A note on music. And transit, I suppose

Um, last night I was at choir practice (we'll get to that later) and I was seriously nodding off...I haven't felt this tired in a while. I think it's a combination of jet lag and having to get up inordinately early to go to work.  Let me explain.

I work at 9:30 am.  I know. "Michael, stop complaining.  That's not early.  You're a giant baby.  Go cry on your wee pillo' " (OK, that one required an accent...) 

Here's the thing, though.  To get to work I have to take two tramways and a metro.  Paris has incredible public transit, don't get me wrong.  A tram every two minutes, a metro practically every minute...it's incredible.  And the system is dense, meaning you can literally go anywhere using it.  The problem is that there are so many stops and my route is not direct.   I go around the periphery of the city then cut up into it.  So it takes me about an hour to commute, oh let's say, 8 miles.  "Get a bike Michael"

 

That, to me, is crazy.  Anyway, so this makes me tired because I have to get up earlier than I would like.

Back to what I know you're all dying to know...choir practice.  Yes.  I am such a nerd that I even do choir in France.  During an internship. When I could be visiting Paris.  Judge away.  My host family is very musical and they are a part of a larger choir (which we attended on Monday night...yay FHE!) and a smaller choral ensemble that sings crazy-a music...in Greek...

I have never seen music like this...ever.  And this is one movement out of like eight.  And this is probably one of the calmer pieces. Dissonance doesn't begin to describe this music.  It should be interesting