Sometimes I sit down and wonder to myself, “Lord?
Why do I have a busted foot right now?” (sometimes it isn’t a busted foot….okay…3
out of 5 times it’s a busted food, but…) “Lord?” And I get the feeling
sometimes he laughs and responds. This time I think he said “Because even
though your foot is busted…you get to see Billy Boyd sing from feet in front of
you on a stage and then you get to see him to a Scottish jig!” When I felt that
response come to me I just thought…”Thank you. I do appreciate that…..Still
have a busted foot though…” And then the Lord shrugged and smiled and gave me
that look of “All in due time”. Okay. In due time, ya’ll.
Before going to the play we went to a Greek place.
It was a little bit of…a fail as far as the waiter is concerned, but it happens
I suppose. It was dang delicious though! I got chicken!
SO YES! We went to see Macbeth at the Globe today!
The highly anticipated moment!
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It was baaaaaaaad. So very baaaaaaaad. Macbeth, for
those of you who don’t know, is a tragedy. People die. The women ALWAYS die.
And yet, there was too much comedy. It couldn’t even hold a candle to The
Tempest (and believe me, there were candles). That wasn’t to say that I didn’t
enjoy parts of it. Like Billy Boyd’s Scottish accent in which I’m hearing
myself type these words through his voice in my head. I swear, I’m not crazy…Don’t
you, laugh. Right, so Billy Boyd, lovingly known as Pippin from Lord of the
Rings.
Him
Looks like this most of the time though. :)
The opening had me excited. It was very upbeat with
the whole cast beating drums and Billy was RIGHT THERE! All the Scottishness
with bagpipes and things. Then the play starts and it’s just like…yeowch. Billy
was fine, but his character didn’t really stand out too much. Macbeth was a
little too much. All Lady Macbeth did was screech. Actually all they did was
scream at each other all the time…the entire cast. It was a shouting match. The
only great one was King Duncan in my opinion. Billy did good. Anyway, we were
basically just waiting for it to end by intermission. My spirits lightened when
Billy Boyd ended the intermission by singing on stage. I LOVE HIS VOICE. Ever
since I heard him sing in the 3rd LOTR movie, I loved it. I couldn’t
stop smiling like an idiot. Then he got cut off and the play started again.
Ugh. Anyway, Shakespeare’s plays always end with a jig (bet you didn’t know
that!) so there was a really good and entertaining one at the end. Billy
dancing was wonderful to watch b/c he makes me laugh no matter what he does.
Right so, that was basically it for today. Maybe
some of us may go out for a drink tonight (in my case its always one and I just
hang around for the company) or not. We’ll see. Tomorrow will be the Tower of
London. Hoo boy…lots of walking…you know…
But, a nice highlight is that I tried walking
normally for awhile and it worked for about…one minute before I had to tip-toe
it again. Give it like…3 days as long as I get out of the mentality that I constantly
need to limp. Like…at this point my foot has taken it as a habit to walk like
that. I CAN stand now without pain searing through my foot. I have been
standing like this for so long that my big toe is constantly numb. No, it doesn’t
look like anything is wrong with my toe, but it is just numb…
Before I stop writing, let me also let you all in on
another tale. We got back to the flat and go to the kitchen to find the window
open and a bagel on the floor. Bagel on the floor? A London rat with wings (aka
Pigeon) infiltrated our kitchen through the window and ate a bagel. It went on
to not finish the bagel, but poop on it and ALL OVER THE FLOOR AND VOMIT ON THE
WINDOWSILL before leaving. Rude creatures. They will literally fly into your
head over here. I swear they believe they are the dominant species here in
England.
By the way, if you ever come here and use the
subway, expect black snot. The underground is dirty and you inhale it. Lots of
the people on the trip of gotten allergies and I suspect it’s from that. I’ve
coughed a bit and had a bit of a runny nose, but allergies haven’t attacked and
hopefully they won’t. This place is also SUPER diverse. Like, ya’ll may think
America is a melting pot? Come to London. ALL the languages. ALL the
ethnicities. Why? Because travelling around this side of the country is really
cheap. We’re all isolated in our little freedom area and we don’t get a taste
of it. It’s a little weird to grasp, but…its true.
Ta-ta for now!
Macbeth Stage
P.S. I bought lots of chocolate b/c I was feeling sweet today. Kit-Kats and Ferrero Rochers...I'm my mom's daughter. Got the same sweet tooth.
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