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The A New Brain Rookie Night was a pleasant time, and quite free of any fearsome hazing rituals for the girls at least. The girls were supposed to dress as "naughty nurses and dirty doctors" and I don't think I need to say anything more than that. I made an effort though, which I think the girls appreciated... and then I washed off the makeup and took the safety pins out of my scrubs uniform the very first time I went to the washroom.

I was the videographer of the female rookie activities around town and then I took photos at the joint house party, so I was generally more a witness than a participant in the activities. And I can't dance without choreography. It was pleasant chatting with people, however, and I got some great (not to mention some quite incriminating) photos. I hope my inadvertant gift of four bottles of Rickard's Red was appreciated by the hosts.

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So I left Rookie Night around 1am. this morning, fell asleep far too long after that, woke up far too early, got in a cab at 7:55am. and was taken to the parking lot where I would catch a bus bound for Toronto. The bus returned to Kingston at 10pm. Much of the time in between was spent taking in the Canadian Opera Company's delightfully bizarre production of Wagner's Siegfried. (Globe and Mail review here.)

( my review-like thing here )

Wagner may have been a despicable human being, but man did he write gorgeous music. And--note to my dad--it works so much better in a theatrical context than as background music in the living room!

PS: Seriously, you have no idea how cool the dragon looked in motion.

PPS: I still hate the stupid Ring ad campaign images though.

Oh yes, an odd coincidence

There was a Q&A in the programme with the bass trombone player in the COC orchestra... and he went to Mount Allison for two years (like me) and then transferred to Western (like I very nearly did).