Sunday, January 30, 2005
we interrupt this blog to bring you a special announcement
Eeeeeeee! *not girly, but definately squeals of excitement*
Ive done it! finally!
Ive actually put pen to paper as it were on my Symphony. It has begun. Obviously its gonna be going for a long while, but ive had a burst of inspiration Tonight. I have themes buzzing around in my head and I have an idea of the overall structure of the work.
The Majesty Symphony is underway! :) just had to share that!
SAM
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Friday, January 28, 2005
Further Adventures of Philotas
Alexander IS great - or - Movies to see this year
PreSrcipt :) I feel it only fair to warn you that there will be a deep serious type post coming up in the next few days. :P argh. damn INTP
Ok,Of all the things to blog about I chose this after reading comments on Nato's blog, saying that some found Alexander the Great a little disappointing.
Yesterday I went along to see it with a fellow History buff, Aaron. (we do Ancient History and History at Uni together). I went along much the same way I went to see Troy, planning to mock the heck out of it when it turns out to be a huge romantisisation with lots of creative interpretations. To my amazement, I loved the movie. It was awesome. In fact, it was pretty much historically accurate.
Favorite scene? The Battle of Gaugamela. I spent HOURS studying troop movements battle plans, before and after actions and every minute detail of this battle for an essay a year ago, and lo and behold, this movie represented it in great detail and just as it would have been! AWESOME
There were some creative liberties taken, but what makes them ok, is that it is also very plausible that these things did happen. Philip being at times a drunken fool, isnt the way i imagined him from the historical sources, but if you think about it he very well could have been, it would explain a lot of Alexander's issues as well, his love for his mother despite her being a homicidal maniac.
The Idea that Olympias arranged the murder of Philip, is also plausible. we still dont know the full extent of the assasination, and the sources we have dont tell us much. Olympias was very capable of doing it (she had Cleopatra and her infant son roasted alive).
At the end. Ptolemy suggests that the commanders had a hand in the death of Alexander by poisoning him. Again, we dont know. because Ptolemy's manuscripts (the stuff he is writing) is lost. probably destroyed when the Christian armies destroyed the library in Alexandria (damn Christians! they did the same in Spain! so much knowledge lost! :P) If only we had Ptolemy's and Nearchus' actual writings. would be very helpful in a lot of it!
I liked how they handled the Philotas/Parmenion conspiracy. very well done indeed!
Gripes:
Im not sure if Hephaestion actually died of disease. must check that. also I thought Alexander's Horse Beucephalas died of old age. Two minor inconsistencies.
One big gripe here is how the gay thing was represented in the movie. For the most part the homosexuality of Al was very subtle. there was never actually any hint of a kiss between him and Hephaestion. more like they were very close mates (aside from the fact he said he loved him) Which is not the case. Al does kiss a Persian dancer (Bagoas?) but that is the extent of it. Whereas, compared to Roxanna, his first wife, as soon as they were married it was WhOOM off with the clothes and unnecessary sex scene time. It seems as though the producers were trying to play down his gayness. i mean come on.
ALEXANDER LIKED BOYS. HEPHAESTION WAS HIS LOVER. is that so hard for people today to accept? apparently yes. just like in Troy (which was a terrible terrible mockery of Homer) THe producers must think the public isnt ready for a gay hero. jeez. get the prejudices out people. we dont approve of the lifestyle sure, but they are still people. their sexual preferences shouldnt take away from their legend.
Anyhoo, out of 10, I give Alexander an 8. From a student of history who has done several subjects directly on this theme, i loved it. which is rare for me. THis movie was far better than troy and i recommend it to everyone! go see it! now! ^_^
SAM
Other entertainment news
The other night I was watching TV at around 1am. :P you do strange things when you are stuck home alone with no one to talk to for hours. ^_^ (im lovin it!)
