From 890b34bcc1a6b4073d1e512b1386634f7bc5ea52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Adam T. Carpenter" Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2021 22:57:39 -0400 Subject: unified posts dir, until I can figure out makefile sub-subdirs. makefile auto-generates index --- ...-21-dancing-the-shag-and-the-new-lion-king.html | 85 --------- .../2019-07-28-i-finally-found-a-drink-i-like.html | 86 --------- posts/life/2019-08-11-marrying-my-best-friend.html | 68 ------- .../2020-04-10-the-obligatory-covid-19-post.html | 103 ----------- posts/life/2020-04-10-wedding-photos-are-here.html | 96 ---------- .../life/2021-01-15-adam-s-2020-reading-list.html | 196 --------------------- ...a-bamf-and-proof-that-organists-are-metal-.html | 129 -------------- 7 files changed, 763 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 posts/life/2019-07-21-dancing-the-shag-and-the-new-lion-king.html delete mode 100644 posts/life/2019-07-28-i-finally-found-a-drink-i-like.html delete mode 100644 posts/life/2019-08-11-marrying-my-best-friend.html delete mode 100644 posts/life/2020-04-10-the-obligatory-covid-19-post.html delete mode 100644 posts/life/2020-04-10-wedding-photos-are-here.html delete mode 100644 posts/life/2021-01-15-adam-s-2020-reading-list.html delete mode 100644 posts/life/2021-02-12-louis-vierne-is-a-bamf-and-proof-that-organists-are-metal-.html (limited to 'posts/life') diff --git a/posts/life/2019-07-21-dancing-the-shag-and-the-new-lion-king.html b/posts/life/2019-07-21-dancing-the-shag-and-the-new-lion-king.html deleted file mode 100644 index b8deca5..0000000 --- a/posts/life/2019-07-21-dancing-the-shag-and-the-new-lion-king.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,85 +0,0 @@ - - - - - - - - - - - - - 53hornet ➙ Dancing the Shag & Two Left Feet - - - - - -
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Dancing the Shag & Two Left Feet

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- Not all of my posts are huge, and they probably shouldn't be. Amy and I - had a really great time yesterday at Two Left Feet Dance Studio, - learning more about how to dance the Carolina Shag in preparation for - our wedding (which is in less than 20 days)! An enormous swing band is - going to play all of our favorites from the brass band/swing era, and - one of the easiest dances to do to that music is the Shag. I wrote a - paper on the Shag a few years ago for school but never actually learned - how to do it. The steps are simple for us to remember and it's easy - enough to add flair or mix it up so we look like we know what we're - doing during our first dance. -

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- We also got out to see the new Lion King remake and I can honestly say - it was worth it. If anyone's a Lion King purist, it's Amy. It's easily - been her favorite movie since she was a toddler, and to see it - tastefully redone almost 25 years after it was first released was - thoroughly enjoyable. There were minor alterations to literal sentences - in the script that all added some context to things that were always - kind of assumed in the original (clarification on Scar's backstory, - etc.). I did however feel like they were trying to throw Beyonce lines - the way a middle-schooler tries to turn a 500-word paper into a 700-word - paper. Regardless, it's definitely re-living the classic, not re-hashing - it. -

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Finally Found a Drink I Like

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- Anyone who knows me even slightly well probably knows that I don't - drink. And it's not out of moral obligation or anything like that. I - just plain can't stand the taste of alcohol. So it's no surprise that my - entire family has been trying to throw different alcoholic beverages in - my direction to see what sticks. -

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- But it finally happened! I finally found a drink with alcohol in it. And - not only did I not gag, but I genuinely enjoy it, think it tastes great, - and mix it myself. -

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- It's called Blackberry Cream Soda. It's just blackberries, - ginger ale, and spiced rum. It's darn good. And it's going to be the - signature drink at our wedding, whatever that means. All I know is I can - finally order something at a bar and that's cool by me. -

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- Behold, Blackberry Cream Soda -

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I Married My Best Friend!

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- It was an inexplicable mixture of joy and butterflies getting to marry - my best friend. It was truly like a dream come true, so much so that it - drove me to tears multiple times. Now that we're on our honeymoon, it - feels simultaneously like everything and nothing has changed but I think - that's a good thing. -

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More to come!

