The Happy Thread IV - Page 17

**Mari** · 06-15-2009, 12:53 PM

Cool Katya!

Yay Willow! Congrats!

My happy thing: I survived today and got controlled angry with my kiddies for the first time.

***Varnafindë*** · 06-16-2009, 11:18 AM

Getting controlled angry is - unfortunately - a very useful skill for a teacher!

Good for you, Willow!

***Tessar*** · 06-17-2009, 12:04 AM

I tried to make a martini tonight but, sadness, we are out of gin. So I tried a rumtini since we're also out of vodka. >.< It was sort of meh, so I thought I'd try to turn it into a fruity drink.

Some dried cherries, a teaspoon of sugar, and a splash pineapple juice later I have a rather pleasant (if sharp) drink

. It makes me happy to have been able to save my drink.

I wish I had some sprite to put in it. >.<

***Rían*** · 06-17-2009, 02:40 AM

Yay Willow!!!

***Tessar*** · 06-17-2009, 03:18 PM

I had a truly awesome voice lesson today

.

I've never really been able to sing an 'ah' vowel correctly... I mean it was 'ah' but it never sounded like it does when I say the word 'ah'. We fixed that, and suddenly my voice popped into this new, higher place and my voice teacher yelled, "THAT'S IT! SING EVERYTHING LIKE THAT!" O_o Which was rather startling.

But yeah... Whatever I did, my voice is suddenly where it needs to be. Something clicked when I sang that 'ah' correctly and now everything in my voice is working better.

Voronwen · 06-17-2009, 03:37 PM

Good work, Tessar!

That "Ah" vowel is the devil!

I'm glad you got it all worked out! This teacher of yours is sounding better and better!

Btw ~ what songs/arias are you working on? This might be more of a question for the Classical Music thread, but i'm just curious, as i always am where it concerns other singers

I just started working on "S'altro che lacrime" (Mozart, La clemenza di Tito, Servillia's aria), and it's been one of those things that just settles in the voice so well that i was able to get it "into" my voice astoundingly quickly - which as you know, does not happen every day! My teacher said it's because it's so well-written, and it's smack in the middle of the appropriate repertoire for my voice type (light-lyric soprano). I'm working on a bunch of Purcell songs, as well. I love early music!

Maybe we need a Singers' thread to chatter on and on about arias and technique, so we don't bore everyone to tears here while we talk shop.

***Jonathan*** · 06-18-2009, 06:10 AM

The Volvo Ocean Race makes a stop in Stockholm

I like sailing boats and, as I missed last year's Tall Ship's Race stopover in the city, I'm happy to get this opportunity to see some international boats (even if they look nothing like those tall ships of last year

)

**Mari** · 06-19-2009, 10:44 AM

I'm so happy, it's weekend!

***Tessar*** · 06-19-2009, 10:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonathan

The Volvo Ocean Race makes a stop in Stockholm

I like sailing boats and, as I missed last year's Tall Ship's Race stopover in the city, I'm happy to get this opportunity to see some international boats (even if they look nothing like those tall ships of last year

)

Those are beautiful ships

.

**Mari** · 06-20-2009, 09:55 AM

My grandmother is taking me out to dinner tonight. Actually, I had planned something else, but she sounded so happy to go out with her eldest grandchild, I didn't want to refuse her. Now if only I could get in touch with my friend to tell her I had to change plans... >_<

I'm looking forward to tonight though

If my grandmother is feeling good, she's great company!

***Tessar*** · 06-20-2009, 09:43 PM

I got my hair cut today, and I ended up discussing what I wanted with the hair lady (I usually don't bother... you typically get the exact same cut either way since it's just a chain-brand)... I said I wanted it short on the sides with a trimmer, but longer on the top to balance out my face.

Surprisingly enough she understood what I wanted, and then took it a step further by using a hair thinner... she chopped out what must have literally been a fist-sized bundle of hair and I looove the result!

My hair is actually manageable now!

It was so thick before that even using heavy gels wouldn't hold my bangs in place, but now it does, and my hair doesn't look thinned out or anything... it just doesn't poof out so much and it sits better. YAY!

**Mari** · 06-21-2009, 04:17 AM

They never did it for you before?

But yay for the great result! Pics?

Voronwen · 06-22-2009, 09:52 PM

Yay!!

I am no longer ranked as a "Hobbit". I am now an "Enting".

I blame that Singers' Thread!!!

