So what is with American dancers? Why do they all look the same? Why do they all look like Julie Kent ( Read more... )

My grandmother died yesterday. She had suffered renal failure but just before she died, she was so bright and cheerful that everyone thought she was doing better, so it was a bit unexpected. She was 83 ( Read more... )

Now that I’ve had a few days to rest things are becoming clearer. I can see why I was so at the end of my tether two weeks ago. It’s really very simple ( Read more... )

I read in the paper today an interview with some TV personality who I recognise but don't know the name of. Anyway, he's a Star Wars toy junkie ( Read more... )

Return of the Sith has made me itchy all over. I'm so restless that I can't stand it ( Read more... )

I should be predictable to myself by now. I start off trying to write a Sherlock Holmes fan fic where I can have all sorts of exciting adventures all over the continent (imagine the fabulous train journeys!) helping to solve glamorous, exciting crimes with my dazzling analytical skills ( Read more... )

I am SO pre-menstrual right now. I am so cranky, I can't stand myself. I want to get out of my own head and away from my own negativity. On the other hand, I want to wallow in my own sulkingAt any rate, I have nothing edifying at all to say about anything ( Read more... )

1) Total number of books owned ( Read more... )

I don't get Opera. It just looks like a lot of morbidly obese people in over-elaborate costumes bellowing and screeching at each other, and over-acting to an annoying degree in ridiculously melodramtic storylines. And why is it that when someone is murdered, they still can manage to sing a whole aria (usually lying flat on the floor) before they ( Read more... )

Pop culture has a lot to answer for. I wanted to see the final Star Wars prequel but had never gotten around to watching the first two. My sister had them on DVD so I borrowed them last weekend. I watched them back to back in the space of 24 hours, staying up late. I guess I'm not much of a fan girl of Star Wars because unlike the die-hards, I ( Read more... )