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Thursday, January 26, 2006
About Time I Saw An Opera
1/26/2006 06:31:00 PM You know what I mean? I think it's been long enough since I've managed to deal with only 'Rigoletto' (don't deny it, you loved that movie---or you never saw it as a child, and are extremely confused, and thinking me quite dorky at this particular moment) on VHS, but I think it's high time I saw some of it for real right in front of my face. And I'll get to do just that this semester in my Classical Music in London course. Of course, I'll also get to go to some symphony orchestra concerts, which will be amazing. I'm already getting all tingly and excited thinking about it. Overall for the class, we'll get to go to 6 concerts (for FREE!) at various venues, and styles of venues (concert hall, theatre, maybe even a church), and sample the various genres that fall under the umbrella of the word 'Classical'. Believe me, when I finally have fricken wireless internet in my room, I'll be raving about them. As of yet, I'm still wire-less. I've gotten the info from my computer that I needed, installed my nifty little card, registered my machine with the campus, and even configured it with their little passwords for the network, and still nothing. A lot (note the space, Aunt Ann) of other students have been having similar problems, so I'll just end up waiting in the queue (if that's how you spell it) at the IT Centre (yes, that one's spelled correctly, it's center, but with class). And for the visually stimulated, here's a couple pics I managed to sneak on my little trip down Oxford St. (a fairly popular one here, comparable to a busy shopping street in New York, who's name I cannot recall) when we went to get books the other day (the campus bookstore literally has none that I need). This giant screen-thingy is rather cool. Kinda Times Square reminiscent. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ..and although Abby wouldn't pose on one of the fountains, she did strike a less touristy, more distracting one: ![]() This weekend I'm going on a trip to visit Leeds Castle and Canterbury, so I should have some really cool pics from those sometime soon. Until then, Goodnight and Goodluck. |
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Yay for Canterbury. And yay for Mrs. Bond for teaching me what Canterbury is. Have a great time!
i loved rigoletto!!!!
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