I'm in New York City. yup.. Live auditions. I had one for the Boston Conservatory in Washington DC on the 26th of Feb and now i'm awaiting the next audition for the Mannes College. Sat at starbucks for about 3 hrs drinking hot choco and eatin' some fruit, reading a book called "vocal wisdom" I got from the juilliard bookstore. uh huh... well.. anyway that's not the point of my entry. I went to the Met Opera House today!!! I saw what Pavarotti wore in an opera he acted in. Well... as you can guess, it was PRETTY huge. ha ha. I watched Il Barbiere di Sviglia. Elina Garanca is sooo good! She sounds kinda like Nancy. Anyway, their voices are sooo... free... like, they sing as if it's sooo easy! I was blown away by some of 'em. They could control the dynamics and articulate so well. They could act really well too! It was so "spontaneous".

When I got outta the Opera house, it was dark outside and when I looked carefully under the lamp post's light, I saw something was falling... SNOW. wow... first time I experience so much snow falling like rain. It was pretty cool.

The lamp post's light
catches the snow
O how very bright!
But alas! No matter how pretty the snowflakes,
it slips away too quickly
and disappears from sight
into the night