Gracie’s Life Experiment

Woke up with painful arms after playing Mario and Sonic at the Olympics on the Wii (all that rigorous alternating of the wiimote and nunchuck).

We went to see Avenue Q in the West End (Noel Coward Theatre) with my sis and her hubby.  Was really good fun.  We sat right in the very front row (AA) which was el cheapo (£20 each) and I found that it was fine as I didn’t need to crick my neck looking up and you could see all the people’s expressions.  Also when the Trekkie monster came on the main stage bits of trekkie-fluff flew off and I kept extricating bits of fluff out of my mouth!!!  All the performers were really good.  Daniel Boys (one of the Josephs from Any Dream Will Do) played Princeton/Rod.  The lady playing Christmas Eve was a bit screetchy at the beginning, which hurt my ears, but I think that maybe that’s how that character is meant to be done.   Definitely NOT one to take the kids to as there’s puppet porn involved!  It’s a bit confusing at first with the puppets and the people on at the same time but you find yourself weirdly drawn to the puppet mouths (also somehow their eyes always seem to be looking straight at you).  Was very strange at the end when they had everyone on stage as some performers had two parts.  I’m sure that I will be humming all the songs for the rest of the year. 

Summary of the day: Helped tidy a bit more, Fixed parents’ laptop, Ate leftovers, Went to sister’s for dinner, Went to see Avenue Q