Collage...

I was away from LJ for a few days and now everyone's doing this - well, runpunkrun and chazzbanner, to name the two I've seen and scrutinized so far. I think they are fascinating and amusing.

( My Interests Collage! )

Some of the things, I had to stare at for a while to figure out what the picture was supposed to represent! The funniest is the musician 'Slash', whom I would never have heard of except that he turns up in google searches for stories. It's rather impressive that where I had "Captain Cairo Azarcon" listed in my interests, the thing came up with a sketch of Ryan Azarcon by the author, Karin Lowachee. Who was there but who seems to have disappeared. Huh. She was hiding behind a book, anyway.

It makes me want to change or add to my interests, and see what other pictures I get.

Rose Tyler...

From lilithlotr: BBC news that Russell T. Davies was planning a spin-off with Rose Tyler and decided against it. Must say, I'm glad; I'd rather see his efforts go elsewhere.

Musings...

Looking at various flist interest collages made me realize that I don't have Methos listed as one of my interests. Now, how did that oversight happen?

Funny day. Busy at work. Felt tense and out of sorts. I'm angry with a friend of mine, and I don't like being angry with friends - it doesn't often happen, mostly because I have a great set of friends who don't do things to make me angry. In this case, I think the friend was an unmannerly boor, and she hurt my feelings. I'm not sure what to do about it. Yell at her? See if the anger passes and then just discuss it with her? Drat.

Meanwhile I'm feeling grumpy and disappointed because I'd wanted to watch last week's episode of Slings and Arrows (which would be just the thing for my bad mood!) but I was too late in phoning maaseru, who has it, and she's already watched it. So I'm feeling unsure what I want to do now... and I'm not hungry, which is really unusual for me. Hmm. I'd better have some supper.

I did already have a couple of nice phone conversations with friends I really like - like josanpq, and that cheers a person up.

Going to Stratford...

On Thursday morning I took the train to Stratford, Ontario to see some of the plays at their Shakespeare Festival. I must say, train is the way to go: comfortable and convenient. We left Ottawa at 6 a.m., a barbaric time, and got into Stratford at 12:45, just in time to go to the matinee performance of Coriolanus with Colm Feore. After supper (Chinese, at Gene's) I went to see Henry IV, part 1 at the Tom Patterson theatre. The next day, I went to a lecture called "Proud Warrior and Boy of Tears: The Dual Nature of Coriolanus" by David Zesmer, a professor from the University of Michigan.

We spent the afternoon wandering bookstores, gift shops, and The Chocolate Factory, and then went back to the Festival Theatre to look at the gift shop there - I was looking at a wonderful book called There is Nothing Like a Dane by Clive Francis, which is jokes and anecdotes about productions of Hamlet. For instance:

Prince Hamlet thought Uncle a traitor
For having it off with his Mater
Revenge Dad or not?
That's the gist of the plot,
And he did - nine soliloquies later.
- - - by Stanley J. Sharpless

Then after eating egg salad sandwiches and reading in the lobby, we went to see Much Ado About Nothing.

Next morning, we took the train home.

My comments on the plays:
( Coriolanus )

( Henry IV, part 1 )

( Proud Warrior and Boy of Tears )

( Much Ado About Nothing )

It's expensive to go to Stratford. I can't afford to do it often. But dammit, I must make more of an effort to do it more - I hadn't been for years, and I was reminded how very much it means to me.

So: I resolve to go again next year. Really. Rumour is that Paul Gross will be back doing something. I'm still sorry I missed his Hamlet.