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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 22, 2021 16:55:15 GMT
Just leaving this here
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 21, 2021 18:54:56 GMT
I wouldn't drink any of them but might apply paint the colour of B2 or C2 to my walls!
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 19, 2021 20:30:35 GMT
The filming, the camera angles etc were pretty good, the filming of the piper was worthy of an Oscar, but they cant get the commentary right at these events, can they? I found the filming of the piper slightly disconcerting because the audio & video didn't go together at one point. The sound was evidently being recorded by a fixed microphone so we could hear him moving away. However the camera zoomed to follow him part of the time. So for a few seconds sonically he was moving away but visually wasn't, which I found a disconcerting mis-match.
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 17, 2021 15:43:55 GMT
I found the procession beforehand more moving than the actual funeral service. Between Nimrod, Jerusalem, Abide With Me, etc. I got through several hankies.
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 17, 2021 15:42:21 GMT
And I am definitely in the camp of hating Marmite. For someone who hates so many foodstuffs, I oddly don't mind Marmite. I rarely eat it but would if, for instance, I was visiting someone & was offered it. I find it funny that the food that is the definition of love or hate is one of the few foods that I neither love nor hate!
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 16, 2021 21:07:11 GMT
39 of the items I wouldn't eat at all. Milk & coconut I wouldn't eat on their own, only as part of recipes. Apples I will only eat cooked. Yogurt I only really like one flavour of one particular brand. Do I need to go on or have I won this one?!
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 16, 2021 11:27:46 GMT
A pity it doesn't look like this is being streamed, as I'd like to see it but can't possibly go to Leicester next month.
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 12, 2021 19:49:52 GMT
I suppose ENO should be looking at their production scale and considering vast reductions as well give that apparently it's not commercially viable anymore, right? The state of ENO's finances and the scale at which it should operate have been bones of contention in the opera world for decades!
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 12, 2021 16:03:52 GMT
Depressing seeing all the media & social media coverage of things re-opening on the same day as being told we have to do pre-operative self-isolating for the next 2 weeks (not me being operated on). Not that I was intending to visit anywhere that has just re-opened but it's still depressing to know I can't even if I did want to.
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 11, 2021 21:44:57 GMT
I don't mind older Cosette, just the young one, and even she wouldn't be as bad if Castle On A Cloud wasn't in the score. Young Eponine isn't nearly as annoying, being silent!
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 11, 2021 18:51:02 GMT
If a bottle of bleach was included in a delivery then yes I would bleach it.
I don't know why but none of the supermarkets we use have had thin bleach in stock for months so today I had to use thick bleach instead. I discovered that thick bleach is much foamier than thin bleach. There was foam dripping all over the kitchen!
Have you considered Dettol spray Dawnstar ? I feel it would probably be more of a hassle spraying Dettol on each item then using a cloth to wipe it all over than to use a cloth dipped in diluted bleach like I currently do.
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 11, 2021 18:47:26 GMT
anything by Gavroche. Am I the only person quite pleased when he's shot? No, but if Cosette was stood close enough for their to be a ‘bullet went straight through’ type scenario, that would be doubly advantageous. Which age Cosette? if the child one I would definitely be up for this! "Castle On A Cloud" almost always sounds off-pitch to me.
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 10, 2021 20:03:01 GMT
Do you bleach the bleach? If a bottle of bleach was included in a delivery then yes I would bleach it.
I don't know why but none of the supermarkets we use have had thin bleach in stock for months so today I had to use thick bleach instead. I discovered that thick bleach is much foamier than thin bleach. There was foam dripping all over the kitchen!
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 10, 2021 20:00:43 GMT
I had a ticket for this last year but sadly don't think I'm likely to be able to get to Leeds for it this year, given it's about 3 hours each way by train for me. It might depend on when exactly "summer" turns out to be. I would really like to see Quirijn de Lang as Frederik in particular.
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 10, 2021 17:29:33 GMT
At least I've managed to do the Waitrose delivery bleaching this afternoon, even if it was rather uncomfortable.
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 10, 2021 14:00:11 GMT
That's almost exactly how it happened for me, except I woke up at 01:30. I tried working for a bit but then gave up. I still felt bad first thing the following morning — more exhausted than ill — but it wore off fairly quickly after that. I had a couple of dizzy spells when I got up this morning but am now feeling a bit better, though my left arm is still painful. Did you have AstraZeneca too? I've read that AstraZeneca is supposed to be worse the first time & not as bad the second time so at least that's something.
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 9, 2021 19:31:47 GMT
Went to bed at midnight last night feeling okay. Woke up at 2am aching all over & I'm still aching all over now. It's like flu aching but I don't seem to have a temperature, which is slightly odd. Really hoping it wears off before tomorrow afternoon. If my body is this hacked off at having the covid vaccine I'm so glad I managed to avoid getting real covid, as that would presumably feel a lot worse.
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 9, 2021 12:10:08 GMT
I'm very relieved that this will be occupying the Vaudeville over the summer. When I saw that Magic Goes Wrong wasn't re-opening until October I was afraid Mischief might fill in with Mischief Movie Night. So I'm thrilled that instead it's a play that I don't want to see!
