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Once in the Highlands, the Highlands of Scotland, deep in the night on a murky brae...
The good: Saw Godzilla Minus One again last night, still fucking adore it.
The bad: Oh my god I am so bloated I'm going to die. And then I'm going to pop like a Diablo necromancer hit me with Corpse Explosion. Y'all are gonna take physical AND fire damage.
The pretty cool, actually: Work Secret Santa and pizza party for the few of us that are here today. The closest thing to an actual winter day we've had yet and it's not even -20 degrees out. There is still barely any snow on the ground. It's a week from Christmas. This planet is BROKEN.
The jfc I need a better job: There's no receptionist today and none of the managers bothered to get someone to cover or even inform any of us who are actually working, leaving us to just... figure out how to handle all that on our own when we realized nobody was going to so much as turn the lights in the building on otherwise. Calls are being redirected to me. I hate it so very very much.
At least I've got AEW's annual women's tag team street fight to soothe my jingle jangled nerves. Kris and Willow did Pulp Fiction cosplay, complete with briefcase full of glass and thumbtacks.
Li'l vacation posting while I pray for pizza time:
Brigadoon, Book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, Music by Frederick Loewe, Original dances created by Agnes DeMille, Revised book by Brian Hill
Directed By: Glynis Leyshon
Music Direction By: Paul Sportelli
Synopsis: Celebrate the holiday season with the return of one of the most romantic and magical musicals! What would you give up for love? Stumbling upon a magical village that appears out of the Scottish mist for one day every century, Tommy, a modern boy, meets Fiona, a girl from the past. Should he stay with her in Brigadoon, or return to the world he knows and never see her again? This feast of song and dance from Lerner and Loewe (the team behind My Fair Lady) has been entrancing audiences for more than seven decades. Classic songs like “Almost like being in love” and “I’ll go home with Bonnie Jean” will stay with you forever.
Pros: Great costumes, great singing, great dancing, great chemistry between the leads (which you really need, since the romance is based on next to nothing), great sets, and it's Brigadoon, which always feels like a nice warm hug of a musical to me. I liked this Jeff in particular a lot, too; really made me sit up and notice what a downer of an ending he gets in a way that the movie didn't. And the families all actually having their own unique tartans made it much easier to remember which old white guys were whose dads on the fly.
Cons: I got nothing, this made me really really happy. The animated deer in the forest backdrop was goofy looking?
What I Was Up To: Simply having a wonderful Christmastime at Niagara-on-the-Lake. I've wanted to check out the Shaw Festival for ages, since all the rich old people tend to hit it up along with Stratford, but I'm not a rich old person so I gotta be more selective and their Christmas plays just seemed like the perfect opportunity to branch out! And then there was a big long parade when nix and I got there!! With multiple marching bands!!
Verdict: I LOVED IT. Tommy and Fiona clearly being cast primarily for their singing ability made for a really neat contrast from the movie, where they were clearly cast primarily for their dancing ability, and both approaches kinda work equally well I think! Also Meg being an adorable slut is so much more fun than the boring, sanitized movie version. LET HER FUCK, MGM. Also our seats were close enough to pretty much see up all the kilts, good shit. LOVED IT.
seriously, look at this shit, so cool
Apparently the TV version with Robert Goulet and Peter Falk is on YouTube, I should watch that.
One of the service advisors got donuts for me and the porters specifically, aww. Christmas!!
The bad: Oh my god I am so bloated I'm going to die. And then I'm going to pop like a Diablo necromancer hit me with Corpse Explosion. Y'all are gonna take physical AND fire damage.
The pretty cool, actually: Work Secret Santa and pizza party for the few of us that are here today. The closest thing to an actual winter day we've had yet and it's not even -20 degrees out. There is still barely any snow on the ground. It's a week from Christmas. This planet is BROKEN.
The jfc I need a better job: There's no receptionist today and none of the managers bothered to get someone to cover or even inform any of us who are actually working, leaving us to just... figure out how to handle all that on our own when we realized nobody was going to so much as turn the lights in the building on otherwise. Calls are being redirected to me. I hate it so very very much.
At least I've got AEW's annual women's tag team street fight to soothe my jingle jangled nerves. Kris and Willow did Pulp Fiction cosplay, complete with briefcase full of glass and thumbtacks.
Li'l vacation posting while I pray for pizza time:
Directed By: Glynis Leyshon
Music Direction By: Paul Sportelli
Synopsis: Celebrate the holiday season with the return of one of the most romantic and magical musicals! What would you give up for love? Stumbling upon a magical village that appears out of the Scottish mist for one day every century, Tommy, a modern boy, meets Fiona, a girl from the past. Should he stay with her in Brigadoon, or return to the world he knows and never see her again? This feast of song and dance from Lerner and Loewe (the team behind My Fair Lady) has been entrancing audiences for more than seven decades. Classic songs like “Almost like being in love” and “I’ll go home with Bonnie Jean” will stay with you forever.
Pros: Great costumes, great singing, great dancing, great chemistry between the leads (which you really need, since the romance is based on next to nothing), great sets, and it's Brigadoon, which always feels like a nice warm hug of a musical to me. I liked this Jeff in particular a lot, too; really made me sit up and notice what a downer of an ending he gets in a way that the movie didn't. And the families all actually having their own unique tartans made it much easier to remember which old white guys were whose dads on the fly.
Cons: I got nothing, this made me really really happy. The animated deer in the forest backdrop was goofy looking?
What I Was Up To: Simply having a wonderful Christmastime at Niagara-on-the-Lake. I've wanted to check out the Shaw Festival for ages, since all the rich old people tend to hit it up along with Stratford, but I'm not a rich old person so I gotta be more selective and their Christmas plays just seemed like the perfect opportunity to branch out! And then there was a big long parade when nix and I got there!! With multiple marching bands!!
Verdict: I LOVED IT. Tommy and Fiona clearly being cast primarily for their singing ability made for a really neat contrast from the movie, where they were clearly cast primarily for their dancing ability, and both approaches kinda work equally well I think! Also Meg being an adorable slut is so much more fun than the boring, sanitized movie version. LET HER FUCK, MGM. Also our seats were close enough to pretty much see up all the kilts, good shit. LOVED IT.
seriously, look at this shit, so cool
Apparently the TV version with Robert Goulet and Peter Falk is on YouTube, I should watch that.
One of the service advisors got donuts for me and the porters specifically, aww. Christmas!!
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