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In which certain characters address me personally:
I tried to write a longish Jane Austen fic, but look what happened:
( First this guy wanted to know what the hell was going on... ) -
ZOMG I AM SUCH A SLACKER... meme remedy time
Pick a paragraph (or any passage between... let's say 200 and 600 words) from anything I've written, and comment to this post with that selection. I will then give you a DVD commentary on that snippet: what I was thinking when I wrote it, why I wrote it in the first place, what's going on in the character's heads, why I chose certain words, what ( Read more... ) -
Not the most imaginative start to the year, but I like it a lot.
This was actually on TV about 10 years ago (OMG TEN YEARS!!!!). It's one of the things that I've started to find funnier as I grew up.
Obviously it's the first one where... yeah, seems fitting. (Not the second. No, never. Shut up.)
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Did I say something about 'opera' and 'freaky' and how I really liked it???
Well, you know what I saw on Christmas Eve afternoon?
Don Giovanni. From Glydebourne. On BBCHD.
Very good, oh yes...
... and...
ZOMBIES!!!
DON GIOVANNI..... WITH ZOMBIES!!!
(Well, a zombie, the Comandatore. A ZOMBIE!!!!!!)
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And now for something charmingly freaky
...as well as Natalie Dessay being wonderfully silly. And wonderful. (Mostly for elendiari22 , but others can enjoy.)
So, the story so far, for those of you who don't know... Dr Marvelio has a habit of making amazing wind-up dolls that sing and dance. His latest effort, called Olympia in this version of the story, is especially convincing because Dr Copalious ( Read more... ) -
Christmas Eve-Eve post
Okay, so, in keeping with the rest of my year it's not the most all-singing-all-dancing Christmas of my life, but that said it probably isn't for most people either- contrary to what certain movies my imply, actual white Christmases in England spell everyone having a pretty damn quiet Christmas because everyone is scared to go anywhere.
Quite ready ( Read more... ) -
Happy birthday, edoraslass!
Yes, I know it isn't, but.........................
The Other Two Things About Small William
(Because I'd written 12 about his mother, but I only thought of these two afterwards)( Okay, so you already know one of these. But the other... makes not-actually-a-drabble... ) -
I ain't dead
I'm just trying to strategically catch up on writing what has been going on. I'm not sure why, nothing has significantly changed yet.
Anyway: a drabble! I'm really not used to writing proper drabbles (and maybe I should have held this one off til Christmas) but...
Cupboard Love -
This is not a comprehensive update of the summer. I am... still writing that. Honest.
This weekend I have to compile a 10 minute presentation using PowerPoint in how we could use social media in Learning Resources. Personally my answer is: 'We shouldn't, it won't achieve anything'. However, the very fact that the question has been asked implies that this is not the answer that will be appreciated.
Also... 4 interviews in 2 weeks. ( Read more... ) -
Still not a post on my latest opera adventure
Please accept a song that was topical six months ago instead! It's pretty funny.
(Actually I rec most of Mitch Benn's parodies, and spent a very enjoyable evening trying to find all of them on YouTube... but I dare say this is the best one to get your attention!)
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