My dear friends…

I am very sad, but…

A non-A___ post…

[… which is completely self-referential and therefore hidden behind a read more. No obligation to read. Or to comment. And warning: Probably appears horribly sentimental and ego-centric. Apologies!]

Break a Leg, Mr A!

No doubt you are prepared well. I know you will blow everyone away – it cannot be any other way. May you feel the best wishes, love, attention, strength, confidence and good vibes from your well-wishers today, as you are preparing for the first public performance of The Crucible, just like I am feeling the…

*ooof*: Noteworthy Stills

Not sure if I have anything substantial to say but for once emergency and ordinary align and I can post an *ooof* in timely fashion on my regular day, a Tuesday. Well, that’s if I manage to get this *ooof* out in time after dithering all day over which picture from the Old Vic’s peek…

Pop! Thorin Went Europe

Hello again! The events of Thursday threw me back into the fandom despite my usual reluctance to slip back into the old routine. There was no choice, no way to extend my absence a little longer (something that I always have felt like doing when I have been away from the computer for a holiday),…

Weekly Round-up – tumblr edition #24

I am back. And the vengeance isn’t mine but the universe’s. Cos no sooner do I turn my back, all hell breaks loose. (Maybe I should go away more often?) Luckily I had a helper. Richardiana has been scouring tumblr and forwarding me some links during my absence. Yay for another fandom cooperation! You are…

Emergency *ooof*: The Body Unprotected

If I start off this emergency *ooof* by calling the latest promo poster for The Crucible “evocative” I am understating things. This is appealing to the point of titillation. Fangirl fantasies are running wild. I lost a whole day yesterday to the scenarios that this image has evoked – ranging from harmless considerations of the…