Quote from: elmore3003 on March 05, 2014, 03:40:11 PMQuote from: bk on March 05, 2014, 03:28:20 PMPicked up the framed art, which looks faboo (oobaf, spelled backwards), had a great lunch with friend Marshall Harvey and Henry Stanny, picked up a package (a Blu-ray of season one of House of Cards) and am now home and relaxing. I think right now I'll watch Frozen, which I had no idea was The Snow Queen - almost FIVE years ago they were auditioning down the hall from me for a workshop of The Snow Queen, as if it was going to be a stage show. Now we know why they had it and that it was for Frozen. I've read a few things about this film, which I know was a huge hit with the same market as Wicked - tween girls - and it gives me some cause to feel I'm not going to love it. They make the person who should be the villain, not a villain, but a misunderstood, unhappy girl - rather like - Elphaba in Wicked. I remember a time when Disney movies had real villains - scary villains.Andersen "The Snow Queen" is one of the most glorious and heartbreaking things ever written, and like "The Little Mermaid," Disney screwsit up.Except that it's not really a Disney-fied version of "The Snow Queen," at all. The story is completely different. It's now billed as "inspired by 'The Snow Queen'."
Quote from: bk on March 05, 2014, 03:28:20 PMPicked up the framed art, which looks faboo (oobaf, spelled backwards), had a great lunch with friend Marshall Harvey and Henry Stanny, picked up a package (a Blu-ray of season one of House of Cards) and am now home and relaxing. I think right now I'll watch Frozen, which I had no idea was The Snow Queen - almost FIVE years ago they were auditioning down the hall from me for a workshop of The Snow Queen, as if it was going to be a stage show. Now we know why they had it and that it was for Frozen. I've read a few things about this film, which I know was a huge hit with the same market as Wicked - tween girls - and it gives me some cause to feel I'm not going to love it. They make the person who should be the villain, not a villain, but a misunderstood, unhappy girl - rather like - Elphaba in Wicked. I remember a time when Disney movies had real villains - scary villains.Andersen "The Snow Queen" is one of the most glorious and heartbreaking things ever written, and like "The Little Mermaid," Disney screwsit up.
Picked up the framed art, which looks faboo (oobaf, spelled backwards), had a great lunch with friend Marshall Harvey and Henry Stanny, picked up a package (a Blu-ray of season one of House of Cards) and am now home and relaxing. I think right now I'll watch Frozen, which I had no idea was The Snow Queen - almost FIVE years ago they were auditioning down the hall from me for a workshop of The Snow Queen, as if it was going to be a stage show. Now we know why they had it and that it was for Frozen. I've read a few things about this film, which I know was a huge hit with the same market as Wicked - tween girls - and it gives me some cause to feel I'm not going to love it. They make the person who should be the villain, not a villain, but a misunderstood, unhappy girl - rather like - Elphaba in Wicked. I remember a time when Disney movies had real villains - scary villains.
Yesterday Chas posted"Vixmom, it just happens that I carry a li'l memory around with me about the February 1993 bombing of the WTC. It was a day I took off work to drive friends and self out to a then-new CompUSA store near a large mall -- was it Hempstead? Valley Stream? I forget, but I guess it had to be out toward Vixville USA. Anyhoo, the bombing had happened that morning, and all day long we kept listening to WCBS (traffic and weather on the eights) and eyeing the WTC from a distance -- it was an overcast but sharp, clear day, and the skyline and twin towers were etched so beautifully, and it all looked so calm from out there on the expressways and bridges."I remember this day as well - I was working at my other office, one of the six people killed was a pregnant woman, she was at the same stage of pregnancy as I was at that time - and I very much identified with her and the double loss suffered by her husband and family
and I have officially given up coffee for Lent--- I generally drink 6 -10 cups a day between the time I get up and the end of the work day..I may have been too ambitious in my choice....
Laura - I like your quote!
Now, here's the kind of review I like - even though the other one was a great review it wasn't well written and was what I call a list review and written by someone who is not really a reviewer or writer. Here's one by someone who has actually been reviewing for a long time for various publications - the fact that it's a rave is icing, but the fact that it actually has some thought behind it is even better.http://www.edgelosangeles.com/entertainment/theatre/Reviews//155341/the_prince_and_the_showtune:_a_tribute_to_harold_princee
Quote from: vixmom on March 05, 2014, 04:11:12 PMand I have officially given up coffee for Lent--- I generally drink 6 -10 cups a day between the time I get up and the end of the work day..I may have been too ambitious in my choice....Is it possible to just cut that in half or forth? I don't believe Lent is about causing physical problems. You shouldn't ignore caffeine withdrawal. IMHO it should be done slowly.
Six (6) to ten (10) cups??
Why is it not socially acceptable to eat a slice of cake for breakfast, but OK to eat, like, three donuts?
Quote from: singdaw on March 05, 2014, 03:52:29 AMWhy is it not socially acceptable to eat a slice of cake for breakfast, but OK to eat, like, three donuts? Since when was it not socially acceptable to eat a slice of cake for breakfast?
Quote from: ChasSmith on March 05, 2014, 05:17:17 AMI'm the only person I know who has never seen SOMEWHERE IN TIME. I am in the same boat, DR ChasSmith.
I'm the only person I know who has never seen SOMEWHERE IN TIME.
Quote from: ChasSmith on March 05, 2014, 05:26:12 PMSix (6) to ten (10) cups?? well I have one in the morning while I am getting ready then one in the car o the way to work and then I fix one as soon as I get to the office at 9... then about every hour , hour and a half or so I have another cupI switch to tea when I get home , there i have a proper brown betty teapot so I can have a real cuppa
DR CILLA LIZ...LOL.....I guess I forgot about the television part when I mentioned TITANIC yesterday....But I also forgot something occupied a lot of my time last year.....the Jodi Arias trial.
Quote from: Jane on March 05, 2014, 04:47:35 PMQuote from: vixmom on March 05, 2014, 04:11:12 PMand I have officially given up coffee for Lent--- I generally drink 6 -10 cups a day between the time I get up and the end of the work day..I may have been too ambitious in my choice....Is it possible to just cut that in half or forth? I don't believe Lent is about causing physical problems. You shouldn't ignore caffeine withdrawal. IMHO it should be done slowly.well I haven't given up tea or coke or chocolate
Quote from: Jrand63 on March 05, 2014, 04:33:18 PMDR CILLA LIZ...LOL.....I guess I forgot about the television part when I mentioned TITANIC yesterday....But I also forgot something occupied a lot of my time last year.....the Jodi Arias trial.Oh, yes, there was Jodi. I was just wondering today what ever happened to her. Have they done the retrial of the death phase or did she work out a deal?
