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One "fusserated" bumblebee
Jun. 3rd, 2005 08:52 pmToday was the big recital for D's pre-ballet class. He was very excited to be on-stage and had loved the rehearsal on Wednesday. The curtain drew open to the quiet beginnings of Vivaldi's "Summer," and the five bees were curled up in a line, each behind their flowers. The five flowers slowly, slowly unfurled, stood, stretched, did tendus, etc., to the quiet music -- but each time the violins whirred into action, each bee leaped up and buzzed quickly around his or her flower, then resumed a sleeping position behind her.
Finally, the flowers were again asleep, and it was the bees' turn. They stood, buzzed in frantic circles behind their flowers, lined up together and leaped over each of the five curled up flowers, then each buzzed back behind his (or her) flower and waited. They then leaped from first position, to second, back to first, to second, to first, then leaned down and tapped their flowers on the backs, wakening them to stand. Each bee and flower clasped hands, danced a small circle, then together ran off to the side of the stage.
Except... D's flower refused to awaken and stand. As the other bees and flowers danced and ran past him, D. stood there tapping and tapping her, looking more and more exasperated, but still trying to do his job. I'm afraid I was laughing so hard -- with the sixty or so other parents -- that the camcorder lost its focus on him. Finally the teacher had him come up and take his bow with the others. Poor D. Poor flower. My mom thought it had been planned that way, and it would have been charming, actually. Very, very cute.
I felt a bit more lively today, and I think I've finished my poster for ASLE. All that work to categorize and pick quotes for each of the metaphors, and it turns out there's no room for quotes on the poster. Too ambitious. I'll put them on the handout.
I'm funded to take a class this fall, and actually there's one I could be very interested in! Gerard (from work, also a UO prof.) is teaching a graduate seminar in psychology on Beliefs, Culture, and Personality. He says, "It's basically about the psychology of beliefs, with an emphasis on individual differences. In so doing, it reaches toward an integration of political psychology and the psychology of religion (and some other things) under one overarching framework." Should fit in well with my interest in worldviews, though I'm not sure yet how to make it applicable to my job (as in, deserving of the funding).
Finally, the flowers were again asleep, and it was the bees' turn. They stood, buzzed in frantic circles behind their flowers, lined up together and leaped over each of the five curled up flowers, then each buzzed back behind his (or her) flower and waited. They then leaped from first position, to second, back to first, to second, to first, then leaned down and tapped their flowers on the backs, wakening them to stand. Each bee and flower clasped hands, danced a small circle, then together ran off to the side of the stage.
Except... D's flower refused to awaken and stand. As the other bees and flowers danced and ran past him, D. stood there tapping and tapping her, looking more and more exasperated, but still trying to do his job. I'm afraid I was laughing so hard -- with the sixty or so other parents -- that the camcorder lost its focus on him. Finally the teacher had him come up and take his bow with the others. Poor D. Poor flower. My mom thought it had been planned that way, and it would have been charming, actually. Very, very cute.
I felt a bit more lively today, and I think I've finished my poster for ASLE. All that work to categorize and pick quotes for each of the metaphors, and it turns out there's no room for quotes on the poster. Too ambitious. I'll put them on the handout.
I'm funded to take a class this fall, and actually there's one I could be very interested in! Gerard (from work, also a UO prof.) is teaching a graduate seminar in psychology on Beliefs, Culture, and Personality. He says, "It's basically about the psychology of beliefs, with an emphasis on individual differences. In so doing, it reaches toward an integration of political psychology and the psychology of religion (and some other things) under one overarching framework." Should fit in well with my interest in worldviews, though I'm not sure yet how to make it applicable to my job (as in, deserving of the funding).