Neufchâtel Cheese!
with salt or maybe a little pepper or homemade garam masala or all by itself.
100x more tasty and 10000x more awesome than those ridiculous Greek yogurts.
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04/08/2011 15:07 #53999
Neufchâtel CheeseCategory: eating in
04/05/2011 00:07 #53983
BalletCategory: dance
I took my first ballet lesson today.
I am incredibly sore everywhere. My biceps and triceps are sore, upper back muscles that I never knew existed are suddenly making themselves known and my inner thighs and calves that went to their extremes are crying out now... In spite of all this, I feel awesome. It is this sense of absolute and inexplicable delight at feeling completely drained out and exhausted.
And the music... I felt like I was floating in heaven. Kolleen Fischer from the Configuration Dance Studio has some excellent taste in classical music. Every little piece was perfectly chosen to the ballet moves we were executing. There were some well-loved piano pieces and some unknown but absolutely delightful pieces from the romantic and classical period (written for the orchestra but played on the piano). (I really must get hold of her playlist!)
If I were to describe it more precisely, it was like an (exorbitantly expensive at $17) hour of flowing and active super-intense yoga with a minutely detailed French nomenclature set to some brilliant classical music pieces. I guess this is where I am happily blowing through my tax returns.
I am incredibly sore everywhere. My biceps and triceps are sore, upper back muscles that I never knew existed are suddenly making themselves known and my inner thighs and calves that went to their extremes are crying out now... In spite of all this, I feel awesome. It is this sense of absolute and inexplicable delight at feeling completely drained out and exhausted.
And the music... I felt like I was floating in heaven. Kolleen Fischer from the Configuration Dance Studio has some excellent taste in classical music. Every little piece was perfectly chosen to the ballet moves we were executing. There were some well-loved piano pieces and some unknown but absolutely delightful pieces from the romantic and classical period (written for the orchestra but played on the piano). (I really must get hold of her playlist!)
If I were to describe it more precisely, it was like an (exorbitantly expensive at $17) hour of flowing and active super-intense yoga with a minutely detailed French nomenclature set to some brilliant classical music pieces. I guess this is where I am happily blowing through my tax returns.
tinypliny - 04/05/11 21:35
A relatively inexpensive way to enjoy the grandeur of Shea's is the film series: :::link::: Thinking of going to the live orchestra Sound of Music version 2 weeks from now.
A relatively inexpensive way to enjoy the grandeur of Shea's is the film series: :::link::: Thinking of going to the live orchestra Sound of Music version 2 weeks from now.
tinypliny - 04/05/11 21:24
I agree. Shea's is like a grand palace inside. It's really amazing. I went to Shea's to see a couple musicals (Salsa based "In the heights" and "Lord of the Dance") I LOVED Lord of the Dance and sort of hated In the heights. So it's not been a uniform experience.
I agree. Shea's is like a grand palace inside. It's really amazing. I went to Shea's to see a couple musicals (Salsa based "In the heights" and "Lord of the Dance") I LOVED Lord of the Dance and sort of hated In the heights. So it's not been a uniform experience.
tinypliny - 04/05/11 21:20
Actually, I have seen several - although not in a theatre because they are so prohibitively expensive for the really good seats. Reasonable money gets you nosebleed seats that are so far away from the stage that you really can't see a thing and miss seeing the sheer strength and beauty of human muscle in fluid action... or dead sound spots.
The Buffalo Public Library has quite a collection of original Ballet DVDs by technical groups such as the Bolshoi Ballet from Russia or several brilliant fusion and neoclassical companies from NYC. I was addicted to ballet movies, documentaries and taped performances a couple years back and was hell-bent on exhausting the whole library collection, but school came in between and I only completed viewing around 1/2 or maybe 3/4th of them at that time... I checked their catalogue out last month and they have several new ones now. I am inspired again.
I think I am not that excited about going to real performances in person because one ticket costs about as much money as five classes that I could take (pretty much what I am doing now). Out of all the dance classes I have been taking the first class of ballet was perhaps the most demanding and the most satisfying at the same time.
Actually, I have seen several - although not in a theatre because they are so prohibitively expensive for the really good seats. Reasonable money gets you nosebleed seats that are so far away from the stage that you really can't see a thing and miss seeing the sheer strength and beauty of human muscle in fluid action... or dead sound spots.
The Buffalo Public Library has quite a collection of original Ballet DVDs by technical groups such as the Bolshoi Ballet from Russia or several brilliant fusion and neoclassical companies from NYC. I was addicted to ballet movies, documentaries and taped performances a couple years back and was hell-bent on exhausting the whole library collection, but school came in between and I only completed viewing around 1/2 or maybe 3/4th of them at that time... I checked their catalogue out last month and they have several new ones now. I am inspired again.
