In which several things of mild interest happen at once, so I make a rambling disjointed post
Had my last two exams today. Not ever, but... for a bit. They actually went really well, I think. Then I went for a drink with Flic and Dave and Flic's brother, who is very awesome. THEN, opera! Only my second opera ever - Madama Butterfly at The Grand. Cost me ten of your Earth quids for a ticket! See, there are definitely some perks to being a student. And the biggest discounts seem to be on things that the majority of students don't actually want. Which is great for me, given that I'm fairly atypical in a variety of ways. Anyway, the production was great - sung in the original Italian with surtitles, unlike bloody Falstaff. It makes such a difference. For the love of God, no more translating of libretti, it's not a good idea. I think a few people were thinking "what the hell is that bedraggled-looking punk doing at the opera?", but the hell with them.
Torchwood S2 was tonight, of course (also known as Get Into a Fight if You're Glad to be Gay) - I caught the repeat, as I was still at the opera the first time around. Well, they've definitely got their shit together. The Jack/Ianto relationship is so much better defined (last season it wasn't so much will they/won't they as are they/aren't they, and are we supposed to be able to tell?). James Marsters is the shizzle, as always. Gwen is a lot less annoying. Ianto got more than one decent line, for a fucking change (presumably the producers realised that the majority of the fanbase leaned that way?). Jack stopped being everybody's idol and was taken down a notch, without losing any of his cool (except when he tried to proposition Ianto in the office and Ianto was like "dude, no, if you're going to piss off and then come back closely tailed by your ex-boyfriend then I'm going to do some actual work, thanks". And that other time where he was all like, "taxi!". I... I like Ianto, in case you can't tell.So much so that I almost left a parenthesis open.) Anyway, yeah. I feel like Owen and Tosh have been shunted off to the side a little bit, but so it goes. Anyway, it's only the first episode, so... I guess we'll just see. Feeling positive though!
And finally... JUNO. Who's seen Juno? More importantly, who HASN'T seen Juno? If you have, how in love are you with Ellen Page? Seriously. That woman. Loved her in Hard Candy too, but this shows another side of her. I have to say that my dykey sense is definitely tingling (that sounds far more obscene than it's meant to), but whether she'll ever actually come out is another matter. Anyway! Look!
I am in so much love. Oh, also I thought the film was utter genius, but I find it difficult to concentrate on that part.
Torchwood S2 was tonight, of course (also known as Get Into a Fight if You're Glad to be Gay) - I caught the repeat, as I was still at the opera the first time around. Well, they've definitely got their shit together. The Jack/Ianto relationship is so much better defined (last season it wasn't so much will they/won't they as are they/aren't they, and are we supposed to be able to tell?). James Marsters is the shizzle, as always. Gwen is a lot less annoying. Ianto got more than one decent line, for a fucking change (presumably the producers realised that the majority of the fanbase leaned that way?). Jack stopped being everybody's idol and was taken down a notch, without losing any of his cool (except when he tried to proposition Ianto in the office and Ianto was like "dude, no, if you're going to piss off and then come back closely tailed by your ex-boyfriend then I'm going to do some actual work, thanks". And that other time where he was all like, "taxi!". I... I like Ianto, in case you can't tell.So much so that I almost left a parenthesis open.) Anyway, yeah. I feel like Owen and Tosh have been shunted off to the side a little bit, but so it goes. Anyway, it's only the first episode, so... I guess we'll just see. Feeling positive though!
And finally... JUNO. Who's seen Juno? More importantly, who HASN'T seen Juno? If you have, how in love are you with Ellen Page? Seriously. That woman. Loved her in Hard Candy too, but this shows another side of her. I have to say that my dykey sense is definitely tingling (that sounds far more obscene than it's meant to), but whether she'll ever actually come out is another matter. Anyway! Look!
I am in so much love. Oh, also I thought the film was utter genius, but I find it difficult to concentrate on that part.