Showing posts with label Tag. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tag. Show all posts

07 May 2013

Aaaand Another Tag

     I have been tagged once again, by HyperLinkzer.  The reason I didn't do it sooner is that, as I've mentioned before, I'm Greek Orthodox, and our Easter (which is the greatest holiday of the whole year for us) fell on May 5 this year.  That meant that last week was Holy Week, which in turn meant that I was extremely busy (we have 10 church services in one week).  Add that to the schoolwork that I had to do the first half of the week, and I hope you'll understand why it's taken me so long to do this tag.

1.  I love reading bits of The Lord of the Rings while simultaneously listening to the track from the film score that corresponds to the part in the book I am reading.  (Wow, that sounded a lot less complicated in my head. . . .)  I think my favourite is reading the chapter "The Field of Cormallen" while listening to the track "The Return of the King". :)

2.  Pretty much the only way I like coffee is with lots of milk and sugar.  Lattes are good, too, though.

3.  I like to cook and bake.

4.  I got to see The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey on the day it came out. :D

5.  I will be seeing Iron Man 3 soon. :)

6.  I just got new headphones.  They're awesome!

7.  I love asparagus.  And eggplant.  And onions.  And broccoli.  And . . . actually, I love pretty much any vegetable besides okra, raw green bell peppers, and sometimes kale.

8.  I went on a four-mile walk with my family this morning.  We saw a baby squirrel. :)

9.  I'm listening to the 2cellos cover of Viva La Vida right now.

10.  I like doing calligraphy.

Well, it seems I am done.  I shall not be tagging anyone.

25 April 2013

Another Tag

     Well, I have been tagged again, this time by Joel Ball.  It's the same one as before, so ten more random facts about myself.  Here goes!

1.  While I only take lessons for violin and piano, I can also play penny whistle, and can kind of play recorder, and I know how to play the accordion . . . not that it sounds good when I do play. ;)

2.  I have never actually read The Chronicles of Narnia to myself; they've always been read out loud to my family by my dad.

3.  I think that Ralph Vaughan Williams' setting of "Ariel's Song" from The Tempest is one of the most beautiful choral pieces ever written.

4.  I love old books.  Especially quirky old books that are now out of print (and with names like Leif Ericson the Lucky and The Khaki Girls of the Motor Corp).

5.  I like to sing "Gollum's Song" from The Two Towers movie.

6.  I love playing fiddle tunes on my violin!

7.  I have yet to write with a fountain pen and not get ink on my fingers.

8.  I-ay an-cay eak-spay Ig-pay Atin-lay.  An-cay ou-yay?  

9.  I just got new piano music!  It's sheet music for all of the pieces from Michelle McLaughlin's album "Out of the Darkness".

10.  I don't like microwave popcorn.  Air-popped is way better - with olive oil and salt (regular or garlic salt - both are great!).  Yum! :)

Done!  I'm not going to tag anyone.


20 April 2013

Tag!

     Well, Taisia (http://ablogofmusicstoriesandart.blogspot.ca/) has tagged me...please bear with me, this is the first time I've done this.  I'm supposed to state ten random things about myself.  Here goes!

1.  I absolutely love music!
2.  I absolutely love reading!  
3.  I love maps--especially old ones.
4.  I dislike math, but I like reciting the quadratic formula.
5.  Tolkien and LOTR are AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
6.  I can write in the Feanorian script.
7.  If someone handed me a big bowl of fish chowder at six in the morning, I'd happily eat it.  Fish is delicious!
8.  Though I've been told I'm completely insane, I actually like the music of Stravinsky.
9.  I've translated the Tears for Fears song "Mad World" (actually, just the chorus--I couldn't get the verses to fit the metre) into Latin.
10.  Hardingfeles are awesome.

Snip, snap, snout, this tale's told out.  That's all, folks!