I think I am not that excited about going to real performances in person because one ticket costs about as much money as five classes that I could take (pretty much what I am doing now). Out of all the dance classes I have been taking the first class of ballet was perhaps the most demanding and the most satisfying at the same time.
jason - 04/05/11 09:18
Have you ever seen a ballet performance? I went to see the Nutcracker at Shea's in December and it was fantastic. Everyone looks nice, they have champagne cocktails during intermission, the music and dancing is amazing. Shea's is also a wonderful setting. It costs a mint but if you haven't gone before I definitely recommend you check it out sometime.
Have you ever seen a ballet performance? I went to see the Nutcracker at Shea's in December and it was fantastic. Everyone looks nice, they have champagne cocktails during intermission, the music and dancing is amazing. Shea's is also a wonderful setting. It costs a mint but if you haven't gone before I definitely recommend you check it out sometime.
04/03/2011 22:26 #53974
Awesome Arugula AlternativeCategory: eating in
04/03/2011 12:56 #53968
Now buy that porcelain donkey!Category: the odes
Hahahaha
From Chromercise!
From Chromercise!
04/03/2011 12:38 #53967
Partition QuestionCategory: linux
Couple questions about partitions in linux.
Question 1:
I have three partitions on my laptop:
/
swap
/home
Let's suppose that I am distro-hopping and want to install some crazy distro on my "experimentation" laptop. Let's further suppose that this new distro is not really similar (in terms of kernel as well as windows manager) to the older distro which was on the laptop.
If I don't format my /home partition, will the older settings (brightness, power management, folder options, screensaver, desktop background etc) be preserved on all old-distro-> new-distro transitions? Why or why not?
Question 2:
Why is it that the installation programs for all linuxes (linuxi?) don't allow me to tick the format checkbox for the swap partition while installing? All the other partitions have "tick-able" format checkboxes.
Thoughts?
Question 1:
I have three partitions on my laptop:
/
swap
/home
Let's suppose that I am distro-hopping and want to install some crazy distro on my "experimentation" laptop. Let's further suppose that this new distro is not really similar (in terms of kernel as well as windows manager) to the older distro which was on the laptop.
If I don't format my /home partition, will the older settings (brightness, power management, folder options, screensaver, desktop background etc) be preserved on all old-distro-> new-distro transitions? Why or why not?
Question 2:
Why is it that the installation programs for all linuxes (linuxi?) don't allow me to tick the format checkbox for the swap partition while installing? All the other partitions have "tick-able" format checkboxes.
Thoughts?
tinypliny - 04/03/11 16:09
Actually, this is not for my newest laptop - which is running fedora and totally disconnected from the internet... just because I just run statistical models on it.
It's for my oldest laptop. I have converted it into a linux experiment and learning box.
Another dumb question, but what exactly is the difference between a "desktop environment" like gnome and lxde and a "windows manager" like openbox? I thought a desktop environment consists of the entire graphical interface of any system including windows manager.... but a few forum hops later I am not sure this is a correct interpretation.
Actually, this is not for my newest laptop - which is running fedora and totally disconnected from the internet... just because I just run statistical models on it.
It's for my oldest laptop. I have converted it into a linux experiment and learning box.
Another dumb question, but what exactly is the difference between a "desktop environment" like gnome and lxde and a "windows manager" like openbox? I thought a desktop environment consists of the entire graphical interface of any system including windows manager.... but a few forum hops later I am not sure this is a correct interpretation.
paul - 04/03/11 13:07
You need virtualbox. Its free and it will let you install whatever test distros in a virtual machine so you can play with them. You can install windows that way too. I can help you set it up on your new laptop if you want.
As for settings those may or may not stick depending if the new district stores them in the same files/format. Usually between different versions of the same OS and window manager you should be good. E.g between fedora 13-14.
Not totally sure about swap but I don't think it asks you to format swap because there is generally one type used for all modern linuxes and I think it autoselects that format for you when you identify the partition as swap.
You need virtualbox. Its free and it will let you install whatever test distros in a virtual machine so you can play with them. You can install windows that way too. I can help you set it up on your new laptop if you want.
As for settings those may or may not stick depending if the new district stores them in the same files/format. Usually between different versions of the same OS and window manager you should be good. E.g between fedora 13-14.
Not totally sure about swap but I don't think it asks you to format swap because there is generally one type used for all modern linuxes and I think it autoselects that format for you when you identify the partition as swap.
I use this in place of cream cheese in recipes, and it's lighter in calories, more protein & tastes yummier. You made me hungry with that big hunk of cheese, knowing how good the stuff tastes, I want to cut a triangle out right now & nosh on it.
They come in ridiculous tiny containers and they are not 100x more tasty and 100000x more awesome!
What's wrong with greek yogurt?
I am turning into a lagomorph? :::link:::
What's up with the leaves and nutts.