I've been listening to Tom Jones lately. I guess it's because I heard 'It's Not Unusual' on an episode of Will & Grace. Gosh, I love that show.
Of course, loads of people, myself included, think of this video when they hear 'It's Not Unusual'...
Oh, Carlton.
I've been struck with menstrual cramps, which isn't fun. Yesterday I had a pain in my side, but that might have been because my period was coming up. Nevertheless, not fun.
I went to the library on Saturday and picked up the tenth Fruits Basket and a couple of CDs. I haven't listened to the CDs yet, but the Fruits Basket is funny. I actually have no DVDs from the library, because I watched Fantastic Mr. Fox and took it back, and I had no DVDs to pick up. I thought I'd be getting The Blind Side and An Education soon, but I haven't yet. And I don't want to reserve anything until after the new items get added, so that I can reserve things that are on order.
I've been working on characters for my crime novel, jotting down little facts. It's going okay.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Humidity, Tim Curry, and a finished dishcloth.
It's ridiculously hot outside. We've been putting on the air conditioner a lot this week. I remember having to wear a light jacket this time of year to set off fireworks on Victoria Day!
So last night, Tim Curry was on the season finale of Criminal Minds. Normally I don't watch that show, because it's a bit too creepy for my liking, but I watched this episode because Tim Curry is awesome :) The episode was creepy-cool. Tim makes a good villain, and I always like a good villain. It made me feel like working on the crime story I started a while ago. I'd like to work on that again. When we were watching it, there was one character that said something like "I told myself to be strong..." and Mom said, "And try to hang on!" like in 'Don't Dream It', from Rocky Horror ;P It was rather funny.
I finished my dishcloth last night, and took a photo of it this morning...
So last night, Tim Curry was on the season finale of Criminal Minds. Normally I don't watch that show, because it's a bit too creepy for my liking, but I watched this episode because Tim Curry is awesome :) The episode was creepy-cool. Tim makes a good villain, and I always like a good villain. It made me feel like working on the crime story I started a while ago. I'd like to work on that again. When we were watching it, there was one character that said something like "I told myself to be strong..." and Mom said, "And try to hang on!" like in 'Don't Dream It', from Rocky Horror ;P It was rather funny.
I finished my dishcloth last night, and took a photo of it this morning...
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Rocky Horror - on stage!
I saw my very first stage production of Rocky Horror last night! It was brilliant! It was at a theatre downtown - not a huge production like in Toronto or New York, but it was still great. This post will have some swearing and R-rated mature content, so proceed with caution, and don't let little kids read it ;)
My parents surprised me, so I didn't dress up. Katie had come up to give Mom her birthday present (today is her birthday - happy birthday, Mom! :D), and we went out to our favourite Mexican/Central American restaurant. I had a bad stomachache and heartburn from dinner (I overate a little), so I was panicking about where the hell we were going. I honestly thought they were going to take me to a tattoo parlor or something! But I was pleasantly surprised when we were walking towards the theatre and Mom pointed to one of the Rocky Horror posters and said, "Look! Look at what you're going to go see!"
They were selling party packs and t-shirts in the lobby, but we wound up not getting any - I think they stopped selling them after the show. We had fabulous seats: dead centre, and I think eighth row. There were people in the row in front of us that knew some other folks in the row behind us, and they were chatting before the show. The actors playing Columbia, Magenta and Riff Raff were dressed as ushers and were walking through the aisles with flashlights, chatting with the audience and handing out glowsticks (our row wound up not getting glowsticks for some reason - I think they ran out), and the actor playing Riff Raff was shining his flashlight at people and quizzing them on audience participation lines. He'd say, "What do you yell when someone says 'Brad'?" And people would yell back, "A**hole!" "What do you yell when someone says 'Janet'?" "Slut!" "And what do you yell when the narrator appears?" "BORING!" It was pretty fun. Out of those three, I only knew 'slut' for Janet, because I'm used to Mom yelling 'no-neck' for the narrator when we watch the movie, because Charles Gray wore a suit with a very tight collar that didn't show his neck. The only other audience participation line I knew was 'Say it!' for the 'I see you shiver with antci....." part, before Frank says '...PATION."
When the show was just about to start, the actor playing Riff Raff got up onstage and did a little intro to tell us where the bathrooms were, using his flashlights to point the way; asked us to not throw anything onstage, etc. Partway through, he said, "I know we have some virgins here, ooohhh!" and shined his flashlight around. I didn't see any virgin sacrifices, and I wasn't sacrificed. Actually, I'm surprised Mom didn't yell "We have a virgin here!" when we arrived!
