The Antagonist Within

Great day it was, truly. My Jury Vocal Exam went off without a hitch and to spite receiving a grade I am not all that satisfied with, I had a time earning it! I love singing, love singing on stage, love singing on the stage for people. It was a breakthrough for me in a lot of ways because for the first time I finally felt liberated enough to gesture. Low and behold, we have other body parts besides a mouth and a neck that we can use while we sing!

But big thanks going out to Peter Lazar for being my pillar of support out in the audience. Oh, and I guess the guy working the stage door was all for me too. He had been talking to me while I was waiting to go on and was all impressed with my Polish ancestry bit. Then, as he is holding the door open for me waiting for the very wave from Mommy M to beckon my stage presence, he goes to me "you have nice hair." I thanked him, a little blushed, and then he said "well, you're a nice girl in general." Whoa.





Oh, and did you all know that Peter Lazar is a mind reader? Well he is. Somehow he knew that Pizza is the most perfect end to singing, so we hopped the parking lot afterwards, gobbled down the good stuff and had some very stimulating conversations (isn't that right Don Pedro?).

Well unfortunately I had to leave Peter and our corn/bean (what else was on that bad boy) pizza for my Italian Exam. Here is Peter with the Italian book I should have been studying from.


Besides being a mind reader, Peter is also a kind of spy. This is me after leaving him to go take my Italian Exam.


Turns out I was prepared enough for Italian. I can't say Lydia was all that satisfied with my speaking, but I think I did fairly respectable on the translation section.

Katie Carlson, what can I say? Being the horse master it is YOU who are MY hero. I will do my best to "grab life by the balls" just for your sake, if no one elses. Thanks for reading and I am truly, truly touched that you approve. But darling, where did you hear I wasn't planning on camp this year? I sent Wendy my application and have never said such a thing to anyone! I can't live without camp!!!!

I don't care if the only job left would be toilet scrubber, I would take it just to be there!