incomplete post of stuff

[solarbird]

I meant to post this last night:

French photographer Eric Lafforgue took two trips to North Korea (DPRK) in 2008. While he wasn't able to go anywhere they wouldn't let him, of course, the pictures are still fascinating, and he has lots of commentary with the shots.

Juanita Bay was pretty pleasant, despite me being really, really, really spacy from inadequate sleep. I felt sloppy and out of tempo control but I got applause from vendors a few times so I guess I was compensating well enough most of the time. I had two different people give me flowers today (now they're here in hospital) and one vendor gave me a bunch of fruit, which was quite nice. I just ate one of them. It was a slow day (as expected) tho',

One note is that people seem to like the flute music better when I slow it down. It's more fun to play fast, but maybe the speeds I like are a little much.

Also, I figured out the second verse structure of "When You Leave" yesterday. I'd wanted to finish it already but have been swamped with day job and surgery prep and surgery so did not.

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[mamishka.livejournal.com]

If you haven't seen it already, you should check out the documentary State of Mind which I think was shot by an English crew in 2005, maybe 2006? Follows two girls on their progress, and their family life, as they prepare for the Great Games, or whatever it's called. The huge pageant that is done for their illustrious leader. It's really quite amazing.