I just got back from seeing a local production of The Who's Tommy. It was really good, all things considered. I've been to musicals produced by this company before where some of the voice talent was lacking, but all of the vocals tonight were pretty solid. The lead, Christopher Crawford (who was also in Batboy: The Musical) was fabulous. For some reason they cast the chick who played Batboy's girlfriend as Cousin Kevin, which was confusing, but she also has a great voice, so okay. Uncle Ernie was especially good, and just the right amount of skeevy. There were some changes to the story from the film version that sure make Tommy's parents a lot more sympathetic. At any rate, good show, good music, good times.

I'm proud of myself because I refrained from spending money I don't have. And I was sorely tempted to get myself a copy of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. Putting it back on the shelf and leaving it behind hurt me. But I'll live. I reminded myself that I don't have time to read it right now anyway, and even if I do get time to read, I'm still slogging my way through The Once and Future King, plus I've got several other books in my queue, including Return of the King which I swore I'd read this year. And I also still want to reread A Storm of Swords before Martin finally releases the next book in that series (but something tells me that there's no need to hurry there). So, yes. Messrs. Strange and Norrel, I've waited for you this long; I can wait a while longer.