time and relative dimension in space

I'm listening to the demo for A Gentleman's Guide To Love And Murder and oh my God Raul Esparza singing "It's Better With A Man" is my new favorite thing.

Also it's been twenty days since I last posted anything, so, uh. I suck. Total fail. I have no excuse except that I've had nothing to talk about except self-hatred and nobody wants to hear that, so. Sorry. I have also been failing at commenting. Trying to get better. Mid-year resolution?

Someone send me some motivation. It doesn't have to be for anything specific, just motivation in general.

Please?

So, uh, yesterday's post-of-actual-content didn't happen. Sorry about that; I wound up crashing out early.

On the plus side, the upward trend of feeling better continues. If the rate of improvement stays steady I should feel legit healthy by Monday? Maybe?

Mostly I'm now annoyed at myself because I missed the talking_chess livestream/party. I was looking forward to that. :|

Ughh, I don't know why I suck at updating LJ, but apparently I do.

This is mostly an RL post, so feel free to scroll past.

( not as much whining as most of my RL posts )

Wish me luck?

(I am also, at some point, going to resume my Great Doctor Who EDA read, and tackle another TV show from my Shows I Haven't Yet Watched list, and, you know, try to write fic again, but I'm putting those projects off until I have more fannish energy.)

Do you ever get into that state of mind where the longer you put something off the harder it is to motivate yourself to do it? Yeah. Sorry about that.

I'll try to put up a 100things post later tonight, because for the life of me I can't think of anything with actual content to post about right now.

I'm really frustrated by the fact that I continue to have nothing to talk about, but, um, I continue to have nothing to talk about. :| So here's my, what, every-other-week post?

Um. I've started reading The Hunger Games because I need to continue my trend of only picking up popular media well after everyone else in the world. I'm enjoying it so far, so, yay?

The cast recording for Once has officially been released, and it is brilliant, and you should all go listen to and buy it now. I can't stop listening to "Sleeping". It's all just different enough from Glen and Mar's versions to make it Their Own while still being faithful to the source and I love it. I desperately want to get to New York and see this show live. (Um, how many times have you heard me say that about different shows? WELL I MEAN IT about all of them but especially this one do really well on Broadway please Once.)

I've been watching Smash? I don't know if I'd mentioned that before. But I've been watching it, and enjoying it in a cheesy melodrama sort of way. Megan Hilty = ♥, of course. I spend large portions of each episode wondering why I'm supposed to be rooting for Karen, who apparently believes that ensemble work is beneath her and acts completely unprofessional ninety percent of the time. And then there's singing! :D

The new season of Being Human is holding my attention more than I thought it would! Which, you know, I should have expected, since it's Being Human. But my brain was going "NO MITCHELL, NO GEORGE, NO NINA :(" and making sadfaces all over the place and not expecting to be drawn in as much. But I am! Hal and Tom are both lovely and Annie continues to be her fab self. Yay, show, you survived a major cast change few shows would be able to survive.

This feels like an awkward note to end a post on, but I can't think of anything else, so, uh, yes.

Recursive: 40,209. So that's not going to badly.

I've shelved One Spared To The Sea for the time being. I don't know, something else might happen with it, but not at the moment.

In other news, Ion is having a marathon of old Psych episodes, so that's making me happy. ♥

So I kind of disappeared on you all. I'M SORRY! For rls, yo. But we moved into the new place on Sunday (and it is FANTASTIC and I love having a kitchen and actual rooms and omg yay) and we were supposed to get Internet installed on Monday but with one thing and another and Verizon cutting Cox's cables, we couldn't get our net access working until today. More specifically, just now. Damn, it feels good to have Internet back. ♥

I'm sorry!

I missed you guys!

So I have deathplague! Deathplague here being my generic name for any illness that makes me feel hellish. I have no idea what the actual name of whatever I have is, I just know that it's messing with my lungs and throat and things connected to my sinuses.

Anyway, because I have a Work Ethic (and because I know that calling out would screw up everyone else's schedules in complicated ways) I went into work regardless. And I made it through, although many people were watching me with alarm at various points and halfway through the last show my voice gave out completely and the SM had to finish calling spot cues. But I made it. That's the important bit.

And because of that whole annoying Work Ethic thing, I'll wind up doing the same tomorrow, with or without voice. :/ But at least tomorrow I'll be a spot op and not ME, so I won't have to talk as much.

And now I'm going to drink a lot of orange juice and suck another cough drop and go to bed early.

Disjointed liveblogging thoughts on the Tony Awards:

- I love and adore NPH, but he's really in danger of overexposure and I wish he'd scale it back a bit.

- We're headed for a Book Of Mormon sweep, it looks like. As expected, tbh. I'm still hoping Scottsboro Boys will get something to take home, though.

- The Catch Me If You Can performance was fun. Which is good, because it's a fun show! They probably should've picked something that showcased Aaron more. (The fact that Frank Abagnale, Jr., was in the audience? DUDE. ♥ That earns you points, CMIYC.)

- SPIDERMAN: TURN OFF THE DARK JOKES WILL NEVER NOT BE FUNNY.

- The BoM sweep continues...

- It amuses me that they're just calling it 'The Mother With The Hat'. I get why they can't say the full name on CBS, but I was rather expecting them to star it out in the subtitles, not pretend like that's the actual name!

