A Stoppard Cherry Orchard

Status: Angry at the damn fire alarm that goes off at 9am. Almost as bad as Sny/Phi.

I saw Coco avant Chanel yesterday. It was very good, but it didn't quite hit the mark for me. I understand it was a movie about Coco before Chanel (you know, thus the title), but I would have liked to have seen a little more of the Chanel build-up. But, that's okay, it was still a really enjoyable movie. Audrey Tautou is a peach and the guy that played Boy was...beyond words attractive. And I couldn't place where I'd seen him before

Jurassic Park III

Odd.

Well, it doesn't look like I'll be filming much of anything today. It's going to be rainy all day long and I need a little bit of sun. Oh well. Saturday is always a good time to go for it

Tonight, I get to see The Cherry Orchard. Upon further research, which I should have done before I bought the ticket, I came to see that this is not the original Chekhov version...it's a new and "improved" version by Tom Stoppard. Hmm. Odd, again. Now, I really wanted to see Stoppard's Arcadia, but there was no way I was paying 60 pounds for a show. That's an entire week of food for me, or all the money I need to spend on souvenirs. So, I didn't think I'd see anything by Stoppard, sadly. Well, now I am...kind of

It also has Ethan Hawke in it. *sigh* Years and years of film-watching has taught me to hate Ethan Hawke. There is little one can do to make me like him. I had to watch Gattaca yesterday and I was sure that that would be my one dose (dose as in cough syrup or Ipecac ) of Ethan Hawke. Wrong

Man, this better be good. Tom Stoppard, don't do me wrong! And Ethan Hawke...try to look presentable to an audience. I would appreciate it greatly.

In other, more positive, news, we had a rainstorm yesterday and it was very lovely. The windows of my room swing out instead of lift up, so I can leave them open and nothing gets wet.
I truly love rainstorms in this city. There is rarely lightning or thunder, just rain, and after the humid, hot mess of yesterday, it's nice for the city to get a cool-down.

Pip pip, cherrio and all that rot