I recently downloaded the musical Robert and Elizabeth. I think it's wonderful. He's fighting for position as #1 poet against Robert Frost. So today at the library I got a book of Browning poems. I haven't read them yet. But I plan to.
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Tonight (tonight it all began tonight...) On PBS (9.1) the Vienna Symphony Orchestra is playing a 9p.m. Alaska Time. My Mother and I are going to watch it together. Yay!
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Finally, I'm reading The Lionesses Song Quartet by Tamora Pierce. It's fantasy and it's so far really good. Even though I'm only on the first book. I would recommend it.
MaggieG, Evil Goblin Overlady
Tuesday, 11 September 2012
Friday, 7 September 2012
Google Doodle
Did you see the Google Doodle? today I'm going to have to watch Arena/ The Man Trap in honor of this amazing day of Star Trek premiering.
MaggieG, Evil Goblin Overlady
MaggieG, Evil Goblin Overlady
Wednesday, 5 September 2012
A Bit of This a Pinch of That
I've been reading a lot of books lately. Such as Growing Up Again, Life, Loves, and oh yeah Diabetes by Mary Tyler Moore, The Once and Future King, and, 1984. IMHO all are good books.
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I've been gone for a while, miss me? I've been pretty busy (errr reading, sewing , knitting, going to the library, watching TV.....) But I'm here and that's all that matters.
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How's fall for all of you? Here in Alaska it's pretty but we don't have any deciduous trees so the colors are pretty much brown and yellow. It's also getting darker at night and you can go out in broad daylight with a sweater on and have it be chilly. It also smells like berries. It's also time to pull out winter clothes now that the temp doesn't get over 70. It did one day... it was nice.
MaggieG, Evil Goblin Overlady
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I've been gone for a while, miss me? I've been pretty busy (errr reading, sewing , knitting, going to the library, watching TV.....) But I'm here and that's all that matters.
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How's fall for all of you? Here in Alaska it's pretty but we don't have any deciduous trees so the colors are pretty much brown and yellow. It's also getting darker at night and you can go out in broad daylight with a sweater on and have it be chilly. It also smells like berries. It's also time to pull out winter clothes now that the temp doesn't get over 70. It did one day... it was nice.
MaggieG, Evil Goblin Overlady
Tuesday, 14 August 2012
Movies!
I've been watching a lot of movies lately. #1 on our list is
My Week With Marilyn-
A very good movie. It is sort of documentary style. The woman who played Monroe was very good at it and the lipsyncing was really well done. A fun romp if ever there was one. The only reason it'a rated R is they drop the F-bomb several times.
2. The Children's Hour-
An Audrey Hepburn movie, very well produced and yet such a sad story. A movie about two school teachers who are. both women and friends. And a terrible lie about them being lesbians ruins their reputations. Though it's not true Martha (not Hepburn) does like her like that. And Karen's (Hepburn) fiancé leaves her. No spoilers but a sad yet good movie.
Finally #3, Gypsy-
A okay movie about a doting stage mother, a dying vaudeville scene, and a troupe. Or was a so so. Not the best roles for anyone. But a well done production, songs, and acting. My favorite song was Rose's Turn.
MaggieG, Evil Goblin Overlady
My Week With Marilyn-
A very good movie. It is sort of documentary style. The woman who played Monroe was very good at it and the lipsyncing was really well done. A fun romp if ever there was one. The only reason it'a rated R is they drop the F-bomb several times.
2. The Children's Hour-
An Audrey Hepburn movie, very well produced and yet such a sad story. A movie about two school teachers who are. both women and friends. And a terrible lie about them being lesbians ruins their reputations. Though it's not true Martha (not Hepburn) does like her like that. And Karen's (Hepburn) fiancé leaves her. No spoilers but a sad yet good movie.
Finally #3, Gypsy-
A okay movie about a doting stage mother, a dying vaudeville scene, and a troupe. Or was a so so. Not the best roles for anyone. But a well done production, songs, and acting. My favorite song was Rose's Turn.
MaggieG, Evil Goblin Overlady
Monday, 16 July 2012
La Boheme
I saw my fist opera last Saturday. I went with my mother to see La Boheme (The Bohemians.) It was put on by FLOT (Fairbanks Light Opera Theater.) They Project the English translations above the stage. I thought it was beautiful. It was funny and sad. The costumes were very good such as in act four when Musetta comes and tells them Mimi is dying Mimi comes up and her dress has rusty red spots on it to simulate the fact that she has TB and is coughing up blood. The songs were great and it was magical. It was great even if I didn't understand what they were saying. However the last act was sad when Rodolfo trys to warm her "small cold hands" because he talked about it earlier. It was just a wonderful evening. My mother during intermission was complaining that that never do Carmen we then looked at the other side of our programs and we saw that they're doing Carmen next year. So my mom and I promised each other we would see Carmen next year. Going to the opera was fun not only seeing it but getting to dress up. Puccini (he wrote La Boheme) writes magical operas.
-MaggieG, Evil Goblin Overlady
-MaggieG, Evil Goblin Overlady
Monday, 2 July 2012
Ahhhhh! Books.
I was bad this week as I went to the books store. I spent over $40 on books, journals, and other trinkets. I spent way too much. part of the giant dent was my $10 Dr. Who magazine. Yikes. Luckily some of the things I bought were 50% off. Either way I really need to stay away from books stores or things like that happen. Even at my Gulliver's the local one with cheap priced books (which is bad and I'll tell you why in a minute.) I tend to buy too many books. Because they're cheaper I can get more. So I love books store but try to budget how much I spend, which as shown above doesn't always work.
-MaggieG, Evil Goblin Overlady
-MaggieG, Evil Goblin Overlady
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