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theatokos*I did not get into that Opera Frontier ensemble. Can't blame them given my audition. Can't say I am sad given the director's flakiness.
*I am going to see Wagner's Tannhauser tomorrow evening at the San Francisco Opera. I am completely unfamiliar with Wagner, the only exception being the over famous Valkyries bit. Wagner is an acquired taste I've been told.
*I went to church yesterday. I went with a good friend, an Orthodox Christian I met at grad school. The church, St. John the Evangelist Antiochian Orthodox Church (a mouthful!), was pleasant enough. The bishop was present so there was a modified liturgy with slightly different music (the Orthodox do a capella music in tones, as opposed to keys) and many extra fancy hats and materials and gold candle holders, add to that the Arabic used (Antiochian Orthodoxy has it's "headquarters" in Syria), I had some difficulty following. Plus! They had pews!! Traditionally, the Orthodox have no pews and congregants stand for the entire hour + service. I really dislike pews and enjoy the participation that standing engenders.
However, church didn't suck and I enjoyed myself.
*I am going to see Wagner's Tannhauser tomorrow evening at the San Francisco Opera. I am completely unfamiliar with Wagner, the only exception being the over famous Valkyries bit. Wagner is an acquired taste I've been told.
*I went to church yesterday. I went with a good friend, an Orthodox Christian I met at grad school. The church, St. John the Evangelist Antiochian Orthodox Church (a mouthful!), was pleasant enough. The bishop was present so there was a modified liturgy with slightly different music (the Orthodox do a capella music in tones, as opposed to keys) and many extra fancy hats and materials and gold candle holders, add to that the Arabic used (Antiochian Orthodoxy has it's "headquarters" in Syria), I had some difficulty following. Plus! They had pews!! Traditionally, the Orthodox have no pews and congregants stand for the entire hour + service. I really dislike pews and enjoy the participation that standing engenders.
However, church didn't suck and I enjoyed myself.