bryiarrose | i like boys in pleather. actually, i just like boys.

i finally saw love, actually last night at sumo. loved it, as was to be expected. especially loved natalie. and all the general hottness which is the cast of that movie.

today i spent battling my allergies. they're trying to kill me. no, really, they are.

at any rate. took lots of drugs. went through loads of kleenex. then went and met up with

almejor and watched the players production of poloraid stories.

it was really good. i was very impressed for the most part. i'd love to see a theater with a larger budget put this show up, simply because there's so much room for poetry in how it's executed. but. it takes cash to make it so. my least favorite part of the show (and i hate to say it because t's responsible for it) was the sound design. the levels were way too loud most of the time, and i think some of the choices were kind of out of place. i heard rumor that some of the songs were picked by the cast, but there just wasn't any overall unity to the design. and i think it's a show where that could be a huge beautiful arcing part of it all. and it wasn't. like a few people said, the music didn't really distract from the show, but it didn't add anything either. anyhow. the acting for the most part was superb. i found philomel and echo kind of eh. andrew biliter was as cute and talented as always. the women playing persephone and eurydice were fanatastic, as were others. the set was great. they actually used the traps for the first time in my memory. and used them well.(eta: after talking to walter, i found out this is the first time the traps have been used in 12 years, the last time being the first show he worked on at carleton. and, they were a bitch to work with.) also, somehow putting huge amounts of chainlink fence and an underpass like tunnel into arena looked strangely natural. overall, i say it's one of the best productions i've seen players put up. bravo david et al.

now i'm home stocking up on more kleenex and drugs. really i should go back and help with strike a bit and hang around for the beginning of the players party. in truth i am lame and just want to curl up in bed and watch movies. but i'll drag myself over for a bit because otherwise i'll never hear the end of it. the whole 'last players party' bit and all that. won't be drinking as i have no wish for a repeat of what happened fall term.

anybody want to come over and do my dishes and laundry for me? i've been putting them both off and i can't much longer. *sigh* how exciting is my life, right? hope everyone else's immune systems are being kinder to them than mine is to me.