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Name: Laurie
Country: Canada
State: Ontario
Metro: Toronto
Gender: Female
Interests: Books, movies, TV on DVD, magazines, art (photography/sculpture/mixed media), blank paper, languages, collecting odds and ends - just in case, learning (by osmosis), web design/coding, bobo, comedy, complaining, maintaining my sanity, hiding out...
Expertise: not an expert in anything really, but avidly interested in everything.
Occupation: Computer related (Internet)
Industry: Education/Research
Message: message me
Website: visit my website
Member Since:
7/12/2005
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|  Just a quick note to say that Simon and I went to see the Antony Gormley exhibit 'Blind Light' at the Hayward Gallery on Monday. If anyone gets the chance to see it in London you should definitely make the effort. It was worth it!
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| I went to see the musical production of 'Wicked' last night at the Apollo Victoria Theatre. I got a ticket from one of Simon's co-workers who runs the social program at the EFL school where he teaches... which means I got a £60 ticket for just £17.50. And that is the main reason I went by myself to the show - I can never really pass up a deal, even if it's for something that I wouldn't normally do. I've been to a couple of musicals in my lifetime. The last one was 'The Producers' with my parents (and Simon in tow) back in Toronto, a couple of years ago. I should have realized then that musicals aren't exactly my thing. Sure, I remember liking 'The Phantom of the Opera' and 'Cats' - but I also happened to be 12 years old at the time. I don't really understand musicals, I suppose. It's hard to take the dialogue seriously when people are constantly bursting into song. I mean, imagine if that were real life... No one would ever get anything accomplished. Thankfully though, it's not real life - it's theatre - and I don't have to sing unless I've been drinking and there's a karaoke machine in the corner. | | |
| I miss magazines. Simon and I were walking around China Town and Old Compton Street the other day, when I ducked into a local news agent to pick up a copy of Time Out London. Normally news agents carry a selection of magazines like Vogue, Elle, In Style, etc., but this one had a range of magazines that I haven't seen since my days at Lichtmans and the Great Canadian News Co. It was fantastic! International magazines of every shape and colour lined the walls from floor to ceiling. I just kind of stood there for a bit getting nostalgic and wishing I had more time to browse through them all. I briefly entertained the notion of opening up my own magazine store where I could order whatever I wanted and spend my days behind the counter leafing through the pages, but then I remembered that stores make absolutely nothing on the sale of magazines and therefore it probably wouldn't be a profitable venture. Ah well, some day I'll go back to that news agent, if I can find it again... | | |
| I hope everyone had a relaxing weekend. Simon and I had to cram all our fun into Thursday and Saturday because he needed the rest of the time to continue his love affair with the computer. I took Thursday off of work because who needs a 4-day weekend, when you can have a 5-day one! It was longer than my work week last week, and than this week come to think of it. I've got pics of Thursday and Saturday, so hopefully I can post some of those soon. So what did I do with the rest of my free time? Well let me tell you! It consisted of a 'reading books/watching films and tv shows' bonanza. Hey, a girl's gotta entertain herself and who needs to go outside, really... So, on the book front I read: - Slaughterhouse 5 - Kurt Vonnegut
- The Brief History of the Dead - Kevin Brookmeier
- halfway through Hunger - Knut Hamsun
- ...and I just finished reading 'The Stars My Destination' by Alfred Bester
On the film front since Thursday, I've seen: - Sunshine
- The Great Dictator
- Sideways
And for TV shows, we just finished watching the first season of Dexter (who doesn't like a show about a serial killer killing serial killers - say that five times fast). Now we have Twin Peaks (Season 1 and 2 to rewatch), Arrested Development Season 3 to start, and Deadwood to start. In retrospect, it appears that I DO need to get out more...
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| Just saw 300 today at the IMAX theatre down near Waterloo station. We sat in the very first row on the left-hand side. For those of you that have never been to see an IMAX, this would be like going to the movies but standing two feet away from the screen. We were that close... I could practically see up this guy's nostrils.
Let me say it was a little awkward for the both of us. | | |
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