Wah. WANT TO KNOW.
I'm stoked in ways that I hadn't been previously for the start of Alias. Not the least of which is that Michael Vartan looked particularly beefed up in one of the publicity stills ita linked to.
Angel: Will you just shut up for once?! Illyria: What? Angel: My God, the speechifying. Has it ever occurred to you that now might not be the best time for when-we-were-muck stories?
'Time Bomb'
Natter 31 But Looks 29
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kat - Dec 22, 2004 5:01:51 pm PST #75 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Pix - Dec 22, 2004 5:05:09 pm PST #76 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Because it's just. so. pretty. With the pretty hands, and the pretty hair, and the pretty costumes, and the pretty spinning, and the pretty boys with the pretty giant leaps that make you go "wow," and all the pretty gracefulness.
Isn't it so pretty? I love it.
Of course, most of the ballets I've been to, I haven't been able to watch at all. Ah, the joys of playing in a pit orchestra.
Katie M - Dec 22, 2004 5:06:19 pm PST #77 of 10002
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Yeah, you don't want to sit too close to the stage for the Nutcracker, though. The pretty goes away when you can see their tendons.
t /was scarred by the Sugar Plum Fairy
Katie M - Dec 22, 2004 5:06:26 pm PST #78 of 10002
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Alibelle - Dec 22, 2004 5:06:46 pm PST #79 of 10002
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
Hi Sean!
Not the least of which is that Michael Vartan looked particularly beefed up in one of the publicity stills ita linked to.
Wait, what? Where? Don't leave me in the dark!
Geez. You lose internet access and free time for weeks on end and the world continues to go on without you. So weird.
Kat - Dec 22, 2004 5:07:38 pm PST #80 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I'm not hooking you up. I might be stoked about Alias but I'm not a Vartan pusher. and I don't have the link anymore .
Alibelle - Dec 22, 2004 5:14:33 pm PST #81 of 10002
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
Isn't it so pretty? I love it.
Yes. Yes it is. And me too. I don't care how painful ballet is, I always go back to it because it is just so incredibly pretty. And pink.
Of course, most of the ballets I've been to, I haven't been able to watch at all. Ah, the joys of playing in a pit orchestra.
Ooh, what did you play? Because I totally played the violin for nine years. No pits for me though, as I avoided them in HS, due to lack of interest in playing songs from "Lil Abner."
Yeah, you don't want to sit too close to the stage for the Nutcracker, though. The pretty goes away when you can see their tendons.
You know, despite my life long love of ballet, I've never actually been to a live show. But my eyes are poor enough that even if I was sitting in the front row, I'm not terribly likely to be able to see the details of their tendons. Noticing how shiny and sweaty they are, on the other hand, is very likely, and much more mood-killing for me, since I see scary skinny people every day in LA.
One day when I have both a car and fifty dollars or so, I am taking myself to the ballet. It's a date I've had with myself for a long time. There will also be dressing up involved, of course. I can't wait.
Alibelle - Dec 22, 2004 5:15:18 pm PST #82 of 10002
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
Double posting to say: OHMYGOD, Kat is not my friend anymore.
Katie M - Dec 22, 2004 5:19:56 pm PST #83 of 10002
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
No pits for me though, as I avoided them in HS, due to lack of interest in playing songs from "Lil Abner."
Aw, I loved playing in the pit in high school. We never did Lil' Abner, though. (We did do Once Upon a Mattress one year, which was... dull, but the other ones I was in were Fiddler and Funny Thing Happens on the Way to the Forum, both of which were a lot of fun.)
And you should totally go to the ballet, dressed to the nines. It's a lot of fun. Just... a little bit of distance is good.
SailAweigh - Dec 22, 2004 5:26:16 pm PST #84 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
For those in the know, maybe they can answer a question re: Alias. Is it true that Michael Vartan asked to be let go from the show? And, are they going to write him out, then ?