I saw La Boheme (in Prague, which oddly appropriate, esp. since Prague was the locus of the bohemian-ahahah- expats at the time) before I saw Rent here in B'more. I learned that I prefer my singing melodrama operatic, in a foreign language.
Most people is pretty quiet right about now. Me, I see a stiff -- one I didn't have to kill myself -- I just get, the urge to, you know, do stuff. Like work out, run around, maybe get some trim if there's a willin' woman about... not that I get flush from corpses or anything. I ain't crazy.
Jayne ,'The Message'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Jun 01, 2011 6:11:27 pm PDT #10819 of 30001
Steph L. - Jun 01, 2011 6:11:55 pm PDT #10820 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Oh! This is basically the Rent argument I have with people, isn't it?
I assume you mean the It's Romantic To Suffer For Your ART one, and not the Zombie Tiny Tim one? Because if it is, I was totally in the restroom for that part.
God DAMN, I wish it were Zombie Tiny Tim in Rent.
tommyrot - Jun 01, 2011 6:13:15 pm PDT #10821 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm trying to imagine a zombie singing in falsetto... and not succeeding.
Gudanov - Jun 01, 2011 6:14:09 pm PDT #10822 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Thanks all! The place is one of my top choices, but the location isn't convenient. Still, the people there are great so I'm very happy about it. I've notified my other top choices that I have an offer on the table so we'll see if anyone else makes a move. I don't figure anything will come of that, but I feel I should cover my bases. No matter what happens, it's all good since this was a top choice.
I don't have all the details yet, that will be tomorrow since the HR guy contacted me after hours. I don't anticipate any troubles, though.
Amy - Jun 01, 2011 6:15:25 pm PDT #10823 of 30001
Because books.
Other things may slip by the wayside (like, oh, a social life and sleep, she says knowledgeably), but having a day job and exercising your creative passion can be done.
I'm not sure art *should* be created in a vacuum. Having a day job is at the very least one way to interact with the world, or at least some other people, and that's important (to me anyway).
It also seems really backwards to think that you shouldn't have to have any other responsibilities or any imposed discipline about schedules or whatever, when creating anything worthwhile actually takes a *huge* amount of discipline.
Steph L. - Jun 01, 2011 6:16:36 pm PDT #10824 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Gud, that is excellent!
Zombie Tiny Tim approves.
Liese S. - Jun 01, 2011 6:17:47 pm PDT #10825 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Bwah! We are making me laugh!
Hey, bitches, I followed my dream and gave it all up for my art, by way of learning about and regularly filing payroll taxes. So I've played music for a living for a decade. Take your art and shove it up your soundhole!
amyth - Jun 01, 2011 6:19:49 pm PDT #10826 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
all I can think is, if that had happened to me younger, and the label was there, wow, I'd have grabbed on like a lifeboat.
Yeah, I TOTALLY get that.
amych - Jun 01, 2011 6:20:37 pm PDT #10827 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
And you're one of my A-Number-One examples of ditching it all, while living a life of greater connectedness and responsibility.
msbelle - Jun 01, 2011 6:26:12 pm PDT #10828 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Oh my god did Rent make me eyerolly, loved the music and left the theater grumbling about those snotnosed abnoxious irresponsible tools.