Let's try this again

We spend a lot of time fooling around in the green room.  Intense card games, sitting and watching TV, reading books and talking.  Just no eating.  There is a cardinal rule about not eating in costume.  Tim is in the white shirt, Stephan is the other guy, Lisa is in the blue dress and Rhea (Stephan's wife) is in the tan dress.  

Here are some of my friends, posing in the hall by the dressing rooms.    I don't know why this is printing in underline and I don't know why it posted this picture twice.  I still have some bugs to work out.
Some of the women dressed as choir boys.  Paula was one of those lucky girls.
Here I am with the two other nuns.  The nice thing about being a nun is no wig.  But the costume is a little restrictive to open your mouth to sing.  Ann is the shortest nun and Lori is the middle nun.

So enjoy the photos and I will get better at posting pictures.  Sue

I haven't worked out all the bugs yet

Hmmm.... I am not sure how to fix this, but this is me, the nun and David Marshall, the Cardinal, in "Tosca"  

I did it!

After much cursing under my breath and out loud, I think I have downloaded a photo of Cloud.  The picture was taken over a week ago, but since it keeps snowing, she looks just like this today, too.  When I have more time, I will download some pictures of my buddies in the opera cast.  ;)

I am going to try to down load some photos, but no one is here to help me, so I am going to give it a go myself.  Wish me luck.  If you see pix, then I was successful. If not, then I am somewhere in my house, swearing under my breath about how hard these electronic devices are to use.  ;)

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I have taken some photos, but haven't learned how to post the pix yet. The opera is sooooooo fun. Last night was the second of the five performances. I wish we could do more performances, but it is costly to do that. And, the Symphony only does 2 performances of most of their concerts, so I guess 5 is pretty good. My name is messed up in the program. They combined Ruth Rogers and Sue Sohm into Sue Rogers. There is no such person, but I am half there. Also, the super titles weren't working for Act I on opening night, so people couldn't understand the plot set up. Sorry about that. Well, since I am at work and my patient is getting ready to deliver, I gotta go for now. ;)

It is so freaking cold here!  It was about 15 last night and I think it is only about 22 now.  I worry about the chickens in our backyard having trouble with being too cold.  Tori and I considered moving them in to the garage last night, but then there is the mess.  Poor things.  I blanketed Cloud, my horse, yesterday.  I have a hard time sleeping at night in my warm bed if I think she is freezing.  Actually, I think she prefers not to be blanketed, because whenever I approach her with the blanket in my hands, she walks away from me.  But I sleep better knowing she is warmer.

On Monday night, at rehearsal, both the main male characters were out with food poisoning.  Last night, the guy who plays Scarpia was back, but "Mario" was still out with sickness.  I found out that they had gone out together to a restaurant.  There needs to be rules about the principals eating together at the same restaurant.  We don't have understudies, so it's kind of scary when they get sick.  Tonight is our first dress rehearsal with the orchestra.  Dave and Kristen will be there.  It is more fun for me when I know I have "people" in the audience.  Tomorrow night we have another dress rehearsal with high school kids that they bus in from out of this valley.  I don't know where the high schools are, but they are always an enthusiastic crowd.  

I wore my nun costume for the first time on Monday.  It is hot and heavy.  I kept having trouble with the wimple ( I think that is what it's called).  The weight of the black veil kept pulling the white part back on my head.  Plus, the stage hands have the backstage heaters going full blast to heat up the stage and it's really hot in that outfit.  It fits rather tight on my face, so when I open my mouth to sing, it is a little constrictive.  I figured out how to use my camera, so I will take pictures tonight and post them.  TTFN

first things first

First, I would need to figure out how to use my digital camera.  That is one of my goals for this week.  

I was reading an article about how to be a good blogger and one of the suggestions is to figure out what kind of a blog I want this to be.  I am not sure, so for now I will talk about what I am thinking about and what's going on in my life.  I suspect that it will change as my life changes, ie., when I am prepping for the Wasatch Back, it will be about that and when I am involved in an opera, like I am now, it will be about that.  

Last night at rehearsal, they told us that we had tonight off.  Yay!!!  The chorus's role is quite small with this opera, so the pressure has been less than the last two that I have done.  "Grapes of Wrath" had a huge chorus part and we were on stage a lot.  "The Flying Dutchman", was hard because of the German, plus the Chorus role was pretty significant, but Tosca is mostly about the 3 main characters; Scarpia, Tosca and Mario.  

The article also mentioned that no one wants to know what I had for lunch, so I won't say what I had for dinner (breakfast cereal and soy milk).  

I will post photos some time this week and then when I have some from the Opera.  TTFN

Tosca

Yesterday I  started in Hell Week, although it is really Hell Week and a half.  We rehearse every evening from yesterday until opening night on Jan. 19th, with the exception of this Sunday and next Friday. It's a lot of work, but this is my favorite part.  I love being in the theater and working on the stage.  

I "started" running last Saturday again, but haven't run since then.  I am not an early morning runner and like to run in the evening, but these days don't have the time.  Today, I am going to run for 15 min., which is my beginner time, but I also have to get the Christmas tree down, go grocery shopping and spend some time with the horses.  And rehearsal starts at 6:00 p.m. tonight.  So, I need to get going.  

Okay, I really am talking to myself.  In Rarotonga, it is Tuesday, so to figure out what time I posted, just add 3 hrs.  The date thing doesn't reflect the date in Rarotonga. 

More chatter from me.

I have listed the time of my postings as Rarotonga time, because I have been there and wish I could go there again. I also like pink, so I chose a pink template.  If you want to figure out what time I really posted, add 3 hrs to the time and subtract a day.  ;)

I have no idea what I am doing!

This is my first time to have a blogsite, so I don't know what I am doing.  I recently got a digital camera and haven't even read the instructions on how to use it.  I am trying to enter the 21st century, but at heart, I am a 20th century girl.  I suspect I am writing to myself anyway.  I have a few goals for 2008, so maybe I will post them.  I am planning on running the Wasatch Back Relay again this year and so I am starting to prep for that.  I also want to develop more friends, which is way out of my comfort zone.  That's partly why I am starting a blog site.  I also want to get out of debt this year.  I have been working on that one for several years and this might be the year when I finally make it.  So, if anyone wants to share their goals for this year or tell me how to use my camera, then post a comment.  Sue