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John Fenster
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I love bodies of water and opera and other music/theater. Cats, baking, tea. He/him. Westchester County.
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Figment is very serious
A large white and grey cat is laying on his back on a wool blanket. He is stretched out showing off his white belly, head tucked in
December 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Success! (Cleared off enough space for the crows)
Two crows eat snacks at the end of a (mostly) cleared driveway. One has a peanut in the shell in their beak
December 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Snow in Westchester is supposed to continue for another few hours
Several inches of snow cover a backyard scene, with the railings of a deck, a block pillar, and trees
December 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Second part was Richard Strauss and Gustav Mahler
Two men stand in front of a piano on a relatively dark stage. They are both wearing black suits with black shirts. (The men are Julius Drake and Günther Groissböck)
December 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Recital with Günther Groissböck and Julius Drake
Program page for a recital, held up showing just the piano on stage behind it. CARNEGIE HALL Sunday, December 7, 2025 at 3 PM Judy and Arthur Zankel Hall Günther Groissböck, Bass Julius Drake, Piano ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Blondels Lied, Op. 53, No. 1 Die feindlichen Brüder, Op. 49, No. 2 Belsatzar, Op. 57 Die beiden Grenadiere, Op. 49, No. 1 HANS ROTT (1858-1884) Der Sänger Geistesgruß Wanderers Nachtlied ANTON BRUCKNER (1824-1896) Im April, WAB 75 Herbstkummer, WAB 72 Mein Herz und deine Stimme, WAB 79 Drei Gedichte von Michelangelo HUGO WOLF (1860-1903) Wohl denk ich oft Alles endet, was entstehet Fühlt meine Seele INTERMISSION
December 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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This was such a good show. Lots of Kurt Weill, along with some Alma Mahler, Alexander Zemlinsky, and Erich Korngold
Baptiste Trotignon and Kate Lindsey are holding raised hands, accepting applause. They stand in front of a piano.
December 3, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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I have a ticket for a recital in Carnegie Hall but at home I have fire and an surrounded by cats
There is a day bed in front of a fireplace in a wall. On this day bed there is a man, there is a blanket over his legs and there are three cats scattered around A man in a green shirt and flannel, covered by a blanket, smiles. There are three cats laying on or near him
December 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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This is nearly 50
Selfie of a man with his face turned to his right, but eyes looking at the camera. He has on a sweater that might be lavender over a pink T-shirt, facial hair that is mostly grey, and head hair that also has grey along the bottom edges
December 2, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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I had re-watched all of Black Adder trying to find where this bit was from but it has been Tom Stoppard all along.

"I hoped it would keep you busy long enough for me to read Mr Chater's poem in praise of love with only the distraction of its own absurdities."
Phone pic of a page from Tom Stoppard's Arcadia. Text reads: SEPTIMUS: Yes. He was giving his brother's wife a Latin lesson and she was hardly the wiser after it than before. I thought you were finding a proof for Fermat's last theorem. THOMASINA: It is very difficult, Septimus. You will have to show me how. SEPTIMUS: If I knew how, there would be no need to ask you. Fermat's last theorem has kept people busy for a hundred and fifty years, and I hoped it would keep you busy long enough for me to read Mr Chater's poem in praise of love with only the distraction of its own absurdities.
November 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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But I get to use my own bread in stuffing now
Two loaves of bread on a cooling rack on a marble countertop. They are medium brown and the rough, insufficient slashing is only sort of defined
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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I've been trying to find this for so long. I do not know the source.
Edited movie poster for Gone with the Wind. Title edited to say DONE with the WING and the image still has Clark Gable but instead of the lady there is a white plate with a partially eaten chicken wing on it
November 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Figment is a clown
Long haired grey and white cat lies on the floor near a night stand that is empty enough to suggest that it is in a guest room, though it does have what looks like (and is) a lamp with a coiled snake for a base along with a lint roller, a ticket to Carnegie Hall, and a Sonic Youth coaster. The walls are green and there is also an ironing board with suspenders, etc. strewn about
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Finally broke down and wore a coat. I don't have to spend much time outside between this train station and the opera, but I can!
