Sankt Nikolaus
As my landlords are Swiss, they know and celebrate Sankt Nikolaus on Dec 6. Which was, like, today. A whole bunch of adorable Germans, Semi-Germans, Semi-Bolivians, and other South Americans was invited over. Almost all of them are in some way affiliated with either Johns Hopkins, Waldorf, or both.
Plus, I totally stunned them by being able to distinguish 下 xia4 and 上 shang4. And, uh, 变态的 90° aberrations of them.
(PS: Hm... in fact, on Friday there was a presentation at the JHU by a professor from the University of Würzburg, about the visual system of Drosophila, aka common fruit fly. This fly, believe it or not, is able to distinguish between and remember T and inverted-T shapes. This probably places me on the same level. Or, more precisely: In terms of recognition of those shapes, Drosophila and I are equivalent. Duh.)
The other week, first Advent was celebrated - but in a slightly, uh, pagan way. In fact, the Waldorf community has its own succession of, uh, kingdoms of creation, or something... minerals, plants, animals, and man.
The first Advent corresponds to minerals. Which means, there was a meeting (with lots of other people) around the table in the background, everybody (or every family group) brought a candle and lit it, while also placing something belonging to the mineral kingdom on the table: A stone, a shell, or a bone.
Furthermore, there is snow. White Christmas for all, and joy to the world!
Plus, I totally stunned them by being able to distinguish 下 xia4 and 上 shang4. And, uh, 变态的 90° aberrations of them.
(PS: Hm... in fact, on Friday there was a presentation at the JHU by a professor from the University of Würzburg, about the visual system of Drosophila, aka common fruit fly. This fly, believe it or not, is able to distinguish between and remember T and inverted-T shapes. This probably places me on the same level. Or, more precisely: In terms of recognition of those shapes, Drosophila and I are equivalent. Duh.)
The other week, first Advent was celebrated - but in a slightly, uh, pagan way. In fact, the Waldorf community has its own succession of, uh, kingdoms of creation, or something... minerals, plants, animals, and man.
The first Advent corresponds to minerals. Which means, there was a meeting (with lots of other people) around the table in the background, everybody (or every family group) brought a candle and lit it, while also placing something belonging to the mineral kingdom on the table: A stone, a shell, or a bone.
Furthermore, there is snow. White Christmas for all, and joy to the world!
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Sunday, December 07, 2008
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