Have you seen the queues?

Scrawled in the margins of a page

Tue, 11 Jan 2005 06:18:45 GMT

What I know now:

OG is back
He has not made any demands, including no money
The Opera must run smoothly

Extra security- hire guards, call police in morning
Keep Vicomte happy
Watch C.D. carefully
Wait

Bottom line: I don't mind scandel or ghosts, but murders are unacceptable.

No. More. Murders.

Dec 31

Sat, 08 Jan 2005 07:24:40 GMT

Candles- 2000F
Champange- 15000F
Extra musicians- 10000F
New Waistcoat- 240F
Knowing nothing can go wrong with your ball- priceless.

In all seriousness, I have resolved this year to learn more about Opera. Perhap I may one day understand it, as well as run the theatre.

Managers' Journal, Dec. 29

Wed, 29 Dec 2004 23:45:58 GMT

It's been several months since the... disaster. Thank heavens the opera is back to normal- mostly.

G.A. has taken a personal leave, for which I am very grateful. His nerves were completely shot, poor man. I do hope that Greece's healing waters will agree with him, and that he may soon return.

On the otherhand, the Opera runs much more... profitably without Giles running about, flirting with divas and promising bonuses. The man just does not understand the value of a franc! Without his meddling, we are finally running in the black. Of course, it helps that O.G has disappeared. Without his "salary", we have saved 20k Francs a month! I pray that he never returns.

Nobody really knows what happened that night... Little M.G. refused to talk about what she found in the cellars, and C.D. is silent as the grave. Frankly, I don't really care, as long as the business runs smoothly.

These Christmas bonuses will be the death of me! Carlotta can't have more than C.D., but one can't give C.D. less than her due, since she still seems to be with Le Patron, R.d.C. Little M.G. has progressed by jeters, as her mother forcefully reminded me. Plus there are all those chorus girls, some of which are getting quite good. And the stagehand, and the hairdressers, and on and on. 50k should about cover it, I think.

And the New Year's Ball to plan! That was always Giles' speciality... I'm no good with these social things.

Christmas Again, eh?

Sun, 26 Dec 2004 02:38:09 GMT

Well, I guess it's time for those Christmas bonuses...

Test

Sun, 19 Dec 2004 05:35:04 GMT

I think it's time to renegociate eveyone's contracts...