No Strings Attached

Posted By Kathleen David on June 22, 2010

OK let’s not spoil for anything past this episode. I know it is getting harder and harder to do, but I am trying to keep it to everything up to this point.

The non-spoiler part of the review.

Overall I though it was a good conclusion to the events that were begun in The Hungry Earth. The acting was good and the script went off in some directions I wasn’t expecting it to. Also the ending was not what I thought we were heading to at the end of the previous episode but it didn’t cheat to get there. Again it had an old who feeling to it which I am enjoying.

I am still loving the dynamics between the Doctor, Amy, and Rory. The rest of the cast served the story well. We did further the crack in time plot so I know that they didn’t just finish up with that with the angels.

Now onto the spoiler portion of our show.

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Posted By Kathleen David on June 21, 2010

(yeah yeah I know. New Who Review is being moved onto Tuesday this week.)

Friday was busy. But let’s back up to Thursday when I finished up the last pieces for the play. I had to build another puppet but this one was a very simple one. I built a rod puppet for the Bus Driver. That along with the rest of the props took up a chunk of the day. I got everything done before I went to bed.

The Bus Driver and his Bus

Friday we got up very early and packed up the van with all the stuff we would need. We got to the school rather early and started to set up for the show. We performed 6 shows that day and amused a lot of children and adults. We taped the last show. I have no idea how it turned out but we did it.

Saturday we went to see Toy Story 3. Wonderful film. Just a caution for the parents of the younger set, the toys end up in some serious danger towards the end but you can assure your kids that everything turns out all right. It did have me laughing and crying. It pushed my buttons and I didn’t care. If this is the last Toy Story, I’m Ok with how it ended. We took Peter out to lunch because Caroline and I were going into the city on Father’s Day. It was going to be all of us but Peter had something that he had to deal with at home.

Sunday Caroline and I went into the city to join up with my parents at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to see the Picasso exhibit. I enjoyed the paintings a lot but I really enjoyed a multi-media presentation that showed you what was behind the picture on the canvas and how much Picasso would paint and repaint until he liked it. I learned a lot from that. We went to lunch and then went to see what Caroline wanted to see, the hall of arms and armor, the Egyptian Art, and the Asian Art. We parted ways late in the afternoon and Caroline and I took the train home.

Now there is the massive clean-up that always happens after a large project like this. After that I will set up for Shoreleave and get to work on those pieces. I also need to get my paperwork into DragonCon along with contacting all the people I need to get in touch with for panels and such.

Today I am going to start on the clean-up but I might take a day off later this week just for me.

Yes, I am current on Who but I am avoiding all spoilers for next week. Peter and I have a theory but I am asking to be kept spoiler free at this time.

I am grateful that the show was as well received as it was by the Field Day participants.

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Posted By Kathleen David on June 17, 2010

On this day in 1885, the French frigate Isere sailed into New York Harbor with the 350 pieces in 214 crates that would be assembled into the statue that we all know today. So lets give a little love to that Green Lady who stands nobly in the New York Harbor.

In New York it is hard to get a divorce in fact you have to put up some serious cash for the privilege. New York does not have a no-fault divorce and the reasons why you can get a divorce are limited to adultery, abandonment, cruelty, and imprisonment. That’s it. People and their families are put through the ringer to prove one of the four so that the divorce can proceed. But over the years the burden of proof has come down to divorce on the grounds of cruelty because he called her fat or she didn’t make the bed or he belittled her in front of her friends or she loves her dogs more than him and told him so. Really silly stuff that holds up in court because there is currently not a way to say “This isn’t working for us” and divided things up and go on their merry way. There is a bill in the New York State Legislature (again) to get the concept of no fault divorce on the books. It may pass this time. (No worries about Peter and me, I was reading an article in the New York Times about it).

I think there need to be a term for people from age 18 to say 26 (how long you can stay on your parent’s insurance). One is declared an adult at 18 and is responsible for all the privileges and rules there in. But most are just starting college and if you go to grad school, you are usually not out of scholarly pursuits until about 26. People are choosing to start families later and get married later in life. I have to say that I am one of those people. I didn’t get married until I was 37 and didn’t have a child until I was 39. I’m in no way saying that what I did is what everyone should do. I guess I am saying that younger people (early to mid 20s) shouldn’t feel bad if they don’t get married and have kids then.

Speaking of getting out of school, I would like to congratulate the class of 2010 in whatever form that class takes. You have worked hard to get where you are and you should be proud of your achievements. GO YOU! And I am crossing my fingers that you can find gainful employment in your chosen field.

Today is finishing the props and gathering up the items I need for tomorrow. Yes, tomorrow is D-Day for the puppet show. Wish us luck as we set out to amuse the masses at Caroline’s school.

I am grateful for opportunities to stretch my artistic muscles.

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Posted By Kathleen David on June 16, 2010

You know that nagging feeling that you are forgetting something? I have been having it a lot recently. I am waiting to figure what I have missed or am about to miss. I know what I need to do for field day. I know what I have to do for Shoreleave. Girl Scouts is squared away until next year.

There is something nibbling at the corner of my mind. It’s not the script I outlined, that’s safely in Peter’s hands. If I owe someone else a writing project, I have totally forgotten what it was and I didn’t put it down on my calendar. I am current on Puppets too. I haven’t joined any swaps because I knew I couldn’t keep up with them.

And I hate to say that I really don’t like that feeling.

So I am going to sit down with a pad and pencil and write everything down with a timeline to see if I can figure out what’s what.

I am grateful for all the feelings I feel both good or bad. They remind me that I am alive.

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Posted By Kathleen David on June 15, 2010

This is Spirit Week at Caroline’s school. They had inside out clothes day today. They are having wacky hair day today. There are themes for Wednesday and Thursday as well (dress as your favorite character/sports hero and Pajama Day which Caroline is so looking forward to). This culminates in Field Day on Friday. Puppets are done. Script is done. I have a few props and a backdrop to manufacture and we’re all good to go. We will be performing 6 times in the course of the day.

So today I am taking a bit of a pause and taking care of some things around the house that need to be done. Our larder is severely understocked at the moment. We are out of fresh fruit and veggies and a lot of the staples are going rapidly. I had to be really creative with dinner last night but it all worked out. Laundry got out of control too so that’s the other thing that I want to attend to.

Mets won three but I have very mixed feeling because the Baltimore Orioles were my very first baseball team. The US got a goal that really didn’t seem fair and the ball is getting a lot of the blame for the odd scoring games going on in the World Cup. Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup which was the best ending to that series as a whole. Celtics are 3-2 on the Lakers but don’t count them out. There is something weird going on with college football but it all seems to be about money and TV contracts so I really don’t care.

The iPad has been given a work out by all. Peter has been playing Dragon’s Lair for Caroline who is getting pretty good in her own right. I have been using it for web browsing and e-mail a lot. It is a very convenient device to have. Road testing to follow this summer.

Ariel is still looking for a job. She has applied on-line and in person for a lot of them. She found a very part time job babysitting for a family but it is very part time. Part of the problem is that a lot of places aren’t hiring for the summer but for the year and she goes back to school at the end of August. She is frustrated and with good reason.

Caroline is getting ready for summer to start. She knows that she has another week and a half of school and then summer vacation begins. We have her signed up for a soccer camp figuring that she will be able to sort out if this is a sport she wants to participate more in. I don’t want to sign her up for a season and she doesn’t like playing the sport. Plus she gets to swim every day as well.

I am grateful for things that allow my family to feel normal.

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