I lead a boring life.

[ladybranwen]

Tonight I scattered two pieces of dried up grass in the wind. Well, in the garbage actually. I'm not sure why I had them, they had managed to lose their significance, and thus, according to my mom, were destined for the trash. In other words, I was attempting to clean out some of my closet. I even arranged a box of cd cases in alphabetical order. They were in my stereo cabinent in our old house, but I no longer had room for that. I also shifted through my old tapes in an attempt to get rid of some of them (I did!). Though, I did feel sad, because I grew up listening to those old tapes of Phantom of the Opera and Anne of Green Gables, even though I now have them on cd. And then I put "The Fire Within Me" on repeat, because I felt it was fitting. Though I suppose a closet does not equal an attic.

I still have way too much stuff. But my mom showed me an adorable snowman she painted when she was about ten. I swear I had never seen it before, and the expression on it is priceless. We were actually discussing the things that my great-grandmother painted, as I have a box of hers in one of the boxes I was going through. Also found the cute little clay bunny my dad made my mom when they were first going out. Apparently it was a class project he was doing with his class at the time. Mom insisted that I give it back to her, though I have no idea why it was in with my stuff in the first place.

I discovered that my Jane Eyre poster was tragically bent thanks to my mom putting it in an unsecure location in my closet after I left for college. Actually, it sounds something more like what my dad would do. But she told me it was my own fault for buying stupid things like posters.

Today is Jason's birthday. He's 26, which means he is older than me. Hah!

I need to get up early tomorrow so I can slave away like Cinderella. My parents have friends coming over in the evening, and I have to magically disappear to my room so I don't bother them. Hmm, what's a girl to do with a closetful of books?

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[valancystar.livejournal.com]

Hello! Could I perhaps friend you? I've kept running into your username here and there, though most recently I discovered you when looking for Cambridge Spies fans. Anyway, we seem to have many shared interests and you seem cool and I have a special fondness for people who love books, so I'd like to friend you if that's okay by you.

PS. Can I also ask you why the second line of your journal name is 'Denn ich gehör nur mir'? Is the connection to a certain song in a certain musical about a certain Austrian empress entirely coincidential?

[ladybranwen.livejournal.com]

That would be delightful! I was curious about you as well. I think I've seen you most often over in tyllisium's LJ. But your name! I adore The Blue Castle and Valancy Stirling, it's perhaps my all-time favorite book and my copy is practically falling apart.

And yes, actually, it is. I really don't understand all that much of German, but I love the music to that show. Have you seen it?

And you like Neddie Rutledge as well! ::sigh::

[valancystar.livejournal.com]

Whee! *goes add*

I'm a huge L.M. Montgomery fan but I hadn't actually read The Blue Castle until last spring. But then I read it and fell in love with it and with Valancy and it's now one of my favourite books. And I found a pretty hard-cover copy of it on a second-hand books market for just one euro!

I really don't understand all that much of German, but I love the music to that show. Have you seen it?

Yes, in fact I have! The theatre in the city where I live is currently doing it - I saw it in September, fell in love, promptly ordered recordings, grew more obsessed, saw it for the second time in November... Now I've got tickets to see it again in March. The show's full-booked for the rest of the spring, so looks like I'm not the only one enjoying it! The music is gorgeous, isn't it? I don't understand much German either (though I'm learning now), but it helps to have seen the show.

And you like Neddie Rutledge as well! ::sigh::

Ooh, Rutledge... I got this huge crush on him as soon as I saw the 1776 movie on video last spring. I turned into a melting puddle of drool afterwards. And my friend who is my fellow obsessee got the DVD (after realizing she can make her computer play Region 1 DVDs) so we enjoyed the extra Neddie scenes greatly. Also, since with the computer we finally got a chance to see the edges of the screen and not just the centre, I spent an inordinate amount of time doing things like staring at Rutledge all the way through that scene where Rodney introduces Hall to Dickinson and Wilson. ;-)

And now I've babbled for long enough, certainly.

[ladybranwen.livejournal.com]

Oh, I wish I could find a hardcover version. I really don't like the new cover they have for the paperback edition. It so doesn't do Barney justice at all.

I'm so jealous! You've actually seen the show more than once! And will see it again. They really need to start bringing some of these shows over here, well, if they can find a good translator. They seem to be lacking these days. What is your favorite song from the show?

Sometimes I feel horrible for enjoying Neddie's "Molassas to Rum" song so much, because it is about slavery. But he's so sexy singing it! Melts my heart into a puddle of baritone love.

Babbling is fun, silly! Especially about things we love.

