Evelyn Glennie: Shows How to Listen

I think the main thing that I will remembet about Evelyn's preformance was the fact that she was deft, but she still was an amazing musician. kind of like Beethoven, and whats even cooler is that she used the vibrations, that went through her body to figure out the notes and keys she was playing. thats just so epic!

For the most part when she was playing on some of her instruments she had up there, i felt very sleepy.
Especially when she was playing the Marimba, i also might have felt tired since i had woken up really early that morning, hehe.

During the film when she was holding the "sticks" just above the Merimba, i realized she was right, I did find myself imagining music being played, or finding myself straining my ears to hear the sound that was being played. If any.

Well i think a big "reason" why people don't listen to the same music is, (this sounds very cheese), everbody is different. one person might not listen to metal, because maybe of their religion, or someone might only like country, cause, thats all they think is good music. Or someone may listen to all types of music, because they might think that any music with a good beat or rhythm, is good music.

Sustainability Visit

I was unable to put my video of the interview on my blog, so i had to put it on youtube.
Here is a direct link to the video.

The Garden

Today in Humanities my class went to the senior garden. my group interveiwed Leland, one of the seniors working on the garden, some questions I asked him were:

1. what is the purpose of the garden?
answer: "well it's one way to live a healthier sustainable life style"

2. what kinds of plants are you growing here?
answer: "snapdragon, zuquini, squash, lavender, basil, eggplants, roses, strawberries, carrots, watermelon
flowers, artichokes, onions, bananas, shard, pumkins, and some other that i forgot the names of.

3. how long has this garden been "around"
answer: "since last year i think, but we recently started tending to it at the begining of this year"

4. what will happen to this garden when summer break comes around?
answer: "well, some people will come back and tend to it, but not everyone, I mean I know I will"


Questions in class

1. what struck you as interesting about the garden?

what struck me the most interesting about this garden was the way they "make" their fertilizer.
they got a pile of w/e debris they found around the place and let it sit int the sun for a while.

2. what was the garden you expected?

i think i expected, well something a little bigger maybe. but then again, they said that the soil was pretty crappy... so i guess it might have not been much bigger. and other than that i didnt expect much else. I mean they had a various number of different plants and such.

3. do you think the garden is sestainable?

for the most part i think this garden is sestainable, i mean if people come back to work on it like Leland said it will turn out pretty well in the future.

4. what would you change about the garden?

i would change nothing, the garden right now is perfect, its simple, not to much, not to little. And what they are growing there, i might change that... well i'd put some more plants of some sort in it maybe some lettece, or some orange trees.