The show was awesome. I really liked the actor that played Frank - he was rather cute, and very cool. And the actor playing Rocky was so buff! I loved the whole cast. I tried my best to keep up with the audience participation, but I forgot 'slut' a few times, and I kept forgetting 'a**hole'. But I tried to yell 'BORING!' when the narrator appeared, and when Frank said "I see you shiver with antici...." I yelled, "SAY IT!" with everybody else before he finished, "...PATION." Dad really got into it, too, and Mom was yelling and singing so much she went a bit hoarse. Mom and I were both a bit stuffed up from springtime allergies, Mom more so than I, so Mom was already a bit gravelly. I heard some interesting AP (audience participation) lines. When Riff Raff told Janet "You're wet," somebody yelled "YOU'RE ALWAYS WET, JANET!", or something like that. It was freakin' hilarious. My favourite one was when, just before Frank was supposed to say "Come!" (I think it was just before the floor show scene), somebody yelled something like, "What's your favourite flavor protein shake?" and the actor playing Frank actually broke out of character for a few seconds! I don't think he was expecting that! And then he said, "Come!" (get it? ;D) and I nearly fell over laughing.
And during 'Planet Schmanet Janet', Magenta continued singing "You're a hot dog, but you'd better not try to hurt her, Frank N. Furter!" after the band stopped playing, and Frank yelled, "Shut the f**k up!" It was hilarious!
I really liked how they did some of the more tricky scenes, like the bedroom scene (which was funny beyond words), and the pool scene in the floor show, and the driving scene (also funny beyond words). And both acts went by so fast - there was no lull at all. It certainly didn't feel like two-ish hours! It was just so awesome. During the Time Warp, I had to stand up because EVERYBODY was dancing, and I couldn't see by sitting! So I made Mom get up and do the Time Warp with me ;D It was tricky, because the rows were so narrow, so we couldn't do a full 'jump to the left, step to the right', but we managed the pelvis thrust okay ;) At the end, after the actors took a bow (I yelled, or perhaps screamed, a little when Frank came back out), we all did the Time Warp again. It was just so freakin' awesome.
As we were walking to the car, my hands were tingling from all the clapping, and Mom's voice was really hoarse. I was a little croaky, too - and my shirt was drenched under the armpits! I wore the blue floral shirt I got at Winners when I went with Mom and Katie a few months ago (I think I mentioned the shirt before) with my brown belted shorts.
If we get tickets for another show, I want to dress up. I have a red lamé buttoned shirt that's a tad big on me, and a black sleeveless dress to go overtop of it, so I can go as a party guest. I have a black catsuit dress from an old Halloween costume, too, but it's a bit too small and I put it in a bag for Value Village. I still have it, though. Or I might be able to find a sequined jacket and go as Columbia, or I can buy a French maid costume just before Halloween and go as Magenta. Even easier, I could go as Janet - I have a modest dress that's a bit big on me - it was my mom's old dress, a white cotton dress a blue and purple flower print. All I'd have to do is find a belt to cinch up the waist and a sunhat, and voila! Mom was saying about maybe getting four of us together for their ladies' night package. I hope we can do that someday.
Wow, this post is really long. My right arm is beginning to hurt, and I think my fingers are tingling a little! I'll close now, and I might write more about Mom's birthday in another post. Peace :)
edited to add little things I forgot :p
My parents surprised me, so I didn't dress up. Katie had come up to give Mom her birthday present (today is her birthday - happy birthday, Mom! :D), and we went out to our favourite Mexican/Central American restaurant. I had a bad stomachache and heartburn from dinner (I overate a little), so I was panicking about where the hell we were going. I honestly thought they were going to take me to a tattoo parlor or something! But I was pleasantly surprised when we were walking towards the theatre and Mom pointed to one of the Rocky Horror posters and said, "Look! Look at what you're going to go see!"
They were selling party packs and t-shirts in the lobby, but we wound up not getting any - I think they stopped selling them after the show. We had fabulous seats: dead centre, and I think eighth row. There were people in the row in front of us that knew some other folks in the row behind us, and they were chatting before the show. The actors playing Columbia, Magenta and Riff Raff were dressed as ushers and were walking through the aisles with flashlights, chatting with the audience and handing out glowsticks (our row wound up not getting glowsticks for some reason - I think they ran out), and the actor playing Riff Raff was shining his flashlight at people and quizzing them on audience participation lines. He'd say, "What do you yell when someone says 'Brad'?" And people would yell back, "A**hole!" "What do you yell when someone says 'Janet'?" "Slut!" "And what do you yell when the narrator appears?" "BORING!" It was pretty fun. Out of those three, I only knew 'slut' for Janet, because I'm used to Mom yelling 'no-neck' for the narrator when we watch the movie, because Charles Gray wore a suit with a very tight collar that didn't show his neck. The only other audience participation line I knew was 'Say it!' for the 'I see you shiver with antci....." part, before Frank says '...PATION."
