Hmmm

The "pangs of hell"

Well, two years ago I was in our college production of The Magic Flute, presented in English, and had the joy of hearing the opera in its entirety about twenty billion times.  That being said, the famous "Queen of the Night" Aria is not always what people think it is at first listening.  Whether you realize it or not, you've definitely heard at least bits and pieces of this song in commercials or somewhere at some point of your lifetime, trust me.  To the average listener, this aria sounds technically difficult and really cool.  Upon further investigation, however, one discovers that the English translation of the song goes something like this:

'The pangs of hell are raging in my bosom.  Death, and destruction!  Death and destruction wildly run about.  Go forth and bear my vengeance to Sarastro, or you will be my daughter nevermore!"

That lady wasn't messing around.  I'm fairly certain that if she had the "pangs of hell" raging in her bosom, she wasn't too happy about life at the time, and I don't think that she was referencing an uncomfortable case of heartburn, either. 

Just something to think about . . .

Fish again

Ok, so I think I actually forgot to feed my fish like one day last week.  He is still alive and well, but it just goes to show that silly meaningless xanga rants can come true so be careful what you say.  Anyway, I'm not writing now cuz I'm angry out of my mind.  I just figured it might be good to write a positive or neutral xanga entry for the first time in about a year or so.  So here is neutral/positive xanga entry number one for 2008.  woot. 

seriously, on a positive note, there are a lot of good things to be happy/excited about/thankful for today and lately, like . . . the BEAUTIFUL orange tree on the way to campus from starlite or caddo apts., getting to wear halloween costumes, pumpkins, eggnog, pumpkin pies, Jesus!!, sleep (need some now), friends, hugs, the color green, funny school events that cause people to camp outside all week, nice long walks, music, family, random road trips, and soooo much more.  yay. 

FISH

I always forget to feed my fish . . . why?  WHY?!!  Poor thing.  OK, really I do feed him almost everyday, I guess I'm just slightly esasperated about life in general right now to a certain extent.  Xanga is not really a safe place to vent my frustrations either, so I figure I might as well just funnel all my frustrations into the fact that my fish could be slightly more fat and happy than he is, even though he is doing perfectly fine.  Honestly, I think I hve only forgotten to feed him once or twice ever, so I don't know why I'm writing about this AT ALL.  It is completely one of the most ridiculous things ever. 

As for the root issue at hand- well . . . . it's definitely quite an issue I'll say.  But probably not one for you to know about.  AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!  GRRRRRRRRRRRRR.  There.  I feel better.  But not really. 

THIS IS IMPORTANT!!  For any of you reading this, and I assume that is practically noone, cuz I dunno . . .not many people get on xanga anymore it seems.  Anyway, I am taking a survey about this imaginary scenario.  So, if Bill Black comes over and abuses your innocent helpless cat, and has already apologized and you've forgiven him (or at least have tried to or think you have or at the very least agree that forgiving him is what ought to be done), is it unreasonable to ever be nervous for your cat's health when Bill Black comes over?  Also, does that imply that you have not/will not/don't think it is a good idea to forgive him?  It seems to me that forgiving Bill Black doesn't necessarily coincide with trusting him completely around your cat.  You probably could be capable of actually not forgiving Bill but also trusting him at the same time if you are ok with letting Bill be around your cat and know that he wouldn't hurt it even though you still hold a grudge or are upset about the previous incident of feline abuse.  Hmm . . . just let me know what you think.  That's all for now.