Once again it's about 6 and I'm up and about. The house is cold; I refuse to heat any higher than 68 degrees, and normally I'm very comfortable, but every once in a while, regardless of the thermostat, I feel cold.

Well I broke down and wrote the outline of the story of the Opera, and I think I'm going to write the libretto myself in English. I also decided that it's going to be a twelve tone atonal piece, and I pulled out the old notebook and got the twelve tone matrix written out and pulled out the series that I want to use in the piece.

Now I have to write poetry, and I have to write the piano reduction of the score. All of this is going to take a considerable amount of time.

Well, I'm going to warm up with a cup of coffee. Best of luck to all.