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'yamerias' wrote on '04:
Hmmm, this weekend…
Well as long as I don't wind up in hospital AGAIN, I'll basically be kicking back and enjoying myself the best I can….watch a few movies, listen to a few albums and maybe even read a book if I can concentrate.
Don't think that I've got any plans (which is nice) so it will be great to take it easy 🙂
Knock on wood that you don't wind up there again!
A peaceful weekend sounds nice; what sorts of albums? (Vinyl junkies unite!)
STUDYING. It's finals time for me and studying will be my main task for the weekend. I would like to get out for a jog or 2 if the weather is nice, but mostly studying for finals until Tuesday when the semester is over!
'UliHarp' wrote on '05:Knock on wood that you don't wind up there again!
A peaceful weekend sounds nice; what sorts of albums? (Vinyl junkies unite!)
I miss my vinyl albums…but have a few 7″ singles still!!
As for my taste in music..it is quite varied and will give anything a listen…..I currently have cued up Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield, A Demp EP by The Scarletz, The Liberty of Norton Folgate by Madness, S&M by Metallica and Live at Folsam Prison by Johnny Cash. I love music though, and I'm always looking for new stuff to listen to.
'UliHarp' wrote on '04:Lastly, my father, his husband and I going out for dinner and karaoke.
What do you sing? Do you have a favourite style? 😉
'aimee' wrote on '05:STUDYING. It's finals time for me and studying will be my main task for the weekend. I would like to get out for a jog or 2 if the weather is nice, but mostly studying for finals until Tuesday when the semester is over!
I remember those days. What are you studying? Here's to next Tuesday rolling around quickly!
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'yamerias' wrote on '05:I miss my vinyl albums…but have a few 7″ singles still!!
As for my taste in music..it is quite varied and will give anything a listen…..I currently have cued up Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield, A Demp EP by The Scarletz, The Liberty of Norton Folgate by Madness, S&M by Metallica and Live at Folsam Prison by Johnny Cash. I love music though, and I'm always looking for new stuff to listen to.
Vinyl is huge to my family. My father has a large collection of everything from Renaissance to Pink Floyd, my mother hoards Elvis albums, and I have a Jackson 5/Michael Jackson collection. (Yeah, I know; it's dorky!)
My music tastes are the same. Anything and everything is granted a try; lately I've been listening to Niamh Parsons, Amy Winehouse, Dead or Alive, Yol Aulrong, Erik Satie and Marcy Playground. Or, at least, that's what I've listened to so far today. That and a bunch of salsa- hey, it's Cinco de Mayo- can never get enough Celia Cruz.
'Martin' wrote on '05:What do you sing? Do you have a favourite style? 😉
Hm, let's see. My usual songs are “Somebody to Love” and “White Rabbit” from Jefferson Airplane, “You're So Vain” from Carly Simon, “Wherever, whenever” from Shakira, “Blue” from LeAnne Rimes, “Bad Things” from Jace Everett, “You Know That I'm No Good” from Amy Winehouse, “Criminal” from Fiona Apple, “Sex and Candy” from Marcy Playground, “Boogie Oogie Oogie” from Taste of Honey, “Barracuda” from Heart and “Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves” from Cher.
I'd have to say 60's rock is my favorite. Nothing fires up a crowd like Gracie Slick. 🙂
My wife went through a phase of singing Walk Like an Egyptian and We Built this City on Rock and Roll.
It was an interesting period!
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'Martin' wrote on '05:My wife went through a phase of singing Walk Like an Egyptian and We Built this City on Rock and Roll.
It was an interesting period!
Sounds like a fantastic phase.
'Martin' wrote on '05:What do you sing? Do you have a favourite style? 😉
I remember those days. What are you studying? Here's to next Tuesday rolling around quickly!
Fortunately this semester I only have 2 finals, which is much better than my 5 finals last semester! I just took my Business Law Exam this morning, and know way more about securities, corporate structures, and derivative lawsuits than I will ever thought was possible! Now I am studying for Animal Law, which is my favorite. Then a few weeks of “break” (from school at least), and on to DC. I did find a place to live just across the border in Northern VA. How is everything in OR?
'aimee' wrote on '06:Fortunately this semester I only have 2 finals, which is much better than my 5 finals last semester! I just took my Business Law Exam this morning, and know way more about securities, corporate structures, and derivative lawsuits than I will ever thought was possible! Now I am studying for Animal Law, which is my favorite. Then a few weeks of “break” (from school at least), and on to DC. I did find a place to live just across the border in Northern VA. How is everything in OR?
FIVE finals? That must have been on heck of a ride!
Also, I've never heard of anyone studying animal law before; sounds interesting. What do you like most about it?
'UliHarp' wrote on '05:FIVE finals? That must have been on heck of a ride!
Also, I've never heard of anyone studying animal law before; sounds interesting. What do you like most about it?
Yes 5 was definitely too much, especially since they were ALL worth 100% of my grade! Animal law is a newer and growing field. The class in particular that I have is more of a broad overview of animal issues from a legal perspective. It ranges from issues with service dogs, valuation of dogs, anti-cruelty statutes, and federal laws like the Animal Welfare Act, etc.. to issues of the protection of animals in the context of things like factory farming and animals in experimentation. I actually hope to do something with Animal Legal issues when I graduate so I have been pretty involved.
I saw that you are a writer. Do you write full-time?
