I read about Rah's Parisian weekend with C - Awwwwww. Simply brought back memories which only make me miss last Fall/Winter even more strongly. Haha. Rahrah, I understand completely how your social obligations are obstacles to travelling around & seeing the big, big world when your time is extremely limited. Nevertheless, it's always about the good times spent doing things you love with someone you adore, isn't it? It's a reasonable trade-off! Plus, Rah's exchange story to date is awesome enough, in my opinion. Haha.
The way they discussed separation had a way with my heartstrings, it was really sweet and also bittersweet. It's always about endless ifs and more what ifs. Leaving is a hard thing to do and there's always nagging thoughts about your loss & the real potential of losing someone who means so much to you. What if the truth is otherwise, but we could both pretend that love still exists and either will not spill a single word and continue to live in a dream together. Could anyone ever bear to taint this innocent appeal?
Since I'm determined to make life here as pleasant as I can for my own sake, I've gotten tickets for myself & the girls to see Vivienne Westwood's F/W collection at the Audi Fashion Festival. It's gonna be a Sex & the City moment with the girlfriends. A day to play dress-up, pretend to be somewhat well-heeled, look and act like all the bejewelled V-V-I-P guests air-kissing each other, knocking back bubbly champagne to make civilised small talk. Just the thing to feel the rush of excitement in my veins again.
I watched The Winter's Tale at the Esplanade with dixi yesterday evening. I thought that it was palatable - Victorian english takes tremendous effort to be translated into modern language. The first half was overwhelmingly emotionally and psychologically intensive which got me rather restless after a while. The set was simple but effective. The costumes were well luscious. The initial mish-mash of English & American accents took me a while to figure out. Sicilia represents the UK & Bohemia, the US. Which is also why the sheep-rearing party looks just like a cowboy fiesta and had blue, red & white balloons. Camillo in disguise looked just like Uncle Sam too. Haha. Well, I thought that Ethan Hawke as Autolycus (the mraz lookalike, guitar-toting, song-singing rogue) was extremely refreshing, but he reminded me too much of Jack Sparrow. It was almost as if I felt that they were brothers. Haha. Maybe its just one of the Hollywood techniques actors pull out of the hat. I'm sure everyone preferred the 2nd half because it was more light-hearted. My favourite character has to be the "young shepard". Too honest & stupid, he makes me want to protect him from the cunning Autolycus.How is that Mraz is able to write so eloquently as if he's a holy messenger of love, peace & hope & still sound unbelievably cool? I do wish that I'm at least half as wise when I'm 30.
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