another look at harmony

[theladyrose]

I am starting to see why people claim that I am obsessive compulsive, except I'm not. Right.

There's a lot of Harry Potter madness over at the Harvard Coop; there must have been at least 150 people crowded into the bookstore at 11 tonight. Danielle, Sophia, Sophia's roommates, and Filippe (Sophia's roommate's boyfriend or unofficial 3rd roommate) and I waited outside just to see what people were doing. We noticed that quite a few people had arrived in costume (the best one was of Professor Trelwaney whose name I am sure I have misspelled) and many more arrived with painted lightning bolt "scars." The line was ridiculously long, so I'll probably get the book tomorrow or later this week as I still have other required reading to do.

Ellie got me a Phillip Glass compilation from the NY Metropolitain Museum of Art, Up Close, and I've got to say that the more I listen to it the more I believe Glass to be an absolute genius. There are composers who experiment for the sake of trying to attract attention, and there are composers who experiment in order to redefine the elements of musical composition while paying homage to the work of past masters. Glass is of the latter category, but he's the sort of composer whom people immediately worship or hate. Personally I'm intrigued by his redefinition of Impressionism as minimalism in exploring the development of harmonic fragments. To oversimplify somewhat, minimalism is just Impressionism taken to the extreme.

I never cease to be amazed by how pretentious I can sound despite the fact that I have no idea what I'm talking about.

And as a random note: I thought that this article was pretty cool about Israel monitoring the health of models (thanks to horosha for the link):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1528862,00.html#article_continue

Comments

[a-mire.livejournal.com]

While normally I don't think the government should be interfering in employment, in this case since the industry can't be trusted to regulate itself something needs to be done. I say good for Israel! I hope it passes. Athletes have to have checkups. Heck, porn stars have to have checkups. Anybody who uses their body for work should have to have a doctor's certificate, IMO.

Although they aren't exactly banning shots of anorexic models, they would be making sure that in order to work the models have a healthy BMI, which means they will have to exercise and body sculpt to get thin and not just stop eating or pump themselves full of stimulants and laxatives.

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/calc-bmi.htm

And thank you, I just went here and calculated again and have been reminded at least in this one area I am completely normal! I never thought I'd be normal in anything. Whoo! :D

I never cease to be amazed by how pretentious I can sound despite the fact that I have no idea what I'm talking about. The funniest quote I've read in a long time, heee! I have deposited it into my Witty Response Bank.

OC can have the same symptoms as concentrated enthusiasm with different causes. A lot of people who can't concentrate assume CE is OC, but hey, if it doesn't make you poor and you aren't washing the skin off your hands, there's no harm in being enthusiastic. Except for the insomnia, but then you fit more life into your day than the "normal" people, so it's not all bad.

"Live life like you're gonna die, because you're gonna."

Glad to be vaguely amusing :-)

[theladyrose.livejournal.com]

Yay for normalacy in an area where it's actually healthy for you!

With prostitutes, aren't only ones in Las Vegas required to have check ups, or are there other areas in the US that also require testing?

Heh, I used to be somewhat fixated with hand-washing, but it was mostly common sense things like washing your hands after using the toilet and washing them after touching money. Have you ever even thought of how many people touch a one-dollar bill on a given day? It's pretty scary. And then there was the occasional locked door checking, but unfortunately I've gotten a little lax there now after watering the plants and then forgetting to lock the front door. I guess it was the contrast with the copious numbers of people who will only wash their hands if they've wallowed in the mud for a few hours that led to the OCD label.

Unwashed miscreants....

[petserrano.livejournal.com]

Well, they aren't legal in Vegas city limits, but in Nevada itself I believe they do get certified. In order to make it a rule they have to get checkups it has to be legal in that area.

Oh, wait, all prostitutes who get arrested within city limits have to have an STD test, if I remember right.

Ugh, I used to work at a place where my roommate (a guy, not that it matters I guess) would buy all the $2 bills in the morning so he could give them to a stripper who "collected" them, then she would come in and buy a water and ask to exchange them at night. I did what I could to avoid touching those. I would exchange them but tell her just to leave them on the counter because I had to put them in an envelope for the safe so she could get them back the next night. (Lie-- I picked them up with an alcohol wipe and dropped them in a drawer.)

I love debit cards. Thank God somebody thought that up!

Re: Unwashed miscreants....

[petserrano.livejournal.com]

OOPS! Posting as real me instead of fake me, hee!

Re: Unwashed miscreants....

[theladyrose.livejournal.com]

I see, number 12 :D

I must banish this buddha belly

[horosha.livejournal.com]

Huh, wow, I'm on the cusp between being overweight and normal (25). I never realized just how big I am for my height before. It's time for more DDR!

Philip Glass is indeed a golden god. Worship the Cocteau Trilogy!

Tell Sophia I send my love and other such emotions.

Bush: fight the extremists! I dunno what they're talkin' about, but they're usin' big words and lemme tell ya it's scary.

Re: I must banish this buddha belly

[theladyrose.livejournal.com]

Exercise is always good, although I've never really gotten the hang of DDR. I just went to my new age aerobics for dummies class (well, it's not *exactly* called that but you get the point) yesterday afternoon, and the occasional dance steps thrown in completely bewildered me.

I'm an Hours devotee, but it's hard for me to say that I dislike anything I've heard of his so far. Did you know that he was a philosophy major?

I'll tell Sophia once she gets back from the Red Socks v. Yankees game and dinner.