I am going to the Lordy, I am so glad

Tonight I went and saw...Assassins! With my beautiful Tuesday and our mutual friend Seramay, at MIT with their Musical Theatre Guild. It is one of my very favourite musicals in the entire world, and getting to see it always feels like a special treat.

MTG is a little rough around the edges (this time the sound was occasionally cutting in and out, and the levels were a bit off) but the actors all did a great job and I was absolutely transfixed. Seramay was my buddy when I saw it at Emerson a year ago, and the two of us behaved Very Well Considering we both could've been total weebs about it. Meanwhile poor Tuesday had never seen the show before, and very kindly put up with us giggling as we counted the number of assassins listed in the program (eight. HMM!) and waving our hands in time to the songs. Kill the part of you that cringes, baby!

(Neither of us sung aloud, or moved our hands in ways that would block the views of other people, or said anything untoward to the actors afterwards --just "you did a great job and we enjoyed it". Czolgosz asked who we had come to see, and when we just said we love the show, seemed very flattered that like ~random folk off the street~ would enjoy their work.)

Standouts this time around were Guiteau, who ate the stage As He Should, but managed a really nice edge of anxiety to the whole thing, like, if I act manic enough, I will forget the bad side. He had actual copies of his manifesto printed out and kept darting into the audience to offer people his book --unfortunately not to any of the three of us, but after the show we oohed and aahed over the one the person behind us had.

Squeaky and Sarah Jane were _so good_ together. I mean, they always are, but these two seemed to be genuine friends and it felt great to watch their camaraderie develop and their frustrations and arguments spiral.

Seramay and I were in agreement that the absolute highlight was Move Your Little Finger, which Czolgosz/Booth/Guiteau/Moore did in flawless four-part harmony. It's not usually one of the songs I listen to on constant repeat, but wow, the layering of this group of voices was lovely!

Zangara was genuinely terrifying. A very different interpretation from when we saw it last, but his body language and sunken-eye makeup made for a staring wild madman in a surprisingly effective way. Their Byck was a skinny little thing, and I actually love the way it looks to have the santa suit dripping off him.

(Of course I swooned. I always do.)

I was a little sad that they underutilized their proprieter, especially since she had a lovely voice and was singing the opening number slightly higher than I'm used to, which was a neat change! I was hoping to see her lurking around the edges more throughout the rest of the show, but they gave the "loom around and cause trouble" role to Booth this time around.

That being said, the Balladeer was _impressively_ All-American Boy Next Door. Handsome in much the same way Aaron Tveit is handsome, with a _great_ voice. And he played the transition well!

It was a fun night and a good time with friends. MTG is running it through next weekend, so if you're local you might want to check it out!

~Sor
MOOP!

Saturday!

I went to the circus!

My metameta Todd was performing in his very first Esh show, as was my former roommate Genni. Hell yeah, I'd like to go see some cool people do some cool circus! It was a lot of fun to watch all the different acts, and exciting especially to see the variety of different forms of circusing. Standouts include the sapphicly-undertoned farm-girl-meets-alien trapeeze story, the whatever you call it little unconnected loops that the gorgeous person wildly swung about on, and the handstand act all about a day at the beach.

(Todd's act was about Legend of Zelda, and was extremely adorable, and Genni's was about FROG FACTS and was a great time.)

Somehow, I'd never actually been to an Esh show, despite having known a number of people who've done a number of their classes over the years. It's a hobby that I think is cool as hell, but I've never had the time or energy to get super into it. (I've done silks once, on a random visit to Maryland with my old girl scout friend LaDiDa.) It all very much makes me want to try it out though! Climbing on things is good.

Other than that, today has been a pretty normal Saturday. We had a nice morning at the tower, including a visitor who may become a new ringer, and after doing errands on the way home, Tuesday and I spent a very lazy afternoon curled up on the couch together doing nothing. Tomorrow is going to be Extremely More Nothing, except that I learned she's never seen Over the Garden Wall, so we might cram that in.

There's a huge amount of somethings I ought to be doing, but I'm very happy to spend at least some of my time in gentle kisses and quiet snuggles instead. If the world is ending, I'd like my last moments to be about joy and community and love. I understand that it's not ending fast enough for me to actually get away with not doing my grading, but priorities, man.

I love you, and hope you're doing well today. I hope you get to see your friends perform cool things that they have fun with, or you get to sit in the sunshine and share french fries with your buddies.

~Sor
MOOP!