Countdown to Masters, Part II...
Apparently the thesis is in the final stages of being marked. Cmoncmoncmon...
On the plus side, played gig number 3 in the weekend, with potential number 4 on the 26th. If we make it to 5 by the end of the year it shall all be worth it....yeees......I dunno.
On the plus side, played gig number 3 in the weekend, with potential number 4 on the 26th. If we make it to 5 by the end of the year it shall all be worth it....yeees......I dunno.
Lousy tigers...
"Researcher Penny Patterson met Koko, a one-year-old gorilla, at San Fransisco Zoo in 1972 and since then the two have rarely parted. Koko, like other apes, has been taught sign language for the deaf and has come up with some remarkable inventions.
One of his first creations was when a woodpecker was drumming nearby. Koko's teacher signed 'Koko, listen bird.' Koko held the sign for 'bird', looked at his teacher and raised his eyebrows. With this gesture he had turned a statement into a question; then, having established that he understood, he gave the woodpecker it's gorilla-style name, 'listen bird.'
On another occasion, Koko was asked about death. The conversation went as follows:
Teacher: Where do gorillas go when they die?
Koko: Comfortable hole, bye.
Teacher: When do gorillas die?
Koko: Trouble old. And tigers.
Teacher: Don't like tigers?
Koko: Frown bad red.
Teacher: I like tigers.
Koko: Tiger nail rough.
Teacher: What animals do you like?
Koko: Gorilla love."
One of his first creations was when a woodpecker was drumming nearby. Koko's teacher signed 'Koko, listen bird.' Koko held the sign for 'bird', looked at his teacher and raised his eyebrows. With this gesture he had turned a statement into a question; then, having established that he understood, he gave the woodpecker it's gorilla-style name, 'listen bird.'
On another occasion, Koko was asked about death. The conversation went as follows:
Teacher: Where do gorillas go when they die?
Koko: Comfortable hole, bye.
Teacher: When do gorillas die?
Koko: Trouble old. And tigers.
Teacher: Don't like tigers?
Koko: Frown bad red.
Teacher: I like tigers.
Koko: Tiger nail rough.
Teacher: What animals do you like?
Koko: Gorilla love."
--The Earth, Its Wonders, Its Secrets: Intelligence in Animals (1994)
"The Federales", 30.05.09
Our first gig with a name change from "Bat Country" to "The Federales", at my masters hand-in party last Saturday.
One more week
The final week of my masters...three meetings during the week and then handing in on Friday. Plus the treatment manual that's almost as big as my thesis, which is due tomorrow morning. Can't wait for holidays....
So it turns out we didn't play last night, Jeremy ended up in hospital with pancreatitis, but we've postponed until this coming Friday for my masters-handing-in party. Goodgood.
So it turns out we didn't play last night, Jeremy ended up in hospital with pancreatitis, but we've postponed until this coming Friday for my masters-handing-in party. Goodgood.
Final Countdown to Degree #2...
So the masters is nearing its end, two and a half long years later... all things going well, it should be finished and handed in within the next two weeks, then I win back one more day in the week. Although I'll also lose one of my desks. Hrmm.
We're playing at a house party next Saturday too. Apparently our provisional band name is "Bat Country".... is shaping up to be an eventful May :)
We're playing at a house party next Saturday too. Apparently our provisional band name is "Bat Country".... is shaping up to be an eventful May :)