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Everyone is doing their holiday card address book updating, and it makes me want to send out holiday cards. I celebrate, in December, the Festival of Hecate, which is a holiday that

ethrosdemon and I made up for a Harry Potter fanfic we wrote a few years ago. I decided I liked it a lot, and appropriated it to be my holiday, kind of like Festivus, but not so annoying.

I would love to send out holiday cards, but -- but I am too lazy, basically. I mean, first one has to figure out what card. Then something to write inside each card. Then to the post office. And then! Money I could be spending on new tattoos is spent to mail things.

I don't think so!

Here are three things you should know:

(1.) Today I wore a plastic necklace, and looked freaking adorable. That is the necklace I am wearing to SFWA later this month! This was just a practice run. *g*

(2.) My sister and I have decided to go see an opera.

garretfw was talking about opera a few days ago, and since I've never been, I started talking about it, and now my sister and I want to go. Does anyone have suggestions for a happy opera that is not about infidelity? We are very picky. Nothing unhappy, nothing about infidelity. I feel like that cuts out 99% of all operas right there! I think we're doing to end up at die Walkuere, but we're open to your thoughts.

(3.) Bloom by Elizabeth Scott is up there in the top five books I've read this year, nestled right near My Heartbeat and Stay With Me by Garret Freymann-Weyr. Seriously. I can't believe how good it is; my mind is blown.

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Barber of Seville is an opera with no infidelity, and believe it or not, is also a comedy. I saw it with my sister here in Edmonton last year. She loved it, giggled throughout. I was vaguely amused, but for a first opera, I would have preferred a more serious tone. I think. Haven't been to any others.

It is a comedic opera? How crazy! Maybe I will try that one. :)

You'll know a lot of the music, too, if you've watched Bugs Bunny.

I was going to suggest The Magic Flute, which has dragon slaying and bird people in it, or The Love of Three Oranges, which is a series of fairy tales. You'll recognize music in those too.

<3 the Magic Flute, it's one of my very favorites since I was about six.

I just saw an amazing production of it in San Francisco. The first half was by far the most amazing opera I've ever seen.

It's very, very funny. I saw it in San Francisco on Halloween last year, and nearly died laughing. Of course, it helped that the guy playing the Count was seriously buff, and the costume designer felt the need to make sure we could see this. :-)

[Mildly lewd commentary about it at

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