Trivia that matter
I’m finally done with this year’s Nutcracker pictures. The pictures are at my photo site. The act two pictures are here, here and here. Act one is here, here and here.
If you want to look at something other than dancers, there are a few more cacti here.
The last batch of Nutcracker pictures. As always, click to embiggen and see with better color, and right-click and open in a new window to see at maximum size.
The last batch of Nutcracker pictures. As always, click to embiggen and see with better color, and right-click and open in a new window to see at maximum size.
As usual, click to embiggen.
As usual, click to embiggen.
Petrus T. Ratajczyk isn’t available to record the tune I think of as “Santa Wears Jackboots,” and Vince Furnier’s version is mere schlock rock, so I thought I’d see how Hatsune Miku would do it. Nota bene: it gets loud.
Technical stuff for the curious: The guitars are the AAS Strum GS-2. The rest, except for Miku, are components of NI Komplete, run through various NI and Logic plugins.
Update: “Pay attention to the “I(Nice)” function.”
Taking a break from looking at dancers to see how well my new, very cheap light tent works.
Taking a break from looking at dancers to see how well my new, very cheap light tent works.
… except onstage.
I’m half-way through the Nutcracker pictures. You can see the party scene, the mice battle and the snow scene at my photo site.
Dress rehearsal at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas, December 7, 2017. Click to embiggen.
Dress rehearsal at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas, December 7, 2017. Click to embiggen.
Before Koichi Mashimo’s trilogy1, there was The Nutcracker, as produced annually by Friends University Ballet.
I spent the evening tonight taking far too many pictures at the dress rehearsal. I’ll eventually post a bunch on my photo weblog, but it will take a while to go through them all.
Update (December 10): I’m through with the party scene in act one. The pictures are here.
I’ve put one in puzzle form below the fold.
A couple of links to help you get into the spirit of the season:
• What to give the heretic on your list (See also St. Louis’ guide to dealing with barbarians.)
• Beware rogue carolers, and avoid broadcast media until December 24
If you absolutely must sing a carol, here are the words:
If you’re in the mood to procrastinate, you’re in luck. I’ve uploaded a few pictures to Jigsaw Planet and have embedded the puzzles in my photography weblog. I’ll be adding more. Click on the “ghost” button at the bottom left of the puzzle frame for a preview of the finished puzzle.
This is what the Wichita newspaper put on the front page above the fold on Saturday.
Crunchyroll continues to license interesting older anime. Recent acquisitions include the willfully eccentric Oh! Edo Rocket2 and Tatsuo Sato’s first major series, Martian Successor Nadesico. There’s also the exceedingly odd Cromartie High School. In all three, anything can happen.
I’ve compiled a short wish list of shows that the people at Crunchyroll might consider for future acquisition.
Dennou Coil — It’s available on disc, but I don’t think this classic Miyazaki-does-Ghost-in-the-Shell series has ever been legally streamed in North America.
Shounen Onmyouji — Protagonist Masahiro is the only shounen hero who doesn’t make me mutter “idiot.” The show was one of the last licensed by Geneon USA and was orphaned when the company went out of business. The later discs are virtually unobtainable.
Katanagatari — Also available on disc3, but I don’t think this eccentric and ironic chronicle of extreme swordsmanship ever been legally streamed here.
Crest/Banner of the Stars — Possibly the best thought-out dramatization of war in space.4
Pupipo — Short and funny doesn’t mean trivial.
