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I havent been posting much this ... year. I've gone to post an entry a few times, but I don't really know what to say. I'm not sure anyone really cares about my personal life anymore (and I genuinely do not mean that to come off as whiny so apologies if it has). And then I don't know what fandomy things to write about. So I thought I would make a post that includes a little bit of real life and a bit of fandom and see how I go.

RL:

Not much to report. Last month has been crazy with various "milestone" birthdays, which have now thankfully ceased and my weekends have become my own again. :O)

My younger sister is pregnant and is due on December 18 (Christmas baby! LOL) However yesterday she was told there was something out of the ordinary on her scan and is going to see a specialist who deals with the genetics side of things for more information. I never normally do this but can you please keep her in your thoughts and prayers.

My flatmate has been driving me insane the last couple of months because she has essentially stopped doing any housework. When she first moved in it was an implied thing that Sunday mornings were housecleaning time. But then she just started not being around at that time (and not doing anything at other times). Then with the aforementioned birthday parties and things I was around on weekends even less and she still did nothing.
(The best example of this: it was my niece's 2nd birthday party on Sunday and since my sister is pregnant I was helping her out quite a lot - I did some baking at my parents house on Saturday, went to E's house before the party to help cook some more and clean up, then went home just to shower and change and went back to E's to help set up for the party, then after the party I stayed to help clean up. So I was essentially gone from about 9am to 6pm. When I got home, flatmate still hadnt done any cleaning, despite the fact that apart from attending said party she was home all weekend. So I started cleaning - 15 minutes later she came home, but ate her dinner and did her washing and cleaned her room - didnt help with any of the household cleaning.)
Last weekend on Sunday morning, after doing quite a lot of the cleaning, I left the house to meet some friends for lunch and as I left asked her to do the vacuuming. When I got home late that arvo you could barely tell she had done anything. The mud she had tracked into the house was gone, but you could still see a lot of crap on the floor. When I asked if she had cleaned she said, "yeah, not that you can tell huh" and then implied that because the new vacuum isn't as powerful as the old one that's why she did such a piss-poor job. I mean, yeah, I'll admit it, the new vaccum is not as powerful as the old one, and yet when I vacuum and put a bit of time and effort into it, it looks okay.
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I am going to see Love Never Dies tonight. Possible report to follow tomorrow.

Fandom:

I'm loving Downton Abbey. I watched the first episode when it aired here a few weeks back and then downloaded the whole rest of the series and watched it in one day. Bates/Anna are my new OTP. They are so beautiful. Can't wait for season two.

I saw X-Men and did actually come out of it shipping Charles/Erik. James McAvoy has crazy chemistry with just about everyone he ever acts with, but this was something else. Have been perusing the kink meme and me likes it.

Luther has started up again. First ep was good but needed more Alice. And I love Luther and Mark being friends now. If you havent seen the first series I highly recommend it.


Um, I think that's all really. Drop me a line if you are still around and let me know whats happening on your end.

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Title: the flash of a firefly in the night
Ship: Moritz/Ilse
Rating: PG
For: msmoocow
Prompt: Spring Awakening (Moritz/Ilse) + green + Stay On My Side Tonight
Summary: He envies her spirit.

( When she comes upon him in his darkest hour, even through the fog of his mind he wonders if it must be fate. )

It's been a little while since I've updated.

Finally saw Star Trek!!! I loved it. Totally awesome. Has made me want to rewatch some Trek. Methinks I might do a Voyager rewatch - coz everyone flailing over the shippy has made me pine for my Trek OTP.

So, now we come to the real news. I AM FREAKING OUT. I am so stressed I can't even tell you. My part time study is due today and I'm not entirely confident that I will pass it. Because for the last month I have been investigating house things. Thats right, I might possibly perhaps maybe be building a house. So for the last month, I've been doing house things every weekend. And it is stressful. Seriously, I havent had a decent night sleep in two weeks. And so my study has suffered. Then I get into a pattern where when I am doing house stuff and stressing about my study and when I am studying I am still thinking about house things.

