One of the little nice things* about having my birthday in late June is that if I take a day off for it, as I have done, I can go out and pick strawberries. I've never exercised that possibility before, but I think I will do so later on.

And it's so far a nicer day for it than in weeks. Eccelente.

*I was going to say 'perquisites', but I see that ( Read more... )

The other day I was musing on acting accents, spurred partly by a discussion in James_Nicoll's journal about how practically no one gets them right, and partly by a background train of thought on playing Elizabethan theatre. Someone asked me a while back whether I did an English accent for Shakespeare; I hadn't really thought about it, but I guess for upper ( Read more... )

List 15 songs that have gotten stuck in your head over time. Try not to think about them too much.

1. Clampdown - The Clash
2. Eminence Front - The Who
3. LA Woman - The Doors
4. Man on the Moon - REM
5. Smash It Up - The Damned

The infamous "they" suggest this diversion: "List 15 books you've read that will always stick with you: list the first 15 you can recall in 15 minutes. Don't take too long to think about it."

1. The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkein
2. Lord of Light - Roger Zelazny
3. The Guns of August - Barbara Tuchman
4. Cyrano de Bergerac - Edmond Rostand
5. A Portrait of the ( Read more... )

Well, the dress rehearsal was pretty good, but a bit unsatisfying in a couple of key scenes for me - and overshadowed by alexx_kay being struck upon the head by a sword, and needing stitches. I liked that fight, but we all thought it would be best to drop it for tonight's show, parts of it being so uncontrolled as to let that kind of injury happen ( Read more... )

After watching a Scooby Doo movie last night* in which Shaggy and Scooby bump into a medusa briefly, I was musing on mythological creatures that through their gaze, touch, etc. could get you stoned, and whether anyone had made that joke before. With a little googling I didn't find anyone having explored all of the potential for psychoactive ( Read more... )

To Katherine:
hey k8, u wanna b gf?

To Rex:
Dear Sir,
Is this a joke? I cannot tell from your "text message" language.

To Katherine:
no k8, s'ok u dont spk txt - if u <3 me?

To Rex:
I do not know how to answer. What does it mean to '<3 me'?

To Katherine:
2 <3 u k8 is ott, bc ur 0 ( Read more... )

Well, ok, there is perhaps a carload of stuff still unmoved from the old place, and a bit of sweeping to do, but here we are, living in our fabulous new condo. We have showered and been out to try things from many fine local restaurants at The Taste of Dorchester ( Read more... )

I have received my mortgage approval packet, signed it, and sent it back.

Barring anything bad coming up in the inspection on Friday, which seems unlikely with such a thorough renovation, we should be clear to close on the 30th.

We'd better step up the packening.

Well, now I've seen that big glowing blue... thing that's been stirring up surprise and amusement at cinemas across the country.

I mean BOB from Monsters vs. Aliens, of course. It was a funny little parody of all sorts of monster and alien-invasion movies. Kind of adorable.