Black and white this picture would be in any case
Pianos
drawn June 27, ’04
posted for Feb 28, 2007
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This picture was drawn while I was attending the 2004 BC Provincial Music Festival, and it is of the stage of the hall at UVic where it occured. I brought my sketchbook, and I used it a lot for scrap paper in writing down what I thought of various pieces, but I also used it for drawing and this is the result. Having the Provincials on the Island is really very convenient. Last year it was in Prince George and it was rather expensive. I’m not sure whether I hope it’s again in Victoria, or at least in Vancouver, or that I don’t go this year. Anyhow, realism is demonstrated by the sketch above, even if it’s not done very well. I think the second piano was for the seniors’ concerti. I was in intermediate that year.
Pride and Prejudice is great. I love the whole thing, even the painful scenes, and I just finished re-reading the book, and I’m about halfway through reading it to my brother who otherwise would never get around to it. Colin Firth doesn’t smile enough, though. I make a point of elbowing my brother at every instance where Jane Austen puts ‘smiled’ or some variation thereof in pertaining to Darcy. It’s actually quite frequent.
However, my enjoyment of TP has not been so pure. In two words my unsullied anticipation was destroyed utterly. These two words? “Frog Lure”. These words changed the expectation from that of a beautiful story waiting to be discovered, to a mere video game. Bah. Tears followed.
I have been trying to recover my earlier feeling, and I think it’s working a bit. I watched the very first trailer today, my favourite one, and re-read some of my Zelda story – of which there’s a new chapter here – and thought with great pleasure of being absolutely stumped by the puzzles which are sure to be there. You must think I’m very silly for not wanting to play the game but to wait in suspense like this for as long as I feel like, which would be some time if only I weren’t afraid that my brother would produce more spoiling.
After all, even Link’s great experience with dungeons and clever mind must be temporarily halted by the traps set in such a realistic world…
