rm ([personal profile] rm) wrote2010-11-10 09:46 pm
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sundries - brief, weird

  • A way no office meeting should start:

    "Does anyone have any issues they'd like to raise?"
    "There are worms on the kitchen ceiling again."

  • I almost feel silly continuing this post after that. Because nothing else I have to say could possibly top it. Oh let's see: I had a meltdown at work today -- sobbing -- just too much to learn, too much to keep up with, expectations too high, somewhere where I'm isolated and tired. Now, of course, I feel completely embarrassed and ashamed about it, but wow, I needed that. I don't know.

  • At dinner tonight someone told me about "flounder stomping." IS THIS TRUE? PUTTING ON SPECIAL SHOES TO STOMP ON FISH IN THE MUDFLATS? Why, oh why?

  • You all are right about the opera, of course. It's boggling to me that _I_ was angling to wear jeans. Me! I just look so hot and so masculine in this jeans, they are my favorite thing ever. Alas. So, I'm going to wear my black suit, now it's a matter of shirt and tie -- flash colors, or white shirt with black tie with the fine silver stripe? Help me out! You all know the contents of my wardrobe anyway -- I post shirt pictures often enough.

  • Finally, someone on my friends list has just pointed me towards a 1970s porn musical. Not, a musical about porn. But a porn, that's a musical. This has broken my brain and raised more questions that I could possibly even consider sharing with you all, although odds are you can guess a few of them. Er, yeah.
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    [personal profile] weirdquark 2010-11-10 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
    But a porn, that's a musical.

    I... kind of want to know what this is now.

    I also vote for colors for the opera. Possibly especially since it's Die Zauberflote. And now I'm thinking about an article I read a while back about the rabid opera fans who would go in costume to Wagner's Ring Cycle. Opera should be a production for the audience too -- it's more fun that way.
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    [identity profile] elusis.livejournal.com 2010-11-10 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
    Did you hear the Radiolab about the Ring Cycle which had a bit about a fan who brings along food coordinated to various points in the story?
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    [personal profile] weirdquark 2010-11-10 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
    I don't think so, but that is excellent.
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    [identity profile] elusis.livejournal.com 2010-11-10 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
    The whole program was excellent and I'm not even into opera. It's here for anyone who might be interested.