'aimee' wrote on '06:Yes 5 was definitely too much, especially since they were ALL worth 100% of my grade! Animal law is a newer and growing field. The class in particular that I have is more of a broad overview of animal issues from a legal perspective. It ranges from issues with service dogs, valuation of dogs, anti-cruelty statutes, and federal laws like the Animal Welfare Act, etc.. to issues of the protection of animals in the context of things like factory farming and animals in experimentation. I actually hope to do something with Animal Legal issues when I graduate so I have been pretty involved.
I saw that you are a writer. Do you write full-time?
Sounds very interesting. I know my sister was once interested in Animal law, but instead she went on to Veterinary medicine. Either way, it's still beneficial to animals! (That and when my cat Hannibal gets sick, I can simply call her.)
In loose sense, yes, I do write full-time. Loose sense being that I write daily and consider it my passion; I've been working on a literary fiction novel for the past six years. It might as well be a job- it sure feels like it! I'm not published, though; that's a landmark I have yet to reach. Fingers crossed!
'UliHarp' wrote on '06:Sounds very interesting. I know my sister was once interested in Animal law, but instead she went on to Veterinary medicine. Either way, it's still beneficial to animals! (That and when my cat Hannibal gets sick, I can simply call her.)
In loose sense, yes, I do write full-time. Loose sense being that I write daily and consider it my passion; I've been working on a literary fiction novel for the past six years. It might as well be a job- it sure feels like it! I'm not published, though; that's a landmark I have yet to reach. Fingers crossed!
Really I would like to work with a major animal advocay org like HSUS (Humane Society of the United States) or ALDF (Animal Legal Defense Fund). I am going to be working on an article that I am going to try to get published next semester, so we will see how that goes. Well I think you will get your work published in due time! What type of writing do you do? Novels?
'aimee' wrote on '07:Really I would like to work with a major animal advocay org like HSUS (Humane Society of the United States) or ALDF (Animal Legal Defense Fund). I am going to be working on an article that I am going to try to get published next semester, so we will see how that goes. Well I think you will get your work published in due time! What type of writing do you do? Novels?
Good luck on that article, then! (Knocks on wood; literally)
What type of writing? Ooooh… depends on the project!
But really, my primary work/concern is my book, which is indeed a novel.
The novel is literary fiction, with a single element of fantasy. It's set in an alternate world similar to our own; the technology is most comparable to the Renaissance era's, and the culture is a hodgepodge of Scandinavian, Asian, and European influences. I implement a lot of psychology and sociology into the book, too, so it's a mental workout each time I write.
The story itself follows five different characters whose lives are somehow connected. Put simply, following two couples and a quasi-widower. One couple is Sarikah and Hayaku: the Empire's crown princess and a village pariah who met/are now eloping. The other is Aya and Yusu: the Emperor and a peasant woman who were lovers before Aya's crowning, separated for many years, and are now back together since Aya is soon to leave his throne (technically, an affair). The quasi-widower is Amaya; the Empire's crown prince. He had a very strong love-relationship with one of his stepfather's concubines (who died), and since has refused to show interest in others (be it acquaintances or his arranged fiancée, Sarikah).
We follow each of the couples/characters through their paths to either put pasts to rest or find redemption/peace.
>Sarikah herself had a troubled childhood; her mother was murdered by her elder brother when she was very young, and she was taken in by her uncle right afterward, who refused to shine light on anything to do with her brother/mother/father. So her struggle begins as one of finding answers. When she does, and her character merges with Hayaku, their struggle becomes eloping and living free. In the end, they do find peace.
>Aya and Yusu are a little… complicated. They don't have a goal as a couple, and they fight each other more than anything else. Aya's individual goal is simply to be with Yusu. Yusu doesn't have a distinct goal involving Aya; she doesn't fully trust him to leave his wife. Her character just “goes with the flow”.
>Yusu actually spends more time trying to help Aya's son, Amaya (mentioned earlier), out of his drug abuse and grief. (Which Aya resents.) Even though her character has no set goal, she frequently helps out and worries for the others.
As far as redemption/peace for Aya and Yusu, they find both, but it's rather bittersweet.
>Amaya has more… malicious goals. When his lover (Abhi) was alive, he was much different: his goal then was to rescue her from his abusive stepfather by banishing him and then to live with her. When Abhi died, Amaya sought revenge on his stepfather (who was the hand of fate), the Empress (who ignored Amaya's pleas for banishment) and Aya (who also ignored pleas). He ended up murdering his stepfather (early in the book) and now does anything to ruin Aya's goals. (Which catches Yusu in their crossfires constantly.) He's quite the tragic character, who dabbles in a lot of vice and sin. In the end, he doesn't find peace or redemption.
Even with all these characters, there's smaller, secondary/tertiary characters who have mini-plots thrown in here and there to support the main fives' plots.
It's… it's interesting. And a headache! I've been with these characters so long, I feel very close and protective of them (I often use a metaphor to describe this- I call them my children.) Don't get me wrong, I love writing this book, but I hate some of the emotions it drags me through. When the end of the story comes and I have to write three of the five main character's deaths, I'm going to be devastated. (How's that for obsessive? Haha.)
I apologize for the length of this purge, too; I tried to format it to be easier on the eyes. My friends and family never ask about my book, for fear that I'll rant for days. (Which I have. 😉 )
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