Zizu is a cute name. She’s cooking up a Tune!

Interesting Melody making game for Ipad….

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What do you do with the mad that you feel,
when you feel so mad you could bite?
When the whole wide world seems oh so wrong
and nothing you do seems very right. 
What do you do?
Do you punch a bag?
Do you pound some clay or some dough?
Do you round up friends for a game of tag or see how fast you go?
It’s great to be able to stop 
when you’ve planned the thing that’s wrong 
and be able to do something else instead 
and think this song. 

i can stop when i want to 

can stop when i wish

can stop stop stop

anytime

and what a good feeling to feel like this

and know that the feeling is really mine

know that there’s something deep inside 

that helps us become what we can. 

For a girl can be someday a lady

and a boy can be someday a man.

(Source: http://www.youtube.com/)

A Continuation in the Series: Most Classical Music Education is Silly

This is what a yamaha site was actually Bragging about:

By the end of two years in JMC, students have built a substantial vocabulary of solfège, having sung 50 melodies and numerous chord progressions using the I, IV and V7 chords in the keys of C major, G major, F major, D minor and A minor. Aside from developing musicianship, these solfège experiences prepare children to play in these five keys. In fact, children experience singing in a key for approximately one semester prior to playing in that key.

WHAT!? In two years you only learn 5 keys, the subset of which translates to 3 black keys total, no more than 2 in any given scale. It probably takes them such a long time because they have to spend a Whole Semester singing in a key before they can play it. So crazy. Why do classical musicians so deeply believe that detaching music from the physical interface of an instrument is so necessary? 

Now every girl is expected to have: Caucasian blue eyes, full Spanish lips, a classic button nose, hairless Asian skin with a California tan, a Jamaican dance hall ass, long Swedish legs, small Japanese feet, the abs of a lesbian gym owner, the hips of a nine-year-old boy, the arms of Michelle Obama, and doll tits. The person closest to actually achieving this look is Kim Kardashian, who, as we know, was made by Russian scientists to sabotage our athletes

Tina Fey (via judithanastasiafunnie)

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Last summer, my mom’s friend who works for USAid in Telaviv, was telling me about this on our drive to the airport. So great that it’s still happening!

walkoutofhermind:

Palestinian women and girls from the West Bank at the beach in Tel Aviv, after a group of Israeli women snuck them into the country for a daylong excursion. Most of the Palestinian women had never seen the ocean before, because they live in a part of the West Bank that is landlocked. Skittish at first, then wide-eyed with delight, they waded into the Mediterranean, smiling, splashing and then joining hands, getting knocked over by the waves, throwing back their heads and ultimately laughing with joy. Read more here.

The story is worth reading, made me smile. Favorite line:

“As the cars drove through an Israeli Army checkpoint, everyone just waved.”

walkoutofhermind:

mothernaturenetwork:

Spiders in Pakistan encase whole trees in webs
Eerie phenomenon may be a blessing in disguise, as the hungry spiders have significantly reduced the mosquito population.

woahhhhh

Really, are you serious.

Reclaimed bamboo.