OK,

[dancerjodi]

So why didn't any of you people tell me that "The Producers" was the Mel Brooks musical? It looks like we'll be ordering Bravo (if we don't have it) - I can't believe we don't have it, I'm not a big TV watcher at all - but I could probably watch that all day.

B and I checked out one of the greek restaurants in our area last night. The food was good, not great - the service was wonderful. I don't think I've seen that many greek men in once place before! From there we headed over to Newbury Comics and man was it odd - there were few cars in the parking lot for the whole shopping plaza (across the street from the Natick Mall, usually that place is packed). I don't think I've ever seen it that dead in the time I've lived in this area (before age 9 and since we moved here in the summer). I mean, after plows were out and things were shoveled I don't think the driving was that bad at all.

Related to snow, I'm not sure where it comes from, I just get annoyed when I hear people complain about the snow. Like, its New England, it snows here - and thus it gets slippery, cars canget stuck, and we have to shovel *shrugs*. I just figure, its like complaining about how the sky is blue, or how women get their period . . . what good does it do? I think its natural for Mother Nature to kick our asses from time to time and remind us that we aren't as cool or powerful as we think we are ;)

Anyway, I like the stuff - I think its pretty :) I was just bummed that it wasn't the sticky kind that you could build forts and snow men with. And, I'd like to point out, that its SO HIGH next to my driveway from shoveling piles of the stuff over onto our front yard in order to make room for my car - its actually higher than the hood and trunk of my car (not the roof though). Whoot!

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[othniel77.livejournal.com]

"The Producers" must be that Mel Brooks musical that Jay was talking about the other day. Apparently, it's coming to town and he wants to go see it.

[bratling.livejournal.com]

I just get annoyed when I hear people complain about the snow.

yup. if you don't like snow, move south. or to the left coast. or to england, where they do speaka da ingles. snow's part of living here. imho, it's a wonderful part of living here. sure, it means that i have to work extra-hard on my driveway if i want to get my bike safely down my driveway, but you know what? it's snow! yay!

of course, it's easy to say this when i don't have to shovel much. our landlords bought a snowblower last winter, and he likes to use it. he even clears the guest space at the side of the driveway so that i can park there and it's easier to get my bike out! :-) i just come along afterwards with an ice hoe and shovel and clear off the last bits that pose no challenge to our cars but are bad for the bike.

of course, after yesterday's warm snow we have a sheet of quarter-inch to half-inch thick ice at the bottom of the driveway. i need to go get more salt so that today and tomorrow's warm temperatures can work with it to melt it enough that i can break it up and move it aside. maybe go for a ride tomorrow afternoon. :)

[deadwinter.livejournal.com]

yup. if you don't like snow, move south. or to the left coast
Good idea, I'll get on it right away.

[synaesthesia.livejournal.com]

Is Bravo showing the musical or the movie it was based on? The movie is also brilliant but isn't a musical apart from a scene of the "Springtime for Hitler" number.

The stage production was freaking amazing. We went down to see it last Feb. and the only understudy performing was the judge (who has a five-minute bit at the end), and got to see Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick bust up laughing for five minutes during. You really need to pick up the soundtrack!

The production is coming up to Boston in June, some of the original cast will still be involved but the two leads will be other actors. It's an absolutely brilliant production, and you will laugh and laugh and then something even more outrageous will happen, and you will get a pain in your belly :)

It's...
springtime for Hitler and Germany
Deutschland is happy and gay!
We're marching to a faster pace
Look out, here comes the master race!

Springtime for Hitler and Germany
Rhineland's a fine land once more!
Springtime for Hitler and Germany
Watch out, Europe
We're going on tour!

[alabastard.livejournal.com]

I certainly would not mind snow if I lived on a farm or out in the country with no need to drive in it, if it stayed pristine and snowy. However, the driving around here worsens exponentially with a little snow on the road, something I find again and again, and especially yesterday. my car is wonderful in the snow, and yet more than five times in 2 hours there were speeding idiots careening too close and nearly hitting me, who had nowhere to go on the overcrowded and underplowed highway. Grey mounds of old slush and hardened snow do not a happy me make, and I *am* considering a move to a warmer climate as soon as I can, but people, a great job, and a new theatre keep me here for now. My take on this is ... this is New England, it snows in winter, drive as if you know this.