But just out of curiosity, when do we get a custom title? Everywhere else it's either "Lady of Andúnië" or "Lady of the Faithful". But i suppose i'll have to wait a few years (1000 posts or so?) to be able to use it here. I'm thankful that i can at least use my avatar.

I guess that too is a reason to be HAPPY!

***Tessar*** · 06-22-2009, 09:57 PM

I -think- it's 100 posts O_o. At 100 you should hit elf lady, and once you hit that we'll change your title if you want us to.

Voronwen · 06-22-2009, 10:39 PM

Ohhh, OK

That's not too far off, especially of we continue to chat about singing!

All joking aside though, it's all good. I'll get there when i get there. I was only wondering.

**Mari** · 06-23-2009, 02:44 AM

It's at 500, you'll become Elf Lord. And if you aren't very original, you'll have it customized to Elf Lady

***Earniel*** · 06-23-2009, 07:28 AM

It's indeed at 500 that you can pick a personal title. At 100 you become 'Elven Warrior'.

***Jonathan*** · 06-23-2009, 10:14 AM

I'm leaving for the coast tomorrow, where I will enjoy this summer to the fullest!

See y'all in August

**Mari** · 06-23-2009, 12:57 PM

Bye Jonathan! Have a great summer!

Aikanáro · 06-27-2009, 04:38 AM

I found a Kimaasai dictionary!

I am incredibly happy about this as it means I'll be able to learn the language much more easily - and continue learning after I leave Kenya.

06-15-2009, 12:53 PM	#321
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Cool Katya! Yay Willow! Congrats! My happy thing: I survived today and got controlled angry with my kiddies for the first time. __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

06-16-2009, 11:18 AM	#322
*Varnafindë* Princess of the Noldor (and Administrative Empress of the Lone Islands) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Imladris (and sometimes Norway) Posts: 3,304	Getting controlled angry is - unfortunately - a very useful skill for a teacher! Good for you, Willow! __________________ Signature picture art - Bard the Bowman - by vigshane Avatar art - Footsteps of Spring (a young Luthien) - by Henning Janssen

06-17-2009, 02:40 AM	#324
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	Yay Willow!!! __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

06-17-2009, 03:37 PM	#326
Voronwen Lady of Andúnië Join Date: May 2009 Location: Andúnië Posts: 572	Good work, Tessar! That "Ah" vowel is the devil! I'm glad you got it all worked out! This teacher of yours is sounding better and better! Btw ~ what songs/arias are you working on? This might be more of a question for the Classical Music thread, but i'm just curious, as i always am where it concerns other singers I just started working on "S'altro che lacrime" (Mozart, La clemenza di Tito, Servillia's aria), and it's been one of those things that just settles in the voice so well that i was able to get it "into" my voice astoundingly quickly - which as you know, does not happen every day! My teacher said it's because it's so well-written, and it's smack in the middle of the appropriate repertoire for my voice type (light-lyric soprano). I'm working on a bunch of Purcell songs, as well. I love early music! Maybe we need a Singers' thread to chatter on and on about arias and technique, so we don't bore everyone to tears here while we talk shop. __________________ " ...But the Exiles on the shores of the sea, if they turned towards the West in the desire of their hearts, spoke of Mar-nu-Falmar that was whelmed in the waves, Akallabêth the Downfallen, Atalantë in the Eldarin tongue." "Ye who believe in affection that hopes, and endures, and is patient, Ye who believe in the beauty and strength of woman's devotion, List to the mournful tradition still sung by the pines of the forest ... " ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline Last edited by Voronwen : 06-17-2009 at 03:38 PM. Reason: Edited for typos

06-18-2009, 06:10 AM	#327
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	The Volvo Ocean Race makes a stop in Stockholm I like sailing boats and, as I missed last year's Tall Ship's Race stopover in the city, I'm happy to get this opportunity to see some international boats (even if they look nothing like those tall ships of last year ) __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

06-17-2009, 12:04 AM	#323
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	I tried to make a martini tonight but, sadness, we are out of gin. So I tried a rumtini since we're also out of vodka. >.< It was sort of meh, so I thought I'd try to turn it into a fruity drink. Some dried cherries, a teaspoon of sugar, and a splash pineapple juice later I have a rather pleasant (if sharp) drink . It makes me happy to have been able to save my drink. I wish I had some sprite to put in it. >.<

06-17-2009, 03:18 PM	#325
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	I had a truly awesome voice lesson today . I've never really been able to sing an 'ah' vowel correctly... I mean it was 'ah' but it never sounded like it does when I say the word 'ah'. We fixed that, and suddenly my voice popped into this new, higher place and my voice teacher yelled, "THAT'S IT! SING EVERYTHING LIKE THAT!" O_o Which was rather startling. But yeah... Whatever I did, my voice is suddenly where it needs to be. Something clicked when I sang that 'ah' correctly and now everything in my voice is working better.

