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cheshcat had a surprise. She brought me to the Oxford Playhouse to see a [semi-]musical theatre adaption of the Tintin book Tintin In Tibet. The play is called Herge's Adventures of Tintin and is in Oxford for only two weeks before moving on to the West End in London[*]. I have never read any of the twenty-three Tintin books, yet that did not stop us from enjoying the play quite a bit. The part of Tintin's dog, Snowy, was played by a human, except for a brief bit at the beginning and the end when an actual dog played the role. Early on, I found myself feeling sorry for the guy who had to play the dog's part. At the interval, though, I bought a programme... and it turns out that he is the most experienced actor in the cast, having worked for the Royal Shakespeare Company and done a fair bit of work for television. Shows what I know! In any case, he certainly gave an exceptionally good performance!
Cycling home from the University a little while ago, it occurred to me that I am slowly settling back into my life in Oxford. Tonight was the first time I went to the theatre sincecheshcat and I saw RSC perform MacBeth two days before I left for my summer holiday. Tomorrow evening I will go to Saint Giles church to ring my dear bells again for the first time since July 5th. And at work today, I closed up the Kelvinox-400 cryostat so that I can begin filling with liquid helium tomorrow for the first cooldown since the uber-successful one that I began (and JI finished) right before I went on holiday. So, slowly but surely, I am getting back into the swing of things here. I still with that I had the powers of Jamie Madrox, though, because I enjoy being back but there are certain things -- and certain people -- Stateside that I miss like anything. Ultimately, there are several places where I have a life that is basically complete... and I would love to live in all of them at once! And, really, when it comes down to it, having a life that is too full is hardly a bad thing.
[*] That's London's equivalent of Broadway for all you yanks reading this who aren't theatre geeks.
cheshcat had a surprise. She brought me to the Oxford Playhouse to see a [semi-]musical theatre adaption of the Tintin book Tintin In Tibet. The play is called Herge's Adventures of Tintin and is in Oxford for only two weeks before moving on to the West End in London[*]. I have never read any of the twenty-three Tintin books, yet that did not stop us from enjoying the play quite a bit. The part of Tintin's dog, Snowy, was played by a human, except for a brief bit at the beginning and the end when an actual dog played the role. Early on, I found myself feeling sorry for the guy who had to play the dog's part. At the interval, though, I bought a programme... and it turns out that he is the most experienced actor in the cast, having worked for the Royal Shakespeare Company and done a fair bit of work for television. Shows what I know! In any case, he certainly gave an exceptionally good performance!Cycling home from the University a little while ago, it occurred to me that I am slowly settling back into my life in Oxford. Tonight was the first time I went to the theatre since
cheshcat and I saw RSC perform MacBeth two days before I left for my summer holiday. Tomorrow evening I will go to Saint Giles church to ring my dear bells again for the first time since July 5th. And at work today, I closed up the Kelvinox-400 cryostat so that I can begin filling with liquid helium tomorrow for the first cooldown since the uber-successful one that I began (and JI finished) right before I went on holiday. So, slowly but surely, I am getting back into the swing of things here. I still with that I had the powers of Jamie Madrox, though, because I enjoy being back but there are certain things -- and certain people -- Stateside that I miss like anything. Ultimately, there are several places where I have a life that is basically complete... and I would love to live in all of them at once! And, really, when it comes down to it, having a life that is too full is hardly a bad thing.[*] That's London's equivalent of Broadway for all you yanks reading this who aren't theatre geeks.
