Where Can I Find Dancing Orcs, Singing Gollums, and Disco Elf Robes?

LOTR MUSICAL!!!!

rawk.

Okay, it wasn't really "rawk." I would go with "really smooth jazz" or "bangin' elevator muzak".

As a bleeding heart sci-fi/fantasy nerd, it was terrific--nay, spectacular-- to see wizards, elves, and other manner of magical folk onstage, in their shiny costumes. The actual look of the show, with the sets and the lighting, plus the enormous moving stage, was beyond cool. It's not a surprise the production team's won loads of awards for their work on the musical. However, most of the music was pretty straightforward, and much less exciting than the movies. Also, the hobbits' singing voices were a bit umm hobbity. Arwen and Galadriel did a fantastic job with their parts, but I was distracted by all the elves doing random sign language and arm movements the entire time.

The choreographer apparently did Billy Elliot and a few other famous shows, so obviously the dancing was really cool. I just feel like the pacing was a bit boring. Toward the end, I started daydreaming about going to My Ex-Boyfriend's Records tomorrow night.

I did dinner with Mom and my aunt at Belgo Centraal, which means I had some tasty moules/frites and then hopped back across Covent Garden for the show. That place has so much energy, it's really fun to walk around and soak it in. As long as you're not hemmed in by tourists watching street performers. I hate that.

When I got home, I had an email waiting for me: the school sent me one a few days ago, asking for students to send pictures for the new website about study abroad. I had responded and offered to look for specific pictures, if they had any guidelines.

"...Any photographs that combine the idea of ‘study’ and ‘abroad’ would be great as well. For example, a photograph showing group of students standing in a circle, looking at someone who’s in the lead, with the location of the photograph conveying that they’re in a classroom, or standing in a remote landscape, or gathered at a museum in London."

Well, for crying out loud. Gimme some cash and lights and I'll do a photo shoot. I do have millions of "standing in a remote landscape" pictures, however, so I might have to hunt through my flickr. Having my picture online might be cool.