Accumulated brain clutter

Random observations from the past few days:

1. I hear that a local theater group (the Footlight Club, for those for whom that means anything) is doing Ragtime next spring. I have decided this is my new goal to work toward, performancewise. I don't think anyone would cast me as Mother, because I can't belt, but maybe Emma Goldman... I need to come up with a really kickass audition song.

2. Notes on watching the video of the Broadway revue I was in last fall:

• My sparkly top looks good on me, but better with the slacks than the skirt.
  
• My costume for "Can't Help Lovin' That Man" was even more unflattering than I realized, but vocally, I was pleased.
  
• Actually, I was more pleased with "I Want to Be Bad" than I expected to be, too, although my face really is still too damn fresh-and-innocent-looking to sing it effectively.
  
• I really need to learn not to fidget with my hair, clothes, etc. on stage.
  
• Musically, the show overall was as rough as I thought it was -- but enthusiasm really does make up for a lot.
  
• It's a good thing I didn't end up being a dancer in the show (which I was originally going to). I would have looked utterly stupid in the costumes for some of the numbers. I mean, I'm all for body confidence, but there are some things that just look better on some people than others!
  

3. I was listening to one of Bryn Terfel's CDs of Rodgers & Hammerstein songs on the way to work this morning, and was reminded of how much I love his voice. Unlike most opera singers, he doesn't sound too ridiculous singing Broadway, at least Rodgers & Hammerstein Broadway. (His version of "Soliloquy" from Carousel is wonderful.)

4. I have written a godawful quantity of social studies questions. Unfortunately it's only half the godawful quantity I need to write.

5. I had an online conversation yesterday with the woman who's in charge of the plot my character's gotten into at Legends. Yay for plot.

6. I like helping people work on their songs. I don't know that I'd have the patience to really teach voice, but maybe I can be a vocal coach.

7. I wish my new computer would hurry up and arrive.

8. Ditto for the purple suede jeans I ordered.

9. NationStates is way too addictive for something that silly.

( 10. And now, the happy bunny quiz. )

Overheard in the office....

"Only the client knows for sure. And they won't tell you until it's far too late to do anything about it."

Too, too, true.

Thank you.

I'd just like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has ever been an accompanist for a rehearsal in which I participated. Even if I didn't think much of your accompanying. Thank you for suffering through it. All of you.

And on another note: My computer, according to the UPS tracking, is in Warwick, RI. Why, then, is Dell estimating that it won't arrive to me until the 10th? It seems to me it shouldn't take five days for it to get from Warwick to here...