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It was while watching it on the plane on the way home from England -- the first time I'd seen it in about fifteen years or so -- that I rediscovered Amadeus. I was near-obsessed with this movie when I was a teenager, then fell out of love with it for a time (though still loved the original play), and now it's suddenly leaped back in my personal ( Read more... )

Once again, it's been a while ( Read more... )

Chilling in hostel. Think I've stayed here before, but it had a different name. Like everything else in this city, it's quite historic -- there are signs outside the rooms saying who used them two or three hundred years ago and whatnot ( Read more... )

Flying to the U.K. tomorrow. Be back on the 24th.

If I have frequent web access over there, perhaps I shall post now and then.

Re-reading over my post from last week about the show, I see how it could be construed as me blaming my friends and the lit community for the fact that the show didn't attract a lot of people this time around. That wasn't my intended meaning at all. None of them were obligated to come out and see the thing, and I'm quite happy that the vast ( Read more... )

Well, after that little piece of ranty whining, I have some good news...

I'm moving. Again.
On April 30, I'm getting out of this craphole building. My new place has a pool and a gym, and four working elevators. It appears to be clean and have a competent maintenance staff. There's even a pharmacy and convenience store just outside ( Read more... )

Well, I'm glad that's over ( Read more... )

Updated program notes for Grouch on a Couch (for those who care):

Welcome to our humble little show, Grouch on a Couch. I almost feel as if I should be singing that intro in a Prairie Dawn voice while tinkling notes off-key on a grade-school piano. And if you're of the right age to get that reference, then Grouch should resonate most deeply for ( Read more... )

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