(August 11) Today was kind of a semi-tiring day. Early around 10am, we had to do a Cabaret Chorus Rehearsal until 12pm. After lunch, we did more from 1-2:30pm. Before another rehearsal at 4pm, I went swimming at the pool, and went with Elisa (Kaufman, soprano) to Starbucks, and bought myself a “Venti Caramel Frappucino”. We headed back to Cate, had my last Cabaret rehearsal, and hung out at the Rec Center until dinner time. I did a mock audition for Matthew Epstein at 8pm. He liked the repertoire I presented, and he added some more. So far he came up with the following: Podesta’s 1st aria in La finta giardiniera (Mozart), Beppe’s Aria in I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo), Frantz’s aria from Les contes d’Hoffman (Offenbach), Tanzmeister’s aria from Ariade auf Naxos (Strauss), Thisbe’s aria from A Middsummer Night’s Dream (Britten), Vasek’s stuttering aria from The Bartered Bride (Smetana) and Simpleton’s monologue from Boris Godunov. After the mock audition, I hung out again at the Rec to acquire more dedications/signatures from the other musicians. That’s about it for now.