The Omniscient Mussel

Meme Fever

A new strain of meme seems to be circulating through our corner of the blogosphere. Most people claim that they hate doing them and are only participating because otherwise their referrers might think that they are now in the doghouse for forcing this propagating this blight of the internet.

Miss Mussel, on the other hand, loves them for the same reason she likes quizzes, surveys, eye exams (which is clearer? 1 or 2?) and job applications, well at least up until the part where you have to blather on about why you are awesome. Basically she just likes filling things in and checking boxes.

This thrill has been lessened considerably now that carbon paper and forms in triplicate have faded away into the sunset however that disappointment has been tempered somewhat by the limitless number of quizzes and tests available on the intertubes.

So, without further adieu [is that pretentious or correct or both?] here’s the Seven Things meme as forwarded by Jonathan, one half of the esteemable Dial M team.

1. Miss Mussel has had one concerto appearance in her lifetime. It was in high school. On xylophone.
2. Snakes bellies are the smoothest thing Miss Mussel has ever felt. Like cool granite, only softer.
3. No matter how long you are forced to play ‘cheerful holiday tunes’ on a Christmas float in -20 degree weather, your horn will not freeze to your lips. Your legs, however, will become completely numb, causing you to quite seriously and painfully misjudge your landing when you jump off the float in a dash for the toilet.
4. Under no circumstances can a horn quartet be considered a suitable substitute for a salsa band.
5. In an elevator while in university, Miss Mussel and a friend were in fits of giggles over our clever transformation of George Crumb’s name into Monsieur Croomb [complete with a hard pronounced final b]. It wasn’t until we were in the masterclass that we realized the old man that had joined us on the second floor was none other than Monsieur Croomb himself, at the university for a week-long festival in his honour.
6. Bringing a blender to an orchestra rehearsal, particularly if you are late and have to ask the conductor to move so you can squeeze into your seat, can be embarassing. Especially if you are also carrying a tupperware container full of soup for the person that lent your the appliance.
7. Miss Mussel played cello in a string quartet once at a wedding reception while everyone was mingling. We were all friends of the bride and the real quartet had grown bored of playing the usual wedding material, so we swapped out players with the condition that you couldn’t play your real instrument. Carnage ensued, particularly in the latter stages of Pachelbel. Nevertheless, several guests came up to the group after our set and commented on how much they enjoyed the music.

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