We went to see the new Phantom of the Opera movie, which is a film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Broadway show. It’s really quite wonderful. That was the third time I’ve seen ALW’s Phantom (once on West End, once a travelling show, and this one), and while vocally Gerard Butler (the Phantom) has nothing on Michael Crawford, he was very good in his own right, and I thought Emmy Rossum was the best Christine, both vocally and, er, actorly, that I’ve seen. Patrick Wilson as Raoul was vocally so-so,…
snotty-nosed human
Blargh. I seem to have come down with a cold in my nose, or something. Copious amounts of snot. Blargh! We went to dinner at my parents’ house last night, along with my sister and Gavin and Breic, and my friend Sam Perera from high school. Sam is Sri Lankan and was an exchange student at KCHS, and then went to UAF, where I re-met him, and he’s now a UN person in Afghanistan. I hadn’t seen him in probably ten years, so that was really cool! I’ll post some…
Lemony Snicket
Ted and I met up with Jai (and didn’t meet up with Shaun and Mary (Shaun’s sister)) and we all watched Lemony Snicket together (except not). In its defense, I will say that it is *exactly* like the books. Which means I thought it was a clever idea poorly implemented, making for a flat, boring and vaguely irritating movie. It is moderately possible that had it not had Jim Carrey in it, it would have been bearable, because everyone else was wonderfully cast, but most of it was dull and…
wow, that was good
We had a big get-together/birthday part over at Allison and Marge’s place, as Deirdre, Gavin and Breic came in last night and last Wednesday was Breic’s second birthday. So Ted made fondue (swiss and cheddar) to go with bread and vegetables, and we had snow crab with garlic butter as the main course, then dark chocolate and semi-sweet chocolate fondue with fruit and candy to dip. It was SO GOOD! SOOOOO good! AND we left all the candy over there, so there’s no more for us to binge on. Ahahah.…
sweets
Things I have learned about sweets in the last 48 hours: 1. I will eat them if they’re there, whether I’m hungry or not 2. They make me feel icky when I eat them 3. They utterly kill my appetite for real food, but because they are in no way nutritional, I find myself foraging for something to eat, which ends up being more sweets 4. My husband thinks I’ve poisoned him. :) 5. That I would be much happier if I got all this stuff out of the house…