Binge Watching Weekend

Today I was notified that my order of the complete series disc box of "Downton Abbey", the historical period drama television series created by Julian Fellowes and co-produced by Carnival Films and Masterpiece, arrives tomorrow.

I am going to do some serious binge watching this weekend after I pick it up! 

Don't tell me anything about it, because I haven't seen any of it yet. I don't know how I managed to avoid it, but I did.

Grumpy

I am grumpy this evening and am going to make it an early night.

A list of possible, but not extensive, reasons for my grumpiness

1. I haven't seen my Tomais since the weekend
2. DST ended on Sunday morning in Europe, and I have a DST-hangover (phrase coined by Butch Diavolo)
3. I didn't sleep well last night
4. I had a dentist appointment first thing this morning
5. I haven't seen my Tomais since the weekend and he is teasing me with amazing pictures of himself
6. I miss Tomais
7. I'm hungry but it's after 8PM and I don't want to stuff my mouth this late
8. I have a slight headache
9. I wish every country on the Northern Hemisphere switched to and from DST at the same day
10. I am bad at writing lists like these...

Good night, stay safe and hopefully I will see some of you tomorrow. If you should happen to see my lover in-world, please tell him that I am doing spectacularly well and don't seem to miss him at all!

TBIF!!!

Thank the Babylonians, it's Friday.

I am going to take it easy all weekend, walk around in my boxers and a T-shirt, read, blog, eat, drink, visit in SecondLife, take naps and then some sleep. It's going to be absolutely fabulous!

Sunday afternoon I will visit with mother and in the evening I will spend an hour doing some housework like paying bills, doing my laundry and dishes and then generally just lounge around a bit more.

I still congratulate myself for my wisdom in deciding to have a cleaning company come to me every third Thursday. All those old guilty thoughts about "You have to clean up, this is getting nasty!" have just vanished and the cost is bearable.

TBIF everyone!

When Shit Happens... Let the Show Go On

As an oldtimer in both SecondLife and in first life, I know that sometimes shit happens. The important thing is how you deal with it, usually you just step over it and move on.

Sasha Laryukov as Madonna

That is what the cast of The Madonna Virtual History Tour had to do this evening when their dance master - who was going to lead all the newer dances of the show - was hit by a power outage in his first life and dropped out and couldn't get back in. Sasha and the remaining crew championed on and did the best they could without him.

I have seen the Virtual History Tour three times earlier - without technical difficulties - but I must say that this was the time I had most fun and was most moved.

A big reason for enjoying it so much was the wonderful and warm interaction between the crew and the audience in the face of adversity.

The fact that the show also was a beautiful tribute to our brothers and sisters who lost their lives in Orlando in a very touching way that brought tears to my eyes. Unfortunately I couldn't get any pictures of that part due to a bit of weekend lag so the photos of their faces didn't rez for me.

I would like to thank Second Pride and all the performers for a wonderful experience!

Mahjong Madness

This Saturday I am going to submerge myself into complete and utter Mahjong madness with three friends.

We are checking into a quiet hotel in the countryside to start playing at 1PM local time and then go on until we are finished, which probably will be early Sunday morning. There will only be short breaks while the tiles are shuffled and dealt and one longer break for a three course dinner with wine.

I love board games and I absolutely hate losing when I play them... So, the weekend can turn out as a wonderful time or the worst day in my life (Well, maybe not quite but surely close to it.).

Keep your fingers crossed for me, please!