I can't believe I missed the opera talk!
La Boheme and Madame Butterfly are two great starters. Baz Luhrmann's production of Boheme was AMAZING. I think it was that production that converted me into an opera fan.
Although--it was glaringly obvious that I was a Rent fan when I went to see it, because of how I reacted to a certain ending....I think my parents were embarrassed.
My fish incidentally are named Marcello and Rodolfo. They are still alive. As for the dead fish, I told my roommate and she said "I know". And made no move to dispose of it.
I flushed him.
Coin operated boy
All the other real ones
that I destroy
Cannot hold a candle
to my new boy and I'll
Never let him go
and I'll never be alone
Not with my coin-operated
boy