So there's a blogger out there (actually, in Seattle) called Breakup Babe who has just signed a book contract with Random House on the basis of her weblog. I think that is pretty cool. I guess it is sort of like a real-life Bridget Jones. I don't know if her book will be excerpts from her weblog or whether she will be writing new material - but "good for her" I say. Here's her weblog if you are interested: http://breakupbabe.blogspot.com/.
Went to the ballet last night. Romeo & Juliet. I liked it very much, but very little of my enjoyment has anything to do with it being ballet. I love the story. The music by Prokofiev is great. The stage sets were incredible. And the whole imagery of Romeo & Juliet is captivating. But the actual dancing didn't exactly blow my skirt up, as they say. If I am being honest I must say that ballet does not inspire me. Clearly it is incredibly difficult requiring tremendous strength, skill, and dedication. The problem, for me anyway, is that it should look better than it does - taking into account all that hard work. I'm sure that for ballet afficionados last night's dance performance was spectacular and that the story of Romeo & Juliet is incidental and just a framework about which the ballet can be built, but that is not the case with me. I even found in some instances that the dancing actually detracted from my enjoyment of the evening. I feel like I am revealing my uncouthness, but at least I am not saying ballet is rubbish or that I hate it... because that is not true. And at least I am not saying I liked it when actually I didn't - which would be even worse than trashing it. Nope, ballet is just not my bag, baby.
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