I have neglected you, tumblr RArmy. To make up for that, I have decided to do a little give-away on tumblr for my followers. This is the brand-new Harry Kennedy Pocket Shrine, fresh from the work bench of RAPS (RA Pocket Shrine) Inc :-D. If you have a candle burning for him, it could be yours. (You can read more about it on my blog HERE.)
All you need to do is a) love RA b) be my follower and c) re-blog my post so that I see your name in the notes. One entry each (but feel free to like, too :-D). I will raffle the Pocket Shrine using Randompicker and send it anywhere in the world. Re-blog away until the end of Sunday, March 22, 2014.
Haven't posted here in ages, but I'm in a bit of a fangirl daze. Went to see the Di Trevis Pinter-Proust staged reading at the 92nd Street Y in NY last night with Abby (@playazindaback) starring an ensemble cast, which included Richard Armitage. The play was more than just a "staged reading" as the actors were not just sitting with script in hand-- they had their blocking down and were moving about as though they were in full performance. And though they had scripts in their hands, they knew their lines enough to convey proper emotion, etc. Amazing, really, given they just had 4 days or actually 3 1/2 days as Peter Clement, the actor playing Marcel, told us afterwards.
The play itself is an adaptation by Ms. Trevis of a Harold Pinter screenplay of Marcel Proust's 7 volumes Remembrance of Things Past or In Search of Lost Time.
Here's a Monty Python skit on the Proust tome
Richard played several roles (Di said that this reading had 12 actors playing the 27 roles) one being Swann, the main character of the first volume.
Of course, we came to see this reading because of Richard. But he really showed us why. There was a scene where Richard was seemingly gliding across the stage with Lara Hillier (Odette) while music was expressing Swann's new found love for Odette. It was so sensual. I wish I'd gotten a video of it. It did make me take out my camera to sneak in some shots.
Our focus was, of course, Richard. Even if a bit blurry:
Odette & Swann
During the first half I was in the balcony but in the 2nd I found a closer seat directly in the center. Still photos are a bit fuzzy due to lighting and me trying to be discreet.
Unfortunately, I developed a headache during the 2nd half and it affected my attentiveness. I really need to read up on Proust and might read the Pinter bio now too.
After the play someone asked if Richard to come out. He obliged and actually met each and everyone that stayed to meet him. He was what everyone else had already mentioned, he is just lovely. He was polite, funny (loved the selfies he took with several people-- askstl;ahsd), grounded, and obviously just as handsome up close. I was so afraid he was going to just meet the first few people up front, so I along with many others were a teensy pushy (sorry) but really, everyone was patient overall. I learnt I had nothing to worry about. He stayed. He signed autographs for those requesting, took tons of photos with adoring fans, and accepted a few gifts (book, Thorin plush toy). He never lost his patience and his sense of humor. When I said, "thank you" he replied, "no, thank you"!!! I asked if he minded all of the attention and clamouring for photos, etc and he said, "No. It's fine." I tried to mention a small world story how Jed Brophy and I lived in the same flat in Dunedin, but it was really hard to get a real conversation in with everyone waiting and he was fair... spread out his time for everyone.
Richard and me... note the hand.
I'm married with 3 boys. Not usually one to wait for a celebrity. I tend to give them polite distance and never ask for autographs (still don't). But, I just had to wait, meet him, get a photo with him... Because of Reasons.
I guess I just had to put my head against his shoulder.
Back to reality, motherhood and posting on My Kids Really Eat This.
Everyone who reblogs this before August 1 will have their URL written in a birthday card I'm sending to Richard Armitage.
No matter how many notes this gets, I promise every single person who reblogs will be in that card. I want to show him how many Tumblr fans he has and how much we appreciate him.
Tumblr is killing me right now. I should be up in my sons' room reorganizing clothes out of old dresser into new. BUT no, Richard keeps popping up on my dash.
As the day of the Anderson Live show taping drew near, I became increasingly restless and giddy. Truth be told, I was more excited about meeting fellow members of the Armitage Army than anything else.
Just had to share Abby's wonderful story. Had me in stitches But then, I was the butt of the joke in part of it! Though I'm sure you all follow her too here. I'm not brave enough to put it on my other blog.
This is the Doctor Who Tumblr Tee Tuesday Giveaway.
It has come to our attention that despite the hundreds of posts on today’s Tee Tuesday tag, people need more Doctor Who t-shirts in their wardrobes.
So we’re doing a giveaway.
Two Doctor Who t-shirts — one for you and one for a friend of yours on Tumblr.
Reblog this post with the Tumblr url of the person you would share this with (they MUST have a Tumblr.) For example, if we were going to share this with the BBC America blog we’d put ‘bbcamerica.tumblr.com’ in our reblog. (But we can’t because we’re both blogs and blogs don’t wear t-shirts. Blogs wear Tumblr themes. And avatars.)
We’ll pick one winner at random and notify you via your Tumblr ask.
A few rules:
Only one reblog per blog (any additional entries will be sent into the Void.)
We’re sorry. We’re so sorry but this Tumblr giveaway is only open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States including the District of Columbia. Read all of the official terms and conditions here.
If you win and you are under 18, you will need a parent or guardian to sign for you.
Contest ends tomorrow, Wednesday (Feb 27th) evening at midnight (Wednesday into Thursday.)
And HUGE thank you to the fine folks at BBCAmericaShop for donating two shirts to this worthy, worthy cause.
I’ve been fighting for another cause dear to my heart— sensible gun laws.
As many of you know, Newtown is the next town over, my children and I have friends from Sandy Hook and I know a mom of one of the children slain. Please watch this and call your Senators, Congresspeople, the President, Vice President and your local officials. Demand that our children’s lives should be put ahead of the right to bear any weapon the NRA feels people should own.
We are not asking for ban on guns (although I personally don’t like them and lived in a country where the police didn’t even carry them and felt safer there because of it) but asking for safe storage laws, comprehensive background checks for all sales, stiff penalties for trafficking, and a limit on assault rifles and high capacity clips.
SO please watch and reblog.
And as far as the 700 people killed by guns since Newtown... it's now over 900. The video was made 5 days ago and edited by a 13 year old.
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