With cat-like tread (thump!) upon our prey we steal! (crash!)

[timeripple]

(Let's get the sane post out of the way first, shall we?)

cadragongirl came to stay with me again last weekend! There was much rejoicing. There was also a condition attached to her use of my floor space: she would have to watch the first episode of the Japanese Hana Kimi.

Of course, I saw no reason to inform her of that beforehand.

Thursday some of us had gone to see The Pirates of Penzance at MIT. It was much fun, and we stuck around to say hi to mistyivy and gush about the costumes (which were fantastic!). The Pirates of Penzance is a favorite of M’s, so we went early on Saturday and scored tickets to the final performance. We enjoyed it very much, although (being the expert that she is) she complained that the guns weren’t cocked. I laughed at her for being picky and forced her to listen to HMS Pinafore when we got back to The Garret. I had Penzance stuck in my head for the rest of the weekend. Luckily I have the Kevin Kline and Linda Ronstadt recording to help me with that.

Somehow I actually finished both my papers too.

I do not understand why Linda Ronstadt suddenly bursts out with “Sorry Her Lot” in the middle of the second half of Penzance, though. I really do not. Can anybody explain this to me?


The Other Paper roundup:

I think I kind of love Disastrous Proposal scenes. Pride & Prejudice. The Lamplighter. The Perilous Gard. Is there no end to the hilarity?

Of course, then TPG goes all genuinely emotional, but creepily as all hell. And the creepiest thing about the creepy way it does that is that it’s STILL REALLY ROMANTIC, OKAY?

In other news, The Wide, Wide World is the creepiest thing I've ever read.

Comments

[mistyivy.livejournal.com]

Thanks for coming to see my show!! Probably Linda Ronstadt just wanted to sing Sorry Her Lot and the lyrics are sufficiently vague that it could be fit into almost any G&S show. Also, they randomly insert the patter trio from Ruddigore during the paradox scene in the movie.

[timeripple.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha, I bet you're right. It IS kind of vague.

I'm definitely coming to the next G&S too! :D

[cadragongirl.livejournal.com]

yay pirates! mistyivy was wonderful - as were the costumes. all in all much fun, aside from little things that only i would notice. thanx again to timeripple for putting me up for a weekend. much enjoyment as usual.

as for hana kimi jp, that was rather underhanded, especially since it was something i had been resisting, but i must say, SO incredibly much better than hana kimi tw, & that's just from watching the first episode. i'll have to finish it at some point, but currently have 3 that i'm working my way through. will let you know when i do & then we can squee & comment together. still waiting on your feedback about chun-hyang, btw.

[timeripple.livejournal.com]

I couldn't just stand by and let you be inhibited by the awfulness of Hana Kimi tw! Now that you know it's SO MUCH better, you can look forward to watching it whenever you have time, instead of dreading it and not watching at all. Think of all the ridiculousness you would be cheating yourself out of! The ROV references! The shenanigans! Nakatsu!