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Monthly Archives: July 2007

Nocturnal

30-Jul-07

A distressed flutter of wings made me look up from the rice cracker in my hand - it was a moth, furiously beating its tattered wings to no avail against the impenetrable glass of the window. Despite the cool weather of the past weeks, it was obviously unaccustomed to the sun beaming down, and furthermore [...]

Yesterday Felt Like The Four Seasons

21-Jul-07

Yesterday was eventful. I had a rough time in school, something I would very much not want to relive. Thankfully, it was a short day, and the depressing feeling of frustration arising from being deep in shit dissipated as quickly and unexpectedly as it had came.
Still, things did not go altogether peachy for the rest [...]

Stranger In Paradise

19-Jul-07

Alexander Borodin’s Polovetsian Dances, from the opera Prince Igor.

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Stranger in Paradise

The video’s title Stranger In Paradise originates from a song in the musical Kismet, in which a number of selections of Borodin’s are featured, fused with lyrics - one of which, of course, is a rendition of the Polovetsian Dances.
I’ll not pretend to understand [...]

Potter

15-Jul-07

Alright, a half-grudgingly written update, on none other than Harry Potter (film, not new book):
I like the cinematic portrayal of Luna Lovegood.

She’s quite the anime stereotype - that young mysterious stoic girl (except she does speak fairly liberally). Didn’t think author or production team was so savvy with the otaku culture, though.
Still, the [...]