reading & writing and other fun things

[innie_darling]

Hi, everybody!

Oh, I got so much done yesterday! So much to talk about from these past few weeks.

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[musesfool]

I just watched the first ep of Last Resort and really liked it. I mean, it's not without issues? And I don't know how they're going to sustain the premise. But holy crap, ANDRE BRAUGHER.

[innie_darling]

Absolutely agree. I had no idea what was going on (how many different groups are on that boat? what is the accent that couple in the NATO base was going for?), but I was still feeling the tension. I've actually never seen Andre Braugher in anything, but he was amazing. Scott Speedman (whom I've only ever seen in that movie he did with Sarah Polley) was also very good. But, yeah, when Andre Braugher says something, I JUST WANT TO OBEY.

[musesfool]

You've never seen Homicide: Life on the Street? Oh my god, you NEED to see it, the first four seasons, at least (seasons 1 and 2 are truncated). It is the best cop show television has ever produced, and Braugher's character, Frank Pembleton, is one of the all-time great characters.

[innie_darling]

Would it help if I said every time I see one of your icons, I feel guilty that I still haven't seen the show?

[thesmallhobbit]

Looking forward to reading your Sherlock fic when its finished.

On my side of the pond, I saw Chekhov's "Three Sisters" a couple of weeks ago. It was modernised (very well), the set was imaginative (in a positive sense) and it had Mariah Gale (Olga) and Sam Troughton (the Baron), two of my favourite actors in it. We had seats in the middle of the front row (I had booked as soon as tickets went on sale). So generally an excellent afternoon. And it was the third time I've seen Sam Troughton on stage this year.

The following week I went to see Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap" with a group of Sherlock friends. "The Mousetrap" is in its 60th year of continuous performance, so we thought we should see it. It's entertaining and definitely improved by going with a group. Best line, said by the detective "Don't get murdered" - we cracked up at that point.

[innie_darling]

Yay, thanks!

I'm so pleased you've kept your Sam Troughton streak going - it's just wonderful to watch talented people get to do what they do best.

I've never seen The Mousetrap, in part because I know it will always be around for whenever the mood does strike me. That line is very funny.

[oxoniensis]

I'm looking forward to your flat photos - it'll be nice for you to finally have it the way you want it.

Wow, that's a very mixed bag of plays! And funnily enough, the one time I would really like to have walked out, there was no intermission either! Mind you, that was only an hour long - it just felt more!

I have lots more theatre coming up this week, including Rupert Everett as Oscar Wilde in the Judas Kiss, which I'm particularly looking forward to.

[innie_darling]

eeeeeeee, more theater! I'm going to see if I can get tickets to the new Cyrano in the next few weeks and then I'll just be waiting to see what's getting good press.

Given the number of plays I see, it's pretty good that there have only been three plays I've wanted to walk out of/did walk out of.

I'm so looking forward to the framed pictures going up on the walls! Did you do any more painting of your flat?

[oxoniensis]

I haven't done anything more to my house since my bathroom was finished - I was so glad to get rid of the workman, I don't want any more disruption! My stairs/landing could do with redecorating, but maybe I'll just put lower watt bulbs in the lights instead! *g*

Any idea how long the framer will take?

[innie_darling]

Ha, lower-watt bulbs!

The framer suggested October 15 as a pick-up date and I asked for October 12, so hopefully that's for real. That would be especially excellent, as my brother will be in town that weekend and if I could prevail upon him to help me hang stuff up, that would be great.

[enigel]

Cabin Pressure has more than 200 fics on AO3, and 200ish is the cut-off point this year! If this is good or bad, I know not. ;-) (And even if we're only counting completed more-than-1000 words fics!)

Also, The Spreadsheet only records people who've announced their approved noms on the LJ post. There may be more fandoms from people who work in isolation! Actually, what am I saying, there *will* be more fandoms than what's on The Spreasheet right now. :)

[innie_darling]

Heya! I didn't realize that the cut-off was 200 1000-word fics - thanks for the clarification.

Yeah, I know that the spreadsheet requires users to leave a comment, but there are so many people doing that that I didn't remember there were some who hadn't/wouldn't.

What are you nominating and requesting for Yuletide?

[innie_darling]

Hopefully in a few weeks!