50th POST!

YAY! So I haven't been smoking, I haven't been slurpee drinking, I've been writing daily (except that one day, but I wrote something for class that day :D), and I've been awesome!

So last night I was all alone and decided I wanted to do something, so I got on the computer and asked my friend Aja if she'd like to go to the opera with me to see Carmen. She said she'd be delighted to so we met up at 5 for dinner at WHITE SPOT, where we dicussed boys ;) and life and past lives we once led :P as we ate our yummy meals and drank Aja's yummy wine... Then we looked at our watches and it was 7:00! SHIT! The opera starts in 30 mins and we don't have tickets...

We get there to see "Sold Out" written on the signs and sighed and cried :P

BUT THEN! This man starts walking around asking "You looking for an extra ticket?" SHIT! Scalpers! And I don't have cash! "Let's run to the bank AJA! QUICK!"

So we head to the bank and hurry back, but the scalper man is gone :( No one else seems to be holding, so we're sad... THEN I FORCE Aja to go ask if there's ANYWAY we can see the show. The lady says "Well we have 2 seats left, but they're the highest price 175.00..."

We look at each other and say "*sigh* sure..."

"Hold on!" Another lady at the box office says, "Someone GAVE this ticket in... it's free..."

Aja and I smiled "We'll take that one and one of the expensive tickets!"

So we rush in, Aja and I fought over who would have to take the expensive one... She said I would and ran upstairs to her seat (which was 5th row balcony, so AWESOME view too) Mine was located in the orchestra around the middle of the theatre and was gorgeous view too. I was sat next to this WEIRD woman who wouldn't move when I needed to sit down, so I "accidentally" stepped on her feet! The show began and it was wonderful! Act one ended and I rushed out to buy Aja and I some wine...

We drank and I returned to my seat where the woman wouldn't move AGAIN! After I sat she asked if I was with the press. I told her "No" she asked if I were familiar with the show. I said "Yes, I've seen 2 other productions" I MEANT on DVD, but she thought I meant live and asked where... I decided to act cultured and said "London at the Covent Garden and I can't recall where the other one was to be honest..." She asked my opinion on the production and I said "Oh, well in comparisson to the Covent Garden one it's a much smaller scale of course, but it's a TERRIFIC job for a small opera company. She asked my opinions on Carmen and I said "She's actually quite wonderful. She brings a lot of spunk and character to the role. She really seems to be living it." BAH HA HA! The woman is TOTALLY going to use my opinions. She left during second intermission so Aja came and joined me for acts 3 and 4...

But honestly, it was A WONDEFUL PRODUCTION. I love Vancouver Opera and this production was another great one by them. The Carmen they chose WAS wonderful and DID bring a lot to the role. It was a GREAT NIGHT!

AND what we expected to be a WELL over $100 night turned out to only come to about $100 with the wine :D