forgive me, eager readers, for changing the format of the blog so quickly - again. but i couldn't handle all that blue. there was too much going on. so here's 'minima'. and may it remain so for a while yet.
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
Much better! It was actually the font that was really bothering me.
ReplyDeleteoh, i liked the font. i just didn't like how the overall look felt like a used car dealer. whatever that means. it was unpleasant.
ReplyDeletei like this. i feel cozy in your blog again.
ReplyDeletecozy is good. now let's just work on what to write about. :)
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