Topic: CAN I PLAY MY CROSS-HAND PIECE? (Read 17786 times)

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #120 on:** July 29, 2006, 05:10:00 PM »

I'll be there too. And I have a feeling I'll also be having my NYC birthday gathering that night too.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #121 on:** July 29, 2006, 05:18:35 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on July 29, 2006, 05:10:00 PM

I'll be there too. And I have a feeling I'll also be having my NYC birthday gathering that night too.

I'LL DRINK TO THAT!!!!!
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bk · « **Reply #122 on:** July 29, 2006, 05:36:32 PM »

Just had a long chat with my muse Margaret re the new tome. Very similar reaction to one of my short stories. She LOVES the idea of the book, but doesn't like the tone of it. As she explained and I probed I began to see what she was talking about, and I began to see that she was, as usual, quite correct in her comments. As I've said, getting the tone and style right is very difficult at times - I went a certain way, especially in chapter one, and I can see now it isn't the right way. Part of that has to do with the fact that the book started out as one thing and morphed into another. She did like random scenes and some of the dialogue. So, I'm going back to chapter one and completely redoing it, then if I get that right, it will be fairly easy to adjust from there, because she likes the plot and she likes a device I use. The big work is chapter one, the set up to everything. I'm also changing what the protagonist wants to do with her life - that will really help, because I was already bored of what I chose. I came up with the new thing and it will work much better, not only for her, but for those around her.

It's wonderful to have a muse who "gets" what you do and who can help bring things into focus, especially at this early stage. So, before I continue on (I'm to page thirty-five now), I'll be rewriting and adjusting the first thirty pages.

Shortly I shall be on my way to LACC for this evening's performance and my meeting Cillaliz.

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #123 on:** July 29, 2006, 05:43:09 PM »

I have been working on the bulletin and powerpoint for tomorrow, as our guest speaker for tomorrow just sent me the information a short while ago.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #124 on:** July 29, 2006, 05:52:17 PM »

Hello all! Back from seeing CURTAINS for the second time. It was even better today than last night. It's funny, corny but not cornball and really just a delight. I laughed and laughed and caught some lines and clues I missed the first time. They are still tuning it to take it up a notch further, but it's pretty darn good the way it is.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #125 on:** July 29, 2006, 05:54:11 PM »

Better go. I need to get ready to go meet BK

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #126 on:** July 29, 2006, 06:33:53 PM »

Good Evening!

It's not even 10:00, and I'm already feeling quite tired and sleepy. I guess all the hustle and bustle - and heat - of the past week has caught up with me. I have a feeling I will truly be WUSSBURGERING tonight. However, I'm "off" tomorrow, so I'm looking forward to sleeping in a little bit, and then spending some time around the apartment getting some things cleared off my desk. In the meantime, "Trading Spaces"...

Jrand73 · « **Reply #127 on:** July 29, 2006, 06:37:31 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on July 29, 2006, 04:34:04 PM

Old news. Been there...

Shocked I am...do you hear me? SHOCKED!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #128 on:** July 29, 2006, 06:38:55 PM »

Way back in 1954...engineers at the RAND corporation made public this prototype of the home computer expected to be in use in 2004.

Can you imagine posting on HHW using this thing?

Jrand73 · « **Reply #129 on:** July 29, 2006, 06:40:03 PM »

I especially like the nifty steering wheel and the Sylvania Halo Light monitor!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #130 on:** July 29, 2006, 06:40:25 PM »

What is Fortran language?

TCB · « **Reply #131 on:** July 29, 2006, 07:01:44 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on July 29, 2006, 04:49:30 PM

The movie wasn't as funny as I had hoped, but it wasn't a dog I had feared it might turn out to be. The four young leads were used and abused in sundry humiliating ways, and there were some truly funny moments, one featuring gay porn actor Matthew Rush as a circuit party boy, as well as a lot of nudity. I've seen more, much much more, of Richard Hatch now than I ever want to see again.

Oh, that's right, you kept the lights off last time.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #132 on:** July 29, 2006, 07:05:48 PM »

Quote from: TCB on July 29, 2006, 07:01:44 PM

Oh, that's right, you kept the lights off last time.

And told you to wear pajamas in the future.

TCB · « **Reply #133 on:** July 29, 2006, 07:07:37 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on July 29, 2006, 07:05:48 PM

And told you to wear pajamas in the future.

I certainly don't blame you for that!

TCB · « **Reply #134 on:** July 29, 2006, 07:12:55 PM »

Quote from: JRand55 on July 29, 2006, 06:37:31 PM

Shocked I am...do you hear me? SHOCKED!

If that shocked you, how about this one?

Liberace

FJL · « **Reply #135 on:** July 29, 2006, 07:19:31 PM »

I took a class in programming in Fortran almost 30 years ago. I think I got an A.

