"The opera was written by English composer Jonathan Harvey, who passed away just last December. Harvey sought to blend the stories of the end of Wagner’s life with the opera, titled Die Sieger, that was left unfinished. Wagner had become interested in Buddhism after reading Eugène Burnouf‘s 1844 Introduction to the History of Buddhism and began composing the opera in 1856, but it was never completed.
Wagner Dream, which premiered in 2007, has had the English lines from the Buddhists translated into Pali (one of, if not the first time English has been translated into Pali for the public) by Richard Gombrich, President of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies."
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Writing accomplishments for the week, since I need to enumerate them, and it’s been one of those weeks.
- about 3/4ths of a first draft of an erotic story
- nibbling on a background story for my Secret World character
- draft of a angry rant on bisexual queer theory and the need for additive identity
- funeral scene for the end of The Novel (aka, the monkey on my back of guilt) which isn’t the problem area that’s been stumping me for months.
The Sound Defects - Take Out (by skimpyyields) (No video)
A grizzly Ate My GoPro!!! GoPro HD (by bradjosephs) Warning, closeup view of bear mouth and salmon breath.)
Kitten Eats Ice Cream (ORIGINAL) (by Mike Reeves)
Yet more spinning my wheels on the character design stuff
A great costume designer like Edith Head could make pajamas and puffy 50s skirts look sexy. Unfortunately, game designers seem to be stuck in Russ Meyer mode when it comes to communicating sex appeal.
James Bond in a tux is sexy. So is James Bond in a wetsuit, James Bond in skiwear, and James Bond in camouflage. Now imagine James Bond, in a tux, with ski boots, and a scuba tank and camouflage makeup sneaking into a base to plant a bomb. That’s sorta how I see a fair number of female character designs in comics and games.
Mr. Takei, tear that wall down!
(via shadesofmauve)
Q: Justify your OTP in a paragraph…
Mass Effect 2: He was a a former cop looking for justice. It was a high-powered sniper rifle. He loves that rifle.
Dr. Who: He was a pansexual time-traveling rogue from the future. He was a pansexual time-traveling rogue from the future. He was a pansexual time-traveling rogue from the future. He was a …
(Most of my OTPs are crack ships for the lols.)
