all smiles and wins

the yanks beat the red sox just now, yea!! it was a fun game, though i wish i were actually at the stadium instead of my living room, but nonetheless what a fun one. 15-9... yes you read that correctly, really high scoring game, but my boys pulled it out in the end. i was actually laughing cuz jeter had a huge grin on his face throughout the game - i loved it! he really is just a cute one. matsui had a few big smiles as well, and even the boston first baseman, sean casey, was laughing it up during the game. nice to see some lightness in the most anticipated matchup in baseball. either way, can't wait to go to my first game of the season, but guessing it's going to have to be after the trip to the motherland!

satyagraha

friday, i went to see the metropolitan opera's production of "satyagraha" - an opera based on gandhi's non-violence movement. (thanks for the ticket v & n) some facts to know - the opera is sung in sanskrit - a language that is largely out of use, save for a few pandits in india. there are no subtitles, because the composer felt they would be distracting. and philip glass, said composer, uses a lot of repetition, scale-y sort of music. and, the length is close to four hours. as you can tell, my experience was a little less than stellar. i admire anybody that tries to do something different in south asian arts, especially on a stage as prestigious at the met. so, in that sense, to see the met sold out for this was awesome. still, i really think this is almost a missed opportunity. the "language barrier" that is created by the sanskrit chanting, repeatedly, without any comprehension was just too much to bear for so long. sure it was beautiful singing, but at one point, you really feel like you need to have more than a general sense of what's being said. parts of the staging were magnificent - the giant puppets, the use of newspaper - but other parts - the tape, the tape - was just plain annoying because of the length and pace. i realize the show is intended to invoke a "feeling" rather than a particular set of events, but still.... as it ended, the audience rose in the longest standing o i've ever been a part of it and this is what the nyt made of it, and i couldn't agree more.

"To some degree the ovation at the end, after a 3-hour-45-minute evening, was necessary. The audience had to let loose after all that contemplation."

backstreet's back... oh wait, wrong boy band

it's new kids on the block - yeah, boooyyyy. i thought about posting this tomorrow, but wanted to give you all tons of advance notice - you know you want it (don't lie, especially not to yourself). nkotb will be on the today show on friday. can't you just feel the excitement of seeing donnie, danny, jordan, jon and joey all growed up (though danny still looks like a serial killer) i personally am a true fan of donnie, couldn't get enough of "the bad boy" and love that i get to see him occasionally as an actor these days. i was totally excited by the prospect of a reunion a few weeks back and since yesterday, have been humming "the right stuff" to myself - "the first time was the right time, the second time a blast..."

congrats, port charles!

today is the 45th anniversary of my fave soap - general hospital. i've been watching gh since junior high - though not in any way on a daily basis. still, i manage to stay up with the story lines which are awesome by the way. there are some great articles out there for people who also have an appreciation for the best soap on tv! long live sonny! (and jason. and stone. and jagger. and original lucky. and nikolas. and spinelli. and miguel...)

6 things to love about gh

45 years of gh

interview with luke

just call me zoltar

as a gag, i took my friend a. to get a psychic reading on her birthday... couldn't resist, so i got one too. besides my being almost pathetically unable to stop from rolling my eyes and laughing out loud, it was one of the funniest things i've ever done. the best stuff - i was a psychic in my past life. that's right people, i used to know what was going to happen in the future and now, i'm lucky if i know what the date is tomorrow. also, if jason from california who is now in new york is reading this, let me know - evidently, we're soulmates. no jasons? ok, maybe john, or someone whose name starts with a j? nope? maybe a middle initial? - that's how my reading went... ;)