A Mime is a Terrible Thing to Waste

[drcuriosity]

Marcel Marceau: 22 March, 1923 - 22 Sept, 2007

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[slothphil.livejournal.com]

I wonder if a scorpion pit was involved?

[noveldevice.livejournal.com]

Totally off topic, and probably a very stupid question, but do you know anything about the University of Otago?

[drcuriosity]

I have been there once, and have friends who either go there or have worked there. If you have something in specific that you'd like to know, I can probably point you in the direction of someone who would be able to answer it. What's up?

[noveldevice.livejournal.com]

There's a flier up on the bulletin board in the department for their classics program. I looked at it a little bit online but was sort of wondering what the campus is like, what the students are like, what living expenses in that area are like, that kind of thing.

[adrexia.livejournal.com]

The campus is one of the nicest in the country. It is large and has lots of grass, trees, etc. The classics department is pretty neat. They have a classics club (that includes the teaching staff) and hold morning teas/coffee, plus BBQs and the like. I really enjoyed my time there.

Dunedin is a pretty cheap place to live. It is cold though, and the houses have no insulation. You get used to it, but it is a bit of a shock at first. The students were pretty friendly when I was there, but it depends who you hang out with really. The whole town (at least North Dunedin) is pretty much there for the students.

[slothphil.livejournal.com]

It was a surprise to find someone else friended to both morbid_curious and gina_gwynne...

[noveldevice.livejournal.com]

You know that you know me, right? :P

[slothphil.livejournal.com]

Yep, indeed :-) LTNS! I have a vague recollection I might have noticed you among Morbid's friends in the past too.

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

I was a student there and have worked there for years.

What do you want to know?

[noveldevice.livejournal.com]

Mostly just the usual sorts of things--clearly you like it if you've gone on working there, but what makes you like it? What's the vibe like? How far does a fellowship stipend go in the area? Is it a nice place to live? How is the administration to deal with? What departments have you had direct experience with, and what were they like?

[seraphs-folly.livejournal.com]

If he gets planted hes a land mime right? :)

[amphigori.livejournal.com]

Oh! I don't know what's worse! That pun or the fact I laughed!

[cheesecat.livejournal.com]

indeed. Probably the fact that you laughed :P
I bet he only posted so he could use that pun.

[drcuriosity]

Actually, he's probably the one mime I did respect.

[mugginsm.livejournal.com]

I saw him perform a few years ago when he was in Auckland.

Half of the show was absolutely superb, the other half I completely didn't understand :)

- MugginsM

[mc--gonagall.livejournal.com]

Aparently he died quietly.

[dooomkitten.livejournal.com]

Since you requested note droppage when someone adds you as a friend I thought I should say hello!

We have a few friends in common and you like those damn Abney Park people (whom I love and call friends) as well as dancing, monkeys, poetry, reading and writing. Which, obviously, are the most important things in life.

Here's to a new Lj friendship!

-K

[drcuriosity]

*peers* And I see you like sporks, and have Deathboy on your friends list, too :-)

A pleasure to make your acquaintance.

[shadeofblades.livejournal.com]

Hello again! Marcel makes me want to join the circus.

[drcuriosity]

I find myself wondering where circus kids run away to...

[shadeofblades.livejournal.com]

Circus kids probably grow up to be lawyers.