It was The Nanny. But it wasnt the Nanny. we all know the loveable sitcom starring Fran Drescher. with Niles the wisecracking butler, CC, Mr Sheffield and the kids and so on. But try it TURKISH STYLE
The Nanny (Dadi) - Schlepped Away (30 mins , Rated: G)
12:35 am
Genre: Sitcom
A Turkish version of the popular US sitcom The Nanny with a warm and likeable nanny played by Gulben Ergen. It's Melek's turn to receive care and affection.
It was a turkish sitcom EXACTLY the same as the nanny. all the same characters, except different actors and different names, and in TURKISH. It was one of those surreal experiences you have early in the morning where you wonder if youre actually awake or just dreaming this.
it was trippy but i checked the guide and here it is! its the Turkish Nanny! If you can get it where you are i really reccomend it! its hilarious! watching turkish people act with a british accent (for the guy playing Niles) but speaking Turkish heh heh heh. the house and set are exactly the same as the American sitcom.. freaky!
ok toodles!
SAM
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Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Reading Mike's website gave me an idea for more procrastination, so I humbly present to you my personality type as defined by the Jung test
Take Free Jung Personality Test
personality tests by similarminds.com
| INTP - "Architect". Greatest precision in thought and language. Can readily discern contradictions and inconsistencies. The world exists primarily to be understood. 3.3% of total population. |
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Saturday, January 22, 2005
The Philotas Show Episode 73
Change is a part of life...or, how to bugger up your routine!
In 2 hours I leave for the Sunshine coast until Tuesday (when i have to come back to work and rehearse with Orchestra but thats a whole nother kettle of sea cucumber). It's my dad's 50th on Monday so that will be fun! going to the Sunshine Coast Sheraton hotel for dinner! So I thought Id just get in a quick post now before i left, because as the title of this post suggests, I actually have news!
Changes! Big time changes. I have made the decision, after prayer and much thought, that I am going to leave Civic Video Express. Civic was my first ever job, and i have been there for over 3 years now. I think though it is time for me to leave. reasoning?
* Every hour I work there (except for one) I lose money from my centrelink pay
* I used to work 34 hours a fortnight, now cut down to 9 and am unable to take any other shifts because of centrelink
* All the people who i knew from when I started there have left. its a totally changed atmosphere
* I am taking over coordinating our Sunday School's Lazer program (grade 6-9) this year as well as taking orchestra back up at uni = more time needed.
* Getting up at 5:30am aint fun! :P
* YOu can never get someone to cover your shift for you, even when it is urgent (see previous posts for more whinging :P)
* Having to work Christmas day every year i was there sucked. new years day this year also sucked.
* The working conditions arent the most enjoyable around, and i much prefer working at the daily planet
Thats a lot of reasons that i thought about. its sad. ill miss the place in a sadistic kind of way. It has helped make me who i am. a bridging thing between high school and Uni. *sigh* onwards and upwards!
The next big change is very geeky. My comic collecting. I have decided to cut back big time. I feel i am spending way too much money on them. this too is a painful decision because I love following the storylines and seeing what is happening to the characters i know and love. people may mock me, 'Oh you collect COMICS do you?' but they have no idea what its about. comics arent 'funny books' they are just as involved as novels in their plotlines character development and scenarios. Its interesting to see different writer/artist teams work on a comic to see what different direction theyll take characters in. sometimes ill hate the way theyve done a character (or group of characters, thank you very much Brian Michael Bendis. :P) sometimes ill love the take (you rox0r Kurt Busiek!). BUt themes in comics are a lot more mature than a lot of people realise. so dont knock it till youve actually tried it.
