CD Collection

For three days pretty much all I did was lie in bed, listen to music, put eyedrops in my eyes, eat, shower, and sleep. I went through all these cds...yes all thirty of them. By Sunday I was so sick of lying in bed that I got up, found my sister's old Ace of Base cd, and danced in my room to some good old 90's dance music. Did you know they even have a bhangra version of All That She Wants in their cd?

There was some good stuff in there that I hadn't listened to in years. I bought the majority of these cds when I was in late high school/university, and I found that I really liked my 80s emo. For example I was listening to the Smiths' Meat is Murder... yeah that song had Morrissey singing about how killing calves is murder, complete with cows mooing in the background. I rediscovered my love of Jeff Buckley (he is a genius!) and how catchy Weezer's blue album is.

197: GARY PT.2

In addition to Gary's photoshoot, I also helped him film his music video a few days later.

270: LISZTOMANIA

Where would you go, where would you go with a lasso?
Could you run into, could you run into, could you go and run into me?

I went to the Phoenix concert tonight and it was awesome. So fun. It was a hot sweaty mess - just the way I like it!  Everyone was very nice (I only got hit on the head once, and the guy who did it patted my head afterwards and apologized), until the very end, when the singer decided to jump off the stage and crowd surf. That was when mayhem broke loose and I thought I was going to fall over from all the pushing and shoving, since everyone wanted to touch him. I had to take drastic measures - I ended up pushing a little Asian girl beside me to regain my balance. I felt no remorse; it was every man for himself!

254: RETURN OF THE MACK

An exhausted Cat, at approximately 3:30am, so fast asleep that she didn't notice us put an apple on her head for this picture.

A bunch of us had gone out to Library Square for 90s night. I don't go clubbing because I hate the music they usually play, but I had a really good time because of all the 90s songs (Britney, Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, Spice Girls, Ace of Base, Madonna).  Now I want to go to 80s night, because I would rather hear Under Pressure over Ice Ice Baby...

227: A LITTLE RACHMANINOFF

I need to get this piano tuned and to start learning some Rachmaninoff. My favorite piece by him is Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op 18 I: Moderato. Too bad I don't have an orchestra at my calling.

205: HAKUNA MATATA

I went to see the Lion King tonight and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was such a big production and the costumes were amazing. It really makes me want to join the cast - either as a giraffe or an elephant leg. I think that would be more fun than my current job.

198: THIS IS GOOD

The best $10 I have ever spent - the Malahat Revue, live at the Nanaimo Entertainment Centre. They consist of local artists Said the Whale, Hannah Georgas, Jeremy Fisher, and Aidan Knight. They have spent the last few weeks touring Vancouver Island by bike (!) and are heading to the Vancouver Folk Festival this weekend. They all have their own songs, but they played with each other and were each other's back up bands. It was really really good. I love Hannah Georgas.

My friend and rx manager Allen kindly agreed to accompany me to the concert, since I would have gone alone otherwise. For dinner, I had duck breast and gnocchi with some wine (fine dining, Nanaimo style).

196: MUSIC TRIVIA NIGHT

Team Jacob taking second place at music trivia night at the Harewood Arms pub. We won ten dollars - too bad this is my last week in Nanaimo, because I really enjoy music trivia nights and now I won't even get to use my portion of the gift certificate ($1.43)!

Here are some pictures from last night:

In the last one, my cheap tripod dropped my camera during the 2 minute exposure...but I like how the only part of the picture that is not blurry is "HELP ME!"

150: MADAMA BUTTERFLY

I went to the opening night of Puccini's Madama Butterfly with Giosy and Miranda tonight. The music was beautiful, but I think I ate too much for dinner because I kept nodding off during the first act. The ending was well done - very dramatic and tragic. I just wish operas weren't so slow and had more action in them. It takes them 10 minutes to sing something that would take me two sentences to say!

The lesson I have taken away from Madama Butterfly is: If you're an Asian woman, do not trust or marry a white man, because he will leave you for a white woman, and they will take your mixed child away from you.

73: GIOSY, NUMERO UNO

I had the honour of watching my friend, Giosy, sing a German aria at the British Columbia Conservatory of Music Gala. I was expecting it to be a good performance, but this was better than just "good". It was incredible, and she truly blew me away by the strength of her voice. Her friends and family were not the only ones who thought that she was outstanding; the judges agreed with us and awarded her first place. Congratulations Giosy, you are number WAAAAAAAAN!