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They wanted to hear two arias instead of sending me out after the first one, which is always a good sign. I was less nervous than I'd ever been for an audition - knowing that you all were rooting for me really helped me a lot! The technical things that I usually mess up on went perfectly this...

My audition is tomorrow (Friday) at 2 in the afternoon (my time). I feel prepared, but nervous, but still looking forward to it. My voice is a little tired because we've also been rehearsing all week for the school opera project. I hope my voice doesn't let me down tomorrow. The first chance I...

...that those birds were still flying around and getting the carpet dirty. In an instant I decided...

New compared to whom? Certainly not compared to the US - Iceland was settled around AD 900, and according to the CIA World Factbook website, "boasts the world's oldest functioning legislative assembly, the Althing, established in 930." Besides, from what I've seen of the rest of Scandinavia...

Guess that's why I'm not Christian anymore then... Hmm, that seems like a VERY big convenient grey area to me. Okay, two men together can't conceive (I guess no miracle is THAT big), but how about two women together? One of them could conceive, and that would be a miracle too! Hey...

...my roommate had been scrounging around antique shops again and brought home a new purchase. I just wished she would...

Well, I'll take a stab at the initials of Jesus, from my rather limited knowledge base. In languages such as Latin or Greek which don't have a "j" sound, Jesus' name can be spelled with an "i" : Iesus or Iesous or some variant like that. As for the "h", I know that in Greek "Christ" is...

I love it when people tell me they were moved to tears by my performance.

I got a little warm under the collar until I reread your first sentence. I don't know whether you personally agree with this teaching, but that, for me, is beside the point. In any case, at least I now have a *much* better understanding of why the Catholic Church is so condemning of me and my...

My first language is (American) English, though I'm told I've almost completely lost the American accent. I used to be extremely fluent in Danish, but I haven't used it regularly in about five years, so it's gotten kinda clunky, though I can still read it. My German is not as good as it was...

Wow, thank you, everyone, for your wonderful words! I know everyone here is friendly and kind, but I wasn't expecting so much interest and support for my little problems.I got an email from the administration, saying that my official invitation will be in the mail next week. So I guess the...

I just emailed the audition application, and posted my cv and headshot, for the Opera Studio Netherlands. This is a year-long apprenticeship program in Amsterdam, where you get lessons in voice, repertoire, languages, acting, stage movement, audition skills, and anything else they think you...

I cut down trees, I skip and jump, I like to pick wildflowers! I put on women's clothing... :D

That I can definitely agree with, without reservations. But for me, it is the love and honor I have for the Divine which I try to put into and express through my magick rituals that makes them so powerful to me. That is only my path, however - many others have a different...

I recognize that I'm being a bit stubborn here, but I'm having a hard time seeing what you're getting at. If you believe that involving Christ in an action makes it incompatible with magick, I can respect and understand that viewpoint, though I don't necessarily agree personally. If by "mere...

Thanks. :) In general I agree with what Abogado del Diablo (also a great nickname) has said, but I'd like to respond to your questions personally. Let me first stress that my answers are in the context of the Christian tradition I was raised in and how I understood their teachings at the...

Could be that I'm misinterpreting what you're meaning, but I don't see this as contradictory to the Christian idea of sin, at least as how I was taught it. In the church I was a member of as a child and young adult, we began every service with a "Confession and Forgiveness of Sins" - the idea...

Okay; let's try again. If there's any chance of getting this thread back on to the original track, I'd like to try. I am trying to ignore any unhelpful or goading comments from anyone in this thread because I know it is neither my task here nor within my abilities in general to change...

No, the Lord's Supper and Baptism are absolutely rituals. I'm not sure what you mean by calling them "more than" rituals. There is a specific order of events, specific words that are said each time, and there is a specific supernatural purpose. As a matter of fact, any liturgical Christian...

I'll ask you, Q...I too thought this was going to be a really interesting conversation about some of the finer points of Catholic doctrine. And every single (practicing) Catholic I've ever known has sincerely loved Jesus and wanted to follow His will. There are several points about their...