- SCOTTSBORO BOYS! I'm so sad you closed. But yay, tour! I hadn't heard about that.
-- Please let this show take something home tonight, Broadway gods? Please?

- "I tried to write a speech but I felt silly." Oh, Nikki M. James. I suspect you'll be the BoM win I'm happiest about tonight. You're ADORABLE, I'm so glad you got to go up there and cry. "They're saying wrap it up but I WILL NOT LEAVE THIS STAGE."

- And now we get a performance from the show taking home most of tonight's statues. Oh, hey, they're doing my favorite number from the show! That earns you a couple points, BoM. Not enough to totally make up for beating out TSB, which I will continue to resent you for, but a couple points.

- Man, my prediction sheet is not doing very well. I've gotten a few right, but not many.

- Hee, Hugh Jackman and NPH are adorable together. "Stick to your sitcoms, stick to your situation comedies..." I give Hugh the win on the ACL dance sequence but NPH gets points for the Make 'Em Laugh riff.

- And then there's Brooke Shields. Hey, does anyone know what's going on with Leap Of Faith? Gossip welcomed.

- The sound keeps cutting out for me. Is this a problem with the broadcast or my local channel?

- Daniel Radcliffe still looks so young to me. Is this a problem for Harry Potter fans or just people who only see him once in a while like me?

- "Used to be famous for being in U2..." "I just kind of assumed we'd been, um, nominated." "It appears that we missed the deadline. In rock and roll, you see, the deadline is just the lie your manager tells you to get you back on the bus." I desperately want this musical to close before someone dies, but at least they've got a sense of humor about it!
(Confession time: I never actually expected S:TOTD to reach opening night. I expected that they would keep pushing it back further and further until finally all the money ran out and they had to close. Without ever opening. Guess I was wrong!)

- Oh, Jenn Damiano. You're too good for this mess.

- Can I just mention how sad I am that BBAJ doesn't get to perform tonight? I would really have loved to have seen Ben Walker and his tight tight sexypants and his eyeliner all rocking out the Tony Awards together.

- See, I'd resigned myself to BBAJ not winning Best Book, though I really wanted it, but if they had to lose couldn't it have been to Scottsboro Boys? I'm trying really hard not to resent you your sweep, BoM, because it's really not unexpected at all and I get it, but YOU'RE MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT.
-- I suspect Scenic Design (Musical) will make me cry. I just have a lot of ~feelings about my favorite shows, okay?

- Sister Act! I know nothing about you. I mean, I've seen the movie(s), but I know nothing about the stage show except that it's based on the first movie. Anyone familiar with it? Is it good? Should I look into it? It looks fun, based on this performance.

- I knew The Normal Heart would take home Best Play Revival! I'm very happy about this. You deserve it, Normal Heart. ♥♥

- I still have no interest to speak of in Memphis. Sorry.

- DAMN IT, BEST SCENIC DESIGN (MUSICAL). I WASN'T ASKING FOR VERY MUCH.
-- NOW I'M GOING TO GO SULK AND POSSIBLY KICK SOMETHING. I TAKE BACK ALL MY GOODWILL, BoM. I'M NOW VERY MAD AT YOU.

- Okay, I'm back.

- Yay, a performance from Anything Goes! Perhaps this will distract me from the crushing disappointment of Scenic Design (Musical). Cole Porter and his ridiculous plots are ♥
-- "The awesome Sutton Foster" INDEED. ♥
-- This tap dance break is pretty much the best thing ever. [/Sutton fangirl]

- Another awesome performance -- the Philharmonic cast of Company. It doesn't beat the Broadway revival cast -- I mean, RAUL -- but it's still an amazing cast. And an amazing performance.

- I may never stop LOLing about there only being two shows qualified to be nominated for Best Revival (Musical). But YAY, Anything Goes won! ...I like it when shows I'm rooting for win. It doesn't happen often enough.
-- Hey, this means I got both the revival categories right. Huh.

- ...and now I'm sad for reasons the awards team actually intended. People need to stop dying or something, IDK.

- Now they're broadcasting a clip of the acceptance speech for Scenic Design (Musical) and I'm bitter all over again. Thanks, Tonys. Thanks a lot. :/

- Sutton Foster wins Leading Actress (Musical)! I am both extremely happy and completely unsurprised!

- Another fun performance, this time from Priscilla. ♥ I love the costumes. They definitely deserved that award.

- ARE YOU KIDDING ME, ARE YOU SERIOUSLY EXPECTING ME TO BELIEVE THAT SCOTTSBORO BOYS DOESN'T TAKE ANYTHING HOME TONIGHT, WHAT THE HELL

- I MEAN I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST YOU, NORBERT LEO BUTZ, AND YOU'RE VERY GOOD AT WHAT YOU DO BUT WHAT THE HELL THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN JOSHUA HENRY'S STATUE

- I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS

- The sad thing is I would probably be slightly bitter about Joshua losing but happy for Norbert, if only The Scottsboro Boys had won anything else tonight. I know there's still Best Musical to go, but I'd put money on BoM winning, the way this night has gone.

- There, you see? YOU SEE?

- Now I'm going to go off and be bitter about TSB being snubbed. Well, actually, I'm going to watch the closing because I've been promised that the send-off will be worth watching. But then I'm going to go off and be bitter about TSB being snubbed.

- Is ... is NPH rapping? OH MY GOD.

(Final prediction tally: 17 categories wrong, 9 categories right.)