Heh. I got back my performance appraisal and my boss scheduled a meeting for us to go over it. On Friday, when we are not supposed to have Friday meetings, but okay. What is cracking me up is I have ONE THING on my calendar that day and she scheduled our meeting EXACTLY AT THAT TIME. I can actually move it, it's no big deal, but it's just funny.
Dawn: Any luck? Willow: If you define luck as the absence of success--plenty.
'Touched'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - May 03, 2016 8:17:17 am PDT #20808 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Steph L. - May 03, 2016 8:23:47 am PDT #20809 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Rage-tweeting got me (allegedly) a service appointment today. We'll see if that's true.
Jessica - May 03, 2016 8:24:46 am PDT #20810 of 30003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think, based on not having seen it, I would go for Leslie Odom Jr. as lead. He's certainly a better singer than LMM, and he's got a couple of fabulous solo songs.
Having seen it, I agree. LMM is an artistic genius who should, on general principle, be given as many awards as humanity can come up with, but LOj is a better performer.
The difference between Burr's solo numbers on the soundtrack and live onstage is astonishing. (Vs Hamilton's, where if you've listened, you've basically experienced it.)
-t - May 03, 2016 8:28:24 am PDT #20811 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Good luck, Tep.
Steph L. - May 03, 2016 8:29:20 am PDT #20812 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Just listening to the soundtrack, Leslie Odom Jr is amazing. LMM is brilliant, and there's a lot I like about his performance, but I really don't think there's even a comparison there in terms of skillz.
-t - May 03, 2016 8:30:42 am PDT #20813 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, hey, if have to drive down to Livermore to pick up my new cat (who is allegedly Maine Coon, but not enormous, so who knows what that means) that might be a good opportunity for me to listen to this Hamilton thing...is there a recommended recording or whatever?
Jessica - May 03, 2016 8:33:29 am PDT #20814 of 30003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
-t, you can stream it free on most services. If you use Amazon Prime, you should download it or put it into a playlist because there's a bug in the song order when streaming.
Steph L. - May 03, 2016 8:38:59 am PDT #20815 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
How long is the drive? Because you may want to stop partway through Act 2 if you're the one driving, and listen to the rest at home.
Dana - May 03, 2016 8:48:47 am PDT #20816 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Yeah, LMM will have plenty of awards. Best Musical, Best Book, Best Score. Though I do wonder if maybe there will be one that people push back on, just to make it not a complete steamroll, and Best Book seems the most likely for that. Again, I haven't seen Shuffle Along, but maybe that could be a contender.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 03, 2016 9:04:36 am PDT #20817 of 30003
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Wasn't there some study about not expecting anyone to functionally brain before 10am or something? I dunno but I feel like I read about it here at b.org.
I don't know about a study, but I have remarked here that once we went to a strict 9am start time my employer started paying me for getting nothing done beyond drinking coffee in my first hour, and lost the productive hour I would have been working from 5:30 to 6:30pm or so.