Thursday, February 26, 2015

I'm back!

Hey, I'm back! And I'm here to stay. And I have some random things to say.

NYCO?

I am afraid New York City Opera Renaissance might not be real. Looking at the lineup for their upcoming gala is reassuring, but then I read this and this and I get nervous. I loved New York City Opera. It was a huge part of my childhood. I sang in the children's chorus from 1993 - 1999, and my first opera solo ever was as the third spirit to Mark Delavan's Macbetto. He made funny faces at me every night as I walked towards him dressed in a black dress with a dead branch glued to it. (Yeah, the 90's were pretty much the best.) And yet, I doubt. With Gotham Chamber Opera and others being so undeniably awesome, where does this new iteration of LaGuardia's proletarian brainchild fit in? What do you think, internets? Are my misgivings unfounded? Should the presence of both Flicka and Sting at this concert reassure me beyond doubt?


California...

…is where I live right now. It's weird. I genuinely like winter, although my tendency to wipe out on icy sidewalks/walk like a duck to avoid doing so is definitely a downside to the season.

Part of me feels like making it across town every day with two mildly nutty children in full-body snowsuits last year makes it okay that I'm missing this winter. But most of me feels like my friends will shun me upon my return.


Things I like: sunshine, lizards, hiking, sunshine
Things I don't like: absence of precipitation, funny-tasting water, feeling like a terrible person every time I stay in the shower for longer than it takes to take a shower, having to confront how I feel about homelessness all the time.

Singing

I feel like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern when it comes to singing. The two dudes from Shakespeare/Stoppard whose coin-flipping symbolizes our human tendency to stick to the path we're on, even when it's a shitty path. That's a huge simplification of both the plays and my life, but it's how I feel, dammit. I want to hit the reset button. Is there a reset button? How do I get rid of the crap and keep the good? Can I do a career cleanse? Have any of you tried to do something like this?

I think that's it for now. I hope you guys like my nerdy-ass blog and keep reading it. I'll be posting more than once every 572 days. Also please answer all of my questions. Thank you.