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Nov. 14th, 2025 09:47 pm1. Watched part of the Public Theater's presentation of Shakespeare's Twelth Night that premiered at the new theater in Central Park, this summer.
Didn't see it - for two reasons: 1) there were lines at all locations at 4 am in the morning and 2) no time. Also, I've seen Twelth Night about five times? And I'm not crazy about it. It's among Shakespeare's famous comedies, although I like "As You Like It", "Much Ado About Nothing", and "Midsummer Night's Dream" more.
It aired on Great Performances around 9pm, and will most likely be re-aired at some point, also on PBS Passport.
( brief review )
2. Fall is creeping along in NYC - we're experiencing a late fall. There are still green leaves and yellow leaves on many of the trees outside my window for example, there are still flowers about, and red leaves. It's pretty actually. It's normally not until after Thanksgiving that the leaves are gone, and snow arrives.
Struggling with blood sugar issues and balance issues today for some reason. I feel just a little off or dizzy.
3. Angel and Buffy Rewatch
I've completed the four episode Faith Arc now that arcs through Buffy S4 episode This Year's Girl/Who are You to Angel S1 episodes FivebyFive/Sancturary.
The Angel episodes are better - but that's mainly because Angel S1 has a better arc than Buffy S4, and there's no Adam. Also, Faith works better with Angel and Wes than Giles and Buffy, partly because Angel and Wes are trying to redeem themselves, while Giles and Buffy aren't.
The best of the four episodes is actually the last one, which is co-written by Tim Minear and Whedon, and unlike Whedon, Minear gets the whole redemption angle. Whedon struggles with it and slips into Daddy Issues or Mommy Issues. Minear doesn't. So in Angel, we get a little less of that - although it is readily apparent in Five by Five, which isn't Minear's episode, but written by Jim Kouff and possibly Jeanine Renshaw. The difference between the two episodes in regards to writing - is night and day.
( Read more... )
4. Finished reading Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik finally - and, the writing style didn't work for me. I liked the story and characters well enough, jus got bogged down by the writing style (which I've discussed in previous posts). Too many first person point of views.
Moving on to The Lady's Guide to Mischief and Mayhem.
Didn't see it - for two reasons: 1) there were lines at all locations at 4 am in the morning and 2) no time. Also, I've seen Twelth Night about five times? And I'm not crazy about it. It's among Shakespeare's famous comedies, although I like "As You Like It", "Much Ado About Nothing", and "Midsummer Night's Dream" more.
It aired on Great Performances around 9pm, and will most likely be re-aired at some point, also on PBS Passport.
( brief review )
2. Fall is creeping along in NYC - we're experiencing a late fall. There are still green leaves and yellow leaves on many of the trees outside my window for example, there are still flowers about, and red leaves. It's pretty actually. It's normally not until after Thanksgiving that the leaves are gone, and snow arrives.
Struggling with blood sugar issues and balance issues today for some reason. I feel just a little off or dizzy.
3. Angel and Buffy Rewatch
I've completed the four episode Faith Arc now that arcs through Buffy S4 episode This Year's Girl/Who are You to Angel S1 episodes FivebyFive/Sancturary.
The Angel episodes are better - but that's mainly because Angel S1 has a better arc than Buffy S4, and there's no Adam. Also, Faith works better with Angel and Wes than Giles and Buffy, partly because Angel and Wes are trying to redeem themselves, while Giles and Buffy aren't.
The best of the four episodes is actually the last one, which is co-written by Tim Minear and Whedon, and unlike Whedon, Minear gets the whole redemption angle. Whedon struggles with it and slips into Daddy Issues or Mommy Issues. Minear doesn't. So in Angel, we get a little less of that - although it is readily apparent in Five by Five, which isn't Minear's episode, but written by Jim Kouff and possibly Jeanine Renshaw. The difference between the two episodes in regards to writing - is night and day.
( Read more... )
4. Finished reading Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik finally - and, the writing style didn't work for me. I liked the story and characters well enough, jus got bogged down by the writing style (which I've discussed in previous posts). Too many first person point of views.
Moving on to The Lady's Guide to Mischief and Mayhem.