One of the stray cats we feed died this evening. It really upset me, probably more than it should have seeing as she only started coming around a few weeks ago... but she was such a sweetheart. I knew she wasn't healthy because she was so thin but I had hoped she was simply malnourished and that she would get better with the unlimited supply of ( Read more... )

I've been looking at a map of Germany and Austria and Googling various cities and towns to try and get an idea of where I'd like to go when I finally am able to travel out there. So far I'm interested in Berlin, Bremen, Munich, Dachau, Salzburg and Vienna. I'd also love to go to Füssen/Hohenschwangau so I can see Neuschwanstein Castle. I still need ( Read more... )

It starts out so benignly then all of a sudden... *shudders* An excellent reflection on how the party began and what it eventually became ( Read more... )

I finished reading The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux last night. It's my 3rd time, 4th if you include listening to an audiobook, but technically my first time reading it in it's entirety. The first 2 (or 3, if you include the audiobook) were the 1911 translation which, although is passed off as being unabridged, is often missing paragraphs ( Read more... )

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Karma's a bitch, ain't it Andy?My faith in Broadway has been renewed... slightly, anyway. The Broadway opening of Love Never Dies, the horrendous and unnecessary "sequel" to Phantom of the Opera, has been postponed "indefinitely ( Read more... )

This guy has other crazy Phantom videos up with him actually singing the songs and they're worth watching because they're so awful they're funny... but this one, Intermission, is pure gold.

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They should add this during the intermission of the show. Quoting someone on phanwank where I found the clip, "That'd be the Phantom's personal jam time."

1. Got my hair cut today. It's shorter than I originally wanted...but I like it. I'm going to keep it this way ( Read more... )

I FINALLY got around to paying off my library card - those overdue DVD fees really add up at $1 a day (I had a DVD out around the time my grandma died and it was completely forgotten for a while). So of course now that my card is clear I can resume taking out a bunch of books every few weeks. Of course I instantly went to the section with all the ( Read more... )

Just stumbled upon a download of Phantom rehearsals with the original cast. I just finished watching the clip for Masquerade and I can't believe my eyes. I thought Steve Barton in shiny pants in Tanz der Vampire was lovely...but I think Steve Barton in shiny pants rehearsing as Raoul is may be lovelier...

*wanders off drooling*