Just Breathe
Dec. 29th, 2003 09:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
liptonrm_backupOkay, now I think I'm sufficiently recovered to actually write up a coherent blurb;-). Not that I'll ever completely recover, of course, but I may just have recovered enough to gain some coherency;-).
I'm glad I put off buying and listening to this exquisite soundtrack. I got it in a glut of post-Christmas shopping. It's kind of nice to grow up and get lots of pretty gift cards instead of presents you don't want from the extended family. I now have three new, beautiful CD's, four new books and a $30 gift card to Marshall Field's that I still don't know how to spend;-). It was a good day;-).
I've been having fun playing around with my new little PDA. I finally remembered to bring everything to work and now I have all of the calenders and contacts all set up. Plus I downloaded the Palm Reader and got, as a bonus, an eBook copy of The Wizard of Oz. That'll be nice to read whenever I'm extremely bored;-). This modern era sure can be a lot of fun.
Bleh. I'm at work all day today. Let's hope I find something to occupy my time;-).
Get this. The opening choral chord of The End of all Things is the same as the opening chord for the Dies Irae from Mozart's Requiem. How appropriate is that? The Dies Irae talks about the Day of Judgement and when I sang it the choral director gave us the direction to sing as if the world were ending. I am constantly impressed at Howard Shore's capacity to evoke emotion purely through his orchestral arrangements. This work really is a symphony for the ages.
I'm glad I put off buying and listening to this exquisite soundtrack. I got it in a glut of post-Christmas shopping. It's kind of nice to grow up and get lots of pretty gift cards instead of presents you don't want from the extended family. I now have three new, beautiful CD's, four new books and a $30 gift card to Marshall Field's that I still don't know how to spend;-). It was a good day;-).
I've been having fun playing around with my new little PDA. I finally remembered to bring everything to work and now I have all of the calenders and contacts all set up. Plus I downloaded the Palm Reader and got, as a bonus, an eBook copy of The Wizard of Oz. That'll be nice to read whenever I'm extremely bored;-). This modern era sure can be a lot of fun.
Bleh. I'm at work all day today. Let's hope I find something to occupy my time;-).
Get this. The opening choral chord of The End of all Things is the same as the opening chord for the Dies Irae from Mozart's Requiem. How appropriate is that? The Dies Irae talks about the Day of Judgement and when I sang it the choral director gave us the direction to sing as if the world were ending. I am constantly impressed at Howard Shore's capacity to evoke emotion purely through his orchestral arrangements. This work really is a symphony for the ages.
