Corner of Bourbon & Division

I don't have anything as exciting as the opera to report about today.

( In which I talk about people not liking what I like. )

Aside from having people actively rain on my parade, I received some promising news at work yesterday. It turns out that another section wants me to come work overtime for them at least once a month. This will put a bit of a crimp in my schedule, but it will pretty much solve many of our financial problems, because a full twelve hour shift at double time is a significant amount of money. It's practically the same amount of money as if I picked up a part-time minimum wage job for 3-4 shifts a week. So at this point I'll just have to take the extra commute/travel time in the name of financial solvency. It's not a done deal yet, I'll only be hearing back for sure on Friday, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

I'm also excited at the prospect of doing actual dispatch work again. I like my current job, but it's very technical and very text-based, and I don't get to talk to people very much anymore. It'll be nice to have a headset again and to work with my old dispatching software and deal with more immediate security concerns rather than worry about what level of classification my transmissions need. :)

Tonight I am going out with the lovel sultrysong. Plans are a little up in the air for now, but I'm hopeful that drinks might be involved.

I've been listening to Anna Russell. She makes me laugh and laugh and laugh. The first time I heard her "Ring" synopsis I was twelve years old, and a lot of it was lost on me, but it was still pretty hilarious. By the time I was in my twenties and was familiar with Wagner, it got a LOT funnier.

For those of you who are new(ish) to this LJ, yes, I like Wagner. I think he doesn't get nearly enough credit because all people know of him (or think they know of him) is the Ride of the Valkyries, which is now forever linked with "Apocalypse Now."

Wager is like the Metallica of the opera world.

( If you know the chord to E-Flat Major, you know the prelude to Rheingold )

For those of you who don't like Wagner, here she is giving her formula for writing your very own Gilbert & Sullivan opera. :D