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(This is a /now page, listing out the stuff that's going on with me at the moment. If you have your own site, you should make one too.)
What's happening?
๐ญ I really like the Mischief Theatre group, who make all the 'Goes Wrong' plays and spinoffs. We saw their latest production 'Thespians' this past weekend, a musical comedy about the origins of acting. It's was... pretty good. I enjoyed it, though a lot of it felt like a series of in-jokes for actors.
๐ I had a tasty Turkish barbecue takeaway afterwards so it was a good Saturday all-in-all.
๐ธ Popped over to see youngest niece and nephew on Sunday. Three-year-old niece remains a lovely, lively, happy little girl who wants attention and thinks everything is very funny. I love spending time with her. Nephew's a few weeks old and is at a stage now where he's willing to be held while looking around, and it was lovely just walking around with him a bit and chatting to him while he stared at me. It's really nice being an uncle.
๐ถ I feel out of the loop with new music at the moment. I heard 'Anywhere' by Ratboys a while ago though and it's very good and very catchy.
๐ Started reading 'The Unconsoled' by Kasuo Ishiguro and... I don't know about it. It's a very long book written to be deliberately disorientating, and I can't tell if it's really clever and I love it or if it's obtuse and I hate it.
๐บ Somehow we ended up watching 'Dante's Peak' on Sunday night. An odd choice, and an odd film. The effects on it are incredible - massive, practical special effects which make the action so real and immersive. The plotting and dialogue is very ropey though. A Film Of Contrasts.