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So tonight I went to see Much Ado About Nothing with Catherine Tate and David Tennant for a second time. Yes, I know I said that I couldn't see how but there's a ticket lottery and I thought I'd try and they pulled out my number and so, third row tonight.

I'm so glad I went. It was even better the second time. I spent the entire Tube ride home grinning like a joyful idiot because not only was the play wonderful but I stage-door stalked and Tennant signed my script copy (CT didn't come down our way but we're re-stalking Friday so hopefully I can get it double-signed) and stood less than a foot from me and watched me try to make a lovely Israeli girl's camera focus to get a picture of them and was generally wonderful and oh. TENNANT.

And amongst the joyful flailing that I want to do and don't have time for right now, I have one particular quote that I noticed tonight (I can't remember if it's an actual play-quote or if they've added it but I'm pretty sure it's in the original text because I have vague memories of discussing what it meant in class) was, when Beatrice is talking about Benedick with Don Pedro, they say:

DON PEDRO: Come, lady, come, you have lost the heart of Signior Benedick.

BEATRICE: Indeed, my lord, he lent it me a while, and I gave him use for it, a double heart for a single one...

If anyone thought the Doctor wasn't right for this part? Yeah, William Shakespeare disagrees with you.


I have to go to bed now because tomorrow I have to get up early for Cardiff and then idek where I'm supposed to be. There is Wimbledon at some point. And queueing. And hopefully sleep. I really need to stay in one place for a bit after this week, I think.

(I stood less than a foot away from David Tennant tonight. And am hopefully going to do it again on Friday. Life is awesome.

Oh christ, I Am Legend is a twitchtastic movie. Pretty though; I keep thinking I'd love some icons of the deserted New York. Mmm. And yes, I know, they destroyed the point of the book etc etc, I had it all in Waterstones over Christmas but it's pretty. I'll read the book sometime. When I don't already have an entire bookcase to get through.

And I just bought The Lives of Christopher Chant, which I did not need.
and in doing so realised that Fire and Hemlock appears to be out of print. My favourite book in the world and it's out of print. I'm glad I already have a copy but still, it makes me sad that I can't say "Go buy this book! It is the awesome!" I'm hoping they're just in the process of rereleasing it with a new cover design but then, I love the old cover too. Mainly I just can't believe it's out of print because this is Diana Wynne Jones and an absolutely fantastic book and just, what. I'll have to take better care of my copy.

Something that almost makes up it though? There's a third book in the Howl's Moving Castle series out in July, The House of Many Ways. Have to say that I like this cover way more than the one on Amazon though. Then again, either of them are better than the horribly cartoony covers they've put on Howl's and Castle. My copy of Howl has such a beautiful cover; I can't believe they reissued it with something so ugly. Clearly there is something bizarre going on with her publishers.

I started this post about two hours ago to talk about tonight's Doctor Who and to say Donna ftw! More and more she's becoming my favourite thing every week. ( More spoilery thoughts including a Martha rant that some people may want to skip )

I've nothing really to say about Nancyfest tonight, other than I have new love for Sarah after she sang one of my favourite songs so well. Though my money's still on Jessie who got unfairly stomped on by the panel tonight, I would not be too unhappy if Sarah won.

I'm now off to watch Monster because the 'rents have finally buggered off to bed and left me the TV. I'm still not loving this two-days-off thing. But three next weekend and my boss approved my days off for Hay and Wimbledon. So that's something.

Dylan Moran! Yay!