Status: Happy she got an actual Italian dessert instead of Haagen-Dazs
Past few days, I've just been working on my script and scoping out filming locations. I sent out postcards, which means they should be in the states sooner or later...hopefully. Anyone know how long it takes for post to go from one country to another?
Penn is now officially gone. He flew out earlier today after meeting with Roof.
The last thing he did for us was to give us free tickets to go see Duet for One, which was an emotionally draining play. Juliet Stevenson plays a world famous violinist who ends up getting Multiple Sclerosis and pretty much bound to a wheel chair. There's a lot more of a backstory to her, but the whole play takes place in her therapists office. The therapist has a Freud-like accent and tends to look at his shoes when she talks to him. She begins going to him because her husband thinks she's been "down" lately and needs to talk to someone. Cliche storyline, yes?
In so many ways, it was just exhausting. As cliche as the story was, the idea of losing the ability to do something that got you through life's terrors and is something that is as much a part of your identity as your own bloodline is just heartbreaking. It was also visually exhausting because there were only two people in this play and both of them spent most of their time sitting. I don't care if they were fidgeting or not, it was hard to stay visually engaged because there wasn't a lot of action. It was certainly a character study.
Now, Juliet Stevenson was absolutely wonderful. She is what I wish all stage actors were like. Every line was convincing and every movement had reason and cause. I adored her. And, to top it all off, she was in one of my favorite chick flicks with Alan Rickman. Any time I got sad with the subject matter, I just flashed back to her and Alan singing at the piano together. *sigh*
And the stage design...holy God, I thought I was going to cry. It was so beautiful. It WAS an office, with books and CDs and a desk. But it was so meticulous. Upwards of about 300 or so CDs and the books weren't alphabetized, but they looked like there was some order to them. And they had built in windows and rigged lights to filter in through the trees outside of the window. That was the main source of lighting. I know I shouldn't be so impressed, but it was everything I could have asked from a set design. It didn't just look like a shrink's office, it was a shrink's office. I wish I could explain this better, but take it as read that I was most impressed with it.
Today, we went to the Natural History museum. I wish I had gotten a picture of the building because it was GIGANTIC and I wasn't really quite sure that we were going into the right building. It looked like a palace of some sort, but I saw a bunch of kids walking in with their parents, so it seemed harmless enough
I spent so much time in the exhibit about space. I walked in the room with the beautiful dim, blue lighting and it took my breath away. You could take an escalator up into the moon.
There was also an exhibit about the wonders of the human body. I find that every museum I go into tends to have one of these, but they're always different. I think this one was focused on how genetics have progressed over history. There was something about birthing and how different it's been over the ages. Very interesting. Everyone else was super grossed out, but my mom's a labor instructor. It doesn't creep me out - I'm just wary to ever get pregnant. Ever
Afterward, we went out to Soho.
Lizy got her wallet stolen today. We were out in Soho, which is fangoriously busy in the afternoons, especially during the weekend. She opened her purse to make sure her wallet was still there, then something caught her eye and distracted her for a second (as she said) and when she looked back down to zip the bag up again, the wallet was gone. Thankfully, she only had 20 pounds and her ATM in there - no credit cards or passport. In terms of pick-pocketing, she was lucky. They missed her iPod and Oyster and a lot of other things, but still - made us all a little jumpy.
There are SO many sex shops in Soho. I know it used to be the biggest redlight district, but, damn! No one goes unsatisfied in that part of town, that's for sure.
A bunch of us are heading out to a funk club a few blocks down from our dorm. I'm very tired, but I'm only going to live once, so, I'm going with them. They're all going to Brighton on Sunday, but I don't have the money to swing for that (saving up for Scotland), so Lord John Russel pub and Cara will be my weekend entertainment. And I can always make my own ^_^
Pip pip, cherrio and all that rot
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