weekend wiggles

after the shenanigans early in the day, my saturday started looking up. I did my sister's makeup for her Halloween party. She looked something like this:
Those contacts were killing her. She kept crying and smearing her makeup, making my job even more difficult.

After making my sister over into a possessed and naughty nun, I ventured out with Chris to the Orpheum to see La Traviata.
Kallen Esperian was the diva of the night and as the play unfolded, I began to realize that this is the story that Moulin Rouge was based on. It is a beautiful tragedy of a woman who gives up her only hope of salvation and love because her lover's sister is engaged to a man who will not wed her if Violetta (a former courtesan) is in her family. He does not want to "spoil his good name" by marrying a woman associated with someone like Violetta. The differences from the movie were quite obvious but the conclusion of the tragedy remains- Violetta succumbs to a long standing illness and dies in the arms of her lover after a tumultuous break up and then reuniting.... She tells Alfredo that should he ever find a young and beautiful woman who loves him he should marry her and give her Violetta's portrait, telling her that Violetta is a guardian angel in heaven watching over them and their love.
The evening was lovely. We were taken backstage to meet Kallen Esperian and we were also allowed to climb the stage and see what the actors see while they perform. Having a familial background in opera, the experience for me was amazing.
After getting some tofu wraps (blast, the fried tofu made a tiny comeback...) we ventured out to Cordova to check out Cortney's Halloween party. The whole scene was hilarious. Luke was Nathan Explosion, Tim was Officer Dangle, another guy was a "thing.... in a box," one was a banana..... it was kinda great although had a certain fraternity party feel to it as they are all about college age. After staying there for a bit, i had enough of one day and needed to sleep!