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listersgirl) wrote2004-06-15 03:21 pm
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Factoid of the day
Did you know that Composition (as in music) used to be a category at the Olympics? From 1912-1948, in fact. Canada won a silver medal in 1948 for John Weinzweig's Divertimento for Flute and Strings.
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P.S. I don 't know you but good luck at kicking Matt's ass.
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But my flist? That would be even better.
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Team jeopardy would be AWESOME. I love jeopardy but I don't know anything about American history so I will always lose (even though Alex sneaks in as much Canadian trivia as he can). If anyone ever invents team jeopardy, I'm so going to be there!
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On an entirely different note, I've been meaning to ask you for some time about the South Park movie, seeing as you're such a musical-oriented person. Did you find it offensive (with good reason) or did you find it hilariously funny given its outright mocking of musicals? I fit into the latter category but most of my friends think I'm crazy because they don't know anything about musicals. Really though, a giant clitoris speaking in the voice of Glynda the Good Witch of the North? Could it be more funny? (caveat: I don't like toilet humour and I'm not a terribly crass individual but I still think that movie is hilarious)
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Trivia / South Park
Team Jeopardy: There is an online trivia game (multiple choice) I used to play at university all the time in teams. Myself, my girlfriend (the "Steffie" inspiration), and her two friends used to play it together, sharing one transmitter box. Between the four of us, we had all the areas of knowledge covered. History, Geography, Lit, Music (me), Movies (me), useless pop culture trivia (me), and we even had a girl who knew sports trivia ('cause I certainly don't). In one memorable evening, we scored a perfect game (15,000 points) and even got the 2000 point bonus question on the Mayans. The Boo Bar (U of Guelph) bought us our drinks for the rest of the evening (everyone had been hanging on our last few answers as our perfect game lined up) since their bar would be listed in the top ten locations based on our score alone.
Sadly, it was all downhill from there, never gotten close since. I would love to go in with a team again some time, and there are lots of bars in Toronto that have the NTN Trivia setup.
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Glad to hear that the South Park movie brings a tear to someone's eye besides my own. ;) If you have another child, will you call it G diminished? Or perhaps G minor 7? Although, maybe that will happen when G minor is actually 7. Hmmmmmm. This is a very problematic moment for me.
Lastly, I have loved your icon for some time. The simplicity of it makes me happy.
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And thank you. It pleases me that it's appreciated.
I have a few variations on it, where I am playing the Gmajor chord on various instruments, but the simplicity (and educational moment) of the key signature appeals to me. I was jealous of the perfect simplicity of dramaqueen_23's Dairy Queen parody logo and wanted something equally iconic.
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Tee hee!