Check-in:

Morning Pages: Nothing this week. Nada. It was hard getting going after a break last time, so I'm not too surprised.

Artist's Date: Glimmerglass! Loved the Gluck, was puzzled by the Monteverdi ( Christopher Alden directed), which frustrated me, because I'm usually not quite so dense about symbolic directing. The singing was amazing and inspirational.

Walking: Nothing serious. The tendonitis is still an issue, so I'm not pushing things here. The PT is more important.

Synchronicity: I haven't been looking for it, so I'm out of shape. I'll have to think about this one and edit as needed.

Nice Thing for Me Each Day: light a candle

Issues: I'm leaving this one in from my cut and paste: get back in tune with Gail's breathing ideas and thinking about the notes - get so inside the music (a la Yo Yo Ma) that it comes from your brain, not your throat.

Technique, technique, technique. Breath. Exercise/PT

Goals:

Gigs: Syracuse Opera outreach: Mule. Oswego Opera: Carousel this fall.

Day Job: call temp agencies

Listening/Opera Videos: Manon DVD from library; new CD: Orpheus and Euridice (Gordon/Futral)

Diction/Dialect/Accent Tape: speech therapy exercises

Pedagogy Work: a good solid foundation of breath and relaxation

Creativity Book: The Creativity Book and Fearless Creating (Maisel), A Weekend to Change Your Life (Anderson)

Performing Business: update address book; revamp address labels; study Castel books before returning to the library

Sight Singing: focus on basic technique - use simple art songs

Acting: monologue memorization; basic warmup

Piano: scales; play through vocal rep

Cello: scales and other technical exercises

Guitar: scales and finger busters

Flute: technical drills

Physical Program: E2L and food combining principles; yoga/other stretching, Pilates, PT exercises, strength training 3x/week

Family: Christmas present work

Spiritual: DQT - focus on the Gospels

FlyLady: keep decluttering

Car: clean out; wash