Good day to you all, how are you? Well what a week it's been for us all over here, I'll cut the intro short and just jump right into it.
Kicking off the week, we started on quite a quirky note; I can't be sure how we got onto this topic, but somewhere along the way Wicks came up with the idea of a children's book titled 'The Rude Mug', which would tell of the trials and tribulations of the mug owner and possibly how the mug might spit in your tea... Welp, moving along.
Wednesday saw ConscienceSarah thinking that she could possibly encounter a middle age crisis in the future. She predicted that, with her current 'a chocolate brownie a day' mentality, she could end up putting on a considerable amount of weight. This lead to an in-depth discussion about muffins, Sharah possibly waking up one morning, realising she had put on weight over night, and also how weight gain doesn't quite happen over such a short space of time. Wicks eventually suggested that if Sharah became a famous author and put on a few pounds, she would most likely hear about it from the tabloids first, perhaps DLM's future newspaper?
On that same day, Master also shared her Tumblr philosophy, stating "if I see a post, then it was meant to be, there's a reason why I saw it." To settle the confusion, I'll explain; because of the sheer volume of posts on Master's news feed, she thinks that there must be some sort of universal reason for her to see the posts that she sees. It can be terrifyingly unpredictable when Master thinks too hard.
Towards the end of the week, Wicks brought in a bumper box of Family Circle biscuits that she'd bought at a bargain price of £2. It was also revealed that ANT is probably the only person ever to have a particular liking for plain shortbread biscuits. We also noticed that there was some false advertising on the packaging as a particular shortbread round appeared on the box, but was not included in the selection. Adding to the current number of biscuits, Cap brought in her home made Smarties biscuits, which tasted fantastic! In other biscuit-related news, Wicks told us about her favourite 'Malted Milk' cow biscuits, which we had all forgotten about until that conversation. To round off this biscuit business, Cap and Sharah talked about fun family circle activities, such as writing down facts about ourselves, mixing them up and seeing if we can guess who wrote the fact.We'll see if we ever get round to trying it out ;p
Winding down on the working week, Master went into town to get some cookies and also a pack of Frazzles for ANT. When ANT got round to paying Master, they ended up fighting over who kept the 5 pence change (incoveniently made up of a 1p coin and two tuppence pieces) as none of them wanted the extra change. Master attempted to convince ANT that it was Black Friday, meaning that ANT should take the money, but ultimately it came down to a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors, where Master triumphed and ANT had to keep the change.
The main event of the week was ConscienceSarah's dance show, which we went to see on Saturday. It was a sequel to Alice in Wonderland, titled 'Malice in Wonderland', which we all enjoyed very much, and perhaps even more so, in the second half, after consuming the mega marshmallows during the interval. Preceeding its straight-to-DVD release, we have an exclusive excerpt from a review by Localville's very own entertainment magazine, Total Bilm:
"Malice in Wonderland was a tremendously exciting production. We were particularly impressed with the diversity of cast members, from the young ones to the Dance Nans, who all performed exceptionally whilst having to cope with a rather slippy floor. Over-looking the odd slip, trip and the kid facing the wrong way, it was outstanding, even though we did spot a member of the principal cast chatting away in a particular scene.
Apart from the fantastic plot and routines, we also loved the costumes, even if they always wanted to become detached (looking at you, glitter hats and the rabbit tail). There were some very interesting pieces that the talking flowers got to wear, the lily and the poppy were particularly memorable. Also, props to the guys doing ballet, although next time he could have a longer gown to wear over his tights?
The main aspect of the production that let it down was the use of technology; there were often very long pauses when the tech team were preparing for scenes, the microphones could still be heard even when they were not supposed to be and I should hope that there was a warning of intense sustained periods of flashing lights for anyone with epilepsy. Anyway, we should still applaud the Dance Dads, who were unapologetically undisguised and in charge of clearing the stage and setting things up.
All in all, a good time was had by all. A particular highlight was Colin Slickens' performance as the Red Queen. I'm positive that he will be a strong contender for this year's 'Best Performance' and 'Skiver' award. In the end, we couldn't help but clap along the 'Shake It Off' and 'On Top of the World' as the performers took their final bow. A massive well done goes out to everyone."
What a great night, even though there's always one that cries at the end and doesn't want to go back on stage. On the way back home, our very own harsh reviewer ANTdeemed it worthy of 12 out of 10 stars. I think that speaks for itself.
Until next week, have a good one :D
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