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@alia Okay, goodnight.  Hope to see you tomorrow!

@alia I wasn’t twenty minutes ago, but I am now.  So now the question’s in reverse: Are you still around? 😀

@seekjustice Hello!  It’s nighttime/afternoon now.  The usual writing time. 😉  Are you working on anything at present?

@alia If you have read the synopsis of The Pirates of Penzance I’ll give you links to some of my favorite versions of the songs from it. Otherwise, these are the three most popular Gilbert and Sullivan operettas:

• The Mikado
• HMS Pinafore
• The Pirates of Penzance

You will understand the songs much better if you read the synopses before…[Read more]

@alia I’d be happy to give you what you want – just as long as it’s not my tickets to Newsies – but I’m not sure exactly what you’re asking for? 😉  Did you read the synopsis in the link?  Do you want more songs to listen to?  Just let me know, dear friend, and I’ll get it to you as soon as possible! 😀

@alia I’d love to read it, but do you want the critique in comments on the document, or do you want it here on the forum?

@alia You liked it?! Great!  So, now why don’t you read the synopsis of that comic operetta?  It’s here, if you want to read it, and it’s hilarious!  Gilbert and Sullivan wrote many operettas in English, and I love them.  If you end up liking them, you’ve got a whole bunch of new soundtracks to listen to! 😀

@catwing Thank you! 😀  Feathers and…[Read more]

@alia oh, I see

@catwing agh, I wish I could join you tonight, but I can’t. Will you be on tomorrow or the weekend?

@catwing  Here are Sam and Stan. I drew them awhile back when they were originally going to be my MCs for the KPA.

@sam-kowal  Feel free to point out any changes that need to be made for her to draw the cover

(She’s making a cover picture for Warren’s dog KP story 🙂 )

@catwing  Oh, I have a picture of Sam and Stan! Hang on…

@alia  Wow, I had never heard of that before. Praying!

@alia wow, I’ll definitely be praying for you! *hugs* Remember, we can overcome anything with God’s strength 🙂

Do you think doing things that remind you of the Chinese culture will help with the homesickness?

@rochellaine haha, okay I’ll letcha know when I watch the video. 😉

I’m gonna have to go too. Bye all! 🙂

@alia Yes, I’ve been to ballets.  Of course, there are the multiple Nutcrackers I’ve been to, ever since I was basically a baby.  Then I’ve been to Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, and several non-story short piece ballets performed by dancers with an orchestra. (I don’t remember what that kind is called.)  How about you?

@jenwriter17 Never heard of op…[Read more]

@rochellaine mmm, I’m not a big fan of opera, but yet I haven’t listened to a lot of it. I’ve never heard of operetta.

@alia Ooooooh 🙂

@alia You are going to see Les Miserables?  That’s so cool!  Well, I guess I don’t have to wait as long as you do.  I can be thankful for that! 🙂

@seekjustice I won’t be here for longer than that, I’m afraid.  I have to get off now, since we’re celebrating my brother’s half of our birthday. 😀  I’ll probably be back sometime tonight, but it coul…[Read more]

@alia @seekjustice oh, I must be thinking of something else….

@rochellaine yeah, big bros are awesome! and so are younger ones (i have one of those too 🙂 )

My family just recently went to a symphony with music by Medelssohn. I really liked it 🙂

@alia I love Tchaikovsky!  He’s quite possibly my favorite classical composer! Sorry, @jenwriter17 but I have a great distaste for both Bach and Vivaldi. 😉  I prefer the later composers such as Brahms, Rachmaninoff, and Mendelssohn.

@seekjustice Are you now? 😀  I had a feeling you would be. *dances up and down* I can’t wait! (But I have to wai…[Read more]

@alia Hans Zimmer…….is he the guy that sung the songs for that animated horse movie Spirit???

@rochellaine oh yeah, hehe, just now noticed you and your brother share the same birthday *sheepish grin* my older brother is gonna turn 23 this year too 🙂

@alia I really like Bach, some Mozart, Vivaldi and (these people are still alive 😉 ) Helen Jane Long, Ludovico Einadi, and Brian Crain.