Sing, Memory

[magictreehouse]

An uncharacteristically busy weekend for me means that I have something to say, hooray! On Saturday me and the man went to Manchester where we met my Mum. We had a little shop and we were rather restrained. I have to ask though, what's happened to H+M?! There was a time when I'd go in and it was basically rails and rails of my clothes, it was just all me! Now it appears to be black, white and jackets, which are very not me. I wear a shirt and shoes everyday, why would I want to do that away from work? I should have gone in Primark instead. The only thing I bought was Sarah Waters ‘Night Watch’ for £4 from good ol’ Fopp. I don’t re-read many books but I’d definitely read that again. I actually forgot to mention that I’d finished Kay Smallshaw’s (?) ‘How to Run A Home Without Help’ which was the book Sarah got me when I left the library J It made me laugh though since it’s a 1949 book on how to run a home. One suggestion was getting a man to help so at least I’m doing something right.

 

Anyway, I digress. We went to Tiger Tiger for lunch which I suggested on account of me liking the one in Leeds and it being cheap since I’d offered to pay! It *was* really nice though and my Mum enjoyed it anyway. We had a good chat anyway. I’ll be making a trip back to Crewe at the end of the month to catch up on a lot of stuff anyway, most notably, to tell Jonathan off for getting back with his girlfriend. Oh, and to play on my Mum DS game collection. She’s starting to buy more for me which is a little worrying.

 

After dinner it was about time for our theatre trip. Thankfully, the Royal Exchange is right in the town centre so we didn’t have far to go. It’s a weird building but I really like it. It reminded me a flight simulator! Thankfully our seats remained firmly still although we were a long way up! Oh yes, we went to see The Vortex, the Noel Coward play with Will Young in it. Mr Young was very good I have to say, as were the supporting cast and I delighted at getting to hear Noel Coward’s wonderful way with words on-stage. I just wish I was part of 1940’s high society to be honest. My life really should be a Noel Coward play. I’m happy to say that my Mum loved it too. She’s not really a theatre type but she said that I’d got her hooked :D So that was good news, especially as it was for her birthday. James was not so impressed which I was a bit sad about I guess. I’d paid for the day so I wanted everyone to have a good time. He did say he enjoyed it though. I wasn’t perfect by any means. It’s difficult to use a round stage well and some more movement would have been welcomed at certain points. I guess I have more issues with the play itself which could have been lengthier in order to elaborate on the lives of the characters. It also didn’t help that the last scene was so at odds with the rest of the play which had a wonderful mix between humour and seedy darkness that the ending felt a little abrupt. Still, I loved the humour and costumes and everything else about it really so I was glad I went.

 

We went home after that. Oddly me and James got talking to a couple on the train about theatre. Oh how nice it’d be to have friends to go to and talk about the theatre with! That reminds me, must pluck up the courage to ring Skipton Theatre up about volunteering opportunities. Anyway, the woman we talked to told us that The Tempest by Northern Broadside is on at the West Yorkshire Playhouse so we’ve booked tickets to see that. Mmm theatre.

 

Sunday was quite different. Me and James went out with James’ parents, Auntie Kathleen and Uncle Julian, the latter two I’d never met before. They were very nice and we went out for Sunday lunch just outside Skipton and then for a little trek out, firstly to see a huge dry stone wall that James’ Dad is building and then to Wycollar. I have no idea where that is other than it being in Lancashire! Lovely views up there though. We had tea in a little tea shop and James bought me a very cute cuddly cow :D So yes, it was a lovely day overall. We didn’t do much in the evening. I put some songs onto my MP3 player and put some CDs away. I think that’s about it really. Oh, I watched Primeval to. Mmmm, Pteradons.

I forgot to mention that we watched 'Slither' the other day. It wasn't as good as it should be though. It wasn't funny enough to be a good spoof and wasn't serious enough to be a good horror film so the tones just jarred. But, the effect were really good I have to say. Nathan Fillion is always a pleasure too :D