anyhoo.. digressing there. My changes. this is what I used to collect:
Green Lantern: Rebirth
Thor
Thor: Son of Asgard
Stormbreaker: The Saga of Beta Ray Bill
Avengers
Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
Young Avengers
Exiles
Marvel Team-Up
Ultimate Secret
Ultimates 2
Ultimate Fantastic Four
Ultimate Spider-Man
Ultimate Nightmare
Ultimate X-Men
She-Hulk
Marvel: Secret War
Spider-Man: India
Space Ghost
Uncanny X-Men
Astonishing X-Men
New X-Men: Academy X
X-Men: Phoenix Endsong
X-Men: The End
Excalibur
New Thunderbolts
The Pulse
27 books all up. most came out monthly. (some were miniseries tho)
ive cut that back down to
Thor
Stormbreaker: The Saga of Beta Ray Bill
Avengers
Avengers:Earth's Mighties Heroes (3 issues left)
Young Avengers
Astonishing X-Men
Ultimate Spider-Man
Ultimates 2
Ultimate X-Men
Ultimate Fantastic Four
Ultimate Secret
Ultimate Nightmare (one issue left)
Exiles
Space Ghost (3 issues left)
Green Lantern Rebirth (2 issues left)
15 books all up. 4 of which will be ending very soon! that hurt a lot. :( oh well.. maybe ill thank myself in the future! :P
Change is the only constant! :) (well, aside from God!)
Till next we meet!
SAM
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Sunday, January 16, 2005
Presenting the Previously Promised Picture Post for your perusing pleasure!
A frog. Because every Blog needs a Frog! And a Turtle!
Frog's by Muso Breakup Party and Turtles proudly presented by UQ Pond
One very cute cousin! In my Sombrero! 1 2 3..AWWWW!
Do NOT mess with this Santa! A Man woken up early in the morning..Ive got presents and im not afraid to use them!
Surprise photo By Dad. Hair By pillow. Brother in corner by Mum and Dad
Weird terrorist letter i got a while back. So weird that Customs had to check it! lucky it passed quarentine smelling so much of frangipenny! who could have sent something like that!!! :P
*sniff**sob* the last day I ever saw Odysseus.
Damage By Idiot who doesnt give way
And thats all He Photographed! for this time! :P
hope you enjoyed this brief window into my life of the last 2 months :P
SAMBO
A frog. Because every Blog needs a Frog! And a Turtle!
Frog's by Muso Breakup Party and Turtles proudly presented by UQ Pond
One very cute cousin! In my Sombrero! 1 2 3..AWWWW!
Do NOT mess with this Santa! A Man woken up early in the morning..Ive got presents and im not afraid to use them!
Surprise photo By Dad. Hair By pillow. Brother in corner by Mum and Dad
Weird terrorist letter i got a while back. So weird that Customs had to check it! lucky it passed quarentine smelling so much of frangipenny! who could have sent something like that!!! :P
*sniff**sob* the last day I ever saw Odysseus.
Damage By Idiot who doesnt give way
And thats all He Photographed! for this time! :P
hope you enjoyed this brief window into my life of the last 2 months :P
SAMBO
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Thursday, January 13, 2005
Another post? so soon? !!! yes! tis true!
Just moving along because I think the last post even to me sounded a bit weird! :D quoting Space Ghost: ("thats when I have to go lie down") ^_^
In the absence of anything meaningful, prepare thyself for a rant and some random thoughts! :D
RANT:
ARGH! (dont all rants start with a good exclamation of anger?) (Argh..arrrrgh..rrr..no no, more guttural. use that phlegm in the back of your throat. one two three.. ARrrgh! there you go! much better!)
My spleen shall be vented! Civic video, the current bane of my existance. it is NOT POSSIBLE, nor is it EVER possible to get your shift taken by someone, even when you absolutely need it. Ive had to go there to close when i have exams at 8 the next day, ive had to work there on both Christmas and New Years, on more than one year. Some weeks Ive worked over 40 hours there.
Tomorrow morning, a scant 6 and a half hours from now I must rise to open the store. This is in spite of having put up, two weeks ago, a message that said: "Sam needs his shifts covered for the next two Friday Mornings As he is at University from 8:30 to 4:30." Doesnt work! No one takes it. frantic ringing around tonight and still no one! So im going to have to miss the first half of the day. this is not good. we have to get a certain number of hours during the course to qualify for the certificate. ARGH! civic video... Why dont I just quit? good question. I think because im stupid. Yep. that explains it. I have another job. i get paid by centrelink. why bother with the extra stress? I dont have a good answer to that aside from 'Im loyal to the place' 'ive been there for over 3 years now'. and that sucks.... argh.. ARGH....ARRRRRGH!
So thats the rant.. now for some random stuff!
Im hopefully buying a car next week. i think i said that yesterday! :P after that money is spent im saving once more. I definately will be travelling at some stage this year. England for sure at end of year is my goal (to visit Nic!) and I really want to get over to NZ! argh! stupid car destroyed man bang crash thing with the bitterness and the gnashing of teeth *mmm-hay*!
Music music music. i have annoying pieces going around in my head non stop. ALL IN SOL-FA! ARGH! do so. mi do. SO si la mi fa fi so! mi do. so mi do la fa re so so, etc. Tomorrow night we have our final concert. Big choir is our item we're doing a whole range of songs from something in Korean to Ave Maria, to Orpheus with his lute, to A Jazzed up mix of "shenendoah" and "The Water is Wide" by Peter Churchill (over from England for the shchool.)
Heh heh. in one of the songs, one line goes: "O Gram-pol-tron" cant help but think of all things Transformer. sounds like another one of those Decepticons! Related to Fraser perhaps?
My next post will be a picture post! so once again be prepared! I have many many interesting pictures to show! and some not so interesting ones too! Man, i feel like this whole last two weeks has been non stop stuff. ive been so busy i havent had time to think about stuff. aside from at lunch times. cant sing while eating. :P
By the way, i promise this is the last random thing!
If you find that your throat is gone-ski before a singing exam or big performance, heres a few tips. Drink lots of Pineapple juice (has an enzyme in it called Bromalene which is good for throat) And steam your voice. By that, I mean take deep breaths in the shower, have a sauna if possible ;) and make sure you drink lots of tea. tea is the best drink. Why? because the steam actually is able to moisten the vocal chords. Other drinks dont reach the chords because they are blocked off when you drink to stop fluid getting in your lungs. with tea, the steam goes down before the fluid, and so isnt blocked by your body! HAH!
Trust me, these things ressurected my voice from nothing! remember! it may save your life one day. And if it does tell me about it. because that would be one weird story.
^_^
SAM out!
Just moving along because I think the last post even to me sounded a bit weird! :D quoting Space Ghost: ("thats when I have to go lie down") ^_^
In the absence of anything meaningful, prepare thyself for a rant and some random thoughts! :D
RANT:
ARGH! (dont all rants start with a good exclamation of anger?) (Argh..arrrrgh..rrr..no no, more guttural. use that phlegm in the back of your throat. one two three.. ARrrgh! there you go! much better!)
My spleen shall be vented! Civic video, the current bane of my existance. it is NOT POSSIBLE, nor is it EVER possible to get your shift taken by someone, even when you absolutely need it. Ive had to go there to close when i have exams at 8 the next day, ive had to work there on both Christmas and New Years, on more than one year. Some weeks Ive worked over 40 hours there.
Tomorrow morning, a scant 6 and a half hours from now I must rise to open the store. This is in spite of having put up, two weeks ago, a message that said: "Sam needs his shifts covered for the next two Friday Mornings As he is at University from 8:30 to 4:30." Doesnt work! No one takes it. frantic ringing around tonight and still no one! So im going to have to miss the first half of the day. this is not good. we have to get a certain number of hours during the course to qualify for the certificate. ARGH! civic video... Why dont I just quit? good question. I think because im stupid. Yep. that explains it. I have another job. i get paid by centrelink. why bother with the extra stress? I dont have a good answer to that aside from 'Im loyal to the place' 'ive been there for over 3 years now'. and that sucks.... argh.. ARGH....ARRRRRGH!
So thats the rant.. now for some random stuff!
Im hopefully buying a car next week. i think i said that yesterday! :P after that money is spent im saving once more. I definately will be travelling at some stage this year. England for sure at end of year is my goal (to visit Nic!) and I really want to get over to NZ! argh! stupid car destroyed man bang crash thing with the bitterness and the gnashing of teeth *mmm-hay*!
Music music music. i have annoying pieces going around in my head non stop. ALL IN SOL-FA! ARGH! do so. mi do. SO si la mi fa fi so! mi do. so mi do la fa re so so, etc. Tomorrow night we have our final concert. Big choir is our item we're doing a whole range of songs from something in Korean to Ave Maria, to Orpheus with his lute, to A Jazzed up mix of "shenendoah" and "The Water is Wide" by Peter Churchill (over from England for the shchool.)
Heh heh. in one of the songs, one line goes: "O Gram-pol-tron" cant help but think of all things Transformer. sounds like another one of those Decepticons! Related to Fraser perhaps?
My next post will be a picture post! so once again be prepared! I have many many interesting pictures to show! and some not so interesting ones too! Man, i feel like this whole last two weeks has been non stop stuff. ive been so busy i havent had time to think about stuff. aside from at lunch times. cant sing while eating. :P
By the way, i promise this is the last random thing!
If you find that your throat is gone-ski before a singing exam or big performance, heres a few tips. Drink lots of Pineapple juice (has an enzyme in it called Bromalene which is good for throat) And steam your voice. By that, I mean take deep breaths in the shower, have a sauna if possible ;) and make sure you drink lots of tea. tea is the best drink. Why? because the steam actually is able to moisten the vocal chords. Other drinks dont reach the chords because they are blocked off when you drink to stop fluid getting in your lungs. with tea, the steam goes down before the fluid, and so isnt blocked by your body! HAH!
Trust me, these things ressurected my voice from nothing! remember! it may save your life one day. And if it does tell me about it. because that would be one weird story.
^_^
SAM out!
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Monday, January 10, 2005
MOTHERS LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS!
Yay! and there was much rejoicing! ^_^ pushed out of hiding finally, here I am again! mothers lock up your daughters! ^_^ or dont. probably no threat either way! but once again on with the show
So long since last post, how to recap. Ok, really quick. Still Car-less, insurance payed out so looking around. Christmas was good (had to work 3 hours on Chrissy day) Got the Star Wars Trilogy on DVD as well as the traditional Socks and Jocks! )although I do admit i needed new socks!). Didnt end up eating too much after all! so yay for not getting fat! That week, Nicole left for Manchester, good luck to her for her new job! New Years, had to work the open (get up at 5:30 shift) at Civic Video on new Years day, so it was a very small one. I ushered in the New Year at a friend's place, half asleep, watching the Italian Job ^_^
Since then Its been music music music. and by that i mean music Summer School. Its a condensed Uni thing over 2 weeks (Jan 2-14) 8:30-4:30 each day. we start with Aural Musicianship, then go to Methodology and Materials then in the afternoon finish with Choir and finally conducting. its harsh. especially once ive now come down with a virus that makes me cough constantly and makes me unable to tell what pitch im currently singing! :P
And that brings us up do date. Other than the above stuff, nothing much new. Christmas Choir, which i conducted this year went well at the Christmas eve services, so im happy about that one!
So on to the main event!
Now, As I was eating my lunch today - a tuna and greek yoghurt sandwich - i got thinking. you know they say tuna is brain food. Anyhoo.
I got thinking about how Humanity as a species has stopped evolving. Natural selection doesnt happen anymore, and nearly everyone gets married, mixing whatever genes with whatever genes. the strong and the weak survive, this got me thinking. Is this a good thing?
The argument for natural selection is that those organisms that have characteristics that make them more suited to their environments, will survive to breed more like them, over time, because the weak die out, changing the entire population. (eg. like if an early wolf developed a more acute sense of smell, to help alert him to prey and predators, then he would survive to mate, passing on this sense of smell to his offspring who would have that advantage etc.)
I think our gene pool is becoming muddied. think of it like this. Who we are now is who we will be in 2 thousand years time (forsaking devine influence ^_^). Our species is stuck! Some other geeks out there would point out that because physical survival isnt really a necessity in our western world, that our intellectual capacity will expand and we will learn how to use that other 90% of our brain.
Uh-uh. This would only happen if people who were gifted intellectually were 'the fittest' and lived to survive over their challengers. as it is, nothing will change.
Now, evolution happens when mutations occur. accidental enhancements are added to the gene pool and if they are successful, become prominant. Im not suggesting though, that we should go stand in front of the microwave so radiation mutates us (It doesnt work. Ive tried. Only got a headache) Or that we go out looking for a radioactive spider, or Otherwordly cosmic radiation, or benevolent aliens (working on those ones).
So no mutations. But Then i really got down a weird train of thought (oh yes! the rabbit hole goes even deeper!) What if someone were to regulate sex and breeding. People could still get married and have sex, but only allocated people could have children, children who would be more equipped in certain areas.. in physical strength endurance, etc or intellectual powers enhanced etc. That way humanity could re start the evolutionary process.
Then i followed it even more... pressing forward to the future, in a very Orson Wells type of way. In the distant future, a caste system is developed. On top of the caste are those with huge brain capacity, the leaders and thinkers, with psychic powers brought up through centuries of controlled breeding. Then on the lower rungs, you have the workers, those of huge physical strength and stamina.
But as things usually do in these situations something would go wrong, there would be an uprising from the lower classes, the more powerful would resent being the workers etc etc. it all ends badly!
Then i decided to note these ideas down somewhere for a novel. ^_^
hmm.. that was what was on my mind this lunch time! weird hey! maybe youre thinking now that you were glad I hadn't posted in a while! ^_^ sorry about the weirdness, but i thought it was interesting!
Until the next post, or until i post on your blogs next or see you in real life! ^_^
I remain
SAM
or DO i?
Yay! and there was much rejoicing! ^_^ pushed out of hiding finally, here I am again! mothers lock up your daughters! ^_^ or dont. probably no threat either way! but once again on with the show
So long since last post, how to recap. Ok, really quick. Still Car-less, insurance payed out so looking around. Christmas was good (had to work 3 hours on Chrissy day) Got the Star Wars Trilogy on DVD as well as the traditional Socks and Jocks! )although I do admit i needed new socks!). Didnt end up eating too much after all! so yay for not getting fat! That week, Nicole left for Manchester, good luck to her for her new job! New Years, had to work the open (get up at 5:30 shift) at Civic Video on new Years day, so it was a very small one. I ushered in the New Year at a friend's place, half asleep, watching the Italian Job ^_^
Since then Its been music music music. and by that i mean music Summer School. Its a condensed Uni thing over 2 weeks (Jan 2-14) 8:30-4:30 each day. we start with Aural Musicianship, then go to Methodology and Materials then in the afternoon finish with Choir and finally conducting. its harsh. especially once ive now come down with a virus that makes me cough constantly and makes me unable to tell what pitch im currently singing! :P
And that brings us up do date. Other than the above stuff, nothing much new. Christmas Choir, which i conducted this year went well at the Christmas eve services, so im happy about that one!
So on to the main event!
Now, As I was eating my lunch today - a tuna and greek yoghurt sandwich - i got thinking. you know they say tuna is brain food. Anyhoo.
I got thinking about how Humanity as a species has stopped evolving. Natural selection doesnt happen anymore, and nearly everyone gets married, mixing whatever genes with whatever genes. the strong and the weak survive, this got me thinking. Is this a good thing?
The argument for natural selection is that those organisms that have characteristics that make them more suited to their environments, will survive to breed more like them, over time, because the weak die out, changing the entire population. (eg. like if an early wolf developed a more acute sense of smell, to help alert him to prey and predators, then he would survive to mate, passing on this sense of smell to his offspring who would have that advantage etc.)
