Away with the Raggle Taggle Gypsy

[cyrano]

I have to make up my god damned mind.
Today I was browsing the OSF catalog. And I saw 'King John'. And I thought Hunh. I tried to read that once. I bet seeing it would help. And the more I thought, and read the synopsis, the more I wanted to see it.
And also I discovered that the *next weekend* after I was planning to go, the prices drop 25% for the off-season.
And if I went the next weekend, I could (if I extended my stay another day) see Cyrano on closing night. And then, the day after, Two Gentlemen closing night.
And then, since two of the five shows I want to see are in the Elizabethan Theatre, I was trying to remember how likely it was to rain in the first week of October, and whether that was worth the risk.
Augh.

Also: there's this thing called Blingo that Aelf pointed me toward--it's the google search engine with an extra layer on top and prize give-aways for searching. (She's already won a movie ticket.) I don't have a URL to join as her friend, off hand, but if you go to http://www.blingo.com/friends?ref=cRzmVCYj1HzZV4X_ZDoyIABcnAI and join up under my name, then I apparently get a share of all the prizes you get. I haven't seen much difference between this and using Google yet, and so I encourage you all to go and win me prizes!

Comments

[aberrantvirtue.livejournal.com]

There's absolutely no difference except that the ads have a highlighted box around them.

Seriously. :)

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Wow. Yeah, for a remote chance at prizes, I'll take that highlight. (:

[aberrantvirtue.livejournal.com]

Should have signed up under me back when I was pimping it. ;)

(People in my circle of friends have won movie tix, nanos, and amazon gift cards.)

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I totally should have. But I suck.
Also, I totally don't remember it.

[aberrantvirtue.livejournal.com]

No worries. I was a blingo "early adopter", back like last summer. :)

Anyway, just set it as the search engine in your browser toolbar thingie. It helps you to win. ;) (I go to the toolbar search all the time, so yeah. :) )

I am with the smiley face today apparently. :-D

[jakejr.livejournal.com]

Given that it's not raining in Portland until the third week of October most years, and that that's three hundred miles deeper into rain country, your weather odds are probably pretty good. You should probably do tickets soon if that's your plan, though, with the whole last-show thing.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was one of the things I... may be able to check here at work but I'm not sure. Checking availability may have to wait until tonight when I get home.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Looks like I can check it at work and closing night is sold out for Cyrano. So I'll avoid that.

[jakejr.livejournal.com]

If you find a date combination where you can see, say, all but one of what you're after, you can also consider going and hoping for the stand-by line they do every morning. It's no guarantee, but it's worth a shot if you can't find dates that perfectly line up with what you want. Or if you have time to kill and feel like seeing an extra play. Mom and I wound up getting front row for Othello that way one time.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I may try that--King John and Jeckyll and Hyde appear to be entirely sold out that week.