My first blog, right now, right here. If someone had told me ten years ago I would be sitting in a Hong Kong skyscraper blogging on my lunch break, I wouldn’t have believed him. I came across this site after reading an article by Andrew Sullivan (whom I still haven’t forgiven for his fawning and unending praise of George W. Bush), and I found the idea intriguing. I’m not sure whether I understand it yet, but hopefully I’ll get the hang of it in time.
To introduce myself: I do public relations in Hong Kong. I was in journalism for several years, then fell into high-tech public relations back in 1989. My background is in classical music and German, and my great passions are the operas of Richard Wagner, European history, great books (Brothers Karamazov, Austerlitz, Women in Love, Porttrait of a Lady, Madame Bovary, The Great Gatsby, The Master and Margarita, etc.), most classical music (with a particularly soft spot for Mozart, Bach, Brahms, Faure and Dvorak, but I love all great classical music), writing, cats, The Practice and The Simpsons, and surfing the web aimlessly. Did I mention Wagner? It is more than a passion, it is life itself. Sometimes as I listen to His music I am certain there are nuances and meanings and harmonies and orchestrational inspirations that are heard by me and me alone, they speak to me with such a deeply personal voice, and I am lifted up, transported….
I guess that’s enough for now. I am under intense deadline pressure, preparing to get my client on CNBC tomorrow, and the frantic emails are flying.
How’d I do for my first time?
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By Haynes
I just discovered your website and now will have to read the whole thing. I wish I had discovered it earlier. The reason I am writing is because I think you said you would be returning to NY. If not this will be meaningless. If so, because you are Wagner fan, the entire Ring will be sung at the Met beginning on March 20 and will be played throughout until the season closes at the end of April. Here is the link with the schedule and you can see if you will be in town. It will also be broadcast on NPR.
http://www.metopera.org/home.html
Haynes
March 12, 2004 @ 4:01 am | Comment
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By Richard
Thanks so much. I am already planning to see Das Rheingold in a few days, but my new home is in Arizona so I’ll have to enjoy the rest on the radio.
March 12, 2004 @ 3:59 pm | Comment