Those sympathies necessary for my being.

[katernater]

Was man, indeed, at once so powerful, so virtuous, and magnificent, yet so vicious and base? He appeared at one time a mere scion of the evil principle, and at another as all that can be conceived of noble and godlike. To be a great and virtuous man appeared the highest honour that can befall a sensitive being; to be base and vicious, as many on record have been, appeared the lowest degradation, a condition more abject than that of the blind mole or harmless worm.

- Mary Shelley, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

Todd got us tickets to see Danny Boyle's Frankenstein at Notre Dame! He texted me as I was on my way home from work yesterday afternoon, asking if I'd picked up my ticket yet. I told him that I hadn't, that I was still working out an initial budget for expenses, and he revealed he'd already purchased a ticket for me and so not to worry about it. Todd is awesome. Todd is a gem. Todd is the kind of guy fathers pray their daughters meet and convince to take them (the daughters, not the fathers) to avante-garde stage productions of Gothic literature.

Thank you, Todd.

Also: ugh. I need to go out to the store today to pick up supplies but the snow is coming down in sheets out there. I can't even shovel out because I need to buy a shovel. I'm so sick of this winter business.

Comments

[another-myself.livejournal.com]

<3 Snow is fun, but in moderation, right? And I think we're way past the reasonable part.

[katernater.livejournal.com]

I've decided to stay in until this evening, which is when the weather service is predicting that the heaviest of the snow will have passed.

GODDAMMIT, WINTER. I JUST WANT SOME CAKE MIX, OKAY? IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR? CAN'T YOU LET A GIRL HAVE HER CAKE?

[another-myself.livejournal.com]

CAAAAAAAAKE. KATE NEEDS CAKE.

I'd bring you some of mine, but I think I'd have some trouble getting it through airport security. :/

[farstepper.livejournal.com]

I got tickets as well. I'm going to the viewing at Grauman's (now Mann's) Chinese Theatre. Given the date, I suspect I'm seeing the version with Cummberbatch as Creature.

[katernater.livejournal.com]

I'm terrifically excited about this. :D

[englishmann.livejournal.com]

I haven't bought tickets yet because my friend and I can't decide which date we want to go to. (It doesn't help that there are two places nearby, showing it on four different days.) Which did you choose?

...and thanks, by the way, for reminding me what to read after I finish American Gods. :)

[katernater.livejournal.com]

Todd got us tickets for the April 2nd performance.

Where/when were you thinking of going? :)

[englishmann.livejournal.com]

We don't have a 2 April performance! haha. This is so confusing. I'm not even sure it's live...kind of takes the mmph out of the "hey, it's live from London." It's even harder trying to figure out who's going to be who now that the dates are getting changed for transmission.

One place is playing it 20 March at 12:30 and 31 March at 7:30, neither of which is a day listed on the NT's website. The other place is showing it on the 17th at 7:30 and the 27th at 12:30. We're leaning toward the 20th.

[highlander_ii]

I love Frankenstein - a nice, leather-bound volume of it is one of the things I would love to have in my book collection. For the moment, I must settle for the e-book, since I loaned my paperback copy to a classmate back in college. (I don't mind - books are meant to be shared and loved *g*)

Hope you enjoy the production! =)

[outintherain.livejournal.com]

Squee squee squee!!! We're going to try and go see it on stage by queuing for return tickets... fingers crossed!