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Young Frankenstein, Sweet Rush, and St. Francis
Which is basically my weekend in a nutshell.
Baked a cake for the chaplain. And it worked! Cakes aren't really my forte, and I wasn't sure why. But this time it worked successfully. I baked the layers in separate cake pans, which meant I didn't have to cut layers in half. I usually frost cakes too soon, but this time I let it sit/cool overnight. And then I forced myself to be patient in the making of the chocolate ganache. So why weren't cakes my forte? Because I lacked patience. I feel there's an analogy for something bigger in there.
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bad_influence and I went down to Providence to see Young Frankenstein. The three leads were the same who originated the roles on Broadway and it was phenomenal. Plus, how can you dislike a Mel Brooks musical? It was funny, the costumes were great and heavily Polish influenced costumes for the Transylvanian villagers. :)
Saturday drove to NYC for the NY Film Festival and the Tatarak/Sweet Rush premiere. Stayed withlabellelabete and it was great fun as always to see her. She joked that we see each other more now than ever, with her living in NYC and me being in Boston. It's funny, but multiple visits to New York reinforce its distinctive character as a city to me and while I think there's many great things about it, I think it'd be too exhausting for me to live there. Not sure I really want to be a big city person - but it is nice to visit.
The movie premiere was great fun, the film was deep and avant garde and very characteristic Andrzej Wajda - it reminded me of some of his trippier stuff. There was family lunch before the movie, and then bars and late dinner afterwards and then more drinks. It was more social than I've been in months - or just a different kind of social, perhaps. Very odd and unusual. It was lots of fun, involved me digging out my French at the bar and meeting a cute South African actor and some cool South Indian guys. (Which made me think of certain rp chars).
Sunday was an early brunch and then driving back to Boston. Managed to catch all three kitties and take them to church to get them blessed for the Feast of St. Francis. They managed to behave and were very good. So all three kitties are now blessed. Amusingly, Harley was a bit freaked out at first, but once I started doing the first reading, Harley calmed down to the sound of my voice. Very odd and heartwarming.
Today I've been off my game emotionally - weird and not sure if it's hormonal or what. Trying to balance self-care and to do lists. Not always easy.
Had a long talk with my mother tonight, which didn't go too badly. Came close to sharing some things, but didn't quite manage to. Will probably happen soon though. Anyways, time to enjoy some defragging.
Baked a cake for the chaplain. And it worked! Cakes aren't really my forte, and I wasn't sure why. But this time it worked successfully. I baked the layers in separate cake pans, which meant I didn't have to cut layers in half. I usually frost cakes too soon, but this time I let it sit/cool overnight. And then I forced myself to be patient in the making of the chocolate ganache. So why weren't cakes my forte? Because I lacked patience. I feel there's an analogy for something bigger in there.
Anyways, friday night
bad_influence and I went down to Providence to see Young Frankenstein. The three leads were the same who originated the roles on Broadway and it was phenomenal. Plus, how can you dislike a Mel Brooks musical? It was funny, the costumes were great and heavily Polish influenced costumes for the Transylvanian villagers. :) Saturday drove to NYC for the NY Film Festival and the Tatarak/Sweet Rush premiere. Stayed with
labellelabete and it was great fun as always to see her. She joked that we see each other more now than ever, with her living in NYC and me being in Boston. It's funny, but multiple visits to New York reinforce its distinctive character as a city to me and while I think there's many great things about it, I think it'd be too exhausting for me to live there. Not sure I really want to be a big city person - but it is nice to visit. The movie premiere was great fun, the film was deep and avant garde and very characteristic Andrzej Wajda - it reminded me of some of his trippier stuff. There was family lunch before the movie, and then bars and late dinner afterwards and then more drinks. It was more social than I've been in months - or just a different kind of social, perhaps. Very odd and unusual. It was lots of fun, involved me digging out my French at the bar and meeting a cute South African actor and some cool South Indian guys. (Which made me think of certain rp chars).
Sunday was an early brunch and then driving back to Boston. Managed to catch all three kitties and take them to church to get them blessed for the Feast of St. Francis. They managed to behave and were very good. So all three kitties are now blessed. Amusingly, Harley was a bit freaked out at first, but once I started doing the first reading, Harley calmed down to the sound of my voice. Very odd and heartwarming.
Today I've been off my game emotionally - weird and not sure if it's hormonal or what. Trying to balance self-care and to do lists. Not always easy.
Had a long talk with my mother tonight, which didn't go too badly. Came close to sharing some things, but didn't quite manage to. Will probably happen soon though. Anyways, time to enjoy some defragging.