I've just had a 'first' experience. Never before have I laughed, cried and weed at the same time. Never before, in fact, have I ever ever watched YouTube while on the toilet. I don't know what possessed me, but the idea tickled me. Maybe because I'd just started watching something. Once I'd started, I didn't want to stop, so on my way upstairs, I stopped off and... there we go. It was this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_v7QrIW0zY&feature=player_embedded#!
Okay, so I do cry at a lot of things, especially when it involves people being really nice to each other. And this is cheesy - it really is - but how wonderful to do something like that, to play that way and to know someone so well, so intimately that you can create something like this that will delight them. It's a big deal. What massive fun. I have never felt that way about someone in the whole of my time alive, but if I ever do, I hope I'll have the nerve and the conviction to do something flamboyant and tailored to please them. And not just to do with a marriage proposal.
One of my favourite memories ever was organising a friend's 40th birthday celebrations. It was nothing like this scale, but it involved trickery, secret planning and lots of details that delighted me to do. The whole affair, from conception to execution, made me very happy, and it was a lovely, lovely day. Just imagine...!Speaking of lovely days - God, I enjoyed the last few. I loved playing and chatting and being a twat with the School of Law lot. Lots of familiar faces (I have such trouble with names, for far longer than is acceptable). But a full day of that, a quick drink a perfect chicken and fabulous evening catching up with Ruth on Friday felt like it couldn't be topped.
Yesterday was playtime with Marc and Brent from Canada, who turned out to be delightful, playful and warm. Great to watch them interacting with each other in such a listeny and clearly loving way. There were new people - Vaughan, Alex and Heather from Cambridge (thanks, Claire Kerrison) and others too. Fabulous to see Jimmy again, looking good and playing well. Great to play with Charis, Henri, Juliet, Benni, Pamela, the Cambridge crew and everyone. I had a lovely evening with Henri, Benni and some Turkish food and tonight, thanks to Gareth, I got to see two impro sets and the outstanding Trodd en Bratt for free. And now home and to my too-hot bed, with the prospect of a rehearsal and a show tomorrow. Wooooooooop! Woop.
That video was awesome and made me very happy. The lovely thing was that it was flamboyant, but never about anyone's ego. Full of heart and integrity. D x
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