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Cranky pants
Oct. 16th, 2007 03:52 pmI am a mess. Internally. Just cranky as can be. Resentful. Annoyed. And all of that makes me tired and lethargic and I've wasted an hour of my Study Time looking at a bibliography instead of actually reading. Sheesh. This foul mood will pass, thank god, and not quickly enough! I have put most of the books I am looking for on my wish list at BookMooch. But chances are good that no one has any of these. Even used many of these are expensive. The theology ones anyway. I have lots of other fun things on there too.
Externally life is good. Saw Sweeney Todd at the American Conservatory Theatre on Friday and it was awesome. Really worth seeing if you ever get the chance. I loved the crazy staging - everyone is on stage the entire time and the characters play multiple instruments. I liked the creepiness of the show and the flat out craziness of every character. The quality of the singing and acting was quite good too. Sondheim feels much like opera to me. He's a great bridge between modern opera and musical theatre. His scores are hard to sing, not overly melodic, require the audience to think, and there is next to no speaking.
Saw a preview for Rendition last night. The movies stars a host of good actors: Reese Witherspoon (who needs to be my friend - she is an unabashed feminist!), Jake Gyllenhall, Alan Arkin, Meryl Streep. While I agree with the message and politics of the film, and I found the film to be well made, I didn't find it engaging as a film. The pacing didn't suit me, I never got attached to any of the characters because the parts never went very deep, and I thought the ending to be weak and cut off. I have a few other criticisms but I don't want to spoil it for those of you who will see it. Still, it's good to bring this horrible subject to the general publics' attention.
Tonight I have to attend a lecture my boss is giving at the Jewish Community Center in San Francisco. I'm sure it will be very good, as my boss is an incredible teacher and speaker. Every time I hear him present anything - be it grant proposal or classroom lecture- I learn something about eloquence. Still, it's got all this ridiculous politics around it (donors will be there! ooooo!) and that makes me even more annoyed than I already am.
I shall spare you any more of this nonsense.
Externally life is good. Saw Sweeney Todd at the American Conservatory Theatre on Friday and it was awesome. Really worth seeing if you ever get the chance. I loved the crazy staging - everyone is on stage the entire time and the characters play multiple instruments. I liked the creepiness of the show and the flat out craziness of every character. The quality of the singing and acting was quite good too. Sondheim feels much like opera to me. He's a great bridge between modern opera and musical theatre. His scores are hard to sing, not overly melodic, require the audience to think, and there is next to no speaking.
Saw a preview for Rendition last night. The movies stars a host of good actors: Reese Witherspoon (who needs to be my friend - she is an unabashed feminist!), Jake Gyllenhall, Alan Arkin, Meryl Streep. While I agree with the message and politics of the film, and I found the film to be well made, I didn't find it engaging as a film. The pacing didn't suit me, I never got attached to any of the characters because the parts never went very deep, and I thought the ending to be weak and cut off. I have a few other criticisms but I don't want to spoil it for those of you who will see it. Still, it's good to bring this horrible subject to the general publics' attention.
Tonight I have to attend a lecture my boss is giving at the Jewish Community Center in San Francisco. I'm sure it will be very good, as my boss is an incredible teacher and speaker. Every time I hear him present anything - be it grant proposal or classroom lecture- I learn something about eloquence. Still, it's got all this ridiculous politics around it (donors will be there! ooooo!) and that makes me even more annoyed than I already am.
I shall spare you any more of this nonsense.