weekend

[cellio]

Last night tangerinpenguin, Steve, and Pam came over for dinner and gaming. We ended up playing Iron Dragon (after rolling a die due to indecision). Pam had not played before, but she picked it up quickly and did well. It was a fun game, and while I wasn't close to winning when Steve hit 250 points, I didn't feel like I had played a bad game.

Embla surprised me: she actually came into the dining room and accepted attention from Pam. Pam had never been to our house before and hadn't met Embla previously (I'm not sure if she's met the other two); Embla is generally very "shy" (read: reclusive) when dealing with anyone new (or a crowd of any significant size). She's been getting better, and this was another milestone. (I've had Embla for five years, and she was a two-year-old stray of uncertain background then. So she's lived most of her life with me and knows I'll take care of her, but she's still very skittish.)

Today we had lunch with ralphmelton and lorimelton. We geeked about D&D. :-)

Tonight Dani and I are going to see the Reduced Shakespeare Company in a show called "The Reducers". They're covering a large number of classic works of literature in a small amount of time. (I think the run time is a bit under 2 hours, including an intermission.) The reviews I've seen have been positive, so this should be fun. We ended up with free tickets, and they even look to be good seats! (I was trying to score free tickets for "Man of La Mancha" but missed and ended up with these instead. Which is fine.)

We saw their "Complete Works of Shakespeare in 43 Minutes", or whatever it's called, a few years ago, and that was a lot of fun except for one part that was in highly-questionable taste. But it's probably pretty hard to do a tasteful parody of Titus Andronicus, so I suppose that can be forgiven.

It looks like we're going to see LOTR on Erev Xmas.

Comments

[jeannegrrl.livejournal.com]

OOOh I love the Reduced Shakespeare Company. I saw their "Complete History of the Bible: Abridged" many years ago and cracked up. I also have their Complete Works of Shakespeare on tape - my favorite is the Othello Rap - I'm amazed at how accurate they were story-wise in a < 2min rap song! Hope y'all have a great time!

Jews, movies, christian holidays...

[goljerp]

It looks like we're going to see LOTR on Erev Xmas.
So far I have been invited, independently, to 3 groups of friends who were thinking about seeing LOTR on 12/25. Two of the groups actually melded together, but two groups of Jews going to see it doesn't sound quite as geeky. I'm going to pass, however, since I'll be travelling to my parents then... (My older sister's birthday is 12/26, and for some reason she chooses to go to my parents' house 'round then...)

On the evening of the 24th, I'm just joining a bunch of people from my minyan for pizza. Also, possibly, bowling.

RE Erev Xmas

[lefkowitzga.livejournal.com]

There's something warped about 'erev Xmas.' I like it. Let me know the logistics when they are determined. I'm eager to go and have the day off from work. It's a 'corporate' holiday, so I couldn't work it and use the day for something useful, like Rosh Hashana or Pesach.

I haven't seen Reduced Shakespeare live, but I've seen the tape of the Shakespeare performance and laughed myself silly. Titus Andronicus as a cooking show - as you said, given the material it probably isn't in poor taste. The Emeril impression was very good. How did you like the Literature show?

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

The RSC's Complete Works of Willm Shkspr (abridged) is also available as a very funny book.