When the show was just about to start, the actor playing Riff Raff got up onstage and did a little intro to tell us where the bathrooms were, using his flashlights to point the way; asked us to not throw anything onstage, etc. Partway through, he said, "I know we have some virgins here, ooohhh!" and shined his flashlight around. I didn't see any virgin sacrifices, and I wasn't sacrificed. Actually, I'm surprised Mom didn't yell "We have a virgin here!" when we arrived!
The show was awesome. I really liked the actor that played Frank - he was rather cute, and very cool. And the actor playing Rocky was so buff! I loved the whole cast. I tried my best to keep up with the audience participation, but I forgot 'slut' a few times, and I kept forgetting 'a**hole'. But I tried to yell 'BORING!' when the narrator appeared, and when Frank said "I see you shiver with antici...." I yelled, "SAY IT!" with everybody else before he finished, "...PATION." Dad really got into it, too, and Mom was yelling and singing so much she went a bit hoarse. Mom and I were both a bit stuffed up from springtime allergies, Mom more so than I, so Mom was already a bit gravelly. I heard some interesting AP (audience participation) lines. When Riff Raff told Janet "You're wet," somebody yelled "YOU'RE ALWAYS WET, JANET!", or something like that. It was freakin' hilarious. My favourite one was when, just before Frank was supposed to say "Come!" (I think it was just before the floor show scene), somebody yelled something like, "What's your favourite flavor protein shake?" and the actor playing Frank actually broke out of character for a few seconds! I don't think he was expecting that! And then he said, "Come!" (get it? ;D) and I nearly fell over laughing.
And during 'Planet Schmanet Janet', Magenta continued singing "You're a hot dog, but you'd better not try to hurt her, Frank N. Furter!" after the band stopped playing, and Frank yelled, "Shut the f**k up!" It was hilarious!
I really liked how they did some of the more tricky scenes, like the bedroom scene (which was funny beyond words), and the pool scene in the floor show, and the driving scene (also funny beyond words). And both acts went by so fast - there was no lull at all. It certainly didn't feel like two-ish hours! It was just so awesome. During the Time Warp, I had to stand up because EVERYBODY was dancing, and I couldn't see by sitting! So I made Mom get up and do the Time Warp with me ;D It was tricky, because the rows were so narrow, so we couldn't do a full 'jump to the left, step to the right', but we managed the pelvis thrust okay ;) At the end, after the actors took a bow (I yelled, or perhaps screamed, a little when Frank came back out), we all did the Time Warp again. It was just so freakin' awesome.
As we were walking to the car, my hands were tingling from all the clapping, and Mom's voice was really hoarse. I was a little croaky, too - and my shirt was drenched under the armpits! I wore the blue floral shirt I got at Winners when I went with Mom and Katie a few months ago (I think I mentioned the shirt before) with my brown belted shorts.
If we get tickets for another show, I want to dress up. I have a red lamé buttoned shirt that's a tad big on me, and a black sleeveless dress to go overtop of it, so I can go as a party guest. I have a black catsuit dress from an old Halloween costume, too, but it's a bit too small and I put it in a bag for Value Village. I still have it, though. Or I might be able to find a sequined jacket and go as Columbia, or I can buy a French maid costume just before Halloween and go as Magenta. Even easier, I could go as Janet - I have a modest dress that's a bit big on me - it was my mom's old dress, a white cotton dress a blue and purple flower print. All I'd have to do is find a belt to cinch up the waist and a sunhat, and voila! Mom was saying about maybe getting four of us together for their ladies' night package. I hope we can do that someday.
Wow, this post is really long. My right arm is beginning to hurt, and I think my fingers are tingling a little! I'll close now, and I might write more about Mom's birthday in another post. Peace :)
edited to add little things I forgot :p
Thursday, May 20, 2010
I need to post more often...
Hi there. Sorry for not posting for nearly a week, lol. I just keep forgetting.
I went to Michaels on Saturday, and... I actually got yarn! There was a skein of Red Heart Collage in the 'Rust' colourway in the clearance shelves, so I grabbed it. They had more Collage in another colour, but I wanted to only get one skein in case I didn't like it much. I think I'll like knitting with it, though - I might make a hat.
I saw a rabbit in the backyard the other day, and I got scared when Smiles started chasing it. It got away, though. I had seen the rabbit (I think it was the same one, anyway) in the garden before, a few months ago I think. I think I may have seen two, even.
That's all, I think. I try and come up with a slightly more original post next time.
