weekendses

[burntcopper]

Spent saturday going through history tabs in Opera. Tomorrow, hopefully going to get through more of it... (look, it's healthier than still having them around)

Merlin was so much SQUEE. We actually got Morgana doing stuff! Being allowed to act! (apparently she has had scenes this season, they just ended up on the cutting room floor due to time. MUTTER.) Everyone did the Mordred squee. Fandom seriously loves Asa Butterfield. Not sure how we're going to cope when he reaches teenhood.

Watched Strictly, in which i spent a lot of time bitching about Ali and yelling 'sympathy vote!' at Leila. And introducing mum to the Chris Hollins love by showing her the Charleston vid, and she was not disappointed when it was his dances this time. Also getting whiplash from Craig being *nice* on occasion about someone other than Ali. Both of us giggled over Bruno and Len and went 'Darcy really needs to guest judge more often'. Coments about posture and crappy back muscles are always welcome. Bette Midler awesome. Argentine Tango from Vincent and Flavia was good, it's just that it's too show-type for me. Possibly because my opinions about Argentine Tango were formed by watching street performers up close, films like The Tango Lesson, Evita and Tango Por Dos's old skool. Where it's all about the control and precision and chemistry, where everyone raises an eyebrow at showy lifts. Tango Por Dos is a touring company, comprised of the Voncent and Flavia type younger performers who do lots of lifts and so on, which is very nice and impressive, but then the old guys come on and everyone's mesmerised.

Spent today packing for trip to Falmouth. This evening, off to watch Daniel Boys, Julie Atherton, Oliver Tompsett, Leanne Jones et al do a Christmas in New York concert at the Prince of Wales. Still can't believe I never went to see Notes from New York previously.

Comments

[artela.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I thought Darcy was the biggest waste of space - that chair could have been filled so much better by someone with a showdancing or ballroom dancing background!

[gmh.livejournal.com]

She was a pretty good sport about the April Fool's joke a bunch of people-who-shall-remain-nameless-cough-but-including-a-certain-journalist cooked up back in 2001 for her website (the webmaster may have been among the conspirators!) - you can still find the occasional reference to it.

(It gives you a lovely warm evil feeling to be able to debunk the story categorically to your colleages by going 'I know it's false because I was there when it was cooked up; I don't care what the Sun and the Standard say!')

[samphirette.livejournal.com]

I really can't stand Ali. She may well have technique but I can't warm to watching any of her dances as she's too clinical and tedious.

Hoping for a Chris and Ricky final.

[sephirayne.livejournal.com]

I missed the past couple of weeks of Strictly so its nice to read your review about it. No clue who I would like to win. I just enjoy seeing the dances and the sparkly outfits (yes one of the few times I'm a total girl! lol!).