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Jan. 10th, 2013 02:32 pmOh dear, quite a hiatus since my last post. What have I been doing?
I've been in that odd frame of mind where it's easier to read (somewhat mindlessly) and not go to the effort of making a response. Rarely have I been so grateful for the Kudos button, which means I don't feel quite so guilty about enjoying a story and not having the wherewithal to say so to the author.
I have been busy trying to get some organisation for 'The Mikado' done, including going to auditions and then scrambling around for people to fill the parts for which we don't have any volunteers. Man. One of these years I'd love to direct a show that lots of people really, really want to do, and have no shortage of candidates. This is not one of these years.
Plus, I've been revisiting the Olympics. I got the BBC's Olympics dvds and the C4 Paralympics set for Christmas. It's all very Brit-centric, of course—I dunno if they've released other versions for otherwhere in the world, probably not—but it's remarkably exciting. I remember watching That Saturday with![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
ephemera and nopseud, and how surprised we all were by our own involvement. I begin to understand the hockey mania that has infused my friends list on LJ—the emotions that sport rouses are quite addictive. Naturally, the broadcasters play these up as far as possible, but there are *so* many inspiring stories, so many huge emotional peaks—I quite often found my chest welling up with reaction to something, and dammit, it isn't even live!
It was also very interesting watching the Olympic Opening Ceremony with a commentary by Danny Boyle, who was in charge of devising it. There's all kinds of detail in there that you just don't have time to pick up on a first viewing. Plus that incredible dancer in the Paralympic Opening Ceremony. Straight to the heart, that one.
Well.
Okay, now I've been revising the rehearsal schedule, and it's time to get back to some fannish stuff. A catch-up on the Snowflake Challenge.
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I've been in that odd frame of mind where it's easier to read (somewhat mindlessly) and not go to the effort of making a response. Rarely have I been so grateful for the Kudos button, which means I don't feel quite so guilty about enjoying a story and not having the wherewithal to say so to the author.
I have been busy trying to get some organisation for 'The Mikado' done, including going to auditions and then scrambling around for people to fill the parts for which we don't have any volunteers. Man. One of these years I'd love to direct a show that lots of people really, really want to do, and have no shortage of candidates. This is not one of these years.
Plus, I've been revisiting the Olympics. I got the BBC's Olympics dvds and the C4 Paralympics set for Christmas. It's all very Brit-centric, of course—I dunno if they've released other versions for otherwhere in the world, probably not—but it's remarkably exciting. I remember watching That Saturday with
ephemera and nopseud, and how surprised we all were by our own involvement. I begin to understand the hockey mania that has infused my friends list on LJ—the emotions that sport rouses are quite addictive. Naturally, the broadcasters play these up as far as possible, but there are *so* many inspiring stories, so many huge emotional peaks—I quite often found my chest welling up with reaction to something, and dammit, it isn't even live!It was also very interesting watching the Olympic Opening Ceremony with a commentary by Danny Boyle, who was in charge of devising it. There's all kinds of detail in there that you just don't have time to pick up on a first viewing. Plus that incredible dancer in the Paralympic Opening Ceremony. Straight to the heart, that one.
Well.
Okay, now I've been revising the rehearsal schedule, and it's time to get back to some fannish stuff. A catch-up on the Snowflake Challenge.
( Day three: )
( Day four: )
( Day five: )
( Day six: )
( Day Seven: )
( Day Eight: )
( Day Nine: )
( Day Ten: )