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So much not posting. How can 2 weeks go by where pretty much nothing happens, yet there's almost too much to say?
I watched the Stratford Theatre Festival's live showing of their filmed "Coriolanus," which was really great. A considerable amount of ho-yay at one point, like whoa. I'm digging getting to see these. I usually go to an outdoor theatre nearby to see 4 plays a year (usually 2 Shakespearean), and haven't purchased tickets (I usually have them by April) yet because of the Rona, and who the hell knows. So it's good to have these from Canada, and some free showings of British plays as well. I'm going to see if I can find the National Theatre "Frankenstein" sometime soon.
While I was rummaging through the YouTube tv offerings, I stumbled on a Jeff Daniels special. Looked like a concert, which I can highly recommend. I saw him about a year and a half ago and really enjoyed him (and his son's band). He has written and performed songs for many years. He was in the first Broadway play I ever saw, "Fifth of July," which is why I had bought a ticket. So I'll be scoping out that special sometime this weekend too.
Big irritation this week: One of the neighbors along the long shared driveway that goes past my house (up to one street and down to another) dumped dirt and apparently planted grass seeds on a portion of the drive. So the upper entrance/exit will be useless to me and my duplex neighbor. This is an issue solely in the winter, when it's impossible to get up the lower drive. There's actually an easement for the whole length of the drive, so this is not something that should have been done. I spent a lot of time looking up courthouse records (Bwahahaha-the database for real estate legal records is called LANDSHARK!!!) and digging up my documents for the purchase of my place, etc. Chatted with the lawyer who helped me with the purchase (and presciently insisted on a clearer, more detailed easement doc), and he'll get back with me early next week. Here's something weird, though. When all the driveway conversations were going on, I knew there were 7 properties touching the drive, and all the others had to sign off. So all this time I thought there were many signature pages among all these different owners. No. There's the guy down the far end, and the 5 other properties were all owned by the guy who sold me this place. I used to chat with him quite a bit, even after the sale, and I had no idea. I'm not sure now if the parcel that blocked the drive has been sold and this is the new owner, or if the guy who was trying to sell it last winter is trying to improve its salability somehow. (I don't know when the one who owned it when I bought this place sold, but he didn't own it when I looked into it when it was for sale.) It's a weird, narrow lot, so I don't even know if what they did would add a lot of value. Just UGH.
In other news, the library class I was auditing has ended. Lots of great reading, and good info. I need to keep using my local library. They were great at getting me books, right up until the last day before they had to close. They're now allowed to do curbside delivery again.
Speaking of which, I should figure out what I want to eat and order and pick up. I have been doing so about once a week but missed last week. Friday is when a lot of the local places do it.
I watched the Stratford Theatre Festival's live showing of their filmed "Coriolanus," which was really great. A considerable amount of ho-yay at one point, like whoa. I'm digging getting to see these. I usually go to an outdoor theatre nearby to see 4 plays a year (usually 2 Shakespearean), and haven't purchased tickets (I usually have them by April) yet because of the Rona, and who the hell knows. So it's good to have these from Canada, and some free showings of British plays as well. I'm going to see if I can find the National Theatre "Frankenstein" sometime soon.
While I was rummaging through the YouTube tv offerings, I stumbled on a Jeff Daniels special. Looked like a concert, which I can highly recommend. I saw him about a year and a half ago and really enjoyed him (and his son's band). He has written and performed songs for many years. He was in the first Broadway play I ever saw, "Fifth of July," which is why I had bought a ticket. So I'll be scoping out that special sometime this weekend too.
Big irritation this week: One of the neighbors along the long shared driveway that goes past my house (up to one street and down to another) dumped dirt and apparently planted grass seeds on a portion of the drive. So the upper entrance/exit will be useless to me and my duplex neighbor. This is an issue solely in the winter, when it's impossible to get up the lower drive. There's actually an easement for the whole length of the drive, so this is not something that should have been done. I spent a lot of time looking up courthouse records (Bwahahaha-the database for real estate legal records is called LANDSHARK!!!) and digging up my documents for the purchase of my place, etc. Chatted with the lawyer who helped me with the purchase (and presciently insisted on a clearer, more detailed easement doc), and he'll get back with me early next week. Here's something weird, though. When all the driveway conversations were going on, I knew there were 7 properties touching the drive, and all the others had to sign off. So all this time I thought there were many signature pages among all these different owners. No. There's the guy down the far end, and the 5 other properties were all owned by the guy who sold me this place. I used to chat with him quite a bit, even after the sale, and I had no idea. I'm not sure now if the parcel that blocked the drive has been sold and this is the new owner, or if the guy who was trying to sell it last winter is trying to improve its salability somehow. (I don't know when the one who owned it when I bought this place sold, but he didn't own it when I looked into it when it was for sale.) It's a weird, narrow lot, so I don't even know if what they did would add a lot of value. Just UGH.
In other news, the library class I was auditing has ended. Lots of great reading, and good info. I need to keep using my local library. They were great at getting me books, right up until the last day before they had to close. They're now allowed to do curbside delivery again.
Speaking of which, I should figure out what I want to eat and order and pick up. I have been doing so about once a week but missed last week. Friday is when a lot of the local places do it.