The Poster Below Me (cont.)
Posted on December 7, 2005 at 10:59 PM (MST)
Would be true if I weren't haunted by guilty feelings of wastefullness every time I buy something like that!
The poster below me has has performed on 5 continents.
False, I've never left Australia
The Poster below me wishes that articles weren't limited to 100 responses.
Replies (100)
False,...unless you count actually playing 'in' the closet. :)
The poster below me wishes they could for one day play like Anne Sophie Mutter and be able to play anything at all...
True. Although I wouldn't mind being able to play like that permanently. Or maybe more like Sitkovetsky or Heifetz.
The poster below me didn't know that HTML tags work on posts!
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The poster below me watches CSI.
False.
the poster below me is vegetarian. (we shouldnt only speak about music and violins should we?;) )
True. But only recently. After dropping a burger on the floor and seeing it bounce, I was terrified to ever try the school meat again, and I've grown quite fond of vegetarian cuisine.
The poster below me is studying like a banshee for finals.
false -- I've been out of school for 12 years now. Some days I wish I were back in school, because it was far less stressful in many respects than Real Life.
Then I realize that I can't afford to be back in school. ;)
The poster below me is very particular about the kind of rosin that should be used.
True - Hill light please ;-)
The poster below me has a massive collection of sheet music
Somewhat true - mainly all the standards, a few oddities (compliments of Jonathan), and lots of finger exercises.
The poster below is currently procrastinating work they really should be doing...
False - I am a very talented multi-tasker ;-)
The poster below me has freakishly long fingers!
False, or at least I don't think so. Mr. Lewis said I have big hands...for a girl.
The poster below me has NO IDEA how the colors and underlines and stuff are coming up on this.
True - Neato indeed
The poster below me is very html savvy
False, I'm with Sydney.
The poster below me loves Family Guy.
False. Everybody Loves Raymond is more my style.
The poster belows me can look out the window and see snow on the ground (like I can).
True! Snow day!!
The poster below me refuses to accept the fact that they need glasses.
False - I accepted this long ago!
The poster below me loves Maud Powell
False. (Who's that?)
The poster below me has a blog not associated with Violinist.com.
True.
The poster below me plays the guitar.
True.
eight six seven five three oh niiiiine
The poster below me will look up Maude Powell.
False. I've heard of her but forgot who she is and don't feel like looking.
The poster below me likes Flamenco?
Very true! Long live Paco!
The poster below me wishes the work day would end already so they can get home and practice.
False. Even though mine isn't finished yet, I'm very close.
The poster below me has fingernails too long to vibrate on the 4th finger.
True. (workday) False (nails--just sheared them off)
{stephen--what happened to the link?}
The person below heard "Jenny-Jenny, who can I turn to?" on the radio in the past week.
False, I haven't ever heard that song.
[Bill - I deleted the link because by the time I posted it, it was obsolete. But, Here it is again.]
The poster below me uses Google every day.
True!
The poster below me is an inveterate nail-biter.
verry true,thank God it exists:)
the poster below me doesnt know what to write because all the possible sentences were posted already... :)
True.
The poster below me thinks killing tortoises, an endangered species, to make bow frogs which no one in the audience even looks at is WRONG!
True
The poster below me thinks it's odd to kill a turtle to make a frog.
True.
The poster below me wonders how it came to be called a frog even though it's kind of just a square.
True!
The poster below me just realized how to write in color.
False.
The poster below me will explain it to me.
False
The poster below me thinks it won't be the same now that Sydney can write in color.
Hmm, true.
The poster below me thinks god is a real pain in the ass for sending the snow just in time for rush hour.
true.
the poster below me subs 3rd violin parts in a regional orchestra.
False.
The poster below me saw at least twenty sea turtles surfing at sunset yesterday.
False.
The poster below me is thankful for online radio.
False. I have a real radio
The poster below me saw at least twenty frogs water skiing at midnight yesterday.
True.
The poster below has seen an ocean sunfish in the wild. (You know, that giant fish)
true i guess.
i've seen an o. i've seen a shin. i've seen the sun. and i've seen fish. i guess you could say i've seen an ocean sunfish.
the poster below me is one of the 3 people in classical music that haven't been sued by jascha heifetz or shmoozed by isaac stern at an afterparty.
I guess that's a true for me.
The person below me has seen what a real beach is like (The ones in western australia are the only real beaches)
true, if you change the vowel to an i.
then again, you don't have to go to australia to see one of those. there are plenty of 'em here in canada.
the person below me only eats the blue M&Ms.
woops double post.
Greetings,
S and M is fine any color.
The person below recreates famous sea battles in the bathtub using Airfix models.
Cheers,
Buri
I'm bypassing Buri's question, but you guys have to look up Maud Powell!!!
False. (to Buri's thing)
The poster below me did look up Maud Powell but didn't understand the big deal.
True...at first.
THe poster below me will look up Leonora Jackson.
true.
the poster below me auditioned for the spot of angelina jolie's 2nd baby but lost to zahara due to a broken E string in the tchaik cadenza.
False.
The poster below thinks Alexandra just doesn't understand the complex subtlety of 867-5309. Shashenka why do you cause me pain?
or
The poster below me thinks Angelina will soon be covered with Brad Pitt tattoos.
or
The poster below me thinks Brad will need the Billy Bob tattoos removed for his psychological well-being.
False, false, and false.
The poster below me thinks Jim Miller is highly entertaining, even though she doesn't understand him most of the time.
false. i'm not a she.
the poster below me is not actually a poster. they're more resemblant of a placard.
False. I'm a poster and proud of it.
The poster below me wishes the English language had a gender-inspecific pronoun so he/she wouldn't have to choose between the unwieldy "he/she" and the ungrammatical "they".
