Monday, March 3rd, 2008
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1:55 pm - My Facebook Badge
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Saturday, December 15th, 2007
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1:20 am - Hello again & My Facebook profile
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Hello guys,
I know that I have not posted on this journal for a LONG LONG LONG time, and I apologize for that. I'm sure you thought that I was dead or kidnapped by aliens or something.
Anyway, truth be told, I've switched from LJ to Facebook. Since it's the new happening thing to do. :-) If you want to add me on there, message me and let me know. Okay?
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Friday, June 2nd, 2006
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5:02 pm - Greek Folk Festival June 9, 10, 11
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http://www.greekfolkfestival.com/
This looks really cool!!! I think I'll go if I have time.
yeah, I know I haven't updated much in the last few weeks. But I was very busy, and tres fatiguee....
I recently joined the gym in order to get in shape. LOL. Will also be taking an aquatics class too. So I will definitely stay active.
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Saturday, May 13th, 2006
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3:33 pm - Theatre: The Frogs
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3:28 pm - Theatre: "For a Better World"
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Theatre: "For a Better World"
For a Better World by Roland Schimmelpfennig, translated by Jan Caspers.
For a Better World (Für Eine Bessere Welt) explores the skewed reality experienced by soldiers—young men and women in uniform—doomed to remain in a state of constant warfare. The military conflict encompasses all modern warfare, the time frame for final victory is never, and the possibility of finding meaning in life outside of combat unthinkable. Beautiful and terrifying, For a Better World redefines what it means to survive a war. Roland Schimmelpfennig has been described as the hottest new playwright of his generation in Germany. His plays have been produced at the Royal Court in London, as well as throughout the rest of Europe and in Canada. This production is a North American premiere.
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I was absolutely blown away by this play. The dialogue is poetic, transcendent, industrial, and uber-avante-garde. The structure, and the storyline is trans-real. It's kooky and cybernetic and ultra-futuristic.
UMBC's Theatre department did a GREAT time, as usual. The set was amazing. They covered the whole stage with sand. There was a large glass tank, too. The costumes were beautifully tailored. The actors were perfect. You could ALWAYS hear everything they said; they didn't mumble. The actresses were sexy, especially the girl who portrayed Persephone. Wow. It was a very mature production; it was very professional. I can't say enough good things about it. I was blown away.
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Friday, April 28th, 2006
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11:09 am - Interview Meme
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Stolen from my Darkpaintedrose
01- Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
02- I will respond by asking you five questions of a very intimate and creepily personal nature. Or not so creepy/personal - state your preference if you care.
03- You will update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
04- You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the post.
05- When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions
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10:49 am - MLL film: Mountain Patrol
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10:44 am - MLL film: Kung Fu Shuffle
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10:39 am - Aristophanes The Frogs
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UMBC's Theatre Dept will be showing Aristophanes' The Frogs on May 11th, 12th, and 13th at the UMBC Library Pond. I will probably go see it on the 13th, since that's a Saturday. Let me know if you want to tag along.
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Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
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1:35 pm - French TV 5
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I was watching TV 5 (A French channel) this morning at school, and it was so interesting how I could understand most of what was being said, even though I haven't taken a French class in years. I guess the mind never forgets, eh? It's fascinating how Parisians talk, how they gesticulate SO MUCH, how they are so animated, how they constantly tilt their heads and widen their eyes when they speak. I was thinking how their mannerisms were so different from what we see on American TV. And the beauty standards are different too. The women look so different from American women--there seems to be more brunettes on TV in France. They also had those characteristic French features, the dark eyes, the aquinine noses, the slender figures. And of course, the frenzied hand gestures.
We have Dish Network at home, and I was thinking that maybe in the future, I would add a French channel. It wouldn't be a bad idea.
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1:23 pm - Film: Mountain Patrol
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Friday, April 14th, 2006
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6:01 pm - UMD's Stylus
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http://stylus.umd.edu/
I was looking at UMD's Literary Magazine, Stylus, in order to figure out what sort of poetry/art they typically accept. I guess I'm looking for places to submit to.
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5:17 pm - For A Better World
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Thursday, April 6th, 2006
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4:57 pm - MLL film: Shower
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Sunday, March 26th, 2006
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3:48 pm - Book: Journey into the Whirlwind
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I'm reading Journey into the Whirlwind by Eugenia Semyonovna Ginzburg for my Russian class. It's a lovely memoir of life in the gulag during Stalin's reign. The writing is beautiful, absolutely beautiful: classical, witty, empathic.
This book is comparable to Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago.
I hope the French club at our school does another screening. :-) Moreover, I wish it had more members! It has only five currently.
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Thursday, March 23rd, 2006
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2:14 pm - Hospice
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My father is now on hospice care. The radiation and chemo were not doing him any good, so we talked with his doctor, and we've come to realize that there's really nothing more we can do.
The hospice nurses are helping us to make him comfortable. The social worker is coming tomorrow to help us fill out paperwork--we will need to get power of attorney, etc. There's so much paperwork; I feel like I'm drowning in it.
Anyway, I think this will take up all of my time for now. I did get ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) lordfauntleroy's email. I will hopefully get a chance to see him eventually, once things get calmer.
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Thursday, March 16th, 2006
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9:05 pm - Film: Le Fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain
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Tuesday, March 14th, 2006
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1:58 pm - Film: Ermo
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Sunday, March 5th, 2006
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3:40 pm - DC and hair salon
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I went with a friend to see a film screening in DC this Saturday. When we got there, we found out that all the seats were gone. *sigh* There was a huge crowd of people who were turned away. Then, I felt like I'd wasted my whole day, since it took so long to drive there in the first place.
Today, I had an appointment with my hair stylist. I think she did a decent job with the cut; the angles and layers look good. I like being pampered at hair salons. But it always takes forever!
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Thursday, March 2nd, 2006
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8:01 pm - MLL Film: Eat, Drink, Man, Woman
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Eat, Drink, Man, Woman is a film by Ang Lee:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111797/
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I could really relate to this film, more than the other ones, because my dad is in the advanced stages of cancer right now, and is undergoing radiation/chemo therapy. I find myself often wondering what it would be like to live without him. It's actually very stressful and oftentimes, I feel alone. I know that I will have to take care of my mother if that were to happen, and I feel so young, and sometimes, I'm not sure if I'll be able to handle the responsibility. *sigh*
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