[valancystar.livejournal.com]

Forgot to qualify - the hardcover edition was a Finnish translation. I haven't yet found it in English, though I'd like to, as L.M. Montgomery's language is gorgeous in the original, though pretty in translation as well. But the book is pretty, anyhow. :-)

Yes, I'm so darned lucky to get to see Elisabeth in my home town, and several times as well. Besides, we've got a very good cast and a gorgeous production! Plus, a really good translation, which normally doesn't happen in Finnish translations of foreign musicals. Usually the translations kind of suck no matter how much the translators try... Our language is too weird.

My favourite song... That would have to be Die Schatten Werden Länger (oh, male duets! male duets with beautifully powerful music!), though Wenn Ich Tanzen Will is also close. And I'm extremely fond of Der Leztze Tanz (I'm never sure if I'm spelling that correctly) and Ich Gehör Nur Mir. What's yours? And which recording(s) have you heard? I've got the Vienna and the Essen recordings as well as the 10th anniversary concert (though that's only as a copied tape from my friend - I need to get myself the original CD, too).

Sometimes I feel horrible for enjoying Neddie's "Molassas to Rum" song so much, because it is about slavery. But he's so sexy singing it! Melts my heart into a puddle of baritone love.

I know! I felt so disturbed to adore that song so when it's, um, about defending slavery, really. Even more disturbed to grow really fascinated with him and, apparently, now with slavery in general as well. But I kind of find it very interesting to figure out how people have been defending ideas which nowadays are seen as unacceptable... And anyway, that's the sexiest anyone's ever sung about economic politics. ;-) Oh, I melt, I melt! Baritone love, yes!

Sometimes it seems that the thing I like the best about men is their voices.

[ladybranwen.livejournal.com]

Oh, ok. I thought it odd that they had it in hardcover, since they like paperback so much these days. I think it is fabulous you are multi-lingual, by the way. I wish I could conquer more languages.

Oh, you listed some of my favorites! In addition, I also like the "Ships in the Night" song from towards the end of the show. Sorry, I can't remember the German name. As far as recordings go, I have the original Vienna cast recording as well as the live Vienna one that was released next, though that one I downloaded, so yeah.

And anyway, that's the sexiest anyone's ever sung about economic politics.

That is perhaps the funniest I've ever heard it put, but it is so true! Why couldn't my economy teacher do something like that in class (well, granted from what I remember of him, I wouldn't want that, but anyways).

A good and sexy singing voice is a major draw, I have to admit. At this one performance of Urinetown I recently saw, I almost jumped the stage (it was a jutting stage and very approachable) to try to save Bobby Strong from death because I loved his singing so much. See, it could get people into trouble!

[valancystar.livejournal.com]

I utterly adore languages. And I'm lucky that in Finland, people study a lot of languages and the language education is often good. Knowing three foreign languages, like I do, is pretty normal, though of course the level at which people can actually speak them varies. English and Swedish are compulsory at school, and many people take up a third language as well. Well, now I've got the beginnings of a fourth language, but that's not unheard of, either.

Oh yes, Boote in der Nacht is a very beautiful song, too, I love it as well! Ooh, I'd love to be able to get the Vienna live recording! Is that one a complete recording? Oh, and you don't have Essen? Hey, I have a couple of spare burnt copies, as well as all the songs on my computer (at least I think so... I haven't yet checked if the files actually work, but they should) so if you want, let me know!

At this one performance of Urinetown I recently saw, I almost jumped the stage (it was a jutting stage and very approachable) to try to save Bobby Strong from death because I loved his singing so much. See, it could get people into trouble!

*laughs* I could see myself doing that! :-)

[ladybranwen.livejournal.com]

I've always said that if I have kids, I'm shipping them off to school elsewhere, not to get rid of them, but because education is much better in other areas of the world. But really, I would insist that they get at least one foreign language started at a young age (you can see that any kid I have will end up hating me).

I would love to hear the Essen recording! I've wanted to for a while now. And I'd be happy to share the live Vienna recording with you if you want it. You'll have to wait until I'm back at school on my laptop, though. Would sending them online or through the post be better for you?

[valancystar.livejournal.com]

But really, I would insist that they get at least one foreign language started at a young age (you can see that any kid I have will end up hating me).

Ah, not necessarily - I at least am happy I've been encouraged to study languages early on.

I'd love to get the Vienna live recording and send you the Essen recording! It'd be better for me to send them through the post if you don't mind doing that. I don't have a CD burner of my own, so if I only get soundfiles, I won't be able to listen to it on my CD player before I get a friend to help me with the CD burning thing, and I usually like to listen to music on my CD player rather than computer. (I recently burned some extra copies of the Elisabeth recordings when visiting my friend, so it'll be easy to send you one.)