You're gonna be bothered by how cool I am.

Nearly six months later, and I finally finished my write-up.

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Workin' for a Livin'
Have been working like a dog this past week. I don't know if I mentioned that one of the law firms I work at regularly has brought me on as a perma-temp. I haven't mentioned much personal stuff lately, but I can't tell you what a welcome difference it is to know how the bills will be getting paid for the foreseeable future. I work third shift, which makes for an unconventional body clock, let me tell you. In addition, I've done second shift all this week and will do three more days of it next week, covering someone's vacation for the other agency that gives me (less consistent) work. I worked out that this extra eight days should definitely cover BNAT expenses and put a nice dent in the rest of my holiday travel. I'm more grateful than I can say that, for now, things are fairly steady at last and I don't have to be afraid that I'll have to pack up and leave New York at a moment's notice. I've grown rather fond of the place. ;-)

Mark Reads HBP
Mark of "Mark Reads HP" is fast approaching the halfway mark in Half-Blood Prince. He's expressing some, ah, impatience for Ron and Hermione to "get on with it," which happies me greatly. He should reach "Felix Felicis" today, and I am anxiously awaiting his response to Zee Beast. He has been advised not to watch the film until after finishing Deathly Hallows, which I think is a good idea. I know they felt they had to do it, but the filmmakers (and Alan Rickman) definitely gave some pointed hints about where Snape's loyalties truly lie. I wonder if he'll dive right into DH or take a day or two to come down from the end of HBP.

Full DH Trailer OMG
Speaking of HP, I am very disappointed in you, flist, that I had to hear about the forthcoming full trailer for Deathly Hallows, Part I (going live this Wednesday!) from comingsoon.net on my Google feed. Are we a fandom or not?! :P I had almost decided not to look at anything else from the movie, because I wanted to be as fresh as possible, but I can't resist a trailer. Leaked scenes, I think I can do, though. Oh, and it occurs to me that this will be the first Potter film since ... the first Potter film where I won't have been at the midnight release. I could ask for the night off, of course, but as I'm still a temp, I'd lose a little over a hundred bucks in pay. I'd be sad about it, but I'll definitely be there at midnight for the last one - in the shadow of Hogwarts itself, in fact. Well, the one in Florida.

So Many Movies, So Little Time
And speaking of movies ... OMG there are five movies that I really want to see this weekend, but there will probably not be enough time to do them all, and there will be ZERO time next week, since I'll be doing double shifts through Thursday morning. On the absolute must list, though - Catfish, The Town, and Never Let Me Go (and I REALLY want to see Easy A, too, and I'd love to see Jack Goes Boating, but - GAH, WHERE IS MY TIME TURNER?!).

Wanderlust
I'm also contemplating one, maybe two, short trips next month. I had no idea until a few months ago that Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow were SO CLOSE. I'll probably go up there close to Halloween, hear the Legend told in the graveyard, walk the path that Ichabod Crane supposedly rode trying to escape the Headless Horseman, and just generally soak up the more rural side of New York State. I'm also seriously considering dipping down to D.C. for Jon Stewart's and Stephen Colbert's rally(ies).

Weekend commencing in 3...2...1...

Made it safely home (LATE last night) after a lovely but all too brief vacation.

( Viva Las Vegas )

THE PLAYS

( Thank you for my share of the favor, but I don't particularly like your way of getting husbands. )

( This looks not like a nuptial. )

( I THOUGHT THERE WERE ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE FOUR ACTORS! )

( Three thousand ducats, well. )

( Lay on, Macduff! )

Excellent plays, all, and an excellent trip. Next year the festival is doing A Midsummer Night's Dream, Richard III, and Romeo & Juliet, as well as (OMG) The Music Man. The artistic directors are Brian Vaughn (Mr. Collins/Hannay) and David Ivers (Benedick), which gives me an irrational level of delight. I wish I could go, but I don't know that it will be possible in addition to Orlando next summer. *looks to the sky and wishes for a large bag of cash to fall on head*

You can see all of my pictures - well, at least all the ones I uploaded, which is almost all of them - right here. But several of my favorite pictures are under the cut.

And here's as concise a summary as I can muster. :P

( Cut for length and pics. Probably not dial-up friendly. :P )

You can see all of my pictures - well, at least all the ones I uploaded, which is almost all of them - right here. But several of my favorite pictures are under the cut.

And here's as concise a summary as I can muster. :P

( Cut for length and pics. Probably not dial-up friendly. :P )

Part 1 - The Philadelphia Story
Part 2 - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Part 3 - Indulging in Equitation
Part 4 - Light the Kettle!
Part 5 - By the Power of Grayskull!

By this point in my vacation I was starting to wind down. I made the further mistake on this last day in London of wearing the wrong hosiery with the wrong shoes, which led to lots of wrong-rubbing and blisters, which did not wait until the end of the day to manifest. In fact, by about noon, my dogs were already ... barking.

Nevertheless, it was one of the better days I spent in London.

( Shopping, Peter Pan, and ZOMG Alan Rickman! )It's good to be home, and I'm not even thinking yet about when I want to go back...

But I most certainly do want to go back.

Part 1 - The Philadelphia Story
Part 2 - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Part 3 - Indulging in Equitation
Part 4 - Light the Kettle!
Part 5 - By the Power of Grayskull!

By this point in my vacation I was starting to wind down. I made the further mistake on this last day in London of wearing the wrong hosiery with the wrong shoes, which led to lots of wrong-rubbing and blisters, which did not wait until the end of the day to manifest. In fact, by about noon, my dogs were already ... barking.

Nevertheless, it was one of the better days I spent in London.

( Shopping, Peter Pan, and ZOMG Alan Rickman! )It's good to be home, and I'm not even thinking yet about when I want to go back...

But I most certainly do want to go back.

At this point in my trip I'd given up the possibility of doing everything I wanted to do and trying to cram everything in before I have to leave. So I decided to just do what I felt like doing and go at my own pace.

( Evensong, a Buddy Cop Flick, and the $%&@ing Tube )


Tune in next time when I'll be shopping, killing my feet, and ZOMG seeing Alan Rickman!

At this point in my trip I'd given up the possibility of doing everything I wanted to do and trying to cram everything in before I have to leave. So I decided to just do what I felt like doing and go at my own pace.

( Evensong, a Buddy Cop Flick, and the $%&@ing Tube )


Tune in next time when I'll be shopping, killing my feet, and ZOMG seeing Alan Rickman!