Oh my gosh!
I've been craving a zombie flick recently, and I thought I'd watch "Resident Evil" tonight. Who am I kidding? I just watched the first 10 minutes of it. They haven't even shown any zombies yet, but I'm already scared silly! It's not fully loaded yet, but I'm not sure I want to carry on watching.
I used to have this recurring dream when I was a little girl. I dreamt that I was running from some things. I ran to the public toilets and locked myself in a cubicle. They soon caught up with me, and tried to claw and climb their way into my cubicle. I saw that they were doll-like creatures, approximately the size of Chucky, but they had green skin and a big, bright pink circle on each cheek. They just kept clawing and trying to squeeze under the door and climbing over the partitions to get to me. I would always wake up, covered in perspiration, and my parents had to comfort me.
The strange thing was that I wasn't afraid of lying in the dark, waiting to fall asleep again. Going back to sleep was what I feared more, because then no one would be able to save me. I can't control my dreams, nor myself in them. Now, I don't have that zombie dream anymore, but I have scarier ones.
I have added "Caro Figlio" to my playlist. It's a duet by Alessandro Scarlatti, from "Sedecia". This recording is sung by Philippe Jaroussky and Virginie Pochon. PJ was 21 when he sang this, 3 years after he started voice lessons. Since this recording, it's been 10 years, and he's come a long way. Notice his part is almost always higher than the Soprano's.
Men singing like women don't surprise me anymore, but they still impress me. It adds an attractive feminine touch to the music. Men sounding like men don't impress me at all. Any man can sing like a man. (In tune or not is another thing altogether.)
It rained for most of today, so I stayed home. I spent 3 hours playing "Gunbound" this morning to bore myself out of my skull, then I did Maths for several hours after lunch. After Maths, I watched "Les choristes" for the first time. I made sure I paid attention to every detail, and I loved it. Lovely, inspiring story, and after I finished watching it, I went to practise my music. Hah! Went through "Nell", my new pieces and some exercises from Vaccai. Forced myself to sight-read a new exercise, and I think I got part of it, but it sounded a little funny towards the end, so I'm going to play it on the piano tomorrow to be sure. It's the "runs and scale-passages" exercise, so I'm quite excited about learning it properly. After I get the notes, rhythm and lyrics down, I'll work on the speed. It's all in Italian, so not too bad, only memorising is difficult.
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