Baaaaaby....

[charliesmum]

My niece has a name. Evangeline Jane. She is beautiful, naturally.

I'm fairly certain I had other interesting things with which to regal you all, but I can't remember what it is.

Oh, I know...Did I mention I am going to New York this Sunday to see Patrick Stewart in Macbeth? 'Cause I am! I am very excited. Patrick Stewart! As Macbeth! Can it get better?

Well, Patrick Stewart as Claudius and David Tennant as Hamlet would be pretty fraking awesome, but I don't think that is going to happen any time soon. Sigh.

So. Yay for Macbeth. I said we ought to stand by the stage door and hand Patrick Stewart a poster for OUR play. Just for fun.

I am excited for the next Doctor Who. Agatha Christie. I remember reading somewhere that she actually tried to have her husband killed by framing him for her own murder, but I don't know if that's true, or an urban legend.

Yes, I'm rambling now. I'm tired. the downstairs neighbors had some sort of flaming row at 3am and woke me up. It was scary. Downside of not having a house.

Anyway...have a nice weekend everyone.

Comments

[katje0711.livejournal.com]

I'm so jealous! When are you going to see Macbeth? You should totally meet Patrick Stewart!

Congrats on your new niece!

[slammerkinbabe.livejournal.com]

Wait, you're going to see Macbeth on Broadway?!

OMG, I am SO JEALOUS, you DON'T EVEN KNOW.

Oh my God. I want more than anything ever in the history of the world to take a Chinatown bus down to NY and meet you. And I can't -- we're broke and my brother's graduation party is Sunday -- and I want to cry!

I am going to try to pick myself up out of the depths of despair /Anne Shirley, so I will note that Evangeline Jane is a truly lovely name.

[chavvah.livejournal.com]

Uh, you missed the part about PATRICK FREAKIN' STEWART.

[slammerkinbabe.livejournal.com]

You missed the part about I'm not a Star Trek fan and the only thing I know Patrick Stewart from is when he played Frasier's would-be gay lover in the final season of Frasier. :) I'm sure he's great, but I have no natural squee-response to him.

[slammerkinbabe.livejournal.com]

Also, YOU HAVE TO STAGEDOOR. And YES, give him a flyer for your show. Make a wry crack about it as you do it so he won't think you are going to be expectant about his showing up. But that's funny, and gthen you can do all your performances with that exciting sense of "Patrick Stewart MIGHT be in the audience RIGHT NOW!"

Also, PLEASE tell me how Macbeth is. Seriously, that's amazing -- Stewart and the woman playing Lady Macbeth both have Tony noms and it's just a stunning theatrical experience, obvs., and I would KILL to be going with you...

[king-duncan.livejournal.com]

Here's my review from the sold-out performances at BAM, just before it moved to Broadway. Yes, genius show.

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

We'll meet someday. Really Boston isn't THAT far from Jersey. I'm going to get there soon. Meanwhile, I just hope you feel better.

And I am still looking forward to finding out how to be a lesbian. :)

[slammerkinbabe.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm sorry I haven't made that post yet. I just haven't felt up to it in the last week. I was looking forward to it, too. But then there was that crazy flamewar on my journal, which made me hesitant to be sarcastic about *anything*, even a horrid faux-psychology book from the '60s, for fear someone would flame my ass off again. And then... well, you know the rest. I promise I will get better soon and inform you and everyone else what the proper way of becoming a lesbian is, according to Albert Reissner. :) Hint: being abused by your parents in childhood is really the best way, but if such is not possible, try to get a butch lesbian in good standing to ravish you violently, and once that's happened it is likely you will be caught in the quicksand of lesbianism (he uses this phrase, so I know it must be the proper scientific term) and unable to escape. A good way to find such a butch lesbian is to go to a lesbian bar in Greenwich Village. You can recognize them by the fact that they wear men's clothes, they have big hands and deep voices, and they swear a lot. If you wear a pretty, girly dress, they will be drawn to you as moths to a flame, and the ravishing will take care of itself.

