Well, really it's this afternoon at 4:30pm

But, for the record, after teaching all day that kind of feels like tonight.

I've been working on my memorization project for a week or so. The challenge for me is that I decided to memorize a poem in Bulgarian! This of course is difficult because I doesn't necessarily ever sound wrong to me in terms of things like phrasing and pacing.

Oh and there are a lot of new words in the poem I picked that aren't commonly used in Bulgarian anymore (or maybe ever--who knows with poets). I am not sure what a good similar example would be in English. Maybe a word like felicity. We know it when we read it but it rarely slips into everyday speech.

Last night at rehearsal I forgot about three lines. <em>Man</em>. The stage is big. The lights are bright and then people stood up to take photos at rehearsal and I got nervous. This is probably why I'll never make it big as a pop star. (Well, among other things.)

I picked a poem that <em>everyone</em> will know but I am keeping it a secret until the show tonight.

Wish me luck!

(Oh and with any luck I'll be able to share my performance here in a few days. Keep your fingers crossed!!)