Comments on: Traveling music http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1641 We of course all understand it, being intellectuals. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:47:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: Paul http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1641&cpage=1#comment-5664 Wed, 14 May 2008 01:52:19 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1641#comment-5664 Yeah, kids (or even your offspring who are no longer kids but young adults) can make you notice the passing of time.

On the other hand, in the last year I’ve taken up the electric bass (and I believe this means I’ve now kept it up longer than your entire college electric bass playing efforts :-) ). I don’t think I would have had the patience when I was younger (so much younger than today), thank god for pharmaceuticals (perhaps I will dedicate my first album to them).

]]> By: Jann http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1641&cpage=1#comment-5663 Tue, 06 May 2008 23:58:28 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1641#comment-5663 The few times when I thought I was doing something for the last time, it turned out, in each case, not to be so. The things I worried about never happened. The bad things that have happened (in re my family) blindsided me. They are things that I didn’t expect, and if anybody had told me they would happen, I wouldn’t have believed them , not in a million years, not ever.

I am reminded of Meryl Streep, playing Karen Blixen in the movie “Out of Africa,” who, when diagnosed with syphilis, (contracted from her husband), and having to go back to Denmark for treatment, (arsenic in those days, and a very uncertain treatment it was), said, “This is not what I thought would happen to me now.” An understatement, if I ever heard one!

]]> By: mig http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1641&cpage=1#comment-5662 Thu, 01 May 2008 00:31:43 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1641#comment-5662 Thanks, Zeynep. Cool article.

]]> By: zeynep http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1641&cpage=1#comment-5661 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:14:47 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1641#comment-5661 Thawing the Colossal squid

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7374297.stm

Just thought you may be interested ….

]]> By: mig http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1641&cpage=1#comment-5660 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:07:21 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1641#comment-5660 two things: first, as it turns out, there is no law that says the end of one thing can’t be the beginning of another thing. second, there is also no second law that says that what you think is going to be the last time really has to be the last time — both of us might do the orchestra again next year, time permitting. or might not. who knows.

]]> By: zeynep http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1641&cpage=1#comment-5659 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:38:06 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1641#comment-5659 Oh mig you always make me cry when you write about beta!!! Enjoy the camp….

]]> By: Lauren http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1641&cpage=1#comment-5658 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:47:36 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1641#comment-5658 (damn, I gotta learn to be patient & stop clicking the ‘Post’ button…)

]]> By: Lauren http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1641&cpage=1#comment-5657 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:45:59 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1641#comment-5657 Oh mig, you’re making me all choked up and teary eyed.
I wish everyone could have a dad like you! (yes, even with the hangovers)
Hope you have a fantastic time at camp, and savour every moment. :)

]]> By: Lauren http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1641&cpage=1#comment-5656 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:45:36 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1641#comment-5656 Oh mig, you’re making me all choked up and teary eyed.
I wish everyone could have a dad like you! (yes, even with the hangovers)
Hope you have a fantastic time at camp, and savour every moment. :)

]]> By: bran http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1641&cpage=1#comment-5655 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:00:55 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1641#comment-5655 cheers to a bonny ‘last time.’ it’s cool you get to know ahead of time, and experience it fully.

]]> By: Meagan http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1641&cpage=1#comment-5654 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:23:19 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1641#comment-5654 He’s got a point, though. If I’m going to do something for the very last time, I prefer not to *know* it’s the last time. Unless it’s something I hate, in which case I do it for the last time with great gusto and extra relish! But in the case of things I actually enjoy, I don’t want to know when the last time is. Please don’t tell me. Doing something I love for the last time and *knowing* it was the last time would probably make me cry as well, and tears are an activity which I avoid in a very zealous fashion.

]]> By: mig http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1641&cpage=1#comment-5653 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:05:14 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1641#comment-5653 nothing like a hangover story to bring a tear to a man’s eye, is there, Brian.

]]> By: Brian http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1641&cpage=1#comment-5652 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:33:09 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1641#comment-5652 Goddammit, Mig, stop making me cry.

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