It sounds like you may have some additional plans for this weekend's trip to New York! :) Clearly you should go to a gay bar in Greenwich Village, and then when I make my post about that part of the book, the description of the gay scene in Greenwich Village, you can offer personal anecdotes. Not that I doubt that it differs in ANY particular from Reissner's depiction, but it is always useful to have firsthand information. If you do not wish to be ravished, you can always just dress as a man, and then everyone will know you are not to be hit on. He recommends "quadruple-wide ties" and slicking your hair back with Brylcreem.

Oh, and one last note of caution: under no circumstances are you to wear Suspants. I do not know what they are. But they drive butch ravishers MAD.

[katje0711.livejournal.com]

You better let me know when you are coming to Boston!!

How to be a lesbian? LOL

So, will you get Patrick's autograph for me?? *doe eyes* LOL

[katje0711.livejournal.com]

I see you live in Cambridge. I hopped a bus out of Boston to go meet my fave actor in Feb. Twas awesome!

[chavvah.livejournal.com]

OMG I AM SO JEALOUS.

When I found out Patrick Stewart was in MacBeth I nearly died. I wish I could go! If you don't stand by the stage door to meet him, I will never forgive you. Make it so!

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

Hee...Make it so...I'm gonna try, but my friends are less fangirly than I, so I don't know.

[chavvah.livejournal.com]

Do it! When I went to see Geraint Wyn Davies in My Fair Lady, the person I was with really didn't want to go to the stage door afterwards, so I went on my own, and I am so happy I did. He was super nice (and I think relieved that I didn't mention Forever Knight--I was the only one!).

[slammerkinbabe.livejournal.com]

Seconding what chavvah says. I love stage dooring and when my companions don't want to stage-door, well, I'll see them back at the hotel later. The only exception is if it's late and no one I really care about is in the show. But someone like Patrick Stewart -- especially in a show where he's got a Tony nom? STAGE TO THE M'F-IN' DOOR.

[gipsy-dreamer.livejournal.com]

Evangeline Jane is such a pretty name. Will there be pics soon? *hopes so*

And Patrick Stewart... *drool*! No idea what it is about bald men but he is super hot!

Thanks for adding me by the way, lovely to meet you :)

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

My Adipose says hi! :)
I'm sure there will be pics very soon. There'd have been some already but I forgot my camera. Dur.

[crossbow1.livejournal.com]

Patrick Stewart! As Macbeth! Can it get better?

r94un[0vqwu4eqaru3n0[4q8!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gehayi.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the new baby! (Are her parents Longfellow fans?)

Here's something about Agatha's disappearance in 1926:

Why did Agatha Christie mysteriously disappear?

Agatha in a fugue state?

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

Thanks for those links! I'd read the story originally in Paul Harvey's "The Rest of the Story" and he does tend to exaggerate.

Also...apparently the Doctor Who episode has to do with the story. So cool!

[king-duncan.livejournal.com]

Patrick Stewart as Claudius and David Tennant as Hamlet

No? I just listened to the American Theatre Wing's podcast interview with PS from a week ago and he seemed to think that was a go for next year.

...or did you mean you probably won't see it because it'll be across the pond?

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

It's across the pond. *frowny face*.

[yelena-r0ssini.livejournal.com]

I HATE YOU SO MUCH.

In the best possible way, of course.

[placeboweek.livejournal.com]

Hello!

I just wanted to let you know I added you as an LJ friend. I know you through dragonwhishes and I think your entries are well-written and interesting.

Also, I am very jealous that you are getting to see Patrick Stewart in a Shakespeare play. I'll be in NYC on Sunday, too, but I'll probably be going to the aquarium. :)

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

Hi! Nice to meet you. Am friending you back. Stay tuned to hear about the play and Patrick Stewart!

[hihankara.livejournal.com]

ZOMG Patrick Stewart. Love him!

*drools*