Ahhh... *sigh*

The internet connection is back again. The darn thing has been out of comission in residence rooms since Wednesday; it's incredible how difficult it was to function without access in my room. Professors expected me to visit certain sites, check email several times a day, and on and on.

Select highlights:

I completely mystified a store clerk by walking into a jeans place last week and asking, "Do you have any women's jeans that are not low-cut?"

I finally made it to an audition for the university's a cappella group. Apparently, I was one of at least a hundred so there's not much chance of getting in. (And even if I did, I've now found out that opera and a cappella rehearsals conflict.)

Halifax was hit pretty hard by Hurrican Juan. (Alliteration springs up in the most inappropriate places, doesn't it?) That's remarkably close to my old school, and I know a lot of people who have family there.

I'm singing tenor in the opera chorus. Unless I'm imagining things, my speaking voice is distinctly deeper when I walk out of rehearsal.

I am unbelievably behind in my school work( ... )

I think I'm going to have to drop a course. I've never had to handle a course load this heavy; I'm not sure I can.

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I am currently enthralled by Harry Somers's Great Canadian Opera, Louis Riel. ( ... )