Our Song

Wow, I must admit, I don't usually get sick, so fighting this whatever the heck it is really takes it's toll on me! I am getting a Mono test in the morning - I doubt that is what it is, but I'd rather be safe than sorry, and perhaps if they do a full work up a blood test may be useful?!

No much gone on for me lately except for sleeping and working on class work. The down time has helped me quite a bit, otherwise, I would NOT function very well in general. C totally spoiled me this past week, communication to talk with him was WAYYY to easy so I am going to remember that is not going to happen all the time - stupid army. Nah, I mean I support them I'm not a military hater :o) - not by any means, considered going at times myself. But the poor thing was exhausted last time I talked to him - 5 hours in two days of sleep - and NO that's not an exaggeration! I feel so bad for him, but unfortunately there is nothing I can do from here but be there when he needs me.

We have finished Amadeus and are moving right along in Seminar class. I am looking forward to what we will be doing next. We are going to be watching an opera by Mozart - I am looking forward to it, I think it will be interesting. As we had one last final discussion on Amadeus, there were two main ideas that really stuck with me that I've pondered on a bit. First, one item mentioned and brought up more than once was when Mozart was trying to explain how in an Opera he could have multiple characters, with multiple emotions portraying the emotions all at the same time, all in song; unlike in a play having each character speaking at the same time, he mentioned how it would work. I can't wrap my mind around that idea, to me it just seems like everything would become confusing, because even in song once you at up to a certain amount of voices, singing similar to as in rounds, it just seems to be chaotic. I guess perhaps I would have to witness an example because otherwise it completely boggles my mind on how this idea from Mozart can actually be successful? The second idea that stuck with me, probably because I enjoy psychology so much, is the idea of how Mozart relationship with his father, or in some cases, lack of a relationship - really plays into who Mozart is as an individual. Some of the questions I have enjoyed thinking about are, is the push Mozart was surrounded with as a small child directly correlated to the immaturity he seems to portray as an adult? Or how about, Does the pressure Mozart becomes surrounded with caused from his own desire to be the best he can as a composer, or does he still feel an obligation to his father (even though there is no strong direct relationship) to make him proud and be that "superstar" child his father so proudly paraded around all of Europe, showing him off like a "trained Monkey" as Shaffer put it? A few things that have been interesting to ponder on. One saying I feel sums Mozart up exactly, at least as portrayed in Amadeus, is as Dr. Kuykendall put it, that Mozart is this "eternal child," - his personality and lifestyle is one of an immature child who still needs to be taught and raised to meet the appropriate society standards of that time period. Just some thought... =]