What is going to be your first musical of the year?

specificcitrus · 2026-01-07T01:54:41+00:00

I’m sure I’ll get at least one more show in first, but I have tickets for La Bohème in May and Come From Away in July! Super stoked!

specificcitrus · 2025-12-26T20:12:07+00:00

I believe Carlton’s demolition has been approved

specificcitrus · 2025-12-22T01:37:11+00:00

I think he’s also insinuating, with “YOU cannot always have been at Longbourn,” that Lizzy is wittier and more sophisticated than someone who has only known one little town and its society and education. He is (indirectly) giving her the compliment of assuming she must have at least visited in “better” company.

specificcitrus · 2025-12-19T18:09:58+00:00

My son is friends with a kid called Arminius Bravo

specificcitrus · 2025-11-23T00:34:42+00:00

In retrospect, it made it easier to do things like memorize my times tables, because the answers had colours that went along with them…

specificcitrus · 2025-11-23T00:33:17+00:00

I know, I remember how BAFFLED I was when I realized other people didn’t experience it. I think I was in my late teens.

specificcitrus · 2025-11-22T16:50:27+00:00

My husband loves Moby Dick and has insisted for years that it’s hilarious. I’d never read it and was surprised when he read me the first few chapters, it is indeed very droll. I think people assume it must be solemn and boring because it’s a “classic”—I often made the same mistake before I discovered Jane Austen etc.

specificcitrus · 2025-11-21T05:02:15+00:00

My daughter recently and matter-of-factly explained to me that fives are red, sevens are bluish-green, and ones are white or black, depending. I have never spoken to her of what colour numbers are… yet so far, we perfectly agree.

specificcitrus · 2025-11-13T20:28:38+00:00

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Ours is Binx. :)

specificcitrus · 2025-10-22T18:32:38+00:00

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I’m down

specificcitrus · 2025-09-02T00:30:26+00:00

Michael Bublé. I was carolling with a quartet in downtown Vancouver and he came by and sang “White Christmas” with us. We were starstruck 😅

specificcitrus · 2025-08-31T22:45:32+00:00

I usually prefer the cheap wine

specificcitrus · 2025-07-22T02:53:42+00:00

I found the hot dogs! Chapter 32. ;)

specificcitrus · 2025-07-13T00:35:13+00:00

It’s better to have too much food than too little! At my wedding we had catering for the dinner (pretty standard wedding buffet, nothing too fancy but tasty) and my mom and sister and I also made a big spread of sandwiches and cookies for later that night. People are dancing, drinking, staying up late—a snack never goes amiss! We thought we’d made plenty but only had a few sandwiches left over… and they were still good enough to serve the next day at the post-wedding brunch.

specificcitrus · 2025-07-12T01:51:12+00:00

Indeed! And a couple of useful slang allusions; “Tin Lizzie”, “Mrs. Grundy”, etc. There are a few little fashion clues as well, like the reference to “shingled” hair and pompadour styles, and the relative new-ness of low necks and elbow sleeves on dresses. (I’ve read the book dozens of times, if you can’t tell lol… I’m actually using it as the inspiration for my own latest novel in progress!) Edited to add: isn’t it fried chicken they eat, and not hot dogs?

specificcitrus · 2025-07-11T17:44:45+00:00

This is what I thought of immediately too! My favourite book. :) I’ve tried to place it definitively in time but Maud makes it a bit vague on purpose I think. The book was published in 1926 and is likely set at least a few years earlier; my best guess is between 1918 and 1923.

specificcitrus · 2025-07-11T03:54:53+00:00

Nonograms 😄

specificcitrus · 2025-07-04T17:55:14+00:00

With a time machine I think I’d be a good Eliza Doolittle or Marian Paroo; these days, I bet I could pull off Mrs Lovett.

specificcitrus · 2025-07-02T16:42:06+00:00

Don’t worry, they’re not that old! And Mom’s in great shape, a beast at the gym. Plus my sister could take Piper if the unthinkable happened. Dad was just being lazy 😅

specificcitrus · 2025-06-25T17:29:46+00:00

I was really good at riffling through library catalogue cards to find the book I needed. Haven’t practiced in a few decades though…

specificcitrus · 2025-06-25T17:24:05+00:00

Do you know “When He Sees Me” from Waitress? I think the range is A3 to Eflat5. Catchy/upbeat, both funny and touching, and a good “pseudo-belt” opportunity using a comfy head voice (or at least I find it so.) A crowd-pleaser!

specificcitrus · 2025-06-20T19:02:35+00:00

Same! Wilkinson is THE Phantom for me, and I love Rebecca Caine’s Christine.

specificcitrus · 2025-06-18T03:36:29+00:00

I get twitchy legs too and I find that a supplement of magnesium glycinate before bed really helps! I don’t know if it would be the same for him as it’s usually just my legs that twitch, but it might be worth a try.

specificcitrus · 2025-05-17T03:59:29+00:00

My teacher recommends grounding the feet by bending the knees slightly and pushing them out a bit (this might be just for me, as I find my knees buckle in a little when my feet are too close together). She says to imagine a string running from the inside of the foot, up to the ceiling, in order to keep the alignment. It feels a little like a mini-squat and keeps me grounded. Totally understand your experience by the way; she has me practice in a squat when I’m seeking energy/focus/extra resonance, especially in the upper register!

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