More Monkey

Despite the flight back from Dubin being delayed, I got back in time for the closing night of Monkey: Journey to the West. Reviews seem a bit hit & miss (knowing the story and the characters beforehand was definitely a help) but (IMO) the ones that give it five stars got it right, and the Guardian got it wrong :) I also want to sent Strongly Worded Letters to almost every single reviewer explaining the difference between monkeys & apes. Gah. At least reading them has stopped me wondering about a couple of things; it really was Su Pollard & Alan Yentob sitting a couple of rows behind me, and Chen Shi-Zheng looks a lot younger in the flesh than on tv. More good stuff here.

Put simply, it's the only show I've ever been to that's got a standing ovation, and it deserved it.

Summed up by the userpic.

The rest of the weekend was spent sleeping, catching up on LJ, sleeping, spending far too much in the John Lewis sales (although I didn't buy any shoes!), sleeping, realising just how much red & black yarn I now have, and sleeping.

I have a Plan for a Pi jumper; striped 3 rows of red, 1 black, 4 red, 1 black, 5 red, 9 black, etc. Also a frilly-edged alpaca cardigan (red with a balck frill, or possibly the other way around). Then I have to find things to knit with 6 skeins of Debbie Bliss pure silk in bright turquoise, and 4 in dark purply blue, and the Stash will be back to pre-weekend levels.

*Gulp*

Also, *gloat* and *chortle* and *rubs hands together*. Explanations later in the week :)