More Pottering

So, happy birthday to me. My main present was a nasty cold. Still, I managed to get out to see the opening of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire with a bunch of friends. Talk about making me feel old. Spoilers in comments. Let the discussion begin.

Nightmare before Christmas

Ok. I know I've been in rehearsals for a Christmas show since September and am therefore possibly more sensitive to this issue than others, but I find it horrifying that there is not one but TWO radio stations in the Portland area that are already playing Christmas music 24/7 through Boxing Day. I don't think there should be Christmas music before Thanksgiving. And certainly not before my birthday. Next year they will probably start before Halloween!

Waiting for Darcy

Well, there's a new attempt at Pride and Prejudice on the big screen.

Spoilers in the comments. Chime in when you've seen it.

I can't believe my friend I went with had NEVER seen, read, barely heard of P&P before tonight. I've clearly been a terrible friend to have over looked that. We'll be scheduling a viewing of the mini-series shortly.

I recently went to see a play version which I absolutely adored. It was developed by Book-It Theatre in Seattle and they did not re-write the book into a stage play but rather edited it down. So every word spoken was as it was in the book. There were characters speaking about themselves in third person or narrating a scene but it worked wonderfully!

Can there ever be too much Austen???

Happy Anniversary!!!!

Mom and Dad got married 38 years ago today! Love you guys!

Nice knowing ya!

Sorry for the silence. Halloween was a bust and I'm still too bummed to blog about it.

However, I got an early birthday present (#1 on my list followed by Firefly on DVD and the special edition Office Space - with flair)from my parents under the heading of "if I don't get it now I won't be able to play it until sometime in December" because of the show I'm working on.

So, I excitedly load it on my laptop while listening to the CD that came with the super-spiffy pre-order edition only to discover that my system can't handle it. I need a 128 graphics card. Seems mine is only 16. Doh!

I tried it on my mother's newer laptop (newest in the famliy) and it runs...barely (we think she has a 32). But she's been really great and loaning me her computer for the nights I have free before Thanksgiving and we enter tech. So, I'm off to "build a civilization to withstand the test of time" (It's narrated by Leonard Nemoy so try to imagine him saying that).