Congrats on the new job, Beth!

Go Matilda on the charming of the public, of course no one is surprised given her parentage.

I saw Sparky and her DH at the Berkeley Rep tonight, where we saw a really cool play starring Bra'tac! (Okay, Tony Amendola.) It's "The Pillowman" by Martin McDonough, who wrote "Beauty Queen of Leenane" among other plays, which means it's long, verbose, witty, and absolutely brutal. It has a lot to say about art and narrative and torture and bad families and stuff. Started a bit too "The Trial" but after that it veered off into other territories.

Given my current fannish obsession, the fact that it involves two brothers in an abnormally fraught relationship just gave it more power for me.

At any rate, it would have been too difficult to watch, except for it being really damned funny. I'm constantly amazed that I can watch some things on television that become just too powerful and difficult when put on stage. I wonder why that is.

'Suela, I'm interested in seeing that! A friend recommended it to me. It sounded right up my alley.

I recommend it. I think the Rep has some good ticket specials these days, but it's definitely selling out. We had a ton of walk-ins.

It's 12 degrees here. 12F. Which is damn cold in Celsius.

Actual train of thought, one minute ago: "Twelve degrees? Damn, that's cold. Those poor people near--Boston--wait, I'm near Boston. DAMMIT."

(It's 14 here, though! Ha!)

It's 22F here. And I can't stop sneezing and blowing my nose. Going out to do laundry is looking unlikely.

Oooh, laundry. Thank god I only have to haul it down to the cellar.

Katie, your name came up favorably last night at vwbug's. We all hope you're settling in and that you have your furniture by now!

It's 27F here. We're supposed to get 2-4" of snow today. Maybe that'll help the Bears today. (I'm otherwise convinced that the Saints will beat the Bears today.)

It's a balmy 27 in Chicago.

Katie, your name came up favorably last night at vwbug's. We all hope you're settling in and that you have your furniture by now!

Aw, thanks! I hope to get the chance to come up and hang out with you guys soon.

All furniture is here as of Friday, other than the couch that I, you know, don't own and have to go buy. Today I'm going to get a washer and dryer, after having spent a couple of days coming to terms with the fact that I am buying the extremely low-end versions thereof. And then, more boxes! God, the excitement.