My Rite of Spring.

I take your challenge, Joey-Girl. On guard.

But to write of my dear Igor…no, not that one. You want me to write about the composer, Igor Stravinsky. (Anyone named Igor should be dear…right? The name does originate from Ing, the Norse god of peace and fertility.) What do you say about this Igor in particular? I bet he never even played a tolerable game of rock, paper, scissors. I’m sure he never created a website that allows playing RPS. Since Igor Stravinsky died in 1971, he never even saw Princes Bride. Poor Stravinsky. He must have lived such a small life. (Insert sarcastic face and grimace here.)

But I have a particular hate of modern, “high” music. The Rite of Spring is tolerable in my memory, but I haven’t heard it in years. I will listen to it as soon as Pride and Prejudice is over on TV. But it would kind of clash with early 19th century music.

But I have a right to have a Rite of Spring. The birdies are chirping outside my window at sunrise. That means spring is coming. A friend of my said that the naked ladies are beginning to jump out of the flower beds. Pretty soon the sprites will show up and nymphs will start dancing. Pan will play his pipe. However, Dionysus will not show up. He had a previous engagement with some acquaintances of mine. Anyways, I won’t meet Dionysus unless he begins to pour out Dr. Pepper… even then he shouldn’t come until after Easter when Lent is done.

[Is this when I admit that I had two Dr. Peppers in the last week? I feel disheartened, but I will continue will I left off. I’m just a little sad that I didn’t make it the whole time. On the good side, the scale at the doctor’s office said that I lost three pounds in the last 2 weeks. Yeah, me!]

So listen to the Rite of Spring. Go outside under the sun, and dance around in circles. Go out under the moon and kiss the ground and hope for the tulips to bloom. Dream of Easter and colored eggs. Dream of April showers and May flowers, tornados, and hail storms. Breathe deep and let your vitamin D increase.

In the meantime, really, listen to it. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9041627

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jen_archaic Says:
February 24th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
p.s. Joey-girl. Your challenge is to write something funny about Pope John Paul II. You could make it harder and do Benedict XVI… but Pope John Paul II seems more enjoyable.

JoeyGirl Says:
February 26th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
Fine, my darling. Where shall this battle take place? Here? Or would you prefer my myspace page?

JoeyGirl Says:
February 27th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
Done. Go and enjoy.

www.myspace.com/fuzzyjoey