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what's this, an entry? YES, I saw Theater and I have THOUGHTS

First a bit of backstory: about a week and a half ago I sprained my knee. I had bought tickets to see Sleep No More and Merrily We Roll Along for the 8th and 9th, and I really did not want to cancel my plans and miss the shows. I was wearing a knee brace and using a cane.

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AND THEN. The next day! I went to see Merrily We Roll Along!

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Not-theater related but important: I had a great solo dinner and then brought dessert back to my hotel and watched Barbie, which was fine. And I can recommend Bagel Pub by Penn Station for a good big-style bagel.

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Hello Yuletide Writer!
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HELLO YULETIDE AUTHOR. First of all, thank you for your patience! This letter is complete as of 10/31/21.

What a year it's been, huh? Above all I hope you enjoy yourself writing this story. I'm not in it for anything super dark or tragic this year given the state of the world, but I hope I've given you enough room to write something you have fun with. If you have any questions feel free to contact the mods to pass questions along for me.

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First of all, thank you for writing for me! I am very excited, and I love Yuletide in general - I've met some great people through it and I always enjoy the challenge of writing for someone, and getting a fic written just for me is delightful. Second, thank you for your patience, as of 11/6/19 this letter is now complete.

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so, on the various stresses:

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So the Good Omens miniseries premiered last week. For various reasons it took me a week to get around to it.

And listen: Good Omens has been one of my favorite books since I was in high school. I loved my first copy so much it appears to have disintegrated into the ether. I bought a second copy when I was studying abroad in England because Terry Pratchett was doing a signing at the bookstore in our city (for a Discworld novel) and I waited in line and had him sign it and he was lovely and kind for the thirty seconds I talked to him. And then a friend was attending a Neil Gaiman signing and she had him sign the same copy, and I have the title page and cover in a frame (because the book itself was a misprinted paperback with a duplicated section and a chunk missing) and it's one of my treasures. I was on at least one mailing list for the book, and I remember reading a lot of very good fic about how Crowley and Aziraphale loved each other, and some about Adam and the Them that was also good, and reading people talk about some of the references that I didn't get yet. We reread it for our book club last month and I was surprised how much of the book I still have straight-up memorized. It holds up pretty well, for being written by two white straight dudes in England in the 1980s. I'm not as big a Neil Gaiman fan as I used to be, and I love the Pratchett I've read but I haven't seen any of the Discworld adaptations, and I was trying hard not to get my hopes up.

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