didn't i make you feel like you were the only man?
Last night, I tried the Q going home, well, the 1 to the Q, and I got on the 1 at 5:30 pm and I walked in my door at 6:06 pm, so that is a lot faster than any other route home (even the dreaded 4,5,6) because it includes a lot less walking to and from the station on both ends. I will definitely be adding it to my repertoire of routes. Though the major downside is having to switch at Times Square. And also it cuts into my reading time. But worth it for other reasons, especially in bad weather or if I'm in a hurry.
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Last night's Rangers-Stars game was...something. I don't even know what. Does Hank have the yips? Is that what's happening here? Though if that final power play had been longer than 12 seconds, who knows? The Rangers might have tied it at SEVEN WTF?
angelgazing and I were freaking out about it to each other, since she is a Stars fan. (Being the weary, longtime Rangers fan that I am, I was like, "Your team is still winning, you will win, trust me." and I was, sadly, right.) And I like the Stars just fine. When they are not playing the Rangers. Just. What the hell, guys? What the hell?
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What I'm reading Wednesday:
What I've just finished
Song of Spider-Man: The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History by Glen Berger, which is pretty entertaining, though nobody comes off well, least of all the author. Maybe the Edge made it out okay. He seemed reasonable, compared to everyone else. I mean, Bono's gonna Bono, but the Edge seems like a somewhat sensible guy.
skygiants has a much more entertaining review here (as well as a review of the actual show here, which I highly recommend reading, but not while you are eating or drinking, because you'll be laughing too hard for that to be safe).
I guess what I don't understand is why there wasn't anyone involved who was an actual, you know, FAN of Spider-Man. I mean, if you're going to spend six years and many many millions of dollars on a musical about him, and you're not Marvel Studios actual, why would you do that? I mean, I think the answer is, Julie Taymor wanted to do a musical about Arachne where it wasn't about hubris at all, which is...different, and would have probably worked better than trying to graft that onto Spider-Man, which is about, well, great power being accompanied by great responsibility. (Which apparently no one even SAYS in the show!!!) (I also don't understand why everyone thought having her co-write this was a great idea based on her other work, all of which seems to be adaptation instead of writing original material, if they weren't going to adapt an actual Spider-Man story, because it sounds like they didn't even really do the Uncle Ben part right. Not that they needed to do an origin story! But if they were, which they did, then why? I just have so many questions.)
Mostly it sounds like a lot of ego and very little sense was involved. And yet Berger still couldn't quite accept that it was ALL ABOUT HUBRIS.
What I'm reading now
Bride of the Rat God by Barbara Hambly. I just started it this morning, based on recs from a few of you, iirc. Watching Singin' in the Rain made me a little hungry for stories about Hollywood in the 20s, and it fits the bill, so we'll see how that goes.
What I"m reading next
I do not know! I do want to fill up my library hold list again, though, so I can be surprised in future installments of this meme. *g*
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Last night's Rangers-Stars game was...something. I don't even know what. Does Hank have the yips? Is that what's happening here? Though if that final power play had been longer than 12 seconds, who knows? The Rangers might have tied it at SEVEN WTF?
angelgazing and I were freaking out about it to each other, since she is a Stars fan. (Being the weary, longtime Rangers fan that I am, I was like, "Your team is still winning, you will win, trust me." and I was, sadly, right.) And I like the Stars just fine. When they are not playing the Rangers. Just. What the hell, guys? What the hell?
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What I'm reading Wednesday:
What I've just finished
Song of Spider-Man: The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History by Glen Berger, which is pretty entertaining, though nobody comes off well, least of all the author. Maybe the Edge made it out okay. He seemed reasonable, compared to everyone else. I mean, Bono's gonna Bono, but the Edge seems like a somewhat sensible guy.
skygiants has a much more entertaining review here (as well as a review of the actual show here, which I highly recommend reading, but not while you are eating or drinking, because you'll be laughing too hard for that to be safe).
I guess what I don't understand is why there wasn't anyone involved who was an actual, you know, FAN of Spider-Man. I mean, if you're going to spend six years and many many millions of dollars on a musical about him, and you're not Marvel Studios actual, why would you do that? I mean, I think the answer is, Julie Taymor wanted to do a musical about Arachne where it wasn't about hubris at all, which is...different, and would have probably worked better than trying to graft that onto Spider-Man, which is about, well, great power being accompanied by great responsibility. (Which apparently no one even SAYS in the show!!!) (I also don't understand why everyone thought having her co-write this was a great idea based on her other work, all of which seems to be adaptation instead of writing original material, if they weren't going to adapt an actual Spider-Man story, because it sounds like they didn't even really do the Uncle Ben part right. Not that they needed to do an origin story! But if they were, which they did, then why? I just have so many questions.)
Mostly it sounds like a lot of ego and very little sense was involved. And yet Berger still couldn't quite accept that it was ALL ABOUT HUBRIS.
What I'm reading now
Bride of the Rat God by Barbara Hambly. I just started it this morning, based on recs from a few of you, iirc. Watching Singin' in the Rain made me a little hungry for stories about Hollywood in the 20s, and it fits the bill, so we'll see how that goes.
What I"m reading next
I do not know! I do want to fill up my library hold list again, though, so I can be surprised in future installments of this meme. *g*
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people have commented there.