slugging along at work

but tonight i think i'll go to haight st and check out the thrift stores there. they're fun and colorful.

2 dream quotes:

Last night I dreamed I ate a ten-pound marshmallow, and when I woke up the pillow was gone.
Tommy Cooper

(yum)

Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives.
William Dement

all right. one last thing and then i'm off to be productive...

this is one of my FAVORITE arias:

Nessun Dorma

Nessun dorma!
Nessun dorma!
Tu pure, o Principessa,
Nella tua fredda stanza guardi le stelle,
Che tremano d'amore e di speranza!

Ma il mio mistero è chiuso in me,
Il nome mio nessun saprà!
No, no, sulla tua bocca lo dirò,
Quando la luce splenderà!

Ed il mio bacio scioglierà.
Il silenzio che ti fa mio!

        [Choir:]
        Il nome suo nessun saprà!
        E noi dovrem ahimè morir, morir!

Dilegua o notte!
Tramontate, stelle!
Tramontate, stelle!
All' alba vincerò!
Vincerò! Vincerò!

which means:

No-one shall sleep

No-one shall sleep!
No-one shall sleep!
You too, oh Princess,
In your cold room, watch the stars
Trembling with love and hope!

But my secret lies hidden within me,
No-one shall discover my name!
Oh no, I will only reveal it on your lips
When daylight shines forth!

And my kiss shall break
The silence that makes you mine!

        [Choir:]
        No-one shall discover her name!
        And we will, alas, have to die, to die!

Depart, oh night!
Set, you stars!
Set, you stars!
At dawn I shall win!
I shall win! I shall win!

it's quite pretty. only it says prince not princess, but i think that's because the translation i found was from a woman's version, not the pavarotti version i like.

you should all hear it sometime. music of my peeps.