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One Day
Tuesday, March 31, 1998 I'm really enjoying the cds I bought on Sunday. Especially the Opera Arias compilation from Sony Classical. It's part of their Essential classics line, so it was cheap! Ileana Cotrubas, Kiri Te Kanawa, Renata Scotto, and Placido Domingo in popular Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi, Puccini and Mozart selections. I really like Cotrubas singing "Deh vieni, non tardar" from The Marriage of Figaro. I'd like this to be sung at my wedding some day! On the other hand, the cheapo laserlight Strauss waltz compilation, Emperor Waltz, has the last track cut off in the middle! I also really like the Scott Joplin piano rags, played by John Arpin. It's a two-CD set for nine dollars! Joplin is something I don't get tired of. I remember a record of Joplin orchestrations by Gunther Schuller that I had in high school! When I tried to get the second cd out of the case, which was somehow designed to be no larger than a regular cd jewel case, I had some trouble. The little center sticking-up-thingy (I love technical language, don't you?) was such a tight fit that at first I feared that I'd break the CD by prying it off. But I did succeed in the end. By the way, my mood is not now such that I must have non-tragic music to cheer myself up. I just normally prefer it!
I discovered a good new journal (well, at three months old I guess it isn't so new) called "One Day...". I like Dave's style! Humorous tales from his past, combined with daily updates. I must have skipped the link when Kymm featured him, because I found him through the Open Pages random link, which for once didn't time out. Dave keeps busy with building his own home, getting ready to run a 10k race, and raising twin two-year-olds.
So. I was supposed to go out dancing tonight, but the person who was supposed to be taking me got ill. This was disappointing, of course, and especially irksome because he didn't let me know as soon as he knew he wouldn't be feeling up to it. I think he replied to the mail I sent to his home address, but he sent it to my work address after I'd already left for the day. But we have rescheduled our get-together and will try again in a few days, since he assures me that he does want to go out with me, despite appearances! This new dress, a short navy blue slinky knit, will have to wait for another night. Or else I'll do web authoring in the fanciest attire I've ever worn for it! I'm using this evening to do the designs and graphics for April which I thought I wouldn't have time for. Ha! so there!
Well, I think I've gone through more heartache in March than in most other months, but my mood is pretty good now. For a while, I thought that like Firedrake has a count of miles biked and roadkill seen per day, I should add how many times I was bursting into tears per day. But that's done. I think it would be a mistake to make my heart more closed and guarded. I wonder if I even could? And I want to repeat my thanks to those friends, met and unmet, who sent me comfort and support during these "interesting times."
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