Adventures Online

[smallhobbit]

I told the vicar last week, when he phoned for a catch up, that the next person who asked me how I was using all my new time would be throttled.  I'm lucky, I don't have children at home and my job isn't essential to the country, but I am still working from home.  (And my job is essential to the few employees we have because I do the wages!) 

Which means that with the plethora of new things online I have to be selective.  At the beginning I tried to watch lots of things, but rapidly realised that this was adding stress to my life which was frankly ridiculous.  So I cut back and, in some cases slightly reluctantly, deleted a lot of emails because it's still true that you just can't do everything!

The following I have enjoyed:
On Twitter Matthew Bourne posts an Uplifting Clip for Hermits most days - dance in some form, much of it taken from the musicals.  I've discovered I prefer Fred Astaire to Gene Kelly although I'll happily watch both.  Some days I don't get to watch, other days I'll enjoy two or three in succession.

Similarly I've been watching some of the videos put out by Bourne's company New Adventures, under the Reel Adventures banner.  These range from information about past productions, fun things for kids to an online dance class for professional dancers.

SM and I watched Andrew Scott perform Sea Wall, which is on Youtube and free to stream until May 25.  I'd have liked to see him do this live, but half an hour's theatre wasn't worth travelling all the way to London for.

And this morning, because it's Friday and I don't work Fridays, I watched a Curator Tour of the V&A exhibition of Kimono to Catwalk which I saw the last time I was in London, shortly before lockdown.  Having seen the exhibition I found it really interesting, but I would recommend it for anyone who wants to see some gorgeous kimonos, both historic and modern.

Comments

[scfrankles]

I hope you'll be wearing a mask and gloves when you're doing the throttling, madam. Though I think you can probably forego the social distancing in the circumstances :P Perhaps though you could just answer the question with: "I sit in my pyjamas crying while drinking vodka. Why, what are you doing?"

By coincidence I learnt the Dutch for throttle today - "wurgen". Don't worry - I was watching a programme about the Amazonian rain forest and they happened to mention boa constrictors (wurgslangen) ^___^

Some lovely stuff you've found online for when you do actually have some free time from work. And I have to agree that, although I am a Gene Kelly fan, Fred Astaire will always be the best ^___^

[smallhobbit]

I'll be sure to wash my hands thoroughly afterwards. That's a good answer, but possibly not the best one for the vicar - the idea is that he doesn't phone me very often rather than regularly to check up on me!

You never know when you may need to say "wurgen" ...

I'll happily watch Gene Kelly, but yes Fred Astaire just has something extra.