The Queen, the Goddess, and the Bard
Wednesday, June 6th, 2012 08:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chanaleh
Last weekend kicked off Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee year (her actual 60th anniversary of coronation is not until June 2, 2013). I wish someone would make an elaborate parody steampunk-style website celebrating Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. :-) There are plenty of events in that vein going on now, though, of course.
Last night was the Transit of Venus. Note that I am weirdly superstitious about the Transit of Venus as representing romantic upheaval -- specifically because the last one happened to coincide with my breakup [link to filtered entry, sorry to the rest of you] with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tenore, which was not the worst breakup ever in history, but was still pretty upsetting at the time. And it was around that time that I also first learned about the concept of Mercury in retrograde, which gets far more acceptance as a real phenomenon in many otherwise-rational circles than I would expect, so the two are kind of co-substantiated in my mind. So for many weeks I've actually been harboring some vague secret dread knowing that the next Transit of Venus was impending. But we appear to have lived through it with no ill effects, and possibly some extra snuggles to ward off the doom. :-)
Also, last night I managed to see Shakespeare in the Park for the first time -- the season's very first preview performance of As You Like It -- and without even waiting in line for the free tickets!justom messaged me midafternoon that there were apparently a plethora of unclaimed tickets due to glitches with the online reservation system. justom already had plans to go see the new Will Eno play, and I was supposed to have dinner with my friend Amy who was passing through NYC, but I told her about the available tickets and we did that instead. At intermission I looked around the amphitheatre and said to Amy, "Hmm, I feel likeI must know someone else here!"... and it turned out later that crewgrrl and mbarr had also been there. Hee hee hee.
*scurries off to work*
Last night was the Transit of Venus. Note that I am weirdly superstitious about the Transit of Venus as representing romantic upheaval -- specifically because the last one happened to coincide with my breakup [link to filtered entry, sorry to the rest of you] with
tenore, which was not the worst breakup ever in history, but was still pretty upsetting at the time. And it was around that time that I also first learned about the concept of Mercury in retrograde, which gets far more acceptance as a real phenomenon in many otherwise-rational circles than I would expect, so the two are kind of co-substantiated in my mind. So for many weeks I've actually been harboring some vague secret dread knowing that the next Transit of Venus was impending. But we appear to have lived through it with no ill effects, and possibly some extra snuggles to ward off the doom. :-)Also, last night I managed to see Shakespeare in the Park for the first time -- the season's very first preview performance of As You Like It -- and without even waiting in line for the free tickets!
justom messaged me midafternoon that there were apparently a plethora of unclaimed tickets due to glitches with the online reservation system. justom already had plans to go see the new Will Eno play, and I was supposed to have dinner with my friend Amy who was passing through NYC, but I told her about the available tickets and we did that instead. At intermission I looked around the amphitheatre and said to Amy, "Hmm, I feel likeI must know someone else here!"... and it turned out later that crewgrrl and mbarr had also been there. Hee hee hee.*scurries off to work*