Schubert's Onion

I am taking a Analysis of Musical Styles course in the evening, and we are going through Schubert's Winterweisse. Man, I love this stuff. If I could, I would just take theory courses like these for the next hundred quarters (see last paragraph of blog entry below). I took the classical one last year, and although it was sometimes painful, it was gratifying at the end. In this course, Dr. L. wants us to dig deep into the songs to find musical/poetic meanings. We are supposed to start big, and then peel the layers of the onion to get to the middle. I can't help but to say that every time he mentions "peel the layers of the onion," I think of the 'bloomin' onion' at Outback Steakhouse. So, whenever he mentions the onion thing, I just get a huge craving for the 'bloomin' onion' and a nice, ice, cold, beer. soooo goood. When I mentioned that his whole "layers of the onion" thing reminded me of that last night, he just smiled, didn't say anything, and gave me a look like, "man, she really is crazy." (Either crazy or stupid.) Then again, I don't expect that he would ever go to Outback Steakhouse, so he wouldn't even know what a 'bloomin' onion' is.

I decided that after the quarter ends, the class should go to get some of this scrum-ditt-ily-umptious, white trash, chain food, and throw back a couple beers. So, cheers to Schubert and the 'bloomin' onion'! Maybe we can even listen to the whole song cycle while we drink... although, we would all have to try and refrain from going mad and having thoughts of killing ourselves.