The better apartments were already occupied.

That pocket protector makes you look like a douchebag.

McLaren is a dozy Pinkerton, an uptight Don José (Carmen is an animal/uncontrollable stuff...), and his American-accented voices ride perfect over the beat. Popera, someone said. The parts may be better than the whole, though.

skimming over the ice[…]It was a good long slide, and there was something in the motion which Mr. Pickwick, who was very cold with standing still, could not help envying.