Archive for February, 2007

Canta Bene.

Soooo… I haven’t really brought this up here, but it’s probably a very good time to do it.

Our plans for China are becoming less and less definite… but that’s not a bad thing!
Recently, Sean (who is a tenor) performed with some of his co-choir members at Carnegie Hall with the Canticum Novum singers of New York. It went so well that the choir director actually invited Sean to join their group, and of course he accepted.
Since then, he has performed with the Canticum Novum singers at the Radio City Music Hall and for the UN General Assembly, with Ennio Morricone as the guest conductor as they performed several of his works.
He has also been introduced to a musical agent type woman… with whom he just auditioned to be taken on as a professional singer. He just got home from the audition.
He’s not entirely sure how it went, but we’ll see. I have very good faith in the fact that he’s an incredible singer, and I think he can get this.

And how does this affect our plans for China?
Well… if Sean gets this deal, it is very possible (and probable) that we will be staying in New York for at least two to three more years, that we will be buying an apartment (or at least Sean and his mom will… my credit sucks!) in the area and that Sean will continue as full-time staff at Sarah Lawrence. And I will get a part-time job working for my current boss (Emily) while taking classes at a cheaper college to finish out my Sarah Lawrence degree. And I’ll get a chinchilla, but that’s another story.

The other, less feasible option is to move to Los Angeles… It’s so expensive where we’d want to live, though, that I don’t think that would be a good option… but it’s on the plate, nonetheless.

I’ll keep updating as I know the situation… but it could be a few weeks before we know anything. :P

Sconosciuti…

I was tagged by teh Manda

RULES: Each player of this game starts off with ten weird things or habits or little known facts about yourself. People who get tagged must write in a blog of their own ten weird things or habits or little known facts as well as state this rule clearly. At the end you must choose six people to be tagged and list their names. No tag backs.

Uhhhm… let’s see…

  1. I bite my nails. Religiously. I’ve tried everything to stop but haven’t been successful for more than a few weeks.
  2. I lived in the same house (in Indianapolis) for fifteen years.
  3. I hate mustard and honey mustard, but love honey mustard pretzels.
  4. I keep closed-captioning on whenever I watch TV.
  5. I am writing a feature-length screenplay. I’ve written four pages so far and already have been promised sponsorship to put it in a film festival and possibly to get it produced.
  6. I’m sporadically addicted to the Sims 2. It comes and goes.
  7. I want to adopt rather than have a child. Part of this is because of my will to do something good for humanity; part of it is from my insecurities about my body and fear of pain.
  8. I want to get engaged, but I don’t really want to get married.
  9. I want a pet Chinchilla… I used to have a hedgehog named Snuggles, but I had to give him away when I moved to New York.
  10. I’ve been to the doctor more times in the past year than I have in my entire life up to this point.

Tagging: Aminah, Kelly, Elyse, Terri, Sarah & Amber.

Aiutarme, l’uomo di pipistrello!

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