06-19-2009, 10:44 AM	#328
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	I'm so happy, it's weekend! __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

06-20-2009, 09:55 AM	#330
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	My grandmother is taking me out to dinner tonight. Actually, I had planned something else, but she sounded so happy to go out with her eldest grandchild, I didn't want to refuse her. Now if only I could get in touch with my friend to tell her I had to change plans... >_< I'm looking forward to tonight though If my grandmother is feeling good, she's great company! __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

06-20-2009, 09:43 PM	#331
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	I got my hair cut today, and I ended up discussing what I wanted with the hair lady (I usually don't bother... you typically get the exact same cut either way since it's just a chain-brand)... I said I wanted it short on the sides with a trimmer, but longer on the top to balance out my face. Surprisingly enough she understood what I wanted, and then took it a step further by using a hair thinner... she chopped out what must have literally been a fist-sized bundle of hair and I looove the result! My hair is actually manageable now! It was so thick before that even using heavy gels wouldn't hold my bangs in place, but now it does, and my hair doesn't look thinned out or anything... it just doesn't poof out so much and it sits better. YAY!

06-21-2009, 04:17 AM	#332
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	They never did it for you before? But yay for the great result! Pics? __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

06-22-2009, 09:52 PM	#333
Voronwen Lady of Andúnië Join Date: May 2009 Location: Andúnië Posts: 572	Yay!! I am no longer ranked as a "Hobbit". I am now an "Enting". I blame that Singers' Thread!!! But just out of curiosity, when do we get a custom title? Everywhere else it's either "Lady of Andúnië" or "Lady of the Faithful". But i suppose i'll have to wait a few years (1000 posts or so?) to be able to use it here. I'm thankful that i can at least use my avatar. I guess that too is a reason to be HAPPY! __________________ " ...But the Exiles on the shores of the sea, if they turned towards the West in the desire of their hearts, spoke of Mar-nu-Falmar that was whelmed in the waves, Akallabêth the Downfallen, Atalantë in the Eldarin tongue." "Ye who believe in affection that hopes, and endures, and is patient, Ye who believe in the beauty and strength of woman's devotion, List to the mournful tradition still sung by the pines of the forest ... " ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline

06-22-2009, 09:57 PM	#334
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	I -think- it's 100 posts O_o. At 100 you should hit elf lady, and once you hit that we'll change your title if you want us to.

06-22-2009, 10:39 PM	#335
Voronwen Lady of Andúnië Join Date: May 2009 Location: Andúnië Posts: 572	Ohhh, OK That's not too far off, especially of we continue to chat about singing! All joking aside though, it's all good. I'll get there when i get there. I was only wondering. __________________ " ...But the Exiles on the shores of the sea, if they turned towards the West in the desire of their hearts, spoke of Mar-nu-Falmar that was whelmed in the waves, Akallabêth the Downfallen, Atalantë in the Eldarin tongue." "Ye who believe in affection that hopes, and endures, and is patient, Ye who believe in the beauty and strength of woman's devotion, List to the mournful tradition still sung by the pines of the forest ... " ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline

06-23-2009, 02:44 AM	#336
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	It's at 500, you'll become Elf Lord. And if you aren't very original, you'll have it customized to Elf Lady __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

06-23-2009, 07:28 AM	#337
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	It's indeed at 500 that you can pick a personal title. At 100 you become 'Elven Warrior'. __________________ We are not things.

06-23-2009, 10:14 AM	#338
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	I'm leaving for the coast tomorrow, where I will enjoy this summer to the fullest! See y'all in August __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

06-23-2009, 12:57 PM	#339
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Bye Jonathan! Have a great summer! __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

06-27-2009, 04:38 AM	#340
Aikanáro Chaotic Good Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Mar Vanwa Tyaliéva Posts: 827	I found a Kimaasai dictionary! I am incredibly happy about this as it means I'll be able to learn the language much more easily - and continue learning after I leave Kenya. __________________ Vanima i metta nauva, nan anda ar sarda nauva i mallë.

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