False, I'm someone who has no trouble referring to others without reference to a gender-neutral pronoun. I do, however, have trouble with double negatives, obviously.
The poster below me thinks that hot violin chix need their own pronoun and that I need to come up with a more original post than something involving pronouns.
Neil
True.
The poster below me had e-bayed and is addicted...hurry, only five minutes to go, the counter's going crazy, the high bidder is anonymous and you're sure there's going to be swooping.
False.
The poster below me likes purple and orange together. :)
True
The poster below me is shocked that a few violinist.com members don't know who Maud Powell is!
True!
The poster below me is wondering how much a lootiay would charge to stand his sound post back up.
False. I know it's cheap, though. (You dare not change that post, Jim.)
The following poster fed a blueberry muffin to a barracuda today.
False.
The poster below me is going to get her sunburned hide into snazzy clothes and go to O'Toole's for pitchers of Guinness and dancing up a storm tonight!
False (to Emily). That's mean, Emily. You know you are the only one in Hawaii right now ; ) I happen to be suffering through 8 degree weather.
Jim, also false. As should be expected seeing as I'm 15.
The poster below me has fly-away hair right now.
True. If you count beach-tossed hair... :) And I feel no sorrow for those who think 8 degrees is cold.
The poster below me is drinking beer tonight.
False. At least not yet.
The poster below me has a fake ID to get into bars.
False... haha
The poster below me can look out their window and see lots of snow.
False. all I see is lots of dark. Besides, even if it was light there'd be no snow here.
The poster below me has been confused at least once by the speed this thread moves along.
Neil
So true...! The poster below me is amused by our fellow violinists' fascination with typing in color.
False. I find the yellow and green hard to read. though i wish i could do that....
the poster below me loves shakespeare.
both true and false...I like some of the lines, but haven't had the chance to read very many of his works.
The Poster below me think this is an extremely silly activity, and people would be better off practicing or playing chess or something...
Semi- true... I don't love him, but I enjoy reading his works.
The poster below me is drinking a cup of hot chocolate.
Oops too late... but to the next one.... false- I think it's fun... but yes, I really should be practicing.
The poster below me is watching snow fall wherever they are right now.
False. It's not snowing right now....*sigh*
The poster below me has broke a string while teaching someone how to do pizzicato.
False.
The poster below me thinks left-hand pizzicato is cool.
False
The poster below me remembers the OR game which stopped after 800 posts.
False.(Stopped by admin or mutual agreement?)
The poster below me has read Noam Chomsky's 'Manufacturing Consent'
TRUE. LOL (oops that was for the OR game.)
The poster below me cannot wait until s/he becomes a second semester senior.
False. I'm so glad I've finished school.
The poster below me thinks it's much more fun to play this game than to do his/her work.
Oops. Julie forgot end font.
True! The poster below me doesn't want to go to school today.
True!
The poster below me doesn't have to go to school today!
True, although I feel guilty I'm not practicing, preparing my exams and making all kind of boring phone calls. Oups that was an answer to Pauline.
Answer to Danielle: True. Christmas 'holiday'...
The poster below me has ever walked into a pub, climbed on a table and played 'God save the King' on an imaginative violin.
Um, true. No wait, is that 'ever' or 'never'? True for never, false for ever.
Hey, that rhymes!
The poster below me has heard the saying, "Don't worry about the world ending tomorrow because it is already tomorrow in Australia" and therefore knows that if that happened Ben would be the first to go.
ha, true
The poster below me has more junk mail in their mailbox than normal, good mail
'tis the season
True, how sad.
The poster below me thinks two-year-olds are terrors, except when they're sleeping.
True - assuming we are speaking of human children!
The poster below me didn't know that Bazzini wrote 5 violin concertos
True, my impression is indeed that two-year-olds are terrors, though not from personal experience.
The poster below me thinks that we skipped David's Noam Chomsky question on purpose.
Ooh, and I didn't know Bazzini wrote so many concerti!
See above... this thread moves fast indeed!
False - I am in late on this one.
The poster below wants to send me a million dollars
False. But then I don't have a million dollars.
The poster below has a really nice violin that they'd loan to a deserving student (like....um...me?!).
True and false...I have a nice violin but I can't loan or give it away...sorry. I'm trying to sell one though.
The poster below me also plays the kazoo.
Sorry, quite false (to the violin donation).
And false to the Kazoo.
The poster below me thinks that this thread will be continued a 3rd time
True - this is highly addictive...
The poster below me is a member of the ASTA
ASTA? Apparently false.
The poster below me has ANOTHER SNOW DAY TODAY!!! YEAH!
false, except my kids do.
The poster below me has a cousin who plays in the Philadelphia Orchestra.
I wish, false
The person below me has 2 violins
False, I'm very loyal
The poster below me has listened to the Bartok and Wieniawski I have made available within my profile!
False.
The poster below me recently cut off all his or her long, curly hair and now has a really cold head.
False, my hair is neither long nor curly.
The poster below me has not been paid for playing the violin in over ten years.
false!
the poster below me has never studied the berg concerto : )
True. Is it good?
The poster below me is the one who forgot to turn off their red font.
false.
the poster below me wrote or writes poems when is in love or in a relationship with someone...
True. Then I grew up and became jaded and cynical.
The poster below me will tell me if Eudoxa's are higher or lower tension strings than Obligato's so that I can go buy a set of whichever is lower tension after work.
False.
The poster below me thinks the right way to think of the issue of string tension is like in the paragraph David Burgess wrote when he talked about how he sets up violins.
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December 8, 2005 at 11:03 AM · False. 100 responses take a long time to read through. I can't imagine reading through 300 or 500-response threads.
The person below me is actually a closet-violist.