Busy Weekend is Busy.

[orangerful]

Very full weekend. Saw King Lear at the Shakespeare Theatre in D.C. starring Stacy Keach as Lear, but the entire cast was fantastic. Apparently it was originally done in Chicago by the guy who runs the D.C. theater loved the production so much that he had them put it on here. They set the play in a Yugoslavia-type country and it worked really well. Very disturbing and depressing, as King Lear should be. After that, AD's mom came over to our place and stayed the night. AD made yummy fish and chips. AND BONUS profita rolls (or however you spell that...let me just say - pastry + ice cream + chocolate sauce = happiness)

Today we showed off our blu-ray player to AD's brother, Al. He was impressed. Sony should send us some commission because he's sold. After that we went over to the mall for lunch and ended up seeing "The Hangover" (short review: so wrong, so right. Longer review later).

Now we're home and waiting for it to be True Blood time. This week is short because of the July 4th holiday. I also have next Monday off, because of furlough days. I'm excited for the 4-day weekend but also sorta bummed about the no pay thing. I'm going to be a good girl and hold off on my iPhone purchase until August (yeah, I'm not even going to pretend to shop around anymore, just need to ask my mom if its okay to slip $30 into the current family talk plan we have).

OMFG - I GOT FIRST PLACE, BEST CROP, and MOD'S CHOICE @ karastillness - clearly I was in the zone for that last week. Too bad I have nothing for truebloodrumble. I could try to throw something together quick, just to get the points, but I'm not feeling the caps or the requirements this week.

Comments

[colls]

congrats on the karastillness wins!

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[faeriesfolly.livejournal.com]

GO YOU!!

I am also jealous of dessert and The Hangover and King Lear.

CARRY ON.

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

King Lear should come with a ticket to see The Hangover because after all that tragedy you really need something as ridiculous as all that haha.

[marshmallow.livejournal.com]

Woo!! Congratulations!! :D

But yikes.. kids in The Hangover?? Talk about "so wrong." Yeesh.

Wow though.. that sounds like a really cool take on King Lear.. I always find it so interesting to see the different approaches directors take with Shakespeare. It doesn't always work, but it's never dull. ;)

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

yeah, at first I assumed they were in the wrong theater because Transformers was next door, but then they STAYED! And they were little, but old enough to understand on some level what was happening on screen. I was a bit disgusted but what can you say?

King Lear was amazing. I love the Shakespeare Theatre in DC, they are always putting on this great interpretations of Shakespeare plays that just make me fall in love with the stage. Lear was exhausting though. I needed a nap afterwards, I don't know how the actors turned around and did it all over again 3 hours later!!!