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Topic Started: Jan 5 2013, 03:05 AM (167 Views)
Kostemetsia
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Hi everyone! I'm an Osiran, but I thought it might be good to get out and see the world.

1. How did you hear about the region?
I'm from Osiris. It'd be hard not to hear of Balder, we're kind of disaffected conjoined twins. :P

2. What is the name of your nation?
Kostemetsia, although I maintain a variety of puppets which have fairly clear variants on that name.

3. What are your political beliefs? Are you Conservative, Liberal, do you care?
Australia's government is pretty sane and I kind of get to pick and choose what policy points I agree with. So right now I would vote Australian Sex Party, but in more precise terms, I could be described as a left-leaning consequentialist libertarian. :P

4. Are you interested in joining the regional army?
'Fraid not; I'm committed to the Medjai Guard. Thanks for asking, though!

5. Are you interested in joining the Role-Play in the region?
Oh, very much so. I'm an International Incidents regular almost as much as I'm a gameplayer; roleplay is something I cannot get enough of.

6. Talk about anything else from favourite music, age, beliefs, what you you want to be, where in the real world you are from, your hobbies, etc.
We-ell ... I'm 18, I'm an agnostic theist who believes in a non-interventionist God, and I'm from Brisbane, Australia. As for favourite music, what I want to be, my hobbies ... I'm on track to be a professional musician (currently studying classical piano at the Queensland Conservatorium), so those kind of all blend into one. Although I will admit to a certain obsessive fondness for Les Miserables, which, depending on the orchestration, may have no piano in it at all.
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A classical pianist from Australia with an obsession for music without piano, who votes for sex and fights in the Egyptian army....You'll fit right in round here, welcome!
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You say such nice things, Fuzzy! :) Thank you, I'll do my best to contribute.
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Welcome to the Frigid Northlands!
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Welcome to Balder B-)
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Kostemetsia, have you seen the new Les Mis movie? If so, what are your opinions of it?


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It's pretty cool that you're a pianist. Welcome to Balder ^_^
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NES ~ I find you so irresistible | Bestias ~ You are a goddess
Salaxalans ~ RACH FOR NS QUEEN | Cpt Carrot ~ Can you get any more awesome? <3| It's always easy to be cheerful around you <3
Calvin Coolidge ~ Rach for NS Queen! \o/
Trinn ~ You're already super sexy and that can't really be outdone
Helle ~ EVERYONE wants to be like you <3 | Guys wanna be with you, and girls wanna be you :3
Praetor ~ Who needs 1500 WA nations when you have Solorni
Ninn ~ hi i just wanted to say that you are a literal goddess
Bran ~ Who doesn't want to be with Rach? She's fun, funny, an absolute delight and she has mountains of love to give to a cruel world. | Every inch of you is perfect <3
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by Night, is it really that cold around here?

Zander, thanks!

Cold Ice, yes, I have! I thought Jackman, Seyfried, Redmayne and Tveit turned in lovely performances (and was especially surprised by how good Jackman's was, given the preview clips), and I was really impressed by some of the restaging decisions (which I won't discuss here because they involve spoilers). Wasn't so impressed by Crowe, the jury's still out on Baron Cohen and Bonham Carter, and while many of the lyrics edits were magnificent, some were quite clunky.

Also it didn't quite fit my cinema's screen, and the bass seemed weak. I can't decide whether that was a projector malfunction or a cinematic decision.

Rach, thanks! I should have started rehearsing for my current project a month ago, but haven't been able to, so your remark has bolstered my flagging self-esteem. :P
Edited by Kostemetsia, Jan 6 2013, 12:58 AM.
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I did piano lessons when I was younger, so it's impressive to see that you went further and must be very very good ^_^
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NES ~ I find you so irresistible | Bestias ~ You are a goddess
Salaxalans ~ RACH FOR NS QUEEN | Cpt Carrot ~ Can you get any more awesome? <3| It's always easy to be cheerful around you <3
Calvin Coolidge ~ Rach for NS Queen! \o/
Trinn ~ You're already super sexy and that can't really be outdone
Helle ~ EVERYONE wants to be like you <3 | Guys wanna be with you, and girls wanna be you :3
Praetor ~ Who needs 1500 WA nations when you have Solorni
Ninn ~ hi i just wanted to say that you are a literal goddess
Bran ~ Who doesn't want to be with Rach? She's fun, funny, an absolute delight and she has mountains of love to give to a cruel world. | Every inch of you is perfect <3
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I think it may have been your cinema's screen. I didn't notice any "not fitting," however the director is a fan of the close ups. I agree with your assessments of the performances, but would also like to throw in Barks' performance as 'lovely' as well. Highly recommended!


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Rach, I'm just an undergrad at this point, and I get the feeling sustaining a student debt for something as risky as music may be a terrible idea ... but we'll see how it goes. :P Thank you for the lovely words!

Cold Ice, I'm very much in agreement on Barks' performance, although I am a big fan of the 25th Anniversary version in general. Although I've been watching all the versions as fast as possible over the last couple of days, so here is my dream cast for the book *deep breath*:
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I'm sure you didn't need to know that but it will probably say something about my personality. :P
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I hate to point out the white elephant in that list.. but who for Fantine? ;) Big fan of 25th eh? Most people prefer the 10th, and I'm not partial. Interesting choices!


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Welcome to the region! I used to play piano but never practiced enough to get good. Nice work continuing with it though :D
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by Night, is it really that cold around here?

'Bad winters, but okay summers, and a decent growing season' didn't sound as good on the tourism brochures.
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Kostemetsia
Jan 5 2013, 08:54 AM
You say such nice things, Fuzzy! :) Thank you, I'll do my best to contribute.
I am well known for my tact. :P

I'm not a massively serious person for the most part, so unless I'm rambling along about some topic in the Riksdag you can take what I say with a (large) pinch of salt! :D

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Cold Ice, eep! Lea Salonga as Fantine (I'm sorry, I just can't imagine her as Eponine), but Anne Hathaway runs a close second.

Charles Cerebella, thanks! We can form a Balder symposium of musicians, if you like. :P

by Night, I suppose it beats having bad summers and okay winters (as in Australia).

Fuzzy, I don't have the salt to spare so I guess I'll just have to take everything you say completely seriously. :P
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