We're going to the opera!!!!!

I love going to operas. They just seem to leave me feeling so good inside, whether it was a happy ending or not, I always feel like I've risen to a higher state of being. The opera house is just such a sacred place. However, there are a few things that are just so funny about going to operas.

Of course there's always the beloved intermission. It's supposed to give you the chance to go do something, maybe get some fresh air or (heaven forbid) if you need to go to use the restroom. Now that latter subject is an interesting one. Often times, people completely forget about going to the bathroom prior to the performance. This provides for one of the most pointless lines in history. The second that curtain goes down, the mad dash begins and half of the people in the opera house suddenly need to use the bathroom and about halfway through the intermission you realize that you probably won't be making it before that curtain rises again. Intermission is just such a magical time at the opera house.

Next, the people. People that go to operas are very diverse, but there's always some kind of quirk to their character. There are the really old people who look like they might have known Puccini in person. There's the grandma who brought along her two teenage granddaughters who you have to know will be texting through the whole performance. Of course, there's always your eccentric-looking middle-age man with the girl on his arm who looks like she's maybe a sophomore in college and is probably not his daughter. Then you get the young crowd of starving college students who bought the cheapest seats in the balcony with obstructed view who know everything (or think they do anyway) about the opera and want to feel like they're really cool because they are at an opera unlike their renegade friends who are out wreaking havoc on the weekend. This is the crowd I will find myself in tomorrow.

Lastly, you have to love going and finding your seat and then realizing that the tallest guy in the whole house is sitting in front of you and on top of that, everyone in your row seems to have long legs and you have to vault over them to make that all-important restroom trip previously mentioned. That's the problem with getting tickets near the center. The things we sacrifice for good viewing. Besides, you're just going to wait for intermission to go down and steal some seats down in the orchestra section anyway.

All of theses things contribute so much to why I love the opera. Beside the real reason for going (the OPERA), there are just so many things that make every trip great.