For better or for worse I have to hand my work in today. It's not as completed as I would have liked, but at least I am handing something in. I'm just hoping for the best. Obviously working at the place I am studying I know the teacher and am hoping he will go easy on me. Plus, some of the questions were really hospitality focused, when I am studying Tourism and have never worked or studied hospitality in my life. My original thoughts were worst case scenario, I fail, and then I have six weeks to resubmit. But then a coordinator said today that you can't resubmit flexible work. I JUST DONT KNOW. I know its too late to do anything about it now, but I am stressing so bad.

But when I am not thinking about study stuff I am stressing about the house stuff. This is seriously the most terrified I have ever been in my life. Because I am doing this all by myself and I have crap wages and its so expensive and it's freaking terrifying!

Ugh. I'm so exhausted.

In other, more happier news, I bought my ticket to Avenue Q today, and my younger sis will probably be giving birth next week.

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TL;DR - Maybe buying a house + my study being due today (and not being confident that I will pass) = me being freaking stressed.
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So my sister and I finally managed to have a weekend free in order to try for the Wicked lottery (for those not in the know, basically you turn up, put your name in a barrel and they draw out names to buy tickets in the front row for $30). And OMG we totally got tickets.

The whole day was awesome. The lottery was actually quite exciting. There was a young gay kid (probably no older than 17 - and his name turned out to be Barnaby) with a friend who also went in the lottery and during the half hour between putting your name in and having the draw, E and I decided to go to Starbucks a few shops away to kill time and they were there. We were totally laughing and joking with each other, trying to psych each other out, calling each other the competition etc. So funny.

When the lottery draw happened, my name was called out about 4th. There was another Rachel there with a similar sounding surname and she thought it was her and got all excited only to be shot down. So I went forward to get the tickets and Barnaby's reaction was awesome. The shock and 'annoyance' and what not. After all my details were sorted I told him that now we had tickets I was rooting for him.

The next name to come out of the draw was the other Rachel. And then the next person was Barnaby. The reaction of Barnaby and his friend was absolutely priceless. They began jumping and screaming and dancing around with excitement. Even the Wicked guy doing the lottery said he had never seen anything like it. LOL. So because we all got our names pulled out one after the other we were sitting together.

So, the show. We were sitting in front row centre. It was freaking awesome. The detail you see up that close is awesome. Because all us lottery people were sitting together we were all chatting beforehand, which was kinda fun. There was even someone from the lottery who wasnt sitting right with us but he came down the row to chat with us during intermission.

The understudy was on for Elphaba - she was good, had a good voice, but I think I prefer Amanda. I think there is just something more interesting about Amanda and she and Rob have amazing chemistry. Seeing an new Wizard of Oz after Rob was weird - and when he first came on stage for a split second I thought it was Rob coz they actually look quite similar in the face.

I definitely recommend giving the lottery a go. Obviously there is no guarantee, but if you do manage to get tickets its totally awesome.


On an unrealted note, work is totally sucking today and I think it will be like this for the next week or two. :O(

So I got an email about tickets for Equus being available through broadway.com and there was flailing and squeeing on my flist about stage seats, so I thought I would buy a ticket to another show and try my luck. I went to the broadway.com website but there was no mention of stage seats, so I went to telecharge.com and looked for tickets there. I looked at stage seating, but for some reason it made me nervous, so I decided to see what other normal seats I would be able to get for the same performance, thinking it would be in the back half of the theatre like my seat for the first show I'm going to.

It wasn't. It was third row from the front, aisle seat.

I quickly snapped up the ticket, even though part of me is waiting for it to all be revealed as a massive mistake. I thought seats that close would be part of the premium $250 seating and I'm not paying that much. Then I thought I was reading the seating chart wrong, but in the description it stated third row from front.

Here are the details. Someone reassure me that I'm not dreaming and I actually did score awesome tickets:

Thursday, December 18, 2008 at 8:00 PM
1 Ticket, Center Orchestra Row A, Seat 101
Total Cost: $126.00



*flails*

I also bought a ticket to The Little Mermaid. :O) That brings the total of show bought for my NYC trip to four (2 x Equus, 1 x The Little Mermaid, 1 x Cirque du Soleil). I am intrigued by Shrek, and since its opening while I'm there I will have to buy in advance. Otherwise, unless something awesome comes up, I am going to buy all my other tickets while I'm there.

