...no, there is too much. let me sum up.
Time for a numbered list!
coffeeandink reminded me, I did a three-hour drive with her and
renenet to see a preview screening of Serenity, more than ten years ago, dear god, where does the time go -- but those trips are usually a) planned well in advance and b) do not involve *quite* this much travel. I long for a teleporter.
But I have purchased a ticket to the show and cashed in my frequent flyer miles; thanks to the kindness of
astolat I have a place to stay;
coffeeandink is meeting me for dinner; there's a Kandinsky exhibit at the Guggenheim; and did I mention that holy shit I am seeing Darren Criss in Hedwig? I am planning to have a really good time, is my point, although as always I am anxious about being in a city (or in this case The City, as the NYC natives I knew in college would say, with audible capitals) because I am a country mouse and find large cities mysterious and terrifying. But sometimes going out of my comfort zone is worth it, and this is one of those times. :D
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- London was awesome -- I am not going to write up shows this time around, but those few of you who are actually interested in my surfeit of theatre can ask me questions and I will answer. Also, I ate really well this trip and walked even more than usual (the weather was perfect for it); my companion and I chose to walk basically everywhere rather than dealing with buses or the underground, plus we had a lovely four-mile ramble around Hampstead Heath and shorter walks around sundry parks in central London. Really, really happy making.
- I got home, had a few days to recover, and then had a houseguest -- a dear friend whom I don't see nearly often enough and who hadn't yet stayed at my little house or met the cats -- and we hung out and talked and ate stuff from my garden and went for a long walk to test out my new hiking boots and compared notes on recent reading (oh god now I have *more* books to read) and generally had a lovely time.
- And then I basically spent a week weeding my garden, because dear god the weeds. THE WEEDS.
- I watched all of Empire in just over a week and, to the surprise of nobody, really like it. I fell for Jamal, and by extension the show, exactly seven minutes into the first ep: "What is this, we King Lear now?" TAKE MY HEART. TAKE IT. Also, I love Cookie. Bonus: the show makes terrific use of "Conqueror," my favorite song off Estelle's new album. I might not get around to posting about the show until S2, so I will just say as a placeholder that a) I am so happy to be watching another show about music and creative ambition, and b) I love the show's attention to the complexity of queerness and homophobia in Black communities.
- I'm now a few eps into Sense8 and really liking it too. The premise is pretty cool (and getting more complicated), and the show is gorgeous (I am waiting for a vidsong to show up!), but it's the characters who are really delighting me. Sun! Capheus! Nomi & Amanita! Lito & Hernando! Kala! ♥
coffeeandink reminded me, I did a three-hour drive with her and
renenet to see a preview screening of Serenity, more than ten years ago, dear god, where does the time go -- but those trips are usually a) planned well in advance and b) do not involve *quite* this much travel. I long for a teleporter.
But I have purchased a ticket to the show and cashed in my frequent flyer miles; thanks to the kindness of
astolat I have a place to stay;
coffeeandink is meeting me for dinner; there's a Kandinsky exhibit at the Guggenheim; and did I mention that holy shit I am seeing Darren Criss in Hedwig? I am planning to have a really good time, is my point, although as always I am anxious about being in a city (or in this case The City, as the NYC natives I knew in college would say, with audible capitals) because I am a country mouse and find large cities mysterious and terrifying. But sometimes going out of my comfort zone is worth it, and this is one of those times. :D
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