Lucky Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 -10 is insanely cold! It's not all that unusual in some places in the US. But I think it was a bit unexpected in Flagstaff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkstones Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 I lived through more than a few winters in Chicago where when I'd get up in the morning to head to school, the air temperature was below zero; that's not talking about the wind chill, either. I didn't go to public school, so I wasn't bused, I had to take public transportation to school each day, which consisted of two buses. Standing outside waiting for one to come when it's -15F alone, with a wind chill of -40F is not fun. I think in the 4 years I was in high school, we had a grand total of 3 or 4 snow days or days where school was canceled because of extreme cold. You just put sweatpants on underneath your uniform skirt, heavy coat, hat, gloves, and scarf and went to school. No one complained because that's just what you did. My parents had to go to school in that kind of weather, and they were in school in the 50s and 60s, when they didn't have the luxury of heated buses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Did you also walk backwards, uphill, both ways? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkstones Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Did you also walk backwards, uphill, both ways? Haha, no. I think my parents had to, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 I used to get up at 5.30 since I was 5 years old. The bus would pick us up and drop us in school at 7.45. Then, at 5 pm, back home. The bus would take almost two hours to get home as there were many kids on that bus, we lived very far, in another neighborhood. And the French school was the only french school in Buenos Aires. So I guess I had my first "normal" meal at 7pm every day till I was 15 and started High School. I hated the food they gave in school so I wouldn't eat at all... Yes, it was hard But it teached me discipline and how to survive with just a sandwich in 14 hours Now I'm a happy old lady and my life has been very happy as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Welll... I used to walk 100 yards out the back fence of my back yard up the small hill to school. It never snowed or hailed, no ice storms. But it did almost burn down once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lea Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 I did the whole walking in waist high snow thing in school and it was no fun. My mom used to dress us up as bums for Halloween so she could layer us in clothes I'm not kidding either. We lived in Casper WY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 The average life of the American teen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 And this is Roger's Happy New Year toast! I'm liking the light box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 ...the hard life of a cat in an appartment... ...I like the lightbox... I don't like my skills as a photographer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyRaccoon Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 I'm playing in a show tomorrow night. Wish me luck! I haven't performed in a longgggg time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Good luck, raccoon!! Break a leg!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 good luck! just remember not to say 'MacBeth' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyRaccoon Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 Show turned out well! I did the Jimmy Fallon-inspired acoustic version of "Whip My Hair" and the Flight Of The Conchords song "The Most Beautiful Girl In The Room". Both went over very well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 to both of your fine selections, young sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyRaccoon Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Haha thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skuff Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Our indoor percussion show this year is really cool, much more inventive than last year's! It's Geometry, but I think that's just the working title. There are 3 movements main movements, with a few other short segments, but only 2 of them are fully done and they segue rather well. Prelude: Starting off with a mysterious E from a synth, other instruments add in with foreshadowing of themes from the show, an accelerando follows until the hi-hat kicks in; counting us off into- Movement I-Square: A funky romp in E minor, with duets from a keyboard and a battery percussion instruments intoducing the themes. A short silence is broken by the temple blocks, then a short snippet of "Hip to be Square" is played before the themes are repeated, this time with the full ensemble. The battery break is a change of pace, then a crescendo leading up to syncopated attacks. Wind chimes lead us to- Bridge: Slow arpeggios from the marimba are accompanied by a quirky melody from the vibes before a odd chord leading us into- Movement II: Circle A very beautiful D major piece, "Circle" starts off with a piano playing a pretty melody in 4/4 before launching into a quirly 7/8 melody, accompanied by ride cymbal and glockenspeil. The xylo and marimba then have the melody, which switches between 7/8 and 4/4 a few times, with Crotales (when we find a way to mount them) adding in on the 4/4 bars. The melody then transfers to the glockenspiel before a crescendo up the keyboards; causing a "false climax" (a silent 2 beats.) A suspended cymbal roll then leads into the real climax, with the battery finally thundering in and various themes occurring simultaneously. Things then calm down with the piano playing one of the more musically moving themes, with vibes and marimba joining in with the theme stated at the start. Where it goes from here is unclear. Movement III: Triangle is incomplete to my knowledge and all I know is that it is a quirky waltz in D minor. What exactly happens is unknown to me. Link to music (might still be processing; just wait a little bit): Sorry for such a long post. If you're reading this still; THANKS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 Here's down the street in California. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 I know it helped my dad when he was dying. It's funny how many 25 year olds I run into though with glaucoma problems! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Mine's arthritis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Don't forget the debilitating symptom of boring television ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Let's all join in.... [bIGGER]MA-HAT-MAAAAAAAAAAAA!![/bIGGER] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Another birthday party invitation for my daughter....kid's got a better social life than I do! Actually, I shouldn't complain, I am going to lunch with the girls on Saturday, and I had a girls night out last week, so my social life isn't so bad, either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 Today's the 125th birthday of the automobile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viaene Posted January 30, 2011 Report Share Posted January 30, 2011 Do I hear a proposal for a top 10 driving songs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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