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Camera Lust, The Next Generation

The new entry-level Rebel has everything I'm looking for in an SLR: full HD video, low-light performance, more pixels than I need, and a sub-$1000 price tag ($800 for body only, $900 for kit including 18-55mm lens).

Want.

Sucked into Facebook

In the unlikely event that any of you have clicked on my Blogging Friends link for "Not Worth The Effort", you would have found that his blog has finally lived up to its name. He has abandoned blogging for Facebook.

I don't intend to completely abandon blogging, but I have joined Facebook, and it is probably a better way of keeping in touch with my friends and family. On the other hand, I can say things here that I can't say there because there are fewer people to offend here. You, dear reader, are one of a very select group. You get to see this, which I think is gut-bustingly funny:



Not that I would mind Mom seeing that.

A push-ups update: I did not find that I gained much in the way of push-up endurance by doing multiple sets. I think I did gain about three on average, but it stopped there.

And in upcoming events: I'll be part of a ballet for the first time. Not cavorting around in tights, but I'll be onstage, in costume, singing. The Bach Choir, with Mercury Baroque and the Dominic Walsh Dance Theater are presenting a ballet-opera hybrid, Romeo & Juliet. A preview:

Swing and a miss

I had an audition at Masquerade Theatre last week. It went well. As I went in, I recognized the accompanist. That seemed to be a good sign. We talked a bit, he went over the music, and then the director came in. I sang for him. He complimented me on my timbre. We talked about my availability and he asked me about when I played the Music Man and who directed.

He said they'd be calling either Thursday or Friday. Nope.



Why don't they ever call?

I have a theory that he did a little digging and found the lackluster review of my Music Man performance. That made me think I should note in my resume that I was an emergency substitution in that role. So that at least gives me something to do.

Oh, I didn't get the part at Theater LaB Houston, either. But we did go see the show, and it was very good. Not as good as it would have been with me in it, of course, but...

And Bach performances are over for the year. Next one up is February 7.

Snow Day

December 4, 2009: The earliest snowfall on record for Houston, TX. Shelly is loving it.

Bach Concert December 6

The Bach Society presents Abendmusik on Sunday, December 6, at 6:00 pm. The program features the festive Advent cantatas Wachet! betet! betet! wachet! (BWV 70a) by Bach and Machet die Tore weit by Telemann, and the brilliant Magnificat by Jan Dismas Zelenka. Soloists are Melissa Givens, Sarah Brindley, Sishel Claverie, Randolph Lacy, and Paul Busselberg. The Bach Choir and Orchestra (on period instruments) are under the direction of Albert LeDoux.

Christ the King Lutheran Church is located at the corner of Rice Boulevard and Greenbriar. There is no admission charge; a free-will offering will be received to support the series. For more information visit our website at www.bachsocietyhouston.org or call (713) 523-2864.

Limited free parking is available on the lots west and south of Christ the King Church. Ample parking is available for $1.00 (credit card only) across the street at Rice University's stadium parking lot on the southeast corner of Rice & Greenbriar.

     

The Bach Society is funded in part by grants from the
City of Houston
through the Houston Arts Alliance.

New answering machine message

I try to make our answering machine message entertaining. Call if you want to hear the new one.