Hello there peoples,
Since I've arrived here I've came to the realization that somewhere in the city there's a mansion with an old brooding billionaire who has traveled the world, seen that it's slowly spiraling into a cesspool of tattoos, piercings and thrash metal and before his death wishes only to save the youth of this world from itself. He will do this by offering something that any student in the world can't possibly resist. By offering them free stuff.
Okay, it's not quite free, but it might as well be. I can go and see an opera for less than what it costs me to buy a big mac at McDonalds here. Sure, you have to stand the whole time, but we're young and for now it's our duty to abuse our bodies until we're forced to replace everything with little plastic pieces which will later be relpaced by little metal pieces until we´re ready to be an extra in Terminator 17. Luckily, the play ended with the death of the lead actress (I assume that not only her character, but she herself died since I don't believe any person could possibly sing as loud as she did without their lungs exploding) before my knees did and we were left to ponder the meaning of it all.
Aside from the opera, we also went and saw this very cool sound museum. It went through the science of sound, how it interacts with our ears and our brain and also how easily we can be fooled into thinking we're hearing something when it doesn't exist. It also went through the lives of some of the more famous composers of the past such as Mozart, Hayden and Beethoven and there was even this cool exhibit where you could roll a dice to choose random pieces of music to fit them together into a waltz. This showed just how mathematical in nature a lot of the music in the past was, and I found it highly interesting. Then again, I'm a geek. And in Computer Science. In the faculty of Mathematics... maybe I should just shut my big mouth.
Anyways, today we're planning to check out this cool outdoor festival filled with music and food and lots of alcohol related activities I'm sure. We'll fill you in on it later. Until then, take it easy,
Markus
Posted by Markus at June 20, 2003 12:28 PMForgive the pun, but that museum sounds like a blast. As complex as classical music already is, I can't fathom how insane overlaying several pieces would be. Let's see some pics! Let the dig-cam investment show itself! :)
Posted by: Éric Gagnon at June 21, 2003 05:56 AMgeek geek geek geek geek geek
And Markus, you better hurry home and take care of that family of yours. The other day your littlest brother was watching Coyote Ugly. I don't know what could be next.
Posted by: Shannon at June 22, 2003 08:55 PM