Sick....but still a fun day
[I got an idea on the subway today which is kinda cheesy, but I think it's kinda cute as a little preamble....plus it'll help me keep track of my expenses.....at the beginning of my entries I'll list important things I spent my money on and my favorite part of the day......here goes.........]
Tropfen for my cough: €6.50
Stehplatz Tickets and Program for Wie es Euch Gefällt at the Staatsoper: €7.00
Three coffees, one Apfelstrudel, and one nutty pastry at Aida: €11
Making new friends at the opera and cooking for your drunk roommates: Priceless
Well, I certainly felt sick this morning, at least...I broke my perfect attendance streak today by not going to either German or Classical Symphony.....I felt really bad (physically), but I also felt guilty, as I usually do when missing school. I got out of bed at around 1 o'clock because I remembered that I had to meet Dr. Scheier to discuss the presentation I'm doing for him. on the way to IES I went to the Apotheke to get some medicine for my cough and stuffy nose....I told the person at the Apotheke my symptoms, and she looked at me as if to say "that's nice..." so I asked her what medicine I should take, and she said, almost sarcastically, "Tropfen?" I thought that she meant cough drops, and so I tried to communicate to her that the cough wasn't from my throat, it was from my chest. She sort of stared at me, and then went back and got the Tropfen she was talking about....it turns out the bottle of "Tropfen" she sold me was basically concentrated medicine...20 drops and 1 ml of water is one dose....I have no idea what's in it, but it worked pretty darn well. After that I met with Dr. Scheier (very briefly) and turned in my emergency absentee ballot (silly LA county never sent me one...unfortunately that means that I could only vote for President and Representatives, and not for any of the of the California propositions or anything....oh well.) After that I went to my Michele's house for my voice lesson, only to find out (from her husband, who answered the door very confusedly) that my voice lesson is actually tomorrow.....I can't believe I entered it wrong in my calendar! Well, at least I'll feel better tomorrow when I actually have a voice lesson. After that I went home and quickly ate dinner and headed off to the opera to see the ballet: Wie es Euch Gefällt (As You Like It). In line I met this Canadian couple that's traveling through Europe for a month and is in Vienna for two days....their names were Daryl and Audrey....they were really really cool. They were in front of me in line and were voicing their uncertainties about how the system worked, so I chimed in and answered their question. They asked me more things about the Staatsoper, and we struck up a conversation. (a couple of other people in line, hearing how I had helped Audrey and Daryl, came up to me to ask questions too....it was hilarious) After talking with them for a while, I asked them if they were Canadian, and Audrey said "the accent, right?" It was the accent that made me sure, I told her, but I had a feeling they were because they lacked obnoxiousness, which most American tourists have in abundance. (she laughed, but agreed) After we got our spots, I took them to Café Aida and treated them to coffee and Strudel....it was a good time! We came back to our spots before the show and the man behind me asked me if he could look at my program (I splurged and got one....and I'm glad I did....without it I would not have had the slightest clue what was going on); he was American...from the midwest, although I'm not positive......we ended up having an interesting conversation about romantic music and 19th century British composers (he disagreed with the assertion that there were no good British composers between Purcell and Britten). I felt like such a social butterfly! It was fun....much more fun than the ballet! It was OK..........basically it was the story of As You Like It done in ballet with Mozart orchestral works for the music. but a bit too abstract and pantomime for my taste....they also messed with the Mozart pieces that were chosen....for instance two of the pieces were improvisations on pieces by Mozart, one of which did not resemble Mozart AT ALL.....also there were moments where I think they changed Mozart's music rather overtly, such as in one piece when the horns entered in the "wrong key" (twice), or the three-octave whole-tone scale in the cadenza of one of the violin concerto movements they played.....the choreography, although amazingly complicated and exquisitely performed, was just too weird for me.....I can't explain it. Oh well, it was fun and all, I got to meet some awesome people.
When I got home, no one was home and there was a huge mess in the kitchen, which meant that all my roommates had probably been drinking (which was completely true). I cleaned up the kitchen before they got home, at which time I made potatoes and Kielbasa for us to have as a small meal (I felt so maternal and domestic!! it must have been the coffee before the ballet.....) It was fun, especially seeing Nick and Cabot so wasted (they usually don't drink so much......) Now I must be off to bed....gotta get some rest before my lesson tomorrow!
