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gwydion* "How the Windrush scandal led to fall of Amber Rudd – timeline:" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/apr/30/how-windrush-scandal-fall-amber-rudd-timeline
* "Netanyahu uses PowerPoint and props to speak to Trump:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/netanyahu-uses-powerpoint-and-props-to-speak-to-trump-1222824515929
* I know the empty spot full of dying grass looked on the nose symbolic, but there is a rational explanation. "The mystery of the missing White House tree has been solved:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/30/politics/trump-macron-tree-quarantine/index.html
* Note: These are refugees applying for asylum, not migrants. "Trump admin won't provide shelter for migrants seeking asylum:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/mexico/trump-admin-won-t-build-shelter-border-migrants-seeking-asylum-n870106
* "Trump Says Montana Senator Tester Should Resign Over Claims Against His VA Nominee:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/04/trump-says-montana-senator-jon-tester-should-resign-over-claims-against-ronny-jackson.html
* I've seen the Mueller questions for Trump, but honestly, so much of the coverage is speculation that I'm not going to try to deal with it in this space unless something more concrete happens.
* "The Justice Department Deleted Language About Press Freedom And Racial Gerrymandering From Its Internal Manual:" https://www.buzzfeed.com/zoetillman/the-justice-department-deleted-language-about-press-freedom?utm_term=.emZzzjPkA#.yr4eeGXlo
* "Trump’s Immigration And Customs Enforcement Chief To Retire:" https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trumps-ice-chief-to-retire_us_5ae763f1e4b055fd7fce9e1d
* "Ronny Jackson won’t return to old job as Trump’s physician:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/29/ronny-jackson-trump-doctor-559529
* "When Misogynists Become Terrorists:" https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/26/opinion/when-misogynists-become-terrorists.html
* "Mythbusting the Cotton-Candy Raccoon:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/01/cotton-candy-raccoon/423279/
* "Lusty Month of May - Camelot:"
* "Nigeria's President Visits the White House & Paul Ryan Fires the House Chaplain:"
* "North Korea and South Korea's Summit Leads to Nobel Prize Chatter for Trump:"
* "'The Avengers' Has Too Many Superheroes:"
* "Profiles In Discourage: Foster Friess Says The Rich Should 'Self-Tax':"
* "Mandy Patinkin, Amateur Model Railroader:"
* This is where I am on this. "Stephen Colbert (The Other One) On Michelle Wolf's WHCD Speech:"
* "John Kelly Rumored To Have Called Trump An 'Idiot':"
* Livia and Tavy: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/173468085680/livia-and-tavy-livia-contemplating-art-tavy
* When John Oliver announced "A Day in the Life of Mr. Bundo, I immediately requested it at my library, knowing there was a good chance we'd buy it, as my library is always looking for children's books with LGBTQIA+ themes and odds are request would be pouring in, this being a very blue sort of town. By the time it would have been reviewed by the library staff, the thing was already sold out, demand having taken Mr. Oliver by surprise. I knew a second printing would take time, plus the inevitable processing time once it arrived. It came Monday, and I red it in the night, when the inevitable insomnia hit after about four hours of sleep.
Jill Twiss has written an excellent children's book, that would feel completely comfortable reading to small children. It has engaging art, and two or three (depending how you count them) messages beyond the obvious that I think are really good for the intended child audience. It also has some little touches well designed to amuse a parent reading it to small children, which I very much appreciated. It also has an ending well turned to lift the morale of adults trying to survive 2018 (and likely 2019-2020).
I am not a parent, but I've read a lot of stories to small children (privately), in pairs and in lass sized groups (professionally), and this is something I'd both be proud to read and enjoy reading to children. I know the idea to do it was intended as an elaborate troll, but I heartily recommend it on it's own merits as a children's book, and the proceeds are going to good causes.
* Back in the '80's my school choir was forced to sing a selection of songs from the The Fantasticks. The choir director was very enthusiastic; we looked at the things with horror. We'd none of us seen or heard of the Musical and the songs were incredibly corny. We hated every second of it. IMDB tells me there was a film version extent, which I've never seen, despite my Mother being very keen on Musicals and my having grown up watching and singing them. I know or knew a host of musicals by heart, as in I used to sing them a Capella with a manager I had for a couple years at a job in my early twenties when we were bored. Like, I am fond of musicals and am not inimical to them as an art form. This is important for what I'm going to say next.
