October 28, 2009
Scraps
If, as I decided must be the case after posting the previous entry, prometto niente is a rather more definite statement in Italian than the noncommital English idiom I over-literally mistranslated, well, it proved prophetic. Of course I didn't post anything from my phone. What was I even thinking?
But my brief Roman visit was very nice, and the wedding was lovely. Some photos will no doubt follow, if not here then on one or more of my other online presences, and anyone who cares will be able to find them. (Indeed, there's one on Facebook already.)
Nothing much changed in my absence -- you just can't get the elves these days -- and research prospects still look rocky. But there are entertainments elsewhere; which, in lieu of writing about properly, I will simply namecheck in the vague hope that it might prompt a bit more later on.
James Thierrée's Raoul at the Barbican was very jolly, with a great set and some hilarious sequences, even if occasionally the more traditional mime elements flagged. Oddly coherent in its delirium, and with some moments of genuine magic, this solo-but-not-really show was a real charmer.
This evening's lecture by Jorge Cham was also entertaining, not really telling us anything we don't already know about the grad student experience, but getting a lot of laughs of recognition.
Tomorrow I am indulging my old hacker-geek persona at the London StackOverflow Dev Day. Or possibly just reminding myself that school beats work. We shall see.
And tomorrow and Thursday evenings are two Mark Morris programmes at Sadler's Wells. I currently have a spare ticket for the Wednesday show, so hey: if you've nothing better to do at 7.30, let me know.
Posted by matt at October 28, 2009 12:03 AM