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Jan. 17th, 2010 11:22 pmYesterday, Mom and I went into the city, and we saw the Jane Austen exhibit at the Morgan Library, and then we saw Eddie Izzard at Madison Square Garden. The awesome is difficult to put into words.
Jane Austen:
1. The lady's handwriting is impossible to read. The typed excerpts from the posted letters were funny, though.
2. I bought a book! Is basically a handbook to Jane Austen's world. Should be a useful writerly resource. Also is funny.
3. I want J. P. Morgan's library. For serious. All I need is to become a multimillionaire...
Eddie Izzard:
1. This show is much more strident in its atheism than his previous routines. I was a little surprised; I'm not used to his stuff being so political. But it is FABULOUSLY FUNNY, SOCIALLY PROGRESSIVE ATHEIST political comedy, so is all good.
2. Eddie looks weird in "blokey mode"; i.e., with facial hair. o.O
3. All the time he was not onstage, such as during intermission and before the show, the jumbotrons next to the stage were running a Twitter feed on all the messages getting posted @eddieizzard. Was really funny. Guess Twitter has some use after all.
4. VELOCIRAPTOR JOKES YAY
5. Really hope this tour comes out on DVD at some point.
In other news:
1. Watching Heroes. Season 1 mindblowingly fabulous. Season 2 appears to have definitely gotten shafted by the writers strike (PLOT HOLES AHOY! WTF happened to Caitlin?). Season 3 getting somewhat back on track. Mr. Bennett driving me batty (YOU ARE NOT A FAMILY MAN, FUCKER. FAMILY MEN HANG OUT WITH THEIR FAMILIES SOMETIMES. YOU ARE A TRIGGER-HAPPY CONTROL FREAK WHO NEEDS A CAUSE FOR GOING CONTROL-FREAKY-TRIGGER-HAPPY ALL THE DAMN TIME). Sylar never getting fucking deaded for reals this time driving me batty (ALSO THE EYEBROWS. ALSO PEOPLE BEING ATTRACTED TO HIM. ALSO CHARACTERS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR MORE THAN ONE EPISODE STILL LETTING THEMSELVES BE EMOTIONALLY MANIPULATED BY HIS DITHERING EVEN THOUGH HE SOUNDS LIKE NOTES FROM A SIGMUND FREUD LECTURE). At least Arthur Petrelli appears to be deaded for reals. Now he drove me batty. Now if only Matt and Mohinder could stop playing Idiot Ball and bein' all mad at each other, I could watch the show without my blood pressure going through the roof.
2. I saw Sherlock Holmes three times in three weeks. I couldn't help it; it was awesome. I want to go see it again. I want to see the steampunk taser, and I want to watch them bicker about stealing each other's clothes. And the bareknuckle boxing match. Also, want Irene Adler's red dress. And her boots. Not sure why she was wearing heeled boots while otherwise in men's clothing, since I'm assuming the point of her wearing men's clothing was that women's clothing is designed to restrict women's motion and she needed to be able to move, but heels are designed to restrict women's motion too, so that's a fail in my book.
3. Am really totally not reading Mysteries of Udolpho at all. Oops.
4. Drivin' back to Worcester tomorrow and it's supposed to be crap weather, AAAAHHH.
5. DOLLHOUSE WTF *brain explodes* ZOMG GUYS THERE IS ONLY ONE MORE EPISODE EVER NOOOOOOO.
6. Burn Notice is waitin' for me in my mailbox at school.
7. My life is way too defined by the fiction I'm immersed in at any given time. HALP.
And I'm out. Goodnight!
Jane Austen:
1. The lady's handwriting is impossible to read. The typed excerpts from the posted letters were funny, though.
2. I bought a book! Is basically a handbook to Jane Austen's world. Should be a useful writerly resource. Also is funny.
3. I want J. P. Morgan's library. For serious. All I need is to become a multimillionaire...
Eddie Izzard:
1. This show is much more strident in its atheism than his previous routines. I was a little surprised; I'm not used to his stuff being so political. But it is FABULOUSLY FUNNY, SOCIALLY PROGRESSIVE ATHEIST political comedy, so is all good.
2. Eddie looks weird in "blokey mode"; i.e., with facial hair. o.O
3. All the time he was not onstage, such as during intermission and before the show, the jumbotrons next to the stage were running a Twitter feed on all the messages getting posted @eddieizzard. Was really funny. Guess Twitter has some use after all.
4. VELOCIRAPTOR JOKES YAY
5. Really hope this tour comes out on DVD at some point.
In other news:
1. Watching Heroes. Season 1 mindblowingly fabulous. Season 2 appears to have definitely gotten shafted by the writers strike (PLOT HOLES AHOY! WTF happened to Caitlin?). Season 3 getting somewhat back on track. Mr. Bennett driving me batty (YOU ARE NOT A FAMILY MAN, FUCKER. FAMILY MEN HANG OUT WITH THEIR FAMILIES SOMETIMES. YOU ARE A TRIGGER-HAPPY CONTROL FREAK WHO NEEDS A CAUSE FOR GOING CONTROL-FREAKY-TRIGGER-HAPPY ALL THE DAMN TIME). Sylar never getting fucking deaded for reals this time driving me batty (ALSO THE EYEBROWS. ALSO PEOPLE BEING ATTRACTED TO HIM. ALSO CHARACTERS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR MORE THAN ONE EPISODE STILL LETTING THEMSELVES BE EMOTIONALLY MANIPULATED BY HIS DITHERING EVEN THOUGH HE SOUNDS LIKE NOTES FROM A SIGMUND FREUD LECTURE). At least Arthur Petrelli appears to be deaded for reals. Now he drove me batty. Now if only Matt and Mohinder could stop playing Idiot Ball and bein' all mad at each other, I could watch the show without my blood pressure going through the roof.
2. I saw Sherlock Holmes three times in three weeks. I couldn't help it; it was awesome. I want to go see it again. I want to see the steampunk taser, and I want to watch them bicker about stealing each other's clothes. And the bareknuckle boxing match. Also, want Irene Adler's red dress. And her boots. Not sure why she was wearing heeled boots while otherwise in men's clothing, since I'm assuming the point of her wearing men's clothing was that women's clothing is designed to restrict women's motion and she needed to be able to move, but heels are designed to restrict women's motion too, so that's a fail in my book.
3. Am really totally not reading Mysteries of Udolpho at all. Oops.
4. Drivin' back to Worcester tomorrow and it's supposed to be crap weather, AAAAHHH.
5. DOLLHOUSE WTF *brain explodes* ZOMG GUYS THERE IS ONLY ONE MORE EPISODE EVER NOOOOOOO.
6. Burn Notice is waitin' for me in my mailbox at school.
7. My life is way too defined by the fiction I'm immersed in at any given time. HALP.
And I'm out. Goodnight!