Opera tonight....

Cityboy just "snagged' a standing room place for Elektra---kind of excited about it--my first trip to the Met this year. I have heard the opera a few times, including at least once with an all star cast of Nillson, Resnick and Rysenek, and to be honest, it did not have much effect on me. My vision of the music is that it is intense from the first note to the last--without much variety. But the conductor of tonight's performance is terrific, and this production, by the late Patrice Chereau, is supposed to bring new vision to the opera. So I am seeing it---it helps that I was not asked to work at Friends today, so my energy level for the hour and forty minutes that I have to stand for the piece should be very strong.
  Not much else to say. Yesterday, while having a session at the library at 145 street, my phone seemed to lose service. Quite troubling, as no one else's in the library had. But when I went to the store, the sales person told me that perhaps my phone company was reworking something, which was the reason for the shut down in the library. Once out of the library, it was fine. Returned home feeling quite relieved, yet the anxiety caused by the experience was very strong, and by the time I got back to the apartment, i was pretty tired. So no trip to Dive Bar where my friend Brittany was bartending---just rest.
 The weekend seems to be very busy with sessions. How much they take out of me will probably determine what I do during my leisure time. Do you realize, cityboy, that you have not been to South fourth or Cobra, for almost two months. Must be kind of a record--but things have changed--Sundays have been cold, there have been movies to see, also if I work at Friends on a Monday, I have a tendency to want to stay in Manhattan.  Maybe this Sunday will be my day of return. We will see.
Will report soon...