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Aug. 11th, 2003 02:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elenearielI had fun dog/house sitting this weekend! Who wouldn't, with a day to themselves to watch movies and eat and occasionally feed some dogs and a gigantic cat? And get paid for it? It was a wonderful little break, the only downsides being that I ate entirely too much chocolate and icecream and probably gained a few pounds, and I didn't sleep well. Which is strange, because I can usually sleep ok in unfamiliar surroundings. (Maybe it was because Willy the Cat [Who would name a cat that? Poor thing!] insisted on sleeping in my bed with me.)
Anyway, I had a nice time with Willy, Midnight, and three little black schipperke (?) dogs named Buddy, Sadie, and Woody, who all look exactly alike. That's bad, because I was supposed to feed them all different diets. I have no idea if I got the right dogs!!
I watched Gone With the Wind again while there. I hadn't watched it since...let's see, July 18, 2001. It made me want to read the book yet again, and soon. This time, though, there were actually certain parts where I cringed and realized that no, this isn't a perfect movie. But it's old, so I forgive it. (Some of the dialog is overly dramatic. Ok, a lot of it. But so was the dialog of most movies back then.) I also forgive it because there are other parts that are so perfect they could never be improved upon.
....I'm so glad no one's ever gotten it in their head to do a remake!
I also watched Driving Miss Daisy, which I hadn't seen since I was little, and Dead Poet's Society, which I had never seen, although I've read the book.
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Ah ha. Note to self: follow advice of this quote.
"Regard your voice as capital in the bank. When you go to sing, do not draw on your bank account. Sing on your interest and your voice will last." -Lauritz Melchior
In other words, Marie dear, do not practice for four hours Sunday afternoon, sing an hour concert that evening, and then go to the recording studio and sing for two and a half hours Monday night. I did almost a month ago and still do not have my voice back properly. I finally spent three days not talking, and that's helped a lot, but it's still not back to normal. It's terribly irritating.
Anyway, I had a nice time with Willy, Midnight, and three little black schipperke (?) dogs named Buddy, Sadie, and Woody, who all look exactly alike. That's bad, because I was supposed to feed them all different diets. I have no idea if I got the right dogs!!
I watched Gone With the Wind again while there. I hadn't watched it since...let's see, July 18, 2001. It made me want to read the book yet again, and soon. This time, though, there were actually certain parts where I cringed and realized that no, this isn't a perfect movie. But it's old, so I forgive it. (Some of the dialog is overly dramatic. Ok, a lot of it. But so was the dialog of most movies back then.) I also forgive it because there are other parts that are so perfect they could never be improved upon.
....I'm so glad no one's ever gotten it in their head to do a remake!
I also watched Driving Miss Daisy, which I hadn't seen since I was little, and Dead Poet's Society, which I had never seen, although I've read the book.
***
Ah ha. Note to self: follow advice of this quote.
"Regard your voice as capital in the bank. When you go to sing, do not draw on your bank account. Sing on your interest and your voice will last." -Lauritz Melchior
In other words, Marie dear, do not practice for four hours Sunday afternoon, sing an hour concert that evening, and then go to the recording studio and sing for two and a half hours Monday night. I did almost a month ago and still do not have my voice back properly. I finally spent three days not talking, and that's helped a lot, but it's still not back to normal. It's terribly irritating.