I noticed a Joel Grey version from 1995 playing on the TV the other night, and I watched it and... this is not a good musical. Oh, I get what they were aiming for and the extended stylized underworld/carnival scene was actually vaguely good, as was the obvious romantic undertones between the Joel Grey character and the other father, but the music was as corny as I thought it was back in the '80's as teen, the libretto was as boring and mediocre as it gets, and the heterosexual couple which the thing centered around were as unappealing and as bland as it was possible to make them.
I also really hated the whole stay on your boring farm and settle for the closest human your ageish of the opposite sex regardless of individual lack of merit/attractiveness and give up all your dreams moral makes my teeth grind. I spent a decade waiting to be old enough to leave, and I've never looked back. I am way happier having come out here. I had a decade of waking up every day excited to see what would happen next. I would much rather be stranded here in extreme poverty, than be stranded back there with a whole house which was the choice I made.
Fuck the Fantasticks and it's relentless evangelizing for the loss of hope and desire and the death of dreams! I stand by my choices for all it has cost me! I glad I squeezed every drop I of delight out of my life before my body betrayed me into the life of a semi-hermit! I will take the memory of joy and happiness over never having experienced it at all any day!
* I would like to thank whoever sent money. It's enough when added to the ebay profit to hold the most important bill off for a while.
* I still haven't finished Monday's news, but I'm going to attempt a nap, as I'm double booked tonight with exhausting must do things and I've had four hours sleep in the last two sleep cycles. My apologies, particularly for not digging as far into the Iran/Isreal/45 situation as much as I meant to.
* This was one of my favorite chapters. "Revisiting Chapters: Davos IV, ADWD:" http://turtle-paced.tumblr.com/post/173411030092/revisiting-chapters-davos-iv-adwd
* I am doing National Poetry Month again this year, but I'm confining it to Tumblr on the grounds of tired. What the poems I selected? Five or so should turn up daily over here if you want to look them over: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/tagged/Poem
* I used all my money on housing and insurance last month, and this month it's all went to housing and car things. I need the car to get around as I am disabled. I need to raise about $400 to stay afloat. If you'd like to chip in: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com
* I am still a month behind on my bills and about to be a month and a half behind due to a housing/car crisis. Ebay BPALs for sale: https://www.ebay.com/sch/lethran/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
BPAL: KOITO AND SASHICHI 2014 (Lupercalia, Shunga, Novel Ideas): https://www.ebay.com/itm/302718930707?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
BPAL: 42 Imp Lot (26 Limited Edition and Discontinued, 16 General Catalog): https://www.ebay.com/itm/302722115550?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
BPAL: 43 Imp Lot (24 Limited Edition and Discontinued, 19 General Catalog): https://www.ebay.com/itm/302722094295?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.
* "Help us stop the humanitarian crisis on Manus:" https://www.asrc.org.au/donate-now/
* "RISE (Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees):" https://www.givenow.com.au/riserefugee/donate
* How to help Rohingya refugees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/world/asia/rohingya-aid-myanmar-bangladesh.html?emc=edit_nn_20171012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=50784086&te=1&_r=0
* Help fight for Net Neutrality restoration: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/170010496350/democrats-are-just-one-vote-shy-of-restoring-net
* A list of organizations to help you run for office: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/167330144634/psst-hey
* Trans Lifeline is one of those organizations you can call at (877) 565-8860 in the US and in Canada (877) 330- 6366.
* The Trevor Project has a 24 hour hotline geared toward helping our youth, and you can call it at 1-866-488-7386
* Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.
* This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/
* Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resistbot.io/
* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com
* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html
* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com
* "Netanyahu uses PowerPoint and props to speak to Trump:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/netanyahu-uses-powerpoint-and-props-to-speak-to-trump-1222824515929
* I know the empty spot full of dying grass looked on the nose symbolic, but there is a rational explanation. "The mystery of the missing White House tree has been solved:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/30/politics/trump-macron-tree-quarantine/index.html
* Note: These are refugees applying for asylum, not migrants. "Trump admin won't provide shelter for migrants seeking asylum:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/mexico/trump-admin-won-t-build-shelter-border-migrants-seeking-asylum-n870106
* "Trump Says Montana Senator Tester Should Resign Over Claims Against His VA Nominee:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/04/trump-says-montana-senator-jon-tester-should-resign-over-claims-against-ronny-jackson.html
* I've seen the Mueller questions for Trump, but honestly, so much of the coverage is speculation that I'm not going to try to deal with it in this space unless something more concrete happens.
