Deadpool 2

I never got around to seeing the first Deadpool movie in the theaters, despite the rave reviews. I can't remember what exactly put me off; it might have been the R-rating for violence, which is not typically my cup of tea. We got it from Netflix instead, and I was really glad I did -- it was fun, and hilarious, and Ryan Reynolds was born for the part, and the violence was so cartoonish and over-the-top that it bothered me less than I thought it might. So I enjoyed it, and was looking forward to Deadpool 2, maybe even ready to pay theater prices for it....

And then I was spoiled for the thing that happens before the opening credits. Spoilers ahead.

( Probably everyone who cares knows about this by now, but I'm going to cut it anyway. )

I wouldn't mind so much if I didn't think it could have been done better. There was so much space for it to be better. Dear movie makers: be better. Please.

Concert week

And now is the time for daily writing and posting in hard mode as we move into a concert week.

This quarter, we're doing an all-Italian program: two pieces by Verdi, the Easter Hymn from the one-act opera Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni (our conductor assