Parodies Group Begun; Searching for Lodgings!

Heyo! Stressful as salad these days. I have to finish a paper on Computer Aided Language Learning for drama classes, find a room for rent for a summer trip we would LIKE to take after this semester, finish a . . . . .well, hey, did you not see the list a few posts ago? Read it again and you'll recall.
If you are interested in parodies, spoofs, satires, and the like, you may be interested in discussions of these things and also creating them at my new social network thingy I have just started.
http://parodies.ning.com/
I have done some parodies of my own and always have been a fan of PDQ Bach, "Weird Al" Yankovic, films like "Airplane!" and "Young Frankenstein," and even graphic parodies like these:
THE ORIGINAL:

Nearly December!?

It's hard to believe how fast time goes. It's been super busy here this semester. I'm involved with three different school dramas, from a full length to a series of 40 conversations. It's rather overwhelming. Add to this various health things and my wife's school's official evaluation, and it's just exhausting! I've been doing some creative work though, some songs and poetry and at least the start of some stories, though none of any real length that have been seen through to completion, sad to say. Oh and all of those three dramas! Some in several widely varying drafts. It's just a sort of high powered life that lays me low. Dealing with depression is also a struggle, but I think I'm learning some good coping strategies and my therapist says I am getting better; I've been seeing her since early this calendar year. Hugs and respect to you all! Chris

Busy times, busy busy times

Hey there! Well there are THREE trips to China for our merry quintet, in various combinations. First is the current trip Coral is taking to Szechuan, as part of a school group. Next, she and I are going to Beijing for a singing contest...gotta figure that one out and see what we pick for her to sing that's about 1:20 long. Then Grandma Chen, Amy, and Eowyn will go to Macau for a little fun trip. . .
WOWEE!
And there's much much more. I have music to write for online ensembles: one with strings, and one for singers. Or one for the combined group: Stringers.
And stories and poems and a big script for the fall drama....wheee.

Post 200: 2010 Taxes done!

Just wanted to register that. I'm living abroad and my 'tax home' is abroad too so I have an automatic 2 month extension. Today's the deadline but I got it done!
So exhausted lately! Geez!!

Recent family photos!

Various photos from the first three months of 2011. Enjoy!

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Edmund (1988) looks like my Jonnie!

Take a look, man.

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Coral's photos

As you might have guessed, these are Coral's shots from the same photoshoot.

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Eowyn's photos

Lovely pictures of Eowyn from late January, 2011.

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Jonnie's photos

These are from a late January photo shoot. I'm sorry it took so long to get them to you.

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The Elephant's Child, Kipling.

  
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01 曲目 1.wma (23909 KB)

Read by Jack Nicholson and with Music by Bobby McFerrin

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Listening and Imagination!

• Listen to the recording, imagining that you’re watching a movie with this music as the soundtrack.

• What’s the mood of the music?
• What’s happening?
• Where is this happening?
• Who is / are there?
• Are there specific points in the music where specific things happen?

Adagio In G Minor By Albinoni  
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Adagio in G minor by Albinoni.mp3 (9284 KB)

Edgard - And - Le - Corbusier Poeme - Electronique 1958 by Varese  
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Varese-Edgard-and-Le-Corbusier_Poeme-Electronique_1958.mp3 (7918 KB)

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Original and new "Sonata for Piano and Oboe" for my class--first full draft.

  
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f10 ORCH Mid Sonata-Allegro dr 1.1.mp3 (5304 KB)

Go to my blog and take a listen, eh?

It's rough and hasty but it has potential, or at least a chance at potential!

Chris

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Extreme - Everything under the sun part 3 (Who cares?)

Listening Example: Audiobook. One of my favorite actors!--and authors!

  
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Lemony Snicket ana Tim Curry - A Series of Unfortunate Event.mp3 (1957 KB)

Just to test this out. . .

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Naught on Bald Mountain

My son Jonnie had his hair shaved off the previous weekend, because his hair had grown so little since his birth about 20 months earlier. The hope was that his hair would grow out more thickly. It is indeed coming in better than before, though of course it's still very fine ginger hair.

To make him feel less alone, I also shaved my head bald this Monday. By now it's already begun to grow out--just over 3 days later. Gosh.

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