Briefly AWOL
Jun. 28th, 2014 01:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blamebramptonWe are house hunting.
Surely there is no sentence that evokes such a combination of life-enhancing hope and soul-destroying horror?
Sadly, this means that my life outside work is filled with viewings, and the subsequent gentle chastisement of agents: 'No, I am an editor. The word "spacious" definitely has a different meaning to the one you are giving it. Let us not speak of "affordable".'
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pollymel and sinden, Summer Hill is on our list of possible/probables, so more regular ukulele dates could be a thing!
And I watched White Nights for the first time in about 28 years. I saw a video of a recent Mikhail Baryshnikov performance and he is still grippingly brilliant, but back then he was simply astonishing.
It occurs to me that of the best male dancers of the 20th century, he is the only one we were able to see really grow old. Nijinsky died far too young and Nureyev was not strong in the last years of his life. Misha onstage as a man in late middle age changes what you think a dancer should be, and expands our definitions. I need to hunt down the name of that filmed performance: it was less than four years old and contained a table and a wonderful mature ballerina. Sounds less than thrilling, I know, but I was spellbound.
Back to the packing. Stay well, you lot!
Surely there is no sentence that evokes such a combination of life-enhancing hope and soul-destroying horror?
Sadly, this means that my life outside work is filled with viewings, and the subsequent gentle chastisement of agents: 'No, I am an editor. The word "spacious" definitely has a different meaning to the one you are giving it. Let us not speak of "affordable".'
But,
pollymel and sinden, Summer Hill is on our list of possible/probables, so more regular ukulele dates could be a thing!And I watched White Nights for the first time in about 28 years. I saw a video of a recent Mikhail Baryshnikov performance and he is still grippingly brilliant, but back then he was simply astonishing.
It occurs to me that of the best male dancers of the 20th century, he is the only one we were able to see really grow old. Nijinsky died far too young and Nureyev was not strong in the last years of his life. Misha onstage as a man in late middle age changes what you think a dancer should be, and expands our definitions. I need to hunt down the name of that filmed performance: it was less than four years old and contained a table and a wonderful mature ballerina. Sounds less than thrilling, I know, but I was spellbound.
Back to the packing. Stay well, you lot!
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Date: 2014-06-28 09:52 am (UTC)White Nights - goodness, I loved that film when it first came out. The cold war was so real and scary when I grew up and yet I think parts of what is happening today is even scarier.
On a much happier note - today I befriended a beautiful grey parrot at our local bus stop. That is not something you do every day. Fortunately frantic owner turned up eventually. The incident might have cost me a scarf and a button on my raincoat, however I am proud to say I was the only person the parrot wanted to engage with. I think I shall add Parrot-whisperer to my CV.