* "The Justice Department Deleted Language About Press Freedom And Racial Gerrymandering From Its Internal Manual:" https://www.buzzfeed.com/zoetillman/the-justice-department-deleted-language-about-press-freedom?utm_term=.emZzzjPkA#.yr4eeGXlo
* "Trump’s Immigration And Customs Enforcement Chief To Retire:" https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trumps-ice-chief-to-retire_us_5ae763f1e4b055fd7fce9e1d
* "Ronny Jackson won’t return to old job as Trump’s physician:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/29/ronny-jackson-trump-doctor-559529
* "When Misogynists Become Terrorists:" https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/26/opinion/when-misogynists-become-terrorists.html
* "Mythbusting the Cotton-Candy Raccoon:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/01/cotton-candy-raccoon/423279/
* "Lusty Month of May - Camelot:"
* "Nigeria's President Visits the White House & Paul Ryan Fires the House Chaplain:"
* "North Korea and South Korea's Summit Leads to Nobel Prize Chatter for Trump:"
* "'The Avengers' Has Too Many Superheroes:"
* "Profiles In Discourage: Foster Friess Says The Rich Should 'Self-Tax':"
* "Mandy Patinkin, Amateur Model Railroader:"
* This is where I am on this. "Stephen Colbert (The Other One) On Michelle Wolf's WHCD Speech:"
* "John Kelly Rumored To Have Called Trump An 'Idiot':"
* Livia and Tavy: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/173468085680/livia-and-tavy-livia-contemplating-art-tavy
* When John Oliver announced "A Day in the Life of Mr. Bundo, I immediately requested it at my library, knowing there was a good chance we'd buy it, as my library is always looking for children's books with LGBTQIA+ themes and odds are request would be pouring in, this being a very blue sort of town. By the time it would have been reviewed by the library staff, the thing was already sold out, demand having taken Mr. Oliver by surprise. I knew a second printing would take time, plus the inevitable processing time once it arrived. It came Monday, and I red it in the night, when the inevitable insomnia hit after about four hours of sleep.
Jill Twiss has written an excellent children's book, that would feel completely comfortable reading to small children. It has engaging art, and two or three (depending how you count them) messages beyond the obvious that I think are really good for the intended child audience. It also has some little touches well designed to amuse a parent reading it to small children, which I very much appreciated. It also has an ending well turned to lift the morale of adults trying to survive 2018 (and likely 2019-2020).
I am not a parent, but I've read a lot of stories to small children (privately), in pairs and in lass sized groups (professionally), and this is something I'd both be proud to read and enjoy reading to children. I know the idea to do it was intended as an elaborate troll, but I heartily recommend it on it's own merits as a children's book, and the proceeds are going to good causes.
* Back in the '80's my school choir was forced to sing a selection of songs from the The Fantasticks. The choir director was very enthusiastic; we looked at the things with horror. We'd none of us seen or heard of the Musical and the songs were incredibly corny. We hated every second of it. IMDB tells me there was a film version extent, which I've never seen, despite my Mother being very keen on Musicals and my having grown up watching and singing them. I know or knew a host of musicals by heart, as in I used to sing them a Capella with a manager I had for a couple years at a job in my early twenties when we were bored. Like, I am fond of musicals and am not inimical to them as an art form. This is important for what I'm going to say next.
I noticed a Joel Grey version from 1995 playing on the TV the other night, and I watched it and... this is not a good musical. Oh, I get what they were aiming for and the extended stylized underworld/carnival scene was actually vaguely good, as was the obvious romantic undertones between the Joel Grey character and the other father, but the music was as corny as I thought it was back in the '80's as teen, the libretto was as boring and mediocre as it gets, and the heterosexual couple which the thing centered around were as unappealing and as bland as it was possible to make them.
