Entirely the best part of the (BBC airing of) RSC's Hamlet:


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What I have been doing since I last posted ( Read more... )

Remember that USA states map meme thingy? I'm trying to find my post where I did it, probably around four years ago, but it isn't in my meme tag and I don't care *that* much about finding out how many more states I've visited since then.

If you count every state I've been in, it's this way: ( Exhibit A )

Okay, on the 11th I randomly checked my source for securing British series and came across the second series of Secret Diary of a Call Girl, the two episodes of which had premiered that night. And I almost wrote a post going, "Hey, why did no one mention the second series had premiered?!" But then I had plans, and things happened, and life is ( Read more... )

I wasn't going to post about this, but ...I'm gonna. Today marks a year from my flight from San Francisco to London. It was right about an hour ago, considering the time difference, that the plane left. I've been thinking about this 'anniversary' all week. I'm still hung up over London, still missing it like a fool, still dreaming about Boots ( ( Read more... )

Last night when I got off work, I turned on the teevee and found DW's Midnight was playing on the Skiffy channel. So I watched it until G got home. I still love that episode to pieces, because, among other reasons, Lesley Sharp is for the win. (What else would you expect from a Mike Leigh regular?) I never did an episode reaction post or ( Read more... )

FUCK fucking Time Warner Cable. They apparently have made no progress on the internets installation. HATRED AND FIERY BRIMSTONE ( Read more... )

First Thanksgiving I haven't been in Seattle for like, ten years? More than that? Before that we'd go to Hawai'i *with* the Seattle Macs, so. It's just odd. Because I'm not a big Thanksgiving-y person at all, I just love the inevitable jam session and obscure filmfest that ensues, and the random awesomery that comes with it all. And I am ( Read more... )

Dear oil industry,

I hate you more than normal amounts of hate are allowed for a person.That is all ( Read more... )

So I finally have internets here in my London flat. Where I arrived a week ago.

In the meantime I have:

- Discovered John Simm is currently onstage in Elling. [roz_mcclure, maybe YOU'LL see it with me, the flatmates aren't as excited as I am obviously ( Read more... )