Morning.

[e_juliana]

How is everyone?

As you may have noticed, we opened on Friday. A good time was had by all. We had a good-sized audience, envoy, (who I had just met on that Wednesday, and who is a lot of fun), was in attendance, as well as representatives from the three major papers (two dailies, one weekly). The cast and a good part of the audience trooped over to a house party afterwards, wherein the host entertained us on his guitar and we all sang along to such timeless classics as "Lake Street Whore". Good times.

I also managed to get a run in on Friday, thus allowing me to slack off for the rest of the weekend. Okay, I shouldn't have slacked, but I was tired, man....

Saturday? I did nothing. That's right, nothing. Nothing at all. And it was fan-freakin'-tastic. Well, okay, I had a show, but up until then? Nothing. I slept and read. Soooooooo nice.

I'm re-reading Neuromancer, and I continue to be fascinated by that book. Gibson did such a good job of world-building that I don't care that the plot is a pretty standard one. Also, it doesn't feel like the book is 20 years old. Most of the technology described is still just out of our reach, and still plausible. I wouldn't mind having mirrored insets like Molly's.

(Note: apologies for my choppy prose this morning. I stayed out a wee bit too late last night.)

(And now it is afternoon, because of silly stupid admin-thingys)

Anyhoo...

It was a sociable weekend, between opening, parties on Friday & Saturday, and karaoke on Sunday. Very sociable. I also managed to get to Target and purchase more organizing things for the apartment, so it will look like we actually live there instead of just squatting amongst our boxes.

I had other thoughts, but they are gone. Gone gone gone gone gone.

Oh, and if anyone is curious? Here's the link to the postcard photo for "Picasso". Like I said, an interesting photo shoot.

Comments

[smonsterbite.livejournal.com]

Hello there, hottie! That *is* quite the picture.

Glad you had a good weekend, very sad that said weekend did not take place in DC with all of us.

[sowilo.livejournal.com]

I must wholeheartedly concur. However, debg and I found something that you must have. So, e me your new address, so I can get that out of here.

[e-juliana.livejournal.com]

A prezzie? Thank you! And insent.

[e-juliana.livejournal.com]

Thank yew. :)

Me too. We sooo need to actually meet, y'know?

[smonsterbite.livejournal.com]

Very much need to meet. You and Z. have open invite to NC. We know lots of theater peeps...

[e-juliana.livejournal.com]

Oh, that would be So. Much. Fun. Yes.

[lysana.livejournal.com]

I can see why that would've been interesting. And that's a neat shot.

[e-juliana.livejournal.com]

I'll see if I can get the others up, some of which involved me draped around Picasso. Whew!

And thanks!

[fatoudust.livejournal.com]

Lovely, lovely.

In a moment of Buffista synchronicity, I'm currently re-reading around Neuromancer. I read through Burning Chrome yesterday, and today I'm working on Mona Lisa Smile. I'm remembering how much I liked the world-building and the way the characters lived and moved inside that world. Molly's insets always worried me, but I loved the detail about her tear ducts routed into her mouth, so she spat when she cried.

A few small details are anachronistic (like sky the color of dead tv...now that might mean bright blue instead of snowy) but so much is absolutely still relevant. I find it interesting that Gibson's later writing and interest fell so much closer to home. Perhaps he's waiting on us to catch up to him with our technology.

[e-juliana.livejournal.com]

I find it interesting that Gibson's later writing and interest fell so much closer to home. Perhaps he's waiting on us to catch up to him with our technology.

I know! I had a moment of "Oh!" when I was reading about the acessorized kids with their inputs built into their skulls. We're not that far off, really.

And yes to the world-building. You captured exactly what I love about it, that they're so believable and real inside of it.

[lokey.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine, purlesquirrel, wrote this in his journal. I thought you might be interested-

"There's a play at the Cedar Riverside People's Center entitled Picasso at the Lapin Agile. I saw it on Friday night, and I highly recommend it. The story was written by Steve Martin and is rather funny. The actors, however, made the show. Their deliveries were perfect. Two of the people from the group I went with had seen the play in NYC and thought that this one was much better."

[e-juliana.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I hope you get to see the show, and if you do, hang out afterward so I can meet you. If that's okay.