Dream of Zeus was a snooze

Last night we went to Consolidated Works to see Dream of Zeus, the new opera by local composer Garret Fisher. I've never been to any of his stuff before, even though I've heard a lot about his stuff and he seems to be quite the Seattle darling. My interest (aside from a general interest in What's New) was in the viola da gamba I saw included in the orchestra (in addition to taiko, harmonium, and oboe) and Cathy Hanson-Mack, my favorite local singer. I figured, toss these elements all together, and it would have to be a good night, right? ( In which I am proven wrong. )

In other news we've had three people call on the dog, so there's some hope for finding her a new home, and I'm doing quite well with my hiragana. I'm looking forward to my Japanese class tonight!

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I was just thinking that I miss my friend sallysimpleton, who's out of the country right now, and voila, she has posted from Venice. I don't even feel jealous, I just miss her. Come back soon! Mimi and Izzy miss you too.

Gelatinous Octohedron and Japanese, Day 2

Work was slow and pleasant today. I'm trying to get ramped up for my Leading a Big QA Effort Involving Five Teams (aka Webcowgirl goes Cat-punching), but I was easily distracted by about a hundred other things. The best part was when lunch rolled around and I realized I'd signed up for a game of Munchkin with three of my coworkers - a full hour of structured screwing off with friends! It's great to enter the field of Spiteful Combat in a fantasy setting rather than the real-life Halls of Hatred - and so far everyone still seems pretty nice. Doing stuff like whacking people with a Chicken on your Head curse has got to relieve the tension of the much more evil moments that are sure to come in later months.

Fortunately I missed the Carnival of Lies on all national broadcast outlets tonight as I was busy taking my Japanese class (and eating crap Chinese food at the Bellevue Top Gun -- does the quality always fall when the restaurant is on the other side of the lake?), so instead of trying to make my way through a tension backache tonight I'm able to relax with some Trashy Science Fiction® and a shower. Hah hah hah!