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Mar. 22nd, 2004 10:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kcobwebIt was an opera weekend for me. Saturday I went to rehearsal and watched the run-through. Sunday I helped move the sets into the theater - okay, mostly I stood around and watched, because I'm not exactly known for my brawn or for being especially adept with tools. (It's a cool set, especially the witch's candy cottage.) From Wednesday on, it will be all opera all the time (at least, whenever I'm not at work), through the weekend. I'm soooo glad I'm not in this show, and only working backstage. #1, Hansel and Gretel is a really cheesy kiddie show - as my father would say, we're at risk here for diabetic shock! (Insulin shock? Whatever.) #2, too many politics.... This is a tiny wee opera company that is completely insignificant in the grand scheme of things, so of course, matters get very heated - I'm always reminded of the Henry Kissinger quote: "University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small." Yup - totally applies here.
In fact, I need to call my father and find out what he knows on the latest political/opera mess.....
As if the opera weren't enough, we have relatives coming to see it - so we get the relatives-in-town chaos. My grandmother will be here, plus an aunt and uncle (perhaps my favorite aunt and uncle really, so that's cool). So they will need/desire entertaining during their stay.... Thankfully, no one is staying with us (we have nowhere to put them anyway) - so my house remains a parent-free (and relative-free) zone. This is very key.
In fact, I need to call my father and find out what he knows on the latest political/opera mess.....
As if the opera weren't enough, we have relatives coming to see it - so we get the relatives-in-town chaos. My grandmother will be here, plus an aunt and uncle (perhaps my favorite aunt and uncle really, so that's cool). So they will need/desire entertaining during their stay.... Thankfully, no one is staying with us (we have nowhere to put them anyway) - so my house remains a parent-free (and relative-free) zone. This is very key.
