Singing and skipping through the woods…
After years of steadfast resistance, I am caving in.
(I blame this on two dear friends who know exactly who they are!)
Henceforth I shall blog.
What you’ll find here:
- news and notes concerning my writing projects (all things var[title] and any additional fiction)
- notes about the things that keep me from writing them, namely that Ph.D. I am attempting to get (Ph.D. candidates need ranting space. That’s a law. Or it should be, anyway.)
- some other things that Litte Red Riding Hood forgot to ask about, including notes on singing (opera) and skipping (queer tango) and occasional details on the goodies inside grandma’s basket (food blogging).
the occasional genderific rant or gay (and possibly merry) rave, simply because I can’t help myself (in which instance I shall make references to”Litte Red Ranting Hood”, just to be clear)
(for Tex Avery’s classic Litte Red Riding Hood in action, just follow the picture link)
Now, of course, there could be the justified question of “why do you have to talk about writing and hot mezzos in pants opera and cooking? Don’t you know foodblogs ALWAYS go with a light background? And haven’t you read that people prefer blogs centered around a s-i-n-g-l-e topic?”
Uhm, yeah.
I realize this could easily be parted into four blogs, but I don’t have the time for four blogs at the moment. Besides, since I seem to be unable to center my life calmly around ONE thing, why should any blog of mine fare better?
To make things easier, I’ll use for basic categories (“kitchen”, “opera”, “writing” and “ivory tower”) – so if you want to check up on the latest fiction, but aren’t into food, just call up the writing category. Or if want to commiserate on Ph.D. madness the process of getting a doctorate, but think opera is boring (*gasp!*), head straight to the “ivory tower”.
<geek>It’ll be like a big folder with colored post-its.</geek>
Feel free to leaf through it!
Thanks to a checkup on Ms. DiDonato, i stumbled on your site and am over the moon, although you haven’t been blogging long enough to have amassed a large set of mezzodyke lore. Where is Fassbaender um Gottes Willen? Im uebrigen kann man nette video-Ausschnitte von ihr und von TT bei der DGG website, etwa R’kav, Sesto, Orlovsky, usw. Aren’t DVDs and YouTube just the BEST addition to life?
Thanks for the DGG tip, I haven’t been on their page in ages!
And I’ll work on amassing more mezzo lore – including more than the mentions so far on both Fassbaender and Troyanos . I thought I’d stick to still actively singing mezzos for the start, but come to think of it, I’ve always wanted to write something about Risë Stevens.
And yes, youtube is the best thing since sliced bread when it comes to opera info. It’s like glimpses of a world-wide season ticket with time-travel allowance.