After a short audition, I’m now officially a member of the Big Apple Chorus. (And why is it that although I was totally sure that I’d pass their test, I was still nervous?) My first official action as a member will be to accompany the chorus to the Mid-Atlantic District Competition in barbershop singing, which takes place in Wildwood, New Jersey this Saturday. One guy from the choir (who seems nice) offered me to share his room; now all that remains to be done is to find transportation. There is a four-hour bus connection via Atlantic City, but perhaps I can still find a way that doesn’t involve boarding a bus at 7am in the young morning.
I’d also like to say how cool I find gawker.com’s analysis of “missed connections” on Craigslist. Also, both the Yankees and now the Mets won their first games in the baseball playoffs. A significant percentage of the people you meet in the streets or on the subway are dressed in baseball garb, with a clear numerical advantage for the Yankees (who, it has to be said, also have the dramatically better-designed logo and colours; the Mets orange always puts me off a bit). I wonder what would happen to the city if they both won their respective leagues.
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