During the Incursion
:: back in quarters after working one of own typical split shifts... wanting to be around for breakfast service and to get crews started on lunch... no real need to be around for lunch all the time. The Captain had a working lunch with Hoshi yesterday but nothing scheduled for today... Cunningham and the galley staff can take care of it. Wants to try to relax a little before going back to work on dinner and desk work::
:: smiles to self as thinks about what should be planning to have available for the babies kids... growing so damn fast... faster than Renara had... or seems so anyway... maybe doesn't remember exactly::
:: smile fades a little... misses Renara... knows Jon does too... thinks of her every time makes any banana dish... how her face would light up at the sight of one::
:: sighs... Henry and Charlotte are adorable... and Jon and Malcolm such devoted parents... has never seen that side of Malcolm before, though suspected it might be there. Jon... no surprises there... knew he'd be a wonderful father::
:: gets up and starts stripping off uniform... needs a shower, then a nap... kicks off shoes and heads toward the shower... stops and goes back to the entertainment unit to program some music first::
Ahh... good. Puccini. Can't have a good shower without Puccini... or maybe some Verdi... but this is good...
:: cranks up the sound enough to hear over shower... won't disturb anyone at midday and isn't that loud::
:: runs water and strips off rest of clothes, stepping into the hot spray and letting it pound on somewhat sore back... too much lifting yesterday... rearranging food stores in the pantries... checking inventories::
:: hears start of a favorite aria... starts singing along... a favorite 20th century tenor... Domingo this time... wishes had half his voice... but in the shower, who'll know... ::
Nessun dorma! Nessun dorma!
Tu pure, o Principessa
Nella tua fredda stanza
Guardi le stelle
Che tremano d'amore
E di speranza!
Ma il mio mistero e chiuso in me,
Il nome mio nessun sapra!
No, no sulla tua bocca lo diro,
Quando la luce splendera!
Ed il mio baccio sciogliera il silenzio
Che ti fa mia!
Dilegua, o notte!
Tramontate, stelle!
Tramontate, stelle!
All'alba vincero!
Vincero, vincero!
Vincero!
:: completely loses self in lyrics... was one of Lauren's favorites... used to tease him about being her nameless prince... couldn't bear to hear the aria for so long after losing her... then one day... realized that the music still spoke... brought her close again::
:: dries off, toweling hair dry... pulls on sweatpants and lies down on bunk... half dozing and listening to rest of the music had programmed::
No One's Sleeping!
No one's sleeping! No one's sleeping!
This evening, icy princess,
perhaps in your cold chambers,
watch all the bright stars
that tremble both with loving and with desire.
I keep my secret locked inside.
No one shall ever know my name!
No, no ! When our two mouths touch, she'll learn it,
when the morning light shines forth!
And then my kisses will dissolve
her silence and she will be mine!
May this night end!
May all the stars set!
And may all the stars set!
When dawn breaks, I shall win!
:: smiles to self as thinks about what should be planning to have available for the babies kids... growing so damn fast... faster than Renara had... or seems so anyway... maybe doesn't remember exactly::
:: smile fades a little... misses Renara... knows Jon does too... thinks of her every time makes any banana dish... how her face would light up at the sight of one::
:: sighs... Henry and Charlotte are adorable... and Jon and Malcolm such devoted parents... has never seen that side of Malcolm before, though suspected it might be there. Jon... no surprises there... knew he'd be a wonderful father::
:: gets up and starts stripping off uniform... needs a shower, then a nap... kicks off shoes and heads toward the shower... stops and goes back to the entertainment unit to program some music first::
Ahh... good. Puccini. Can't have a good shower without Puccini... or maybe some Verdi... but this is good...
:: cranks up the sound enough to hear over shower... won't disturb anyone at midday and isn't that loud::
:: runs water and strips off rest of clothes, stepping into the hot spray and letting it pound on somewhat sore back... too much lifting yesterday... rearranging food stores in the pantries... checking inventories::
:: hears start of a favorite aria... starts singing along... a favorite 20th century tenor... Domingo this time... wishes had half his voice... but in the shower, who'll know... ::
Nessun dorma! Nessun dorma!
Tu pure, o Principessa
Nella tua fredda stanza
Guardi le stelle
Che tremano d'amore
E di speranza!
Ma il mio mistero e chiuso in me,
Il nome mio nessun sapra!
No, no sulla tua bocca lo diro,
Quando la luce splendera!
Ed il mio baccio sciogliera il silenzio
Che ti fa mia!
Dilegua, o notte!
Tramontate, stelle!
Tramontate, stelle!
All'alba vincero!
Vincero, vincero!
Vincero!
:: completely loses self in lyrics... was one of Lauren's favorites... used to tease him about being her nameless prince... couldn't bear to hear the aria for so long after losing her... then one day... realized that the music still spoke... brought her close again::
:: dries off, toweling hair dry... pulls on sweatpants and lies down on bunk... half dozing and listening to rest of the music had programmed::
No One's Sleeping!
No one's sleeping! No one's sleeping!
This evening, icy princess,
perhaps in your cold chambers,
watch all the bright stars
that tremble both with loving and with desire.
I keep my secret locked inside.
No one shall ever know my name!
No, no ! When our two mouths touch, she'll learn it,
when the morning light shines forth!
And then my kisses will dissolve
her silence and she will be mine!
May this night end!
May all the stars set!
And may all the stars set!
When dawn breaks, I shall win!