G_Bookner

joined 3 years ago
[–] G_Bookner@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

Toaster body, bimbo mind

[–] G_Bookner@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

turns out, I was a cylon all along. wtf?

[–] G_Bookner@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cleaning my apartment. Testing for appropriate emojis: luffy-exhausted

[–] G_Bookner@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yesterday I called my mother and she started talking about the "world situation". What confuses and worries me is that every time I corrected a point she made, she acted as if this was her position from the beginning. For example: She started by saying that she feared that Putin and the leaders in the west will start throwing nukes because they are mad and are just stupid people. When I tried to explain that the current situation in Ukraine is the result of a very specific strategical thinking and a reaction to economic demands, and that they are not just going to throw nukes out of spite, she said that she completely agrees and that she's glad that we are both so like-minded. Another example is when she later said that it's important to look at statistics to keep yourself informed about the world in an objective way. When I told her that this might not be a good idea and explained the flaws of statistics to her, she said that she of course knows that they are not objective and shouldn't be used in that way as if she knew all along.

To me it appears that she definitely understands the differences between our positions and then immediately tries to correct them by drastically changing hers (basically gaslighting me into thinking my response was wrong). But why does she do this? It's so irritating and when I try to point out that she changed her position, she just says that that's not true or she just quickly changes the subject.

[–] G_Bookner@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I once was asked by some teenagers where they can find something "sweet" and I pointed them towards a bakery, thinking they wanted pastry or something. So unless you tell what city you live in, I can't tell you where the nearest casino is.

[–] G_Bookner@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For some context: This protest took place in the context of the Rosa Luxemburg conference, which is a yearly event organized by the newspaper "junge Welt". As they reported, multiple participants of the protest were heavily injured, including broken bones and a life threatening injury of an elderly man (German interview with a paramedic). As far as I can tell, the injured policemen are, unfortunately, not in a life threatening situation. The headline that they are injured is probably only right wing propaganda.

 

I just started to learn Erik Satie's "Sonatine bureaucratique" after working through a bunch of somewhat boring minuets and other small pieces in the past weeks. I decided to try this one because it's funny, not too long and because it would be a step up from playing meaningless small pieces all the time that don't feel that rewarding. The piece, by making use of annotations, ironically describes moments in the day of a bureaucrat who for example is daydreaming about a raise and a new appartment. It also incorporates well known motives from the amateur piano repertoire of the 18th and 19th century, which underscore a certain dullness and antiquatedness of early 20th century bourgeois life.

However, I'm not sure if I underestimated the piece a bit and how much time it will take me to actually learn it. Most of the techniques required are not that hard and the minuets, some of which Satie ironically quotes, have prepared me quite well for it. But I do have some problems with certain jumps and with the rapid chord changes in some sections. So I'm excited to see if I can actually do it.

For those interested, here's a link to a particular fast interpretation of the piece with score: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kME63-dByPQ

So what are you currently playing or working on?

[–] G_Bookner@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can't believe I just spilled a whole cup of coffee on the wall behind my desk. Now the wall looks like shit and I will have to paint it eventually. What an annoying way to start the new year.

[–] G_Bookner@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Like you said, it's space magic and it was the master, who was working for the Nazis at that pont, so he probably just teleported away after getting captured. Also it wasn't just for laughs but the Doctors only out, as I remember it.

[–] G_Bookner@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (11 children)

I mean, the amazon episode was pretty dumb, but the rest of Chibnall's episodes were pretty good imo. "Partition of India" and "It takes you away" were pretty memorable episodes among many other good ones and I also really liked "Flux" and the idea of the timeless child finally brought something new to the table. Chibnall managed to overcome Moffat's unnecessary labyrinths of plots as well as his misogyny while not abandoning big ideas in general.

I would've liked to have him continue running the show, especially after the last special by Davies, which I didn't find that convincing.

[–] G_Bookner@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I felt bad because I just wasn't there or friendly, but man I can't stand how unfair this music is and just life in general. I also hate how I'm the crazy/immature one for feeling this way.

It seems that you had good reason to dislike the concert and your critique, that I really enjoyed reading btw., reads as the opposite of being crazy or immature. I sadly don't know much about jazz, but I think to point out how bourgeois education and its surroundings translate into musical shortcommings is an important thing to do in general.

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