A Perplexing Perspective

La Cenerentola in HD was great. I'll post about that later. First I want to ask a question.

Why do some people assume the worst and jump to conclusions?

During intermission of today's broadcast, I checked my email and found a new comment here. Looks like someone took offense that I shared HGO's twitter with the code for the $11 opera tickets. Go ahead, click the link and read the comment and my reply. I mean, seriously, has that person read any other entry in this blog? (actually I know the answer to that) They accuse me of not doing research... yet they jump to this conclusion that I'm throwing out nasty posts about their beloved organization after reading just a few of my blog entries. They have not seen my twitter posts or comments on HGO's twitter posts. So I was kind of taken aback. Am I so naive that I get flustered when people assume the worst and accuse me of things? Am I too friggin nice????

Mind you, this is not the first time someone has jumped to conclusions and accused me of something mean or sneaky related to opera in spite of what I thought was obvious niceness on my part.

And again, I happen to know how many people read the blog. It's not a lot. It may look like a lot if you click on one of the tracker links and glance at the list, but most of the people who come are searching for house centipede, voluMptuous women and the Jane Austen quotes. Oh and a few people search, "I'd rather grammar" and things about something keeping them awake. So the point is, even if I were being intentionally mean or sneaky, about 25 people are actually seeing it. My blogging has very little power. It will not affect anyone's career. I wish it would, because I have lots of nice things to say about my opera singing friends!!!

That leads to another question: In all honesty, does my blog come across as an attack on opera companies or anyone, in general? I'm silly, I make fun sometimes, but... Is this a mean flaming blog? Because to me it's a place where I share my enthusiasm about opera as I learn more about it, about opera singers I like, about singing and so on.

Yesterday it was the blues, today it's the perplexes. Ha ha is that a word? It is now.

Rants, Reminders, Cats

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On a totally unrelated note: Momentary rant on the subject of freedom of speech:


This blog is about me. I write whatever I want, whatever comes to my head, whatever makes an impression on me, etc. I don't slander anyone and I don't break any laws. So what is up with people In Real Life approaching me out of the blue and asking me not to write about them, like someone did yesterday? If I then DON'T write about that person it doesn't mean I listened to him or her. It simply means that I never planned on mentioning the person. Heh heh I guess I just did, sort of.

And ok, if a person happens to host a website, legally that person can't prevent people from linking to it. If I am asked nicely (and please don't tell me your lawyers are going to call me unless they want to give me extra Yankees tickets, then by all means give them my number), I'll probably edit an entry, but if anyone anywhere, In Real Life or online, fancies him or herself important enough to tell me what and what not to write about in my own personal blog, a blog about me, get over it. It's not about anyone else. It's about me! Besides, about 20 people read the blog, tops. Maybe 25 on a good day. It's interesting to know that I'm perceived as having so much power. Trust me, I don't.

So I'm not trying to be mean, or whatever. Just this: Remember - it's just a blog. And oh yeah, it's about me. Ok, /rant.


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And now, just to remind ourselves of what it's all about:



Ta da! Cat pic Friday!