new one) but I barely used it and seemed to skip the downpour.
My classes went well today – my students were proofreading the first paper and then we did the close reading of some Gladwell paragraphs. The students are getting into class discussion as they are more familiar with each other now.
Last week as Rosemary, my carpool person, and I were talking in the car, we ended up talking about musicals. I mentioned that “Aida” was my favorite and Rosemary never heard it. Well, that was certainly something that had to be rectified. So today I brought my Elton John and Tim Rice’s “Aida” CD and we listened to it on the way home. I had to explain the story to her so I was reading the CD booklet which had the book in it. Listening to song in more specific context made me feel them even more. By the end of the car ride, I was feeling so emotional just listening to these songs I’ve heard a million times. I realized that I love this musical because its female characters are actually interesting and are more than just love interests. And they talk to each other about being the best outside the romantic context too, although they are rivals for the main guy. Aida has other things she has to do like lead her people so the trouble in the relationship is a serious thing like slavery, death and sacrifice of love, and not some superficial reason. And the Princess doesn’t become a bitter rival. In fact, my favorite thing was her character growth on the way to being a Queen. Plus, there are catchy tunes and emotional manipulation by music. But I felt like today I listened to it with new ears and fell in love with this musical even more.
Today was a pretty rainy and windy day but the sky couldn’t decide whether it wanted to be too rainy or not. So I had my umbrella with me (and I need to get a new one) but I barely used it and seemed to skip the downpour.
My classes went well today – my students were proofreading the first paper and then we did the close reading of some Gladwell paragraphs. The students are getting into class discussion as they are more familiar with each other now.
Last week as Rosemary, my carpool person, and I were talking in the car, we ended up talking about musicals. I mentioned that “Aida” was my favorite and Rosemary never heard it. Well, that was certainly something that had to be rectified. So today I brought my Elton John and Tim Rice’s “Aida” CD and we listened to it on the way home. I had to explain the story to her so I was reading the CD booklet which had the book in it. Listening to song in more specific context made me feel them even more. By the end of the car ride, I was feeling so emotional just listening to these songs I’ve heard a million times. I realized that I love this musical because its female characters are actually interesting and are more than just love interests. And they talk to each other about being the best outside the romantic context too, although they are rivals for the main guy. Aida has other things she has to do like lead her people so the trouble in the relationship is a serious thing like slavery, death and sacrifice of love, and not some superficial reason. And the Princess doesn’t become a bitter rival. In fact, my favorite thing was her character growth on the way to being a Queen. Plus, there are catchy tunes and emotional manipulation by music. But I felt like today I listened to it with new ears and fell in love with this musical even more.
