With a date in the diary for my 30th birthday celebrations, the deadline for my list is looming. Most of the rest of the items on my list are somewhat a work in progress (although I'm seriously beginning my doubt to memorise all the countries and their capitals!).
A friend just completed hers with arriving at Machu Picchu on her 30th birthday - that's pretty awesome and I won't try and top it. I haven't yet decided what'll be kept for my birthday itself - ideas on a postcard please.
A friend just completed hers with arriving at Machu Picchu on her 30th birthday - that's pretty awesome and I won't try and top it. I haven't yet decided what'll be kept for my birthday itself - ideas on a postcard please.
On Saturday my friend Jamie and I took ourselves off to the Royal Opera House to see a ballet (or as it turned out, 2 ballets). The first was brand new, part written by Audrey Niffenegger (of Time Traveller's Wife fame) and was in essence about beastality - a postman gets off with a raven (yes, a bird) and the raven gives birth to a part girl, part raven. Daughter is more girl than raven and mummy bird isn't happy with the relationship her daughter has got with daddy so kicks her out. In an attempt to appeal to her mother, girl undergoes plastic surgery to transform her arms into wings. Cue a new male character (really no clue where he came in or who he was) arguing with the plastic surgeon that he's ruined the girl and end with him killing the plastic surgeon by pushing him out of the window....this would've been a good place for the ballet to end but instead they tag on an odd ending that I didn't really get. I could've got the story wrong, but that's my interpretation of what was being danced in front of me.
Second ballet was simply lots of girls in tutus and boys in tights doing classic ballet that has no story - but much lighter and good to see (reminded me of prancing around the Arenberg theatre in Antwerp with Judy Delme's ballet scool many years ago and being particularly envious of the selected 'special' few selected to do the Degas ballet piece).
So that's another one done, leaving 11 left - nearly down to single figures.
PS - please excuse the poor quality of the photo - "photography in the auditorium is strictly prohibited" so I had to do a quicky to get it.
