Another totally inadequate post. I saw Avenue Q this evening. I find myself unable to come up with words to express just how amazing it was. Just… wow. The actress/puppeteer for Kate Monster was just fabulous. In fact, all of them were. And the “Sesame Street” video moments were hilarious. Also, I only realised when [...]

I haven’t written for ages. I will get around to it properly at some point. Meanwhile, two things. I passed my piano performance diploma, so I have DipABRSM. :) xkcd: “Bored with the Internet” and xkcd: “Grownups”

Last Thursday I went to see Little Shop of Horrors at the Menier Chocolate Factory theatre near London Bridge. It was very good indeed, and the new Audrey II looks like this (end of show): The show is due to transfer to the West End in March, but I’m glad I saw it in such [...]

Last week I was drumming for a pantomime version of Treasure Island. It went as well as could be expected, but I wasn’t impressed with the choice of songs. It also took up the whole week: tech on Sunday, Act 1 Monday, Act 2 Tuesday, full dress Wednesday, then performances Thursday, Friday & Saturday (x2). [...]

Well, the concert on Thursday was fantastic. The playing was superb; I cannot express it any better than that, I’m afraid. The venue was pretty good, but it was hard to overcome the instinct to become irritated at the noise of the fan, or the occasional sounds floating down the staircase from the door to [...]

Tomorrow I am going to a “Virtuoso Violin” concert at The Gardening Club, Covent Garden. Unusual venue for a classical gig, I know! Violinists Simon Hewitt Jones and David Worswick and cellist Tommy Hewitt Jones are headlining, and I’m going because it sounds too cool to miss. Also I know Simon and Tommy from my [...]

First day back at work today (since 2006-12-21) and it was ok, but last night I had a headache (which is rare) in the evening, had difficulty getting to sleep (rarer still) and at 4am I awoke with headache much worse (unprecedented). I suppose it could have been due to eating half a box of [...]

Apparently this means the second day of Christmas, in Greek. Thanks to Wikipedia and Unicode (or at least UTF-8) for making this possible. (yes, I realise it’s the third day by now, you pedant) Good day. Woke, decided that getting out of bed was a bad idea, stayed in bed, woke again at about 11am [...]

Oh dear, here I am again. Anyone would think I was bored. Actually, I’m enjoying the Labyrinth soundtrack. :-) Tomorrow I get to sort out granddad’s computer. He moved some folders around in attempting to “tidy up” (specifically, he moved ~/Library/ into ~/Documents/ ) which meant he returned most applications to their default state, including [...]

After a delicious roast-beef Christmas dinner at about 2pm, presents were opened. Highlights included giving my parents a gorgeous carved olivewood bowl I found in a Weihnachtsmarkt in Berlin; and, on the receiving side, a set of pieces by Richard Rodney Bennett called “Partridge Pie” (which I have tried; they are really rather charming), Bill [...]