I think our gene pool is becoming muddied. think of it like this. Who we are now is who we will be in 2 thousand years time (forsaking devine influence ^_^). Our species is stuck! Some other geeks out there would point out that because physical survival isnt really a necessity in our western world, that our intellectual capacity will expand and we will learn how to use that other 90% of our brain.
Uh-uh. This would only happen if people who were gifted intellectually were 'the fittest' and lived to survive over their challengers. as it is, nothing will change.
Now, evolution happens when mutations occur. accidental enhancements are added to the gene pool and if they are successful, become prominant. Im not suggesting though, that we should go stand in front of the microwave so radiation mutates us (It doesnt work. Ive tried. Only got a headache) Or that we go out looking for a radioactive spider, or Otherwordly cosmic radiation, or benevolent aliens (working on those ones).
So no mutations. But Then i really got down a weird train of thought (oh yes! the rabbit hole goes even deeper!) What if someone were to regulate sex and breeding. People could still get married and have sex, but only allocated people could have children, children who would be more equipped in certain areas.. in physical strength endurance, etc or intellectual powers enhanced etc. That way humanity could re start the evolutionary process.
Then i followed it even more... pressing forward to the future, in a very Orson Wells type of way. In the distant future, a caste system is developed. On top of the caste are those with huge brain capacity, the leaders and thinkers, with psychic powers brought up through centuries of controlled breeding. Then on the lower rungs, you have the workers, those of huge physical strength and stamina.
But as things usually do in these situations something would go wrong, there would be an uprising from the lower classes, the more powerful would resent being the workers etc etc. it all ends badly!
Then i decided to note these ideas down somewhere for a novel. ^_^
hmm.. that was what was on my mind this lunch time! weird hey! maybe youre thinking now that you were glad I hadn't posted in a while! ^_^ sorry about the weirdness, but i thought it was interesting!
Until the next post, or until i post on your blogs next or see you in real life! ^_^
I remain
SAM
or DO i?
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Friday, January 07, 2005
Ignore this blog people! just needed to copy something and email is restricted here! :P
or on the other hand, take note! im sure youll all love how to teach tum-ti to a grade 7/8 class!
Focus for practice of Tum-ti
Sam Reeves
40284664
Review
Teacher: Last time we learned what our new rhythm was, what was it?
Class: Tum-Ti
Teacher: That’s right, now our rhythm also appears in another song we know, can you sing with me? (Sing John Kanaka with words)
Teacher: Now can you sing with time names? (Sing JK with time names)
Teacher: Here’s a rhythmic ostinato (ta ti-ti tum ti) how many beats long is it?
Class: 4
Teacher: Right, and how many beats long is our new rhythm tum ti?
Class: 2
Point
Teacher: Can we sing John Kanaka while clapping this rhythm?
Class: (sings with ostinato)
Reinforce
Teacher: Good job, can we sing John Kanaka again with the words, listening for where our new rhythm, tum ti comes in
or on the other hand, take note! im sure youll all love how to teach tum-ti to a grade 7/8 class!
Focus for practice of Tum-ti
Sam Reeves
40284664
Review
Teacher: Last time we learned what our new rhythm was, what was it?
Class: Tum-Ti
Teacher: That’s right, now our rhythm also appears in another song we know, can you sing with me? (Sing John Kanaka with words)
Teacher: Now can you sing with time names? (Sing JK with time names)
Teacher: Here’s a rhythmic ostinato (ta ti-ti tum ti) how many beats long is it?
Class: 4
Teacher: Right, and how many beats long is our new rhythm tum ti?
Class: 2
Point
Teacher: Can we sing John Kanaka while clapping this rhythm?
Class: (sings with ostinato)
Reinforce
Teacher: Good job, can we sing John Kanaka again with the words, listening for where our new rhythm, tum ti comes in
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