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albadger ([personal profile] albadger) wrote2013-10-11 10:21 am
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I'm a little ticked off that I missed honoring October 10 as:

  1. Giuseppe Verdi's 200th Birthday
  2. The 33rd anniversary of my appendectomy.
Perhaps having moles and skin tags frozen off with liquid nitrogen could be seen as an adequate celebration of these milestones. Perhaps not.
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[identity profile] mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com 2013-10-11 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Don'tcha hate missing anniversary that only you remember! :)

[identity profile] maxauburn.livejournal.com 2013-10-11 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
The joys of dermatology!

I must have had at least 20 moles and warts removed in my lifetime! The last time, it was done with a laser. Lasers are cool!

[identity profile] andybr.livejournal.com 2013-10-12 08:38 am (UTC)(link)
I remembered and played Nabucco. One of my favourites.

[identity profile] albadger.livejournal.com 2013-10-12 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Not always. I work very hard to forget that September 1 has any particular significance, and, most years, I succeed!

You do not want the story behind that...

[identity profile] albadger.livejournal.com 2013-10-12 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Laser, eh? I must look into that for the next time.

And with my ancestry, there WILL be a next time...

[identity profile] albadger.livejournal.com 2013-10-12 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I did get to the SF Opera production of "Falstaff" last night, so that's kind of a recognition.

I love all of Verdi, even the crappy ones (lookin' at you, il Corsaro), but my personal fave of the early years is Giovanna d'Arco. Just hits me in the right place... which is why I flew to Chicago last month to see a production of it. Opera tourism is kinda nuts, isn't it...

[identity profile] andybr.livejournal.com 2013-10-13 06:51 am (UTC)(link)
I was tossing up whether to listen to the Scottish Opera, Nabucco or Falstaff. It was a close call. Speaking of Falstaff, do you know the Vaughan Williams version Sir John in Love?
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