Saturday 05/11/2024
At 10am I set up the auditorium for Connie to re-do her book talk, the one of last week where I messed up and failed to get a video recording, even though she specifically wanted one (Day 5.157). She volunteered to re-do the talk today, and did, to a small audience of friends. And I got a recording, which I will edit tomorrow.
Later I edited the video of last night’s Musicale and made it available. I also edited out just the 10-minute clip of me performing and that is right here for my legion of fans.
Watching that I am shocked by a couple of things. One, how many people praised me for it, at the reception last night and again today. People really liked it. Two, how different the reality, as recorded by the camera, is from what I hear in my head. In the recording I can hear all kinds of vocal flaws that I am not aware of as I hear it inside my head. Y’all are missing a great performance, the one that happens between my throat and my ears. Anyway based on what I hear in the video, I’m giving up any hope of auditioning for American Idol. For sure.
Connie’s book, the one she read from, is The Muse of Menus, a nice personal memoir of feeding her family, and I thought it would be appealing to Toni Mills, who is in the hospital, so I took a copy down to Dennis for him to take to her.
Codgerville 