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[redfiona99]

So RL has been a bit busy. New project, integrating with new people, tearful post-grads, it's been a bit of a mess. Then it turns out I've lost my copy of my tenancy agreement, so I have to get another one which costs £15 (yeah, my landlord's know their tenants are forgetful). On top of that, I've managed to double book myself this summer, so I can't use one of my Olympic tickets. I'm going seeing some friends in San Francisco, therefore it's totally worth it, but it would have been nice to see Cassara, Aspromonte et al. I then lost my password to the Olympic site, after realising I couldn't hand the ticket back (because I want the ticket to be used) because the ticket hand-back thing only went until Feb 12th. So I email the Olympic site, and I'll give them this, they're prompt and useful in their replies. I can just give the ticket to a friend, which is fine, but I have to be contactable. I explained the problem with that, and they said as long as I tell them in advance, it'll be fine. So that's that sorted.

After that, the person who I'm seeing this weekend in Leicester hasn't got back to me so I don't know what stand to buy tickets for for a match tomorrow. I'm just going to buy one and hope they aren't fussy. Rugby stadium staff aren't usually.

On top of that the people I'm visiting in SF have had to change their holiday dates and now everything is all of a muddle.

In short yay and argh! Yargh! maybe?

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Looking at the Birmingham International entry - there's 56 female foilists entered. If we discount the 7 French temporarily, at 116th in the country I'm probably the lowest ranked fencer there. Talk about a lion's den. But if I get points, oh, if I get points.

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Shakespeare meme - Day #9: Your favorite tragedy

Both my favourite plays are tragedies, Macbeth and Hamlet. And I can't choose between them so there shall instead be discussion of why I like those two plays above the others.

My problem with King Lear remains King Lear, and I'm still not sure I'm old enough to get it. I haven't seen Anthony and Cleopatra, Titus Andronicus, Troilus and Cressida or Othello all the way through. I think it's because I feel I have to be in the mood for tragedies and when they're on I'm not and vice versa. I'm not sure that Timon of Athens counts as a tragedy because Timon is an idiot and he only brings himself down not anyone (Cordelia) or anything (an entire country) down.

I like my tragedies to come from a character's strengths turned to weaknesses and I think that's why, despite enjoying it, I don't feel as fulfilled by Romeo and Juliet, which is a tragedy of circumstance, as I do by, say Macbeth, who is a wonderful soldier and possibly not a bad thain, but the little worm of ambition is turned, and he becomes a villain. Or Hamlet, whose very virtues, his thoughtfulness and his wit, are why he can't just get on with his revenge (Seriously, I challenge you, it's impossible to sit through Hamlet without wanting to yell 'just get on with it' at least once.).



Day #1: Favourite play
Day #2: Favourite character
Day #3: Favourite hero
Day #4: Favourite heroine
Day #5: Favourite villain
Day #6: Favourite villainess
Day #7: Favourite clown
Day #8: Favourite tragedy

Day #10: Your favorite history
Day #11: Your least favorite play
Day #12: Your favorite scene
Day #13: Your favorite romantic scene
Day #14: Your favorite fight scene
Day #15: The first play you read
Day #16: Your first play you saw
Day #17: Your favorite speech
Day #18: Your favorite dialogue
Day #19: Your favorite movie version of a play
Day #20: Your favorite movie adaptation of a play
Day #21: An overrated play
Day #22: An underrated play
Day #23: A role you've never played but would love to play
Day #24: An actor or actress you would love to see in a particular role
Day #25: Sooner or later, everyone has to choose: Hal or Falstaff?
Day #26: Your favorite couple
Day #27: Your favorite couplet
Day #28: Your favorite joke
Day #29: Your favorite sonnet
Day #30: Your favorite single line