I went to go see The Drowsy Chaperone today, which was a ton of fun -- very cute take on old-fashioned musical comedy. Also, John Glover was playing the main character -- an old-ish man sitting alone in his apartment, listening to records of old musicals and talking about how fabulous the old times were, and how shows now just aren't the same -- which was messing with my brain a little.
Riley: Oh, yeah. Sorry 'bout last time. Heard I missed out on some fun. Xander: Oh yeah, fun was had. Also frolic, merriment and near-death hijinks.
'Never Leave Me'
Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?
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.
Hil R. - Jun 06, 2007 4:21:29 pm PDT #1510 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Kat - Jun 06, 2007 4:22:02 pm PDT #1511 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I have non baby news, but it mostly revolves around stupid crap at work. I'm finding it unbearable to be there right now. Not because I'm all, "oh my own children! I wonder what they are doing." But because my afternoon class is profoundly difficult; convo with counselor a few weeks ago ended with her telling me how difficult the group was, how none of the subs can keep them in check, how I must rule with an iron fist. The only thing I could think was, "you put them all together as a group, jackhole!"
Kat - Jun 06, 2007 4:24:59 pm PDT #1512 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
AND, I'm reading Literacy and Longing in LA which is, at times, irritating in the extreme.
It has a narrator who is an avid reader, but pretentiously so. And she makes fun of readers of sci fi or romances or bestsellers. And yet, this book? So far has proven to be exactly the kind of predictable romance that she decries. It's not terrible, just... off putting.
I should have gotten Bright Lights, Big Ass instead.
Jesse - Jun 06, 2007 4:27:03 pm PDT #1513 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
There, see? You do have stuff! And I was wondering about that book, so I'm glad to hear an opinion.
Vortex - Jun 06, 2007 4:27:47 pm PDT #1514 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Vortex, does that mean you got the/a new job? Sorry if I missed it earlier - I skim pretty seriously in this thread.
no, it means that my condo will probably go to settlement in the next 30 days or so.
Kat - Jun 06, 2007 4:28:38 pm PDT #1515 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Again, Jesse, not bad. Just... pretentious without cause. When I'm done, I'll drop it in the mail to you if you want.
Jesse - Jun 06, 2007 4:31:01 pm PDT #1516 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Eh. Right now all I want to read is Lee Child.
Kat - Jun 06, 2007 4:34:38 pm PDT #1517 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Who is Lee Child?
And K earwormed me with "The Wheels on the Bus" which is making me contemplate putting my head in the oven.
Jesse - Jun 06, 2007 4:40:05 pm PDT #1518 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
He writes this series of thrillers/mysteries about an ex-Army MP named Jack Reacher who finds himself in the craziest situations, but somehow it works. In the one I'm reading now, the Secret Service hired him (sort of) to help figure out who's trying to kill the Vice President-elect.
Kat - Jun 06, 2007 4:47:01 pm PDT #1519 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
sounds entertaining! I wish all of my crazy situations would somehow workout.