I went to Michaels on Saturday, and... I actually got yarn! There was a skein of Red Heart Collage in the 'Rust' colourway in the clearance shelves, so I grabbed it. They had more Collage in another colour, but I wanted to only get one skein in case I didn't like it much. I think I'll like knitting with it, though - I might make a hat.
I saw a rabbit in the backyard the other day, and I got scared when Smiles started chasing it. It got away, though. I had seen the rabbit (I think it was the same one, anyway) in the garden before, a few months ago I think. I think I may have seen two, even.
That's all, I think. I try and come up with a slightly more original post next time.
Friday, May 14, 2010
'Nother recap
Sorry for not posting. Still a bit busy.
Mom and I made some progress with cleaning/organizing yesterday. We went through a storage tub of books and magazines and put some aside for a yard sale, then we went through the cookbooks. We still have to clean off the dining room table, though - hopefully in a week or two, I'll be able to do my GED work at the table.
Speaking of GED work, I haven't done that in a couple of weeks, and Mom got on my case about it again. The only places I can work are in the living room (which is noisy) and my room. My room is the basement, so I hear everybody's footsteps, which is rather annoying. Plus, my table is a tip, and it's cold down there, AND I have two storage bins (one for yarn, one for blankets) to work around, AND there's a cat tunnel thing I have to work around. So yeah, GED stuff can wait a bit. I can't take the prep courses until the fall anyway!
I also haven't knit in a few days, which is a bit odd. I started a dishcloth for one of the HPKCHC assignments (which I probably already mentioned), and it's nearly halfway done, I think.
I watched the season finale of The Vampire Diaries last night, and it was EPIC :)
ETA: I moved my 'Links' box up below the 'Books I'm Reading' box, and added a link to this blog's commenting guidelines. Please read them before you comment. Thanks! :)
Mom and I made some progress with cleaning/organizing yesterday. We went through a storage tub of books and magazines and put some aside for a yard sale, then we went through the cookbooks. We still have to clean off the dining room table, though - hopefully in a week or two, I'll be able to do my GED work at the table.
Speaking of GED work, I haven't done that in a couple of weeks, and Mom got on my case about it again. The only places I can work are in the living room (which is noisy) and my room. My room is the basement, so I hear everybody's footsteps, which is rather annoying. Plus, my table is a tip, and it's cold down there, AND I have two storage bins (one for yarn, one for blankets) to work around, AND there's a cat tunnel thing I have to work around. So yeah, GED stuff can wait a bit. I can't take the prep courses until the fall anyway!
I also haven't knit in a few days, which is a bit odd. I started a dishcloth for one of the HPKCHC assignments (which I probably already mentioned), and it's nearly halfway done, I think.
I watched the season finale of The Vampire Diaries last night, and it was EPIC :)
ETA: I moved my 'Links' box up below the 'Books I'm Reading' box, and added a link to this blog's commenting guidelines. Please read them before you comment. Thanks! :)
Saturday, May 8, 2010
MAJOR recap time!
Sorry for the lack of posts. I've been crazy busy! Justin (my cousin) is staying with us for the summer, and we've been sorting stuff for a yard sale, so I just kept forgetting to post.
So the spring/summer term of the House Cup has begun again. I wanted to aim for two complete projects per month, but that might not happen, lol. I started a dishcloth for one assignment, and I may start a keyhole scarf for another, but I'm not sure.
Went to see Grandma today. I stupidly wore a short-ish skirt in cold, windy weather, so I was cold going into the nursing home. Good thing they keep the home warm!
I tried to wrap Mom's Mother's Day gift, but I messed up because I set it on the paper upside-down and tried to fix it, which was unnecessary, but whatever. I'm a fussbudget. So Dad had to wrap it, and cut one of my bedsheets in the process because I stupidly tried wrapping it on my bed. Luckily, I have a spare sheet for tonight, and my parents bought me a new sheet set.
I watched Toronto FC's match against Chicago Fire. They won 4-1! Needless to say, I was very happy.
So the spring/summer term of the House Cup has begun again. I wanted to aim for two complete projects per month, but that might not happen, lol. I started a dishcloth for one assignment, and I may start a keyhole scarf for another, but I'm not sure.
Went to see Grandma today. I stupidly wore a short-ish skirt in cold, windy weather, so I was cold going into the nursing home. Good thing they keep the home warm!
I tried to wrap Mom's Mother's Day gift, but I messed up because I set it on the paper upside-down and tried to fix it, which was unnecessary, but whatever. I'm a fussbudget. So Dad had to wrap it, and cut one of my bedsheets in the process because I stupidly tried wrapping it on my bed. Luckily, I have a spare sheet for tonight, and my parents bought me a new sheet set.
I watched Toronto FC's match against Chicago Fire. They won 4-1! Needless to say, I was very happy.
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