my e-mail tells me --

there are further auditions for iolanthe tomorrow today and saturday.

they must have had a very low rate of acceptance from people they did offer parts to, neh?  i expect it's mainly chorus that they're still auditioning for (or auditioning for again), and therefore it would be particularly wrong of me to go along when i've already turned down a place in the chorus from the first round.  and if they'd wanted me for a part they'd have said so in the first round, so auditioning for a part in the second round would be futile and silly.

still, though.  it does get the mind working a bit.

the passage of time

so i'm watching the DVD extras for witness, and here's this documentary including interviews with the artistic staff and cast (including viggo mortenson, by the way) -- and, OH MY GOD kelly mcgillis?  i mean, like, i know, twenty years have gone by since witness and top gun, but, DAMN, does she look it.

i should say this:  in fact she looks like a woman in her mid to late 40's, which is what she is.  i applaud the fact that she appears not to have had any work done on her face, or even to color her hair.  it's just startling that the fact that she looks her age makes her look so damn old.

surely it should be called "nag an ex-friend"

so, yeah, take a look at my userinfo for a second -- or, really, anyone's except your own.  up at the top, the new button between the "search this journal" magnifying glass and the "give gift" parcel, the button that looks like the LJ-user icon shooting a fountain of toothpaste or some other white substance toward the 'camera'?

"nudge a friend", that button is, and how it works is, if you and the person whose userinfo you're looking at are mutual LJ-friends, and you click the button at that person's userinfo, that person gets an e-mail that says "Hey [username], Your mutual friend [username] has noticed that you have not recently updated your journal on LiveJournal.  Be a friend and go post.  Sincerely, the LiveJournal team".


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let me take this opportunity to assure you that you're right to suspect i would not react well if such an e-mail were to land in my box.  i'm not saying it would lead to summary de-flisting, but i'd probably say unpleasant things both to and about anyone who tried it, and more to the point, it would bug the shit out of me, and if you and i are friends, surely you do not wish to bug the shit out of me?  isn't that right up near the top of what it means to be a friend?

now, granted, i've been saying for years that 'friend' is a silly name for 'person whose journal i read' (and an even sillier name for 'person who reads my journal'), so, maybe we're LJ-friends but not, you know, friends, and you do want to bug the shit out of me.  who knows.  could happen.  if, however, you and i really are friends, and you notice that it's been a while since i've posted and i didn't say i was going anywhere net-less and in addition to missing my sparkling wit, boy-related angst, occasional fangirl behaviors about movies and TV and curling, and incomprehensible rambling about grad school, you find that you are concerned not to have heard from me because something may have happened, then, you know, send me an e-mail you wrote yourself.  or, better yet, call me!  or call someone you think may have heard from me.  just, for christ's sake, don't fucking auto-nag me with the push of a button.

thanks to rahalia_cat for the heads-up, and nardasarmy for details.

here, do me!

memeage:

01. Do I have a distinct style of writing?
02. If so, what exactly is it that defines my style?
03. Would you say my stories follow a certain theme?
04. Is there anything you feel I ought to improve or change?
05. Does my style (if I have one) remind you of anyone else?
06. Judging from whatever writing of mine that you've seen, what do you think is/are my strength(s)?
07. What do you think are my weaknesses?