Blue and orange anglaise

[mandie_rw]

(First, I need to note that my 14-year-old sister does not know what band Mick Jagger is in. Clearly I have been failing in my attempt to influence her to listen to music made by people who do not use Auto-Tune.)

I've got one-and-a-half more seams to sew on the bodice - I can finish them tonight no problem if I don't get distracted by the guitar. And LiveJournal. Plus my fingers needed a little break from sewing...it's only silk taffeta, but it's tightly woven, and the layers of that, the layer of shantung for the zone, and the lining do add up! (Or I've got wimpy fingers, suddenly.)

Edit: Ahh, I can't believe I forgot to order the wig for our Old City tour for, um, next Sunday, until now. Derp derp. Well, it's ordered now, and will hopefully get here in time! My own hair is really just not sufficient for proper Big 1780s Hair.

Comments

[padawansguide.livejournal.com]

Oh noes! You'll have to try to educate your sister. ;-)

Yay for guitar! :-)

[mandie-rw.livejournal.com]

Hah, I will! You'd think, living with someone like me, she might have at least a small clue about who Mick Jagger is...apparently not. Next thing I know, she'll be asking me who John Lennon is...

And I'm really enjoying learning guitar - even though it's going verrrrry sloooowly (imo, anyway, because I tend to do things I'm good at, and not being good at something I'm doing is disconcerting!) because of class and work and sewing. But it's still fun. =)

[padawansguide.livejournal.com]

Ack! She'd better know who John Lennon is!!! ;-)

I just watched Backbeat again for the first time in like 12 years. I highly recommend it (though I'll warn you there's a ton of nudity in it) - the actor who plays Hamburg John is so real. I looked him up on IMDB, he actually played Professor Quirrell in the first Harry Potter movie! But damn, he was perfect as John Lennon - and his Liverpool accent is real! Also the person they cast as Paul looks just like him too. George not so much, but his George accent is dead on. :-)

Glad you're enjoying guitar! :-)

[mandie-rw.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thanks for the recommendation; I will definitely have to look that one up (...and/or buy it used on the cheap, because I seem to have been doing that a lot lately! BUT THEY'RE ALL GOOD MOVIES!)! And that's funny that he's Professor Quirrell as well as John, hee. It's cool that they did a good job casting, that's one thing I tend to hear a lot of complaints about with Beatles movies - the casting.

[padawansguide.livejournal.com]

This one did a great job overall.

Also, there was one moment when Astrid brushed Stu's hair down over his forehead and I went "Woah!" because he really looked like Stu. Stu was so delicate and pretty, really - almost elfin looking. So sad.