When boiling an egg, don’t bother shaking it to see if it turns into a scrambled hard boiled egg. Nothing really happens. The yolk just gets dislocated off to the side and makes the whole thing harder to shell.
Eugene Ormandy Unleashed
“He is a wonderful man, and so is his wife,” and other precious quotes from Maestro Eugene Ormandy.
Prokofiev and OS X 10.0.4
Went to Meyerhoff Symphony Hall with a friend* tonight to watch the Baltimore Symphony (under conductor Yuri Temirkanov with solo violinist Boris Belkin) play Prokofiev’s “Classical” Symphony and Violin Concerto No. 2, Debussy’s “Iberia”, and De Falla’s “Ritual Fire Music.” I enjoyed Prokofiev’s “Classical” Symphony the most, probably for its having been composed after the style of Josef Haydn — with its melodic neo-classical structure, it was a refreshing departure from the sea of romantic and modern era atonality and dissonance.
Afterwards, I visited aforementioned friend’s apartment to struggle with a rather vile installation of OS X 10.0.4: a beastly little piece of recalcritant software which should never have been released before Jaguar. Grrr.
You’re Pulling My Leg
SEVERED HUMAN LEG FOUND IN MCDONALD’S DUMPSTER!!! Manila news just doesn’t get much more fun than that. (With the possible exception of the incompetent celebrity mayor auctioning off an international airport runway because the airport didn’t pay property taxes.)
Instant Lunch Replay
Just had lunch with Salim. We talked international affairs over shawarma and tabbouleh. Yum.
Frosty Weeds
Snow clings to spidery weeds.
Only the strong survive.
Photos taken with an Aiptek Mini Pencam 1.3MP SD.
The Wintry Morning After
12 hours after the sunset sky, half a foot of snow had blanketed the world in white.
Photo taken with an Aiptek Mini Pencam 1.3MP SD.
Sunset Sky over Little Italy
A stunningly beautiful sunset tints the clouds fiery orange over Little Italy, Baltimore.
Photo taken with an Aiptek Mini Pencam 1.3MP SD.
MICA Student Space
My student space on MICA is up and running. That’s where I’ll keep academically-oriented projects, papers, and art pieces for the duration of the semester until I graduate. Right now there is just so much to do: exhibits, websites, readings, video shoots, and sound recordings are piling up. Excuse me while I wade home through the snow.