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Obligatory COVID-19 Post

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- We're alive! All three of us: Amy, Clementine, and myself. We're doing - what we do best and that is being hermits with zero social contact. - That's pretty okay by us though because it lets us slow down from all - the fast-paced life changes we've made in the past few months. -

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- In January Amy and I bought a house! We couldn't have done it without - the wonderful help of everyone who gave us wedding gifts. We got a nice - little standalone place in Suffolk, much closer to where I work and - centrally located for Amy's tutoring business. We spent all of January - painting and prepping for the big move. Late January and early February - were all moving and unpacking and trying to get back in the groove. - Since the outbreak, we've been using the extra time at home to finish up - all the move-in projects we wanted to: finishing painting, putting up - shelves, hanging pictures, and rewiring electrical outlets. -

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- Amy also finally got the chance to pursue her dream job: she started up - her own private tutoring business. She's been working hard with clients - all over Hampton Roads, from college students all the way to - first-graders. Business was booming before schools closed but I know - she'll bring it back once things have returned to normal again. No - worries though, she's spending this time helping William and Mary handle - remote operations and students in need. She's also [supposed to be] - writing her master's thesis so she can graduate in May but you know how - it is. -

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- We're also working through a family illness, which adds difficulty . We - expect a speedy recovery though and we're really excited for that. - All-in-all, we're really enjoying our lives as a happily married couple. - It's been about eight months now and I've enjoyed every minute of it: - the glad, the slightly stressed, and the overarching worry as the world - took a strange turn. But we're looking forward to a good Summer now. The - weather has turned nice -- really nice -- and Clementine is forcing us - to get outside. She's in love with her nice, big fenced-in yard and - refuses to come in after catching hoops most of the time. -

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Stay safe, smart, and sane!

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Wedding Photo Debacle

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- At long last we have all of our wedding photos together! Unfortunately a - large portion of the professional ones were lost during editing but - we're extremely fortunate to everyone who took pictures throughout the - festivities so we have more to share! We hope you enjoy flipping through - them as much as we did! There is also a collection of the photos we took - while we were on our honeymoon on Mackinac Island, MI. It was an - absolutely magical place and truly the experience of a lifetime for us - to run away there. We're in contact with our videographer, who's working - on the final cut now. -

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- Everything is available at the links down below. You can scroll through - the photos, view them in fullscreen, and even download them or share - them elsewhere. We hope you have as much fun flipping through them as we - did! -

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Adam's 2020 Quarantine Reading List

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Louis Vierne Is a BAMF (and Proof That Organists Are Metal)

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- Louis Vierne is a certifiable badass organist from the end of the 19th - and early 20th centuries. He was born blind and had to have surgery to - be able to distinguish shapes and objects. Did that stop him from - playing the one instrument that literally requires you to distinguish - hundreds and hundreds of small objects from each other? Nope, he just - did it (and he learned from Cesar Franck, another great organist). -

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- In 1906 he got hit by a car and the doctors said they might have to - amputate his leg. Did you know you play an organ with both your hands - and both your feet? Well you do, and Vierne just re-learned how - to play with his feet after the accident. Because nobody tells Louis - Vierne no. -

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- And because he's a badass, Vierne went on to become the official - organist at the Notre Dame in Paris, a position he won by competitively - dunking on numerous other musicians. He considered this his greatest - achievement, and what Louis Vierne says goes. -

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- In one final act of badassery, he carried out his lifelong dream: to die - while playing at Notre Dame. In 1937, to a full recital hall in Notre - Dame, he was giving his 1,750th performance and actually - had a heart-attack while playing and died at the console, and keeled - over so that the low "E" played until they removed his body. To this day, no rock band has ever been so metal. -

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- Alright, so without the decoration, Louis Vierne is my favorite Organist - and composer from the period. The organ is, in my opinion, the coolest - instrument on the planet. It's the biggest, the loudest, and the most - impressive. It's also got the most wide and interesting array of sounds, - like having an orchestra at your fingertips. Vierne made some of my - favorite music for the organ (music that my lowly organ skills will - never let me play). He's also, obviously, pretty badass. -

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- In truth, I think all organists are pretty cool. They play a cool, - complicated instrument that really sounds like no other. They also play - with their hands and their feet. Someone once said when a musician mates - with an octopus, an organist is born. Come to think of it, Davy Jones - plays the Organ and he's pretty cool. Coincidence? I think not. -

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- If you get the chance, give Vierne a listen, you can look up his work on - YouTube or a Pandora Radio station in his name. Look especially for - Symphony No. 1 for Organ in D Minor, Op. 14. That's the first song I - heard of his live (and in my understanding is the one he was playing - when he died). -

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