He likes turkey, and sometimes being petted, and he REALLY likes Cozy. She got him to come into our kitchen and he had a grand time rubbing up against the legs of our kitchen table and chairs, then he cuddled up to the oven because it was still warm. Otherwise he usually roams our back patio hunting for (ugh) mice and rats. But I'm going to pretend that they don't exist.On Sunday I went to see the Lambert Puppet Theatre production of The Three Little Pigs and The Man Who Knew Best. It was so loud. Really, really loud. Screaming children crawling all over the place. An eye opening experience indeed.
Yesterday Peter, Kenna and I went to a performance of Coraline by Puca Puppets at The Pavilion Theatre in Dun Laoghaire. For the record - Coraline is a children's book by one of my favorite authors, Neil Gaiman. It was very exciting for me to find out that there was a puppet version of the book, and I was not disappointed. Seeing this, and also participating in the first reading of Peter's adaptation of The Seagull, has inspired me to think about doing a Neil Gaiman piece for my senior project in children's theatre. I would like to adapt one of Neil's other books for children, probably The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish or his new version of Snow White. Since Peter has such a knack for adapting, this could be a fun project.
Note to family: Mom, you should get The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish from the library and read it. It's supposed to be an excellent children's book. And Alanna, you have to read Good Omens. It's on my bookshelf.
After seeing Coraline, I had to go to the head office of the National Association for Youth Drama to pick up a book for my independent study. They had told me in an e-mail that it was a little difficult to find, but I was armed with the street address and a description of the building and bus routes to get there. Peter initially didn't want to go with me but I begged him to because I didn't know where the heck I was going, and he acquiesced. The moment we stepped off the bus a woman approached us and said, "Where are you going?" I told her, and she said, "Just mind yourselves. This is a really bad neighborhood. Just...watch out." Yikes.
And it was a bad neighborhood. Really dingy and frightening, and I was so puzzled as to why the NAYD office was there, but I managed to get the book and get out of there safely. Thanks to Peter for coming with me to watch my back.
Today Peter's cousins, Anna and Jim, arrive for a visit. We are going to show them around Dublin, then go to the Cliffs of Moher tomorrow, and then see the lighting of Dublin's Christmas display on Sunday. I have been looking forward to that all week!
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