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In other news, I seriously hurt my back yesterday. I had to leave work I was in so much pain. Chiro had a go at it so hopefully I will feel better soon - although the only other time I have had this problem, in Dec of last year, I'm convinced the only reason I got better was the week away from work, (ie sitting at my desk all day long) and not the multiple trips to the chiro.

As such, I probably wont be online much the next few days, so I obviously wont be checking my flist. I have a fic I want to post maybe tonight but apart from that it will only be very short stints at the computer (ie checking my email and thats it) so if you have something you want me to see please link me.

Oh, and I am about a third of the way through Breaking Dawn, so no spoliers about that thanks.
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Hope everyone out there is doing well.

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I really need to stop staring at this pic. But damn isnt it just the prettiest thing ever...

I've booked and paid for my flight. I bought my ticket to Equus. Holy crap I'm really going!!

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Rob Mills is playing Fiyero in Wicked.

I'm completely shocked. There were rumours of Adam Garcia returning to the role as he was seen around town during audition times. Surely he would have been a better choice. Rob seems like such a smarmy git.

Also, Anthony Callea is playing Boq. This doesnt bother me as much because Boq is a smaller role and Anthony is from my hood. ;O) (Also, Anthony can actually sing - and he's short and playing a Munchkin LOL)

But seriously. Rob Mills as Fiyero? W.T.F.

And with that depressing thought I'm off to bed.

Just a shout out to my fellow Aussies - Jane Eyre is airing on Sunday night on the ABC at 8.30pm. So you can finally see why I went crazy with icons and mood themes and fic when I saw it. If you like costume dramas I definitely recommend that you check it out. And then it comes out on DVD next month - guess whos getting it for Christmas.

Also, I was browsing youtube and I came across this interview with Patrick Stewart for Macbeth. Basically, when I was in London, I asked my hotel about tickets and they said it was sold out until after I left. Later that day, I happened to go past the Gielgud Theatre where the play is showing and it didnt say anything about being sold out. So I tried my luck and went in and got the last available ticket for the next nights performance. So yeah, I totally saw Patrick Stewart in Macbeth. :O) I got one of the box seats, which meant I was literally about five steps away from him. At one point he looked me in the eyes, thats how close to the stage I was!! Anyway, I was browsing youtube and found this vid. Basically, where they are being interviewed is where I sat. How awesome is that!!



I checked out my flist until it got to about skip=200 and I cant be bothered going back any further than that. :O) So, once again, if there is anything you want me to see, link me.

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I know with that is going on in fandom, not many people are likely to care about this post. No worries, move along, no hard feelings. But for those who want a respite from the madness or who wanted to hear about my night at the theatre, this is for you. :O)

So I went and saw Phantom of the Opera last night. I had never seen it on stage, only the movie.

It was so awesome.

Bad new first - Anthony Warlow was still sick so we had the understudy phantom. For those of you not in Oz, Warlow is the Australian Phantom. I was disappointed - but at least I didnt moan and groan like the rest of the audience when it was announced. Feel so bad for the understudy - he must get that every time.

And now for the good - it was so awesome. The stage and sets were mindblowing, the way they used the theatre was genius, the cast was awesome. Understudy!Phantom was great - though he did seem to struggle once or twice while singing. Maybe he just wasnt prepared to be performing every day of opening week. Christine - her voice was so amazing. She is so tiny! Everyone was really great.

I'm so glad I went and saw it. And my brother-in-law and I are planning on going back, as is most of the audience last night, coz we want to see Warlow.

If you've seen it and want to chat, feel free to comment. :O)

Other news:

*hugs fandom*

I do have one stupid question about moving to another journal with all the deletions and what not. Wont most other journals have the same policies and as such what is to stop the same thing happening there??

Should I be concerned about my header? I dont think its too explicit or anything, but the whole fuzzy line for if a character drawn is underage or not, plus the fact it was drawn by Ponderosa, makes me a bit anxious.

Will hopefully be seeing The Simpsons Movie today.

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Wicked is coming to Melbourne!!

And yes, I have already bought my ticket to see it on Broadway in November.