I also really hated the whole stay on your boring farm and settle for the closest human your ageish of the opposite sex regardless of individual lack of merit/attractiveness and give up all your dreams moral makes my teeth grind. I spent a decade waiting to be old enough to leave, and I've never looked back. I am way happier having come out here. I had a decade of waking up every day excited to see what would happen next. I would much rather be stranded here in extreme poverty, than be stranded back there with a whole house which was the choice I made.
Fuck the Fantasticks and it's relentless evangelizing for the loss of hope and desire and the death of dreams! I stand by my choices for all it has cost me! I glad I squeezed every drop I of delight out of my life before my body betrayed me into the life of a semi-hermit! I will take the memory of joy and happiness over never having experienced it at all any day!
* I would like to thank whoever sent money. It's enough when added to the ebay profit to hold the most important bill off for a while.
* I still haven't finished Monday's news, but I'm going to attempt a nap, as I'm double booked tonight with exhausting must do things and I've had four hours sleep in the last two sleep cycles. My apologies, particularly for not digging as far into the Iran/Isreal/45 situation as much as I meant to.
* This was one of my favorite chapters. "Revisiting Chapters: Davos IV, ADWD:" http://turtle-paced.tumblr.com/post/173411030092/revisiting-chapters-davos-iv-adwd
* I am doing National Poetry Month again this year, but I'm confining it to Tumblr on the grounds of tired. What the poems I selected? Five or so should turn up daily over here if you want to look them over: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/tagged/Poem
* I used all my money on housing and insurance last month, and this month it's all went to housing and car things. I need the car to get around as I am disabled. I need to raise about $400 to stay afloat. If you'd like to chip in: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com
* I am still a month behind on my bills and about to be a month and a half behind due to a housing/car crisis. Ebay BPALs for sale: https://www.ebay.com/sch/lethran/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
BPAL: KOITO AND SASHICHI 2014 (Lupercalia, Shunga, Novel Ideas): https://www.ebay.com/itm/302718930707?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
BPAL: 42 Imp Lot (26 Limited Edition and Discontinued, 16 General Catalog): https://www.ebay.com/itm/302722115550?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
BPAL: 43 Imp Lot (24 Limited Edition and Discontinued, 19 General Catalog): https://www.ebay.com/itm/302722094295?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
*****
* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.
* "Help us stop the humanitarian crisis on Manus:" https://www.asrc.org.au/donate-now/
* "RISE (Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees):" https://www.givenow.com.au/riserefugee/donate
* How to help Rohingya refugees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/world/asia/rohingya-aid-myanmar-bangladesh.html?emc=edit_nn_20171012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=50784086&te=1&_r=0
* Help fight for Net Neutrality restoration: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/170010496350/democrats-are-just-one-vote-shy-of-restoring-net
* A list of organizations to help you run for office: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/167330144634/psst-hey
* Trans Lifeline is one of those organizations you can call at (877) 565-8860 in the US and in Canada (877) 330- 6366.
* The Trevor Project has a 24 hour hotline geared toward helping our youth, and you can call it at 1-866-488-7386
* Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.
* This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/
* Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resistbot.io/
* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com
* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html
* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com
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Date: 2018-05-02 10:36 am (UTC)Among other things it is... never, ever staged realistically and part of how the movie falls down, honestly is trying to be literal with things. It works, in part, because it's as much about the magic of play - both as children and as theater - as it is about anything else. It's a bare-bones, black-box stage set and a ghost light and props pulled out of a trunk.
The messages to me are not so much 'settle for what you have and never leave' as... appreciate those around you for who and what they are without comparing them to impossible fairytales, or maybe don't fall so in love with your idea of 'how things will be' or the image you've built up in your mind of someone that you can't see what's actually there. Also, recognize that many of the spectacular things in the world have a dark side or a danger to them, and that doesn't mean give up on them, but don't let the glitter blind you to the dirt. Well, and teenagers are melodramatic, but parents are frequently not as wise as they think they are, either.
Anyway, all that said, seriously, do not judge that show by the movie. I own a copy because I went 'wait, there's a movie version?!' and... no, just... no. Most people who love the show will go 'lalalala, I can't hear you' if you mention the movie.
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Date: 2018-05-02 11:32 pm (UTC)