Swan Lake with acrobats
All I will say is that the frogs at the beginning of this are not the coolest part of this Chinese production of Swan Lake, which pairs ballet and acrobats.
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Last minute change of venue
Hannah and the Hollow Challah is supposed to open tomorrow, but there’s this slight question of where. Apparently work on the theater means that the building will be closed tomorrow. We just found out yesterday that it might happen and today found out that it will happen. Thank heavens I built a touring set, eh?
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Almost finished with tech
It’s 2:40 am and I’ve just gotten home from the theater. For the first time in a week and a half, it’s not because of a crisis, but because we went out for drinks afterwards. I’m almost out of the woods. I think I’ll even begin to dive into the email piled up in my
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Dear Neighbor with the loud television
While I appreciate your desire to share, it is not necessary to have your television actually in the airshaft. Having said that, I will admit that it is interesting to hear the TARDIS materialize outside my window at 2 a.m. Some time travel would be useful this week. Sleep, however, would be more useful and
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I made a cake out of sponge
But you’ll have to wait until I’m finished with tech to see pictures of it. At least be happy I remembered to take photos. It’s a Battenberg cake, as specified in the script.
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How old do you feel?
At rehearsal the other day, someone said that the way you feel after an all-nighter is the way you will feel all the time twenty years from now. I feel eighty.
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Tiger Cat
Tech week is proceeding apace. Nearly out of the woods. Speaking of woods, here’s more canned content. One of the interesting things about moving is that one finds all sorts of things, like, say, a short story from 1978. I was nine years old. Here is an excerpt with the original spelling and punctuation. It’s
Swearing, Cursing, Cussing and Insulting in 181 Languages!
You guys are getting canned content, because I’m dead tired. Here’s a site I spotted a while back, which is in the same general theme as my question yesterday. This falls into the category of a great resource, but at a cost.Swearsaurus has billions of insults in multiple languages but the ads that show up
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Help, please: How big are pounds?
Specifically, what are the dimensions of British 10 and 20 pound notes? Thanks! Googlefu is failing. Edited to add: A hearty thank you to Sean, who found the info for me.
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I have blood on my hands
Zesty, mint flavored blood. That’s right, it’s time for another show with blood. The effects in this show are significantly easier, which makes me a happy camper. One stabbing and one razor cut. All fairly run of the mill. BUT. I’m in tech week for two different shows for the next week. I will be
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I am running for SFWA secretary, now with banner!
For those of you just tuning in, here’s a link to my platform. Please feel free to ask me questions here or there. The code for the banner, should you be willing to pass it around is: <a href=”https://maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/i-am-running-for-sfwa-secretary/”><img src=”https://maryrobinettekowal.com/MRKforSecretary.gif” alt=”Mary Robinette Kowal for SFWA secretary” /></a>
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A paper puppet meets a certain end
This is a beautifully manipulated short with a paper puppet. Now, I have to say that though I think this is really well done, it disappointed me. Let’s sum up. Puppet comes to life. Discovers world. Discovers that it is a puppet. Dies. I was really excited when the video started, because it is beautifully
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An Entire Apartment’s Furniture in One Small Box
By now you know my love of things folding. This box is an amazing design. Casulo, the brilliant, modular setup designed by Marcel Krings & Sebastian Mühlhäuser, hides furnishings enough for an entire room — or, heck, an entire apartment — in a small 31″x47″ (that’s 80 cm x 120 cm) box. Two people can
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March Fourth + Shadow Puppets = Awesome!
March Fourth Marching Band has this amazing music video with shadow puppets that I’m totally in love with. Should you have any doubts about watching it, you should know that one of the title cards says, “Meanwhile in Deep Space…” How can you pass that up? Seriously. This is one of the hottest uses of
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Shakespearean Pie
A mashup of Hamlet and American pie which amuses us. A long, long time ago I can still remember How, alas, poor Yorick’s jokes drew groans He’d dance and sing and kiss my hand Like Elsinore was Neverland But then he went and joined the Skull and Bones