Tropfen for my cough: €6.50
Stehplatz Tickets and Program for Wie es Euch Gefällt at the Staatsoper: €7.00
Three coffees, one Apfelstrudel, and one nutty pastry at Aida: €11
Making new friends at the opera and cooking for your drunk roommates: Priceless
Well, I certainly felt sick this morning, at least...I broke my perfect attendance streak today by not going to either German or Classical Symphony.....I felt really bad (physically), but I also felt guilty, as I usually do when missing school. I got out of bed at around 1 o'clock because I remembered that I had to meet Dr. Scheier to discuss the presentation I'm doing for him. on the way to IES I went to the Apotheke to get some medicine for my cough and stuffy nose....I told the person at the Apotheke my symptoms, and she looked at me as if to say "that's nice..." so I asked her what medicine I should take, and she said, almost sarcastically, "Tropfen?" I thought that she meant cough drops, and so I tried to communicate to her that the cough wasn't from my throat, it was from my chest. She sort of stared at me, and then went back and got the Tropfen she was talking about....it turns out the bottle of "Tropfen" she sold me was basically concentrated medicine...20 drops and 1 ml of water is one dose....I have no idea what's in it, but it worked pretty darn well. After that I met with Dr. Scheier (very briefly) and turned in my emergency absentee ballot (silly LA county never sent me one...unfortunately that means that I could only vote for President and Representatives, and not for any of the of the California propositions or anything....oh well.) After that I went to my Michele's house for my voice lesson, only to find out (from her husband, who answered the door very confusedly) that my voice lesson is actually tomorrow.....I can't believe I entered it wrong in my calendar! Well, at least I'll feel better tomorrow when I actually have a voice lesson. After that I went home and quickly ate dinner and headed off to the opera to see the ballet: Wie es Euch Gefällt (As You Like It). In line I met this Canadian couple that's traveling through Europe for a month and is in Vienna for two days....their names were Daryl and Audrey....they were really really cool. They were in front of me in line and were voicing their uncertainties about how the system worked, so I chimed in and answered their question. They asked me more things about the Staatsoper, and we struck up a conversation. (a couple of other people in line, hearing how I had helped Audrey and Daryl, came up to me to ask questions too....it was hilarious) After talking with them for a while, I asked them if they were Canadian, and Audrey said "the accent, right?" It was the accent that made me sure, I told her, but I had a feeling they were because they lacked obnoxiousness, which most American tourists have in abundance. (she laughed, but agreed) After we got our spots, I took them to Café Aida and treated them to coffee and Strudel....it was a good time! We came back to our spots before the show and the man behind me asked me if he could look at my program (I splurged and got one....and I'm glad I did....without it I would not have had the slightest clue what was going on); he was American...from the midwest, although I'm not positive......we ended up having an interesting conversation about romantic music and 19th century British composers (he disagreed with the assertion that there were no good British composers between Purcell and Britten). I felt like such a social butterfly! It was fun....much more fun than the ballet! It was OK..........basically it was the story of As You Like It done in ballet with Mozart orchestral works for the music. but a bit too abstract and pantomime for my taste....they also messed with the Mozart pieces that were chosen....for instance two of the pieces were improvisations on pieces by Mozart, one of which did not resemble Mozart AT ALL.....also there were moments where I think they changed Mozart's music rather overtly, such as in one piece when the horns entered in the "wrong key" (twice), or the three-octave whole-tone scale in the cadenza of one of the violin concerto movements they played.....the choreography, although amazingly complicated and exquisitely performed, was just too weird for me.....I can't explain it. Oh well, it was fun and all, I got to meet some awesome people.
When I got home, no one was home and there was a huge mess in the kitchen, which meant that all my roommates had probably been drinking (which was completely true). I cleaned up the kitchen before they got home, at which time I made potatoes and Kielbasa for us to have as a small meal (I felt so maternal and domestic!! it must have been the coffee before the ballet.....) It was fun, especially seeing Nick and Cabot so wasted (they usually don't drink so much......) Now I must be off to bed....gotta get some rest before my lesson tomorrow!
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