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Feb. 16th, 2004 06:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
electriclandJust submitted an invoice for some freelance work I did over a month ago. Better late than never, right?
Weekend was good. Nicely varied. I saw Evita on Saturday night with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
moonlightjoy and keyef; I was too late to book my ticket in advance, and they were out of tickets (or just hadn't saved any) by the time I got there, so there was much drama over whether I'd be able to actually get in. (I did.) There was also enough time for me to decide that if I were running front of house, things would work very differently.
It was damn good, especially considering it was a student production. The lead was quite weak in the first half (although I thought on the whole it was a pretty punishing score, hard for just about anyone to do nicely -- that Buenos Aires song? Horrid, also stuck in my head) but excellent in the second half. The rest of the cast was great. I've also learned where Another Suitcase in Another Hall fits into the grand scheme of things (yes, now it can be told, I owned the Premiere Collection once upon a time): it doesn't. It's a completely plotless musical interlude. Glad to get that cleared up.
I continued to reorganize my kitchen. I ate a lot of chocolate. I cooked tilapia in a lemon-garlic sauce (mmmm). I failed to phone a bunch of people. I read. Books I am taking back to the library:
On a similar note, I have formed the resolution to quit dwelling on things that were and might have been and are not. I suppose this is just a variation of the resolution I make every year, but I'm going to do my best to stick to it, because I don't think dwelling on past mistakes and paths not taken is good for me.
crankygrrl arrives tomorrow! Yahoo! Must get discarded curtains out of the living room before she gets here, I swear they make the place feel half its actual size.
Now, off to library, possibly off to breast cancer thing in NDG (although it started at 6, so maybe not).
Weekend was good. Nicely varied. I saw Evita on Saturday night with
moonlightjoy and keyef; I was too late to book my ticket in advance, and they were out of tickets (or just hadn't saved any) by the time I got there, so there was much drama over whether I'd be able to actually get in. (I did.) There was also enough time for me to decide that if I were running front of house, things would work very differently.It was damn good, especially considering it was a student production. The lead was quite weak in the first half (although I thought on the whole it was a pretty punishing score, hard for just about anyone to do nicely -- that Buenos Aires song? Horrid, also stuck in my head) but excellent in the second half. The rest of the cast was great. I've also learned where Another Suitcase in Another Hall fits into the grand scheme of things (yes, now it can be told, I owned the Premiere Collection once upon a time): it doesn't. It's a completely plotless musical interlude. Glad to get that cleared up.
I continued to reorganize my kitchen. I ate a lot of chocolate. I cooked tilapia in a lemon-garlic sauce (mmmm). I failed to phone a bunch of people. I read. Books I am taking back to the library:
- Post Captain First Patrick O'Brian novel I've read all the way through (actually read it on the train last weekend). It was good and nicely epic; I'll be reading more, I think.
- High Fall Susan Dunlap. I hadn't read any of her Kiernan O'Shaughnessy series before, and I don't think I'll be reading any more. Didn't like her nearly as much as Jill Smith, and thought there was way too much exposition and an unsatisfactory ending.
- Banker Reread. Dick Francis nearly always gives a quality book. This one's good.
- Reaper Man Reread. It's Pterry, one of my favourites thereof. What more needs to be said?
- The Antelope Wife Louise Erdrich. First one of hers I've read. Liked it very much but I think I need to digest a bit and read it again, because I didn't quite grasp all the relationships (I gather some of these characters have appeared in other books). Possibly I should've started with her latest one, like I planned, but this was good.
On a similar note, I have formed the resolution to quit dwelling on things that were and might have been and are not. I suppose this is just a variation of the resolution I make every year, but I'm going to do my best to stick to it, because I don't think dwelling on past mistakes and paths not taken is good for me.
crankygrrl arrives tomorrow! Yahoo! Must get discarded curtains out of the living room before she gets here, I swear they make the place feel half its actual size.Now, off to library, possibly off to breast cancer thing in NDG (although it started at 6, so maybe not).
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Date: 2004-02-16 04:40 pm (UTC)We both had a really great time!
And thanks again for lending your voluminous jacket to this short girl so that she could see the stage above all the heads.
Hope the kitchen rearranging is going well.
...So, floppicate recently?
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Date: 2004-02-17 11:27 am (UTC)hehe!
and i'm also commenting to reinforce Karyn's statement:
I am so glad that you came with us.
We both had a really great time!
p.s. KarynandJosie tend to talk in "we" pronouns =P.
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Date: 2004-02-17 11:31 am (UTC)And last night I was eating tea and cookies and I giggled to myself every time the saturated cookie flopped down. Oh so yummy, though.
She's on her way
Date: 2004-02-17 10:12 am (UTC)Joanna
(Off to Oz in 2 days! Eek!)
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Date: 2004-02-17 11:29 am (UTC)1) Tilapia!!! My mommy makes the best tilapia EVER. nummy.
2) I read this post and could hear your voice saying it. cool.
=D