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Singing up a storm
Choir practice Wednesday night was a little nerve-wracking, with me as the only soprano*. I made some mistakes, but we got through it and it was overall helpful that I was there. Helped me, anyway! :-) The director, as ever, was kind to all (he's demanding, for the music, but in a very constructive and encouraging way).
I went to my first ( Read more... ) -
Song and Dance Woman
Hamilton the musical was great! Seeing it with LJ's SquishyDish was great! I scored a great hotel deal by waiting until the last minute (oops), and the weather was great, some friends of mine (including LJ's ElissaAnn) met us for a delicious birthday brunch, and we also lucked into two good meals on our own by a little online searching and ( Read more... ) -
Snowy Waiting
I was really ready to get back into the office yesterday, after teleworking Ths&Fri last week and then being snowed in. The vegan superhero neighbors were great, helping others clear their cars too. Other neighbors shoveled snow into my cleared walk and on top of someone else's car. Guess which neighbors got a homemade dessert thank-you from me ( Read more... ) -
Waiting room
Sportsball is" , some diss is talking to it a lot (mercifully, less some other dudes showed up), and another guy talking OVER the game on his phone, but at least it was in another language. I noticed my car was overdue for oil change by 1000 miles, oops, so took off from work to get it done before the weather hits. Have run through work email and ( Read more... ) -
2015 Wrap-Up
Family: Went to NC for Columbus Day and Christmas weekend, very nice visits. Been Skyping with the sibs. Also various Asylum visits back and forth.
Dance: Ballroom here, contra sonic there, but I want to dance more.
Home: Got stuck with the HOA treasurer position for 2016, oh well. Also got my front yard fixed up and hung some of the art I've ( Read more... ) -
Unfinished books I have things to say about
- *If He Hollers Let Him Go*: I'd been meaning to read more Chester Himes since I learned he was the author of *A Rage In Harlem*, which was turned into an under-appreciated movie in the 90's. My local library had a copy of this book, set in 1940's LA, centering on a black defense dock worker. I held off from starting for a while because I was ( Read more... )
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Christmas Caroling mid-day tomorrow (Saturday)
If you want to sing some carols but don't know where, tomorrow my church is singing at the assisted living center in Asbury Methodist Village, open to all! This is a More Light, transgender-friendly church. All are welcome to sing with us.
Schedule:- 11 AM: meet at Rockville United Church . 355 Linthicum Street, Rockville, Maryland 20851-1539 to ( Read more... )
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A meercat, a monkey, and a llama walk into a fight
My sweetheart alerted me to the story of a fight between handlers at the London Zoo, possibly over a winsome llama keeper, or possibly because the meerkat keeper dissed the llama keeper (hypothetical paraphrase: "no rebounds, I don't want him, ewww") to the monkey handler, per the write-up to this odd YouTube vid. The fight wasn't actually at the ( Read more... ) -
My Operatic Weekend in the Big Apple, and other catch-up
At the start of the team meeting yesterday, waiting for folks to join us (I wish we'd just start on time, even if I'm one of the late ones sometimes), most of the people in the room killed time by talking excitedly about the Ravens and other sports they consume on TV. The one other woman in the room and I exchanged glances, and I muttered "I could ( Read more... ) -
The Northern Girl (Chronicles of Tornor, book 3) by Elizabeth A. Lynn
I picked up the below book at a used bookstore some time ago without having read books 1 or 2, and agree with Nicoll that this book stands on its own, very well. His review captures some of what I like, but I also really liked the parts of the story with the merchant-noble and her captain of the guards (both women) -- it's not all about the ( Read more... )