Hey there peoples,
I would tell you all about London if I knew what it looked like. From the moment I've arrived, Brian and I have either been in the subway, taking in a show or chilling in the hostel planning our next move. We've decided to go on a tour of some kind, be it of the walking or bus riding variety, tomorrow after which I'll be able to tell you more about the city itself. For now you'll have to be content with the inane ramblings of a star trek junky whom has just seen his hero perform live.
As you are all undoubtedly shocked to hear, I enjoyed the play last night more than any other I have ever been to. Our seats were in the third row, meaning that I was able to see the actors and actresse's pupils dilate with those subtle changes of emotion that they are so adept at commanding. The effect was nothing short of spellbinding, and as I sat there in utter awe of the talent that these people possessed they continued to performed their art flawlessly giving themselves over completely to their characters. Raw talent alone is not enough to make a play, however, and I am pleased to report that the story was filled with enough humour, intrigue and emotion (not to mention sexual charge) to make the three hours in the theatre feel like mere minutes. Even though the show seemed to be over as quickly as it did, the mere memory of it still causes me to touch my finger tips together in a most Burns-esque manner and whisper, "Ehh-xcellent" much to the dismay of other sane people around me. I fear that this condition may be permanent, but to be utterly honest it doesn't bother me one bit because I got to see Patrick Stewart perform live and as far as I'm concerned no better word describes the experience.
Aside from the Master Builder I also ended up watching Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat yesterday. It's fortunate that I watched it before going to the master builder since it didn't seem all that good beforehand let alone after. Brian assures me that the version I was exposed to was geared much more towards children than the one he's seen in Toronto and that the music and sets weren't nearly as well done. I don't regret going to see it at all since we got cheap student priced tickets and the overall experience was still positive enough to wet my appetite for more of the same. In response to our yearning for more we plan to go see Stomp today, while tomorrow will entail general sight seeing which may include stonehenge and then Saturday night (as well as much of Sunday morning) will be devoted to the Ministry Of Sound. This is the general plan so far, but it may change at any moment, especially since we want to get as much "cool" stuff in before heading back home.
As per usual, we'll keep you updated. Take it easy,
Markus
Posted by Markus at July 31, 2003 01:17 PMHey there boys!
Sounds like you guys are living it up there as usual! Glad you enjoyed the plays! Actually, a choir in my elementary school here in Waterloo got to work with the lead guy who did the Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat show in TO. If you've ever seen the show in TO you might remember that there is a sort of children's choir that sings along with "Joseph", lol. Anyways, before I forget, if anyone cares Ricky (remember him?) is still alive! lol. We think the pet store screwed up in telling us which gender he is though because "he" seems to be a "she" (we think), lol.
Well... take care of yourselves and come back to us in one piece please, lol. See ya!
Crystal
Posted by: Crystal at July 31, 2003 07:05 PMHey Crystal, Great to hear that Ricky is still alive, and that he might be a her. Hehe. You'll have to try to get him pregnant and see what happens.
Markus, have fun at Stomp. I've always wanted to see that one! And Ministry of Sound, of course, I'm sure Wolfgang and Kevin are green with envy back here. I suppose you didn't get any autographs, cause I'm sure you would have thought to mention it. Oh well. Glad you enjoyed it.
Posted by: Shannon at July 31, 2003 07:29 PMHey!
I don't think Ricky or VICKY (in this case) will be doing anything of THAT nature! I have enough trouble looking after one guinea pig let alone a DOZEN more! lol. Maybe I could sell them though and start a business, lol. It could be like a guinea pig breeding centre at my house, lol. Maybe not...
Anyways, hope to chat to you guys again soon! Keep us updated on the trip.
Crystal
Posted by: Crystal at August 1, 2003 04:24 AMAh yes, that's a perfect idea... Why not have MULTIPLE guinea pigs be physically abused by Crystal's dad! Oh well, at least that'll keep him from chatting with Heather... :)
Not only that -- what if Ricky really still IS a dude? You wanna give him a complex by setting him up with another guy? Well... I guess that'd be kosher in Ontario and BC at this point...
Posted by: Éric Gagnon at August 1, 2003 07:21 AMCome on now Markus-the-king-of-quoting... it's Joseph and the AMAZING Technicolour Dreamcoat. I can't believe you'd leave out a whole word of the title! I saw it in Winnipeg a couple years ago when Donny Osmund and family (i.e. the original cast who made the show a Broadway hit) were performing and they were fabulous.
Namita saw Stomp in Chicago last year (or the year before?) and she and her friends had a really good time at that - so I hope you enjoy it.
But I'm jealous you got to see your favourite actor's pupil's dilate... that's awesome!
When will you be home?
Orv
Posted by: Orvie at August 1, 2003 11:38 AMHAHAHA....Yeah, i could just picture my dad now letting all the guinea pigs out to roam and poop on our floor while he accidentally falls asleep. Or putting up multiple mirrors in their cages so they can gaze at themselves! lol. For the rest of you, you'd have to know or live with my dad to understand any of this. Haha...
Crystal
Posted by: Crystal at August 1, 2003 05:40 PMHeather never posts.
Therefore, two phrases come to mind.
"Guinea Pigs, more like shminea pigs"... and on the topic of them shitting all over the place ...."probably".
Cheers.
PS. "walk this way.... talk this way....."
Posted by: Dildo. at August 2, 2003 04:35 AMHi Brian, thank you for your post-card. We only want to say that it was a great pleasure and viel Spaß to meet you and to have you here. We hope you will have a
good flight back home and hope to see you again,
best wishes Tina, Josef, Jakob, Sepp and Christine.
Hallo Markus dir schreib ich auf Deutsch, damit du es nicht so schnell wieder verlernst. Es war
wirklich schön euch hierzuhaben, komm gut zuhause
an, und grüß deine Familie! Alles Gute und passt auf euch auf, Deine Tina, Josef, Jakob, Sepp und
Christine.
We did see those choire kids, Crystal, and even speculated on how they were payed after the show (chocolate chip cookies, perhaps?). Ahhh, There's nothing like the exploitation of innocent children. It's good to hear that Ricky is still alive, even though it sounds like his standard of living has gone down a couple notches on top of his sexual identity being questioned. Poor...thing.
Orvie, I guess you've blatantly caught me in a miss-quote, even though the version of Joseph that I saw doesn't really deserve an `amazing` in the title. I'll talk about stomp in the next posting, but in a word I found it fun. Lastly, I'm flying into Thunder Bay where my loving family might pick me up (if they deem me worthy and actually love me) on the 8th of August.
Christine, ich wollte schnell noch mal Danke sagen. Mein besuch mit euch war wirklich prima und ich fühlte mich genau so geliebt wie in Kanada. Ich hoffe das ihr uns bald wieder besucht damit wir uns bald wieder sehen. Vieleicht kann ich euch dann ein bischen rumfahren!
Alles gute,
Markus
Posted by: markus at August 3, 2003 02:57 PM