Man in a plain khaki trench coat on an outdoor train platform after sunset. Covered and lit stairs are in the background. He has large glasses and a larger scarf
November 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Screenshot from the trailer for Arabella. The Deutsche Oper Berlin logo is showing up covering the two characters that are embracing. Both are wearing trousers and black shirts, one has a trans flag draped over his legs
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Before attending Masquerade the only version of Phantom of the Opera I've seen was the semi-staged 25th anniversary (on video)
Black lace mask over a program for Masquerade, held against a window papered over with old (seeming) newspapers. A nearby headline reads PANIC AT THE OPERA POPULAIRE! A man in a black velvet tuxedo stands with a woman in a black and white dress, in front of a concrete angel statue. Dramatic red lighting comes from behind the statue. Both humans wear black lace masks
November 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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The opera ended just before midnight; only the lead cast stuck around for bows
Metropolitan Opera stage with seven singers and the conductor holding hands for bows. The stage represents a residence hotel and has a grand staircase and a sitting room
November 16, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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Arabella 2: The New Kingdom
Too close up view of a bright chandelier, hanging low from the ceiling of the Metropolitan Opera House. The gold stage curtain and several rows of seats filling up with people and phones are in the background.
November 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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A little bit of snow is sticking to the cedars
A very little bit of snow sticking to some branches of close together cedar trees
November 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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NYC! I have a spare ticket to the Modigliani Quartet at Carnegie Hall in the Weill Recital Hall tonight. 7:30 PM. Kurtag, Beethoven, & Brahms. I'm still going, my friend can't make it!
Screenshot from Carnegie Hall website. Has today's date (Nov 7) and a picture of a string quartet in suits (no ties) holding their instruments
November 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Would love to see a leek!
Screenshot with a large green circle with a white checkmark. Text reads $50.00 sent. "SNAP replacement" We'll let Diego Bernal know. For some reason this does not show my name, username, etc, but the top bar with notifications and a time of 11:39 shows Screenshot of Activity page from PayPal. Most recent Completed is money sent to Diego Bernal. There is a small pfp which omg is fifteen years old, taken while watching the 2010 World Cup wearing a Netherlands jersey
November 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Maggie really loves her heater vent
Tabby cat lies on an wall-mounted electric heater vent Same cat, laying on her side, feet against the wall, making it look like the picture is miss-oriented.
November 2, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Laying in the sun, whining at the birds that come for the feeder, feeling the breeze and getting outside sniffs? She may never move. Figment popping up did not even phase her
Volta the tabby still in the windowsill. Sitting on the clear table against the window is a white and grey long hair Maine coon cat; he was recently staring out the window at the bright green scene with various bushes and a bird feeder but right now he is looking to the right, his head fully turned Medium hair tabby cat in browns with white stretched out across the entire windowsill. One of her back paws is sticking up, claws likely in the screen
October 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Volta going all out for lounging in the windowsill
Medium hair tabby cat in browns laying in the windowsill. She is against a fine screen, with a green bush bright in the sun Same tabby cat, now with a leg stretching further along the window. She's also looking at her camera showing off the white around her mouth, in her ruff, and on her paw. She is baking in the sun.
October 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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After intermission is also Pärt
Second page of the program. Tabula rasa (1977) Ludus - Silentium Midori, Violin Hans Christian Aavik, Violin Nico Muhly, Prepared Piano Fratres (1977; rev. 1992) Swansong (2013) Credo (1968) Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Trinity Choir Nico Muhly, Piano
October 23, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Pärt at Carnegie Hall! This concert sold so quickly
View from high above of the mainstage at Carnegie Hall. The orchestra set up includes eight double basses, two pianos, a harp, an array of percussion instruments, plus additional chairs for other instrumentalists and choir Page from program. All works by Arvo Pärt Estonian Festival Orchestra Paavo Järvi, Artistic Director and Conductor Midori, Violin Hans Christian Aavik, Violin Nico Muhly, Piano Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Tõnu Kaljuste, Director Trinity Choir Melissa Attebury, Director Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten (1977; rev. 1980) Perpetuum mobile (1963) La Sindone (2005; rev. 2022) Adam's Lament (2009) Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir INTERMISSION
October 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM