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CECILIA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtsUa_hWYy8

Cecilia is a force of nature. And, unlike most opera singers, apparently is a very nice and normal person.

1. What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Being in love.
2. What is your greatest fear?
Dying (not death, because by then I'll be dead).
3. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Jealousy.
4. What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Dishonesty or abuse.
5. Which living person do you most admire?
Daniel Dennett
6. What is your greatest extravagance?
I don't think I really have any great extravagance. Maybe my computer?
7. What is your current state of mind?
Relaxed and thoughtful.
8. What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Altruism and faith.
9. On what occasion do you lie?
Rarely, but if my lie can save a lot of grief, by avoiding an unnecessary confrontation about something stupid, I might.
10. What do you most dislike about your appearance?
My gut.
11. Which living person do you most despise?
Hmm, so hard to choose: Kent Hovind, Kenn Hamm (all those creationist dumbfucks), and televangelists. And Rasch187.
12. What is the quality you most like in a man?
Honesty, humor, friendship, intellect.
13. What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Awesome beewbage. Heh. Nah, humor, honesty, straight-forwardness, intellect, friendship.. I look for the same qualities in both guys and girls, to be honest.
14. Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
"Fantastic", "super", "In a minute"
15. What or who is the greatest love of your life?
For now, music.
16. When and where were you happiest?
I don't know. Maybe when I was in Ireland in 2002 and was entangled with a girl from my high school, or one summer in 2003 I think, where we were a bunch of people in a summer house where I played guitar and we all sang and stuff. I liked that.
17. Which talent would you most like to have?
Better song-writing skills.
18. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Physically, I'd trim up. (Already on it)
More cosmically, I'd like to be able to have a better overview of a situation during, instead of after it happens.
19. What do you consider your greatest achievement?
My education, my music skills and the website I ran in 2004-2007, which I was very prolific on. (www.edb-tidende.dk it's dead in the water now though)
20. If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?
I would come back as a young version of myself and try to change things up, see what would happen if I made different choices.
21. Where would you most like to live?
With a loved one. Don't really care where.
22. What is your most treasured possession?
My mind. Of things outside myself, then I think the things I can't replace. The data on my computer, pictures, documents etc. I think. All other "possessions" can be replaced. They're just things. I would say friendships, but that's hardly a possession.
23. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Depression, then everything sucks. Been there, no fun.
24. What is your favorite occupation?
Playing music, engaging in reasonable discussions, masturbation. (at the same time)
25. What is your most marked characteristic?
I say my mind. I'm a pretty straight-forward, no-nonsense kinda guy. Other than that, I don't know. Other people are better judges of that than me.
26. What do you most value in your friends?
Honesty and humor.
27. Who are your favorite writers?
Frank Herbert, Neal Stephenson, William King, Scott McGough.
28. Who is your hero of fiction?
Randy Marsh. Heh, or Rorsharch and Dr. Manhattan. Randy epitomizes the human condition, weak, narrow sighted and everything. Rosharch represents a view of the world in black and white, which I like the concept of; and Dr. Manhattan represents the way the world is and he is basically intellect personified, which I also like.
29. Which historical figure do you most identify with?
This requires me to know a lot of history. I don't, because I don't care much about it. I identify with me, because I am me, no one else.
30. Who are your heroes in real life?
The four horsemen, Dawkins, Dennett, Harris and Hitchens.
31. What are your favorite names?
Lisa, Cecilia, Michael, Jason, off the top of my head.
32. What is it that you most dislike?
People lying to me or in general who are dicks to me. I have no interest in these people.
33. What is your greatest regret?
Two things, I think. Not doing anything about the girl I had a serious crush on for most of my elementary school until high school; and not realizing that Computer Science was not for me earlier, instead of fucking around there for two years.
34. How would you like to die?
I'd rather not.
35. What is your motto?
"Don't be a dick" is something I can stand by.

Cheers KP

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
*promote beauty

OK, I found it:

(The entire title seems to be "The Imaginary Opera - Opera like you've never seen!, or "L'opéra imaginaire -L'Opéra comme vous ne l'avez jamais vu !")

Seems directed by Gionne Leroy, and was made in 1995.

Here's a direct translation of the video details:


"Hello and Good evening,

Traviata - Bohemian Choruses

First of two extracts of "The Imaginary Opera"

Interpreted by Coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia of Rome
Carried out by, for this extract, Gionne Leroy, director-animator, at Cambre.Bxl

Ta mate, it's looking more respectable now!

In reply to this comment by Farhad2000:
Just for you Deano, a thanks for pulling Andres Segovia through to a 100.

You're most welcome, really glad I found a video that someone really liked

In reply to your comment:
“Thank you again for turning me onto cecilia. I bought my first ever opera CD because of your post. So pretty!”

Thank you again for turning me onto cecilia. I bought my first ever opera CD because of your post. So pretty!

Oh, I just HAVE to edit those tags, but since it's being using as an example.

how about:

paul potts,nessun dorma,giacomo puccini,heartbreaking

or something...

I never put spaces before or after the commas, since you only get like 40 characters or something. Yeah, my biggest piece of advice has already been covered- don't double up words. My favourite title/tags is here:

The World's Most Giant Killer Spider!!!
tags: hairy, poisonous, running, spider
description: Run away!!!



That was my old favourite video until Cecilia Bartoli came along. Every time I loaded up my profile to see how my vids were doing (like 10 times a day or more) I would load that up in another tab because SO CUTE, and it's so cute because of the title/tags. Does it make it easier to find? Not really, but I love it. Part of the art and craft of making a good sift.

As moving as Nessun Dorma is (check the Pavarotti version that Woland linked, it's WAY more emotional), the song just absolutely pales in comparison to Sposa Son Disprezata that somebody sifted a while back.

I'm definitely not "into" opera, don't get me wrong- but this is the most beautiful thing i've heard in my life.

In reply to your comment:
“I can't recall ever having cried from just listening to music or seeing a musical performance but I can't help just loosing my shit when I watch this!”

Happy Birthday Everyone!

(Also born today... King George III, Aesop, Angelina Jolie, and Cecilia Bartoli!)

Oh and I see Cecilia Bartoli in the related videos. If you haven't seen that, give yourself a treat.

Don't forget my fave- http://www.videosift.com/video/Cecilia-Bartoli-Sposa-son-disprezzata