The dissertation is more or less through and I am trying to figure out what to do with the next ten days. Any suggestions?
Kathryn, do NOT be jealous of me going to the opera. It was weird. They were wearing these bulky animal costumes and clonking boots which might have been okay except that their footsteps drowned out the sound of the orchestra (Oh look! A band!). The plot was supposed to be about the circle of life or something deep, but it really seemed to be more about animals getting it on. It was an opera, though, so plot really shouldn't matter as long as the music is good. It wasn't. I mean, it wasn't BAD - but most of the singing was monotonous, the orchestration was unremarkable, and I hope to heaven no one from the production reads this. It would be so disheartening! They were all skillful - I just wasn't interested in the piece itself. But then, I have only ever seen very classical sorts of pieces. The Marriage of Figaro. Samson and Delilah. And I was listening to Puccini before leaving the house! What do you do? But then again, I was distracted by my seating companion. Five so
You leave in 10 days?
ReplyDeleteYou could play video games...
I don't have video games. And I wouldn't know how to play them if I did. I don't have that kind of coordination. You know, to remember which buttons do what. :)
ReplyDeleteGo to Paris!! Do you have enough money to do that? Could you do a Lake District tour? Fart around dead authors' old homes, etc.?
ReplyDeleteClimb Arthur's seat!
Climb the Scott memorial!
Climb the whatever else we were going to climb and didn't!
Come home early! No, wait... go to Paris. :-)
sadly, paris is not an option. the tickets are ridiculously expensive because i did not plan in advance. fool! ...(that wee outburst was for me)
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