Rodzinski · « **Reply #136 on:** July 29, 2006, 07:46:15 PM »

DECEIT was on the Lifetime Channel today. Unfortunately, it was a film starring William Devane heavily facelifted Marlo Thomas.

Rodzinski · « **Reply #137 on:** July 29, 2006, 07:49:27 PM »

Quote from: DERBRUCER on July 29, 2006, 03:55:41 PM

I dunno - how much is "much"?

Woody and I saw it in LA and both enjoyed it.

der Brucer

(How can you not enjoy Faith Prince!)

Glad to know it. I guess I liked it a lot. TPunk will tell you she is tired of hearing me complain that there is no cast album.

TCB · « **Reply #138 on:** July 29, 2006, 08:03:03 PM »

Well, I think it is time for this crippled old man to turn into a Wussburger!

Matt H. · « **Reply #139 on:** July 29, 2006, 08:16:34 PM »

I watched three very different videos tonight. I began with QUEER DUCK - THE MOVIE.

If you've ever seen the little five minute shorts on Showtime, this was done exactly the same way except widescreen and Dolby Digital sound. I can't say that I laughed from beginning to end (only about 70 minutes), but there were definitely some targets hit with bull's eyes, and some of the songs were funny (an H.M.S. PINAFORE song was very funny.)

Matt H. · « **Reply #140 on:** July 29, 2006, 08:22:37 PM »

Next up was THE SIELNCE OF THE LAMBS. I haven't watched this in years, and I was interested to see how my Criterion DVD (a non-anamorphic transfer) looked on my TV.

Not terrible but not the greatest either. I know the most recent MGM release was enhanced for widescreen TVs, but things have read suggested the colors were desaturated a might on the MGM transfer, so I've never bought it. For as seldom as I watch it, the Criterion is probably as good as I need. I'm also guessing the film will be one of MGM's earliest Blu-Ray HD discs once they start combing through their holdings and deciding what to convert to high definition. (THE TERMINATOR has already gotten the HD treatment from them. This one should make it within a year, I'd say.)

Matt H. · « **Reply #141 on:** July 29, 2006, 08:24:58 PM »

And I finished off the evening with the 1968 OLIVER! This is another film I haven't watched in many years. The transfer is fine but could possibly be bettered by more recent advances in remastering films for DVD transfers.

I'd certainly consider buying an updated version of this if it could be made a bit sharper.

Matt H. · « **Reply #142 on:** July 29, 2006, 08:25:55 PM »

I was also very lucky with the rain. I was right at the end of my mowing when a light mist began to fall. It never rained heavily, but we did have just a bit of moisture. Glad I got that chore out of the way.

Matt H. · « **Reply #143 on:** July 29, 2006, 08:34:30 PM »

Guess I'm going to head downstairs for bed now.

Good night!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #144 on:** July 29, 2006, 08:45:19 PM »

I just watched the BBC television adaptation of Thomas Hardy's UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE, which was quite a delight: wonderful performances, beautiful scenery and costumes, and an excellent score of folk carols and hymns. I highly recommend it to all those who think Hardy only wrote angst-ridden dramas on English countrylife in the 19th Century. This dramatization is quite romantic, with a lot of humor ad a happy ending.

Rodzinski · « **Reply #145 on:** July 29, 2006, 10:19:42 PM »

Under the greenwood tree, who loves to lie with me?
And turn his merry note unto the sweet bird's throat
Come hither, come hither, come hither
Here shall he see no enemy
But winter and rough weather

Who doth ambition shun, and love to lie in the sun
Seeking the food he eats, and pleased with what he gets
Come hither, come hither, come hither
Here shall he see no enemy
But winter and rough weather

If it shall come to pass that any man turn ass
Leaving his wealth and eases, a stubborn will to please
Ducdame, ducdame, ducdame
Here shall he see gross fools as he
And if he will come to me

-WS

Rodzinski · « **Reply #146 on:** July 29, 2006, 10:21:59 PM »

Gads, I must get this to page 6, the Grail of Pages, before BK returns.

To be fair, we have not had the posts of Vixmom of late, or of the prolific DakotaCelt. Hope these ladies are doing well.

Rodzinski · « **Reply #147 on:** July 29, 2006, 10:22:44 PM »

Turns out the film LOVING starring George Segal and Eva Marie Saint is indeed on DVD, so I shall keep an eye out for that as I have long wanted to see it.

Rodzinski · « **Reply #148 on:** July 29, 2006, 10:28:35 PM »

Uh, let's see... What else have I got to say?

Rodzinski · « **Reply #149 on:** July 29, 2006, 10:29:37 PM »

TPunk and I competed against each other in an impromptu typing contest earlier this evening, and she defeated me, but not as badly as I feared she would.

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