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 8, 2021 21:04:30 GMT
Today I came across a discussion on the subject of choc ices. I remember as a child I was always terribly disappointed in choc ices. The concept sounded great, but the ice cream was rarely better than adequate and the coating tasted like it was made by someone who'd once had chocolate described to them but didn't really understand the point of it. Thin sheets of brittle brown plastic. Ice cream Mars bars, on the other hand, are wonderful. That's what choc ices should have been. Dammit, now I want some ice cream. This is a stupid time of the day to be reminded of ice cream. As a child I liked the standard choc ices. I once tried a Mars ice cream & it was far too rich for me, as indeed ordinary Mars bars are. I would never try a deep fried one!
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 8, 2021 19:07:38 GMT
peggs As long as I don't get a fatal blood clot then yes!
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 8, 2021 18:36:07 GMT
Had a very last-minute jab this afternoon. Phone call at 4.38pm & I reckon the needle was stuck in just after 5pm! So relieved to have had it, though worrying about side effects (& hoping any I have go away by Saturday afternoon, when I'll have a Waitrose delivery to bleach).
PS In case anyone is wondering, no I am not over 50 but I have been given it in advance of my age group to protect a family member who has recently received a serious medical diagnosis.
PPS AstraZeneca
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 1, 2021 16:52:07 GMT
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 1, 2021 12:23:37 GMT
I'm very pleased to see there will be a streaming option. We had tickets for this last summer but I do not think we are likely to feel safe travelling all the way from Cambridge to Chichester this summer, so being able to see it streamed will, while not the the same as seeing it live, be better than nothing.
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 1, 2021 12:21:51 GMT
It smacks of that ITV Loose Women mentality where they’d have topless blokes coming on with birthday cakes and Denise Welch or Jane McDonald shouting “Ey look at this girls!” at the audience. I find it strange & sexist that this sort of thing, objectifying men, is still considered acceptable by the some of the same people, including the media, who consider objectifying women to no longer be considered acceptable. To have secxual equality surely it has to be acceptable to either objectify both sexes or (preferably) neither.
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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 29, 2021 11:38:17 GMT
I slept badly the night before last & even worse last night. This is the result!
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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 27, 2021 15:17:29 GMT
Once features a Hoover. I wish all musicals did... Carrie going to the ball on a Henry? Ah yes, the classic musical-theatre prop hoover. Little West End easter egg, a hoover features in every show, you just need to look reeeeealy hard. The Play That Goes Wrong already ticks this box. There is a very brief appearance by a hoover at the start of Act 2.
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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 26, 2021 16:40:36 GMT
In the original Grimms fairytale, there is no fairy godmother. Originally the magic came from a tree planted in memory of Cinderella's mother, which I think Cinderella waters with her own tears... Anyway, she prays under said tree every day. Then on the night of the ball, she sits under the tree and wishes for clothing, which is then dropped from the sky by a passing white bird and which she has to return before sunrise. Wheeldon's ballet version of Cinderella, that ENB did in 2019, had a version of this, but it was elaborated with the corps de ballet representing the four seasons to make it a big ensemble number. There were many fabulous costumes & it was visually very attractive.
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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 25, 2021 22:05:54 GMT
Once I’m vaccinated and feel like going back to theatre is safe for me I'm waiting for this too. I don't know when I'll be vaccinated. It might not be until July, or even later with all the vaccine supply problems. So I can't book anything yet. I assume those who have lots of shows booked are either over 50s who have been vaccinated or under 50s who aren't afraid of covid.
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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 22, 2021 17:11:45 GMT
Definitely less in the short term. For starters, I'm not booking anything until I've either been vaccinated or at least have a vaccination booked. When I finally feel able to book, not having worked for a year, I don't have much money so won't be able to book loads of tickets.
In the longer term I'm not so sure about amount but I think it likely that the change in the tpe of theatre I see, that I noticed in the couple of years before lockdown, may well continue. There isn't a single big upcoming new West End musical that I am particularly interested in seeing & hasn't been for quite some time. Looking at my theatregoing list, the last big musical I saw was The King And I, in the WE in August 2018 & on tour in February 2020, and that can hardly be described as new. The, fairly small number, of other musicals I've seen during that period have been either fringe productions or concert performances. All the rest of my theatregoing 2018-20 has been opera, ballet, improv & plays (mostly Mischief & now Bank Robbery has closed I'll be seing less Mischief as Magic is not my thing). I can only assume I'm getting too old for modern musicals, as many of them seem to be about issues that I do not wish to watch musicals about. Prices do not help either: a decade ago I might have taken a punt on something with cheap ticket; today I don't want to pay up to £100 for a seat near enough for short-sighted me to see the acting.
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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 21, 2021 22:54:35 GMT
Jeez, no wonder you’ve never been back! 😂 Admittedly it was far from the best Bond but I don't think there was a direct correlation! It was more that I'd started to get interested in theatre, especially opera, and in 2004 started regular theatregoing so I preferred to spend my time & money on that rather than going to the cinema. Not that I went to the cinema that often before 2002 either. Films on the big screen have always been too big & loud for my taste, ever since I was terrified by Ursula the Sea Witch the first time I went to the cinema aged about 6.
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