Life is still a little more stressful than I'd like but then that's the problem with interesting times.

It's another new month so another book post (why am I so much better at keeping up to date with these than theatre? Maybe I shoul try doin a monthly theatre post in the same way!) But first a little story (?essay) that amused me a lot:

Galactic ( Read more... )

Hmmm I hoped to post my review of last year's theatre tonight so it was before my first theatre of 2017 (Saint Joan tomorrow <3) but life (tiredness and one last opportunity to light all the candles and Christmas lights and read some GK Chesterton) intervened ( Read more... )

Well posting every day rather fell apart didn't it? This weekend + has been incredibly busy so let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up...

On Friday I worked a half day (in my Christmas jumper which is a reindeer complete with antlers on the hood <3) and then headed into London for the National Theatre Quiz which was marvellous as ( Read more... )

Colleague announced at the start of the week that her NYR was to be more selfish, I thought at the time that she meant her resolution was to take her own mental & physical health more seriously (which is good!) but actually I think judging by her behaviour this week she really did mean more selfish ( Read more... )

I started doing one of those year in review things and then realised I was just depressing myself so here are some lovely things I have found so far in 2016.

(aka that question about what has kept me sane in 2015? fandom, theatre and you lot <3)

• This amazing multifandom video by Llin
  
  

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• Basically everything Star Wars on tumblr ( Read more... )

There are many posts I might make this evening involving ranting or complaining or panicking or existential angst (okay maybe less of that last one) but really none of them would help so instead I will point out, as several other people have, that Festivids 2012 is live and full of gorgeous, funny and moving vids and maybe even throw in some recs ( Read more... )

OMG today's XKCD is completely genius.

And the larger readable version is even moreso and OH I want to print it off huge and have it on the wall.

Anyone need a laugh this morning?

Star Wars + Shakespeare =A Fantom Menyce

(an in other news, Nicole Cook won the Grande Boucle Feminine tour. Apparently it is possible for Brits to succeed at sport, who knew?!)