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Wednesday, 16 December 2009

  • The Twilight Saga

  • You got me thinkinking...and reading.

    I would like to thank Jessica, the author of the Xanga posting comparing Harry Potter and the Twilight series. See: http://www.lovelyish.com/713942623/harry-potter-vs-twilight-book-series-showdown/?cuttag=true#

    This posting provoked me to borrow the Twilight series from the library and gave me some hours of enjoyable reading. Twilight is not high literature, but I was surprised after reading comments on Xanga that read such as "Stephanie Meyer can not write" to be reading full sentences with competently constructed dialogue. Some aspects of Bella's relationship with Edward are maudlin and I would prefer to see "healthy love" promoted, but by the end of the series, Meyer does managed to have a fully developed plot sequence and pulled the story off. I was surprised to find that the last book in the series was already familiar to me, I must have read it as a random pick from the library shelf at some time.

    The first Twilight film emphasises teen anxiety and fashions that will date quite quickly, but the second film New Moon which I have just seen in the cinema, brings out the dramatic elements of the tale more effectively, and adds a richness to the vampire culture that was missing in the first film. I feel that a good imagination could add this richness through out the process of reading the first book, but not the film which was more visually prescriptive.

    I am looking forward to the third and fourth films, which unless they lack a budget, should only get better due to the action and werewolf characters.

    C.

  • Don't miss this Xanga posting

    http://www.lovelyish.com/718348132/its-totally-ok-to-wear-skimpy-clothes-onstage/ I would like to recommend the lovelyish site that discusses skimpy costumes for performers in a mature manner.

    Costumes that are skimpy and may just be part of the act. However, I have several experiences performing myself that have taught me that secure clothing helps a performance. It is important to be able to kick legs, swing arms, do the splits or a bend without worrying about straps falling, or something other than your matching dance panties showing.


    However, a performer may not be as exposed as the audience assumes. Many professional costumes have flesh coloured fabric sewn into them so that the person appears more naked than they are and gymnastic movements can be performed safely. Many dancers also wear tights under their costumes.

    I was in a variety group for a while and I hated the costume for one item we did regularly. It wasn't too revealing, it actually concisted of a black full leotard, with a red tailcoat above, and fishnet stockings.

    Some of the other performers were seniors and they wore this costume comfortably. However, I preferred the times we knew that the audience was more conservative and wore long black trousers as the bottom half. It was just more balanced. Perhaps if the top half hadn't been a coat!

    Thanks again lovelyish for starting the discussion on this topic!

    C.

Thursday, 15 October 2009

  • Help with Xanga site construction:

    Hi everyone: I'm pleased to be part of the Xanga community which I am finding quite interactive and chatty. Xanga encourages us to be that way, which is good. I am wondering whether anyone can help me with a small issue. I love the background I have chosen, however, at the top it has a box which says "picture not available". I have been unable to load a picture into this space. In edit you can select the header area (which I'm assuming is the area with the missing picture) but the only way to put a picture in there is to enter a picture URL. When I enter a legitimate URL it says the URL is not valid. I'm having trouble with this same technology on another site too.

    Has anyone solved this issue on their site? I can't tell because we all have different backgrounds, but most sites look great!

    C.

Friday, 09 October 2009

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