I'm going to find a fitting way to say bon-voyage to one of my friends, Bob Maynard, who died on June 2nd. He meant a lot to me and was quite a unique individual. I'll place something fitting on the site soon.

I love the music to this opera, although I haven't seen the opera itself. I would like to some day, but I think the music is more than capable of standing by itself. I couldn't resist including some of the lyrics from this epic opera. Philip Glass has said that this opera was the tragic one of the three 'portrait operas' (Einstein on the Beach, Satyagraha, and Akhnaten). Basically, it depicts Akhnaten's reign and collapse of the empire. This time in Egyptian history was unique in that the whole kingdom was united under worship of one god, the Aten. This god was depicted as the sun with rays coming off in all directions. Each ray had a hand attached. After Akhnaten's reign, the old pantheon of gods was established again. This soundtrack has inspired me with its mysterious and ancient quality. But don't take my word for it! :) Give it a listen yourself.

Yesterday I was lounging around bored, with nothing productive to do. Thank god for inspiration. And ancient darkrooms.

Observation, observation, observation. This is the tip of the day.

Well, here I am online again. I HAVE found a way to do this internet thing. Actually, I'm going with the library internet setup. I don't want to have to pay the measly $19 a month to set up a dail-up account. Then again, I don't want to have to deal with dial-up either.