I have no idea if this is accurate.

Oh wait, its a dumb internet quiz

Richard Wagner was very possibly the single most influential composer of the mid-tolate 19th century. He was primarily a composer of opera, but as he believed in complete and total works of art, he would write the libretto and the music, cast the show, direct the rehearsals, design the staging lighting and costumes, and do everything else to make the things work. Yet for all these creative and management skills, Wagner was in fact an utter sleazebag. He had a regular habit of sleeping with the wives of the conductors with whom he worked, and his anti-Semitic pamphlets were an inspiration to Hitler. It's best to just ignore Wanger the man and pay attention to Wagner the artist. If you can handle four-hour operas.
A few key works: Tristan und Isolde, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Der Fliegende Hollander, Die Meistersinger
Take the Dead German Composer Test!

Someone doesn't want to grade papers...

Fifth Full Sentence
The Rules

1. Grab the nearest book.

2. Open the book to page 123.

3. Find the fifth full sentence.

4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.

5. Don't search around for the coolest book you can find. Use what's actually nearest to you.


"Outside, he stalks rabbits, mice, muskrats, and birds, killing more bodies than he can eat warm, and often dragging the carcasses home." --Annie Dillard, "Living Like Weasels," published in The Annie Dillard Reader

Your Birthdate: July 4

You have an extraordinary character - moral, responsible, and disciplined. Your sincerely and honesty shine through in almost every situation. Driven and focused, you rarely let your emotions get the better of you. You're level headed and rational. People count on your to look at things objectively. Your strength: Your unwavering loyalty and ethics Your weakness: Your rock solid stubbornness Your power color: Navy blue Your power symbol: Shield Your power month: April

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

Allow me to bitch for a moment about our mailman.

Whenever we order something online, or receive a package of any kind, he refuses to attempt to knock or ring. He just gives us the "sorry we missed you" card, and then we're required to drive downtown to the post office to pick it up, which really diminishes the entire POINT of having a package delivered in the first place. And believe me, we'd know if he tried, because our buzzer is very loud, and our apartment isn't that huge that we wouldn't hear a knock.

Thus, I'm pissed. The post office isn't right next door. And yesterday it was negative 14 degrees. On my day off, I'm not interested in freezing my fucking ass off, driving all over hell, just so I can pick up something that I'm supposed to be getting in my mailbox.

Has anyone in the history of the holiday ever had a happy Valentine's Day? I'm just asking, because it seems like a myth to me, one of those unattainable things we're supposed to believe in for some inexplicable reason...

Lisa needs this shirt, you know, in case other people want to handle Ella

Hey!

I have wonderful news. :-) Parker just gave me my Valentine's day present, and it's a puppy. He knew I wanted a Sheltie somethin fierce, so...yeah. He's the sweetest, cutest little prince...We named him Sirius Black, and I love him.

Yes.

You know you're a Wisconsinite if...

* You have a shirt with a big letter G on it.

* You know how to polka, but never tried it sober.

* FFA was a popular club in high school.

* You've seen a Hodag, or, at least you think that's what it was.

* You know what's knee-high by the Fourth of July.

* You know it's traditional for the bride and groom to go bar hopping between ceremony and the reception.

* You know that there is no ' r ' in Wausau.


* You can recognize someone from Illinois by their driving.

* You buy your Christmas presents at Fleet Farm.

* You are a connoisseur of cheese curds, and find anyone unfamiliar with them to be frighteningly foreign.

* You get irritated at sports announcers that pronounce it "Wes--kahnsin".

* You own at least one cheese head.

* You know that Kaukauna is NOT a Hawaiian Island.

* You hear someone use the word "uffda" and you don't immediately break into uncontrollable laughter.

* You think fast food is hitting a deer at 65 mph.

* You or someone you know was a "Dairy Princess" at a county fair.

* You know that "combine" is a noun.

* You know what a FIB is.

* You think Lutheran and Catholic are THE major religions.

* You can tell the difference between "real Wisconsin cheese" and "that Illinois stuff."

* You know that creek rhymes with pick.

* Football schedules are checked before wedding dates are set.

* You can visit Luxemburg, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Berlin, and Poland all in one afternoon.

* There was at least one kid in your class who had to help milk cows in the morning. ...phew!

* You have driven your car on a lake.

* You can make sense out of the word "upnort."

* The Packers will always be better than the Vikings, no matter what the standings are.

* You know that De Pere is not a wooden structure extending into"Da Lake."

* You can leave your ice cream in the car while you go into Fleet Farm, and it won't melt.

* You always believed that vacation meant "going up north."

* At every wedding you have been to you have had to dance the hokey pokey & the chicken dance.

* You know what a bubbler is.

* Your definition of a small town is one that only has one bar.

* The local gas station sells live bait.

* You laugh out loud every time you see a news report about a blizzard shutting down the entire east coast.

* Your mom asks, "Were you born in a barn?" and you knowexactly what she means.

* You include beer as one of the major food groups.

* You know which leaves make good toilet paper.

* Your sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie.

* You are a member of the Polar Bear Club and proud of it.

* You think the start of deer season is a national holiday.

* Your bank has the name of your town included in its name.

Just had to show off a few pictures of Ella :) Go HERE to see lots more!

Remember that little bouncer seat you girls all wanted?! We bought her the 'To Go' (meaning it isn't one of those huge swings, it's closer to the ground and you can pick it up with her in it and 'go') swing version of the Aquarium line and you would love it! Lights - Music - 8 swing speeds :) Keeps her occupied for a long time! Why the heck don't they make adult toys that are this much fun? (Not the perverted ones, either - heck if I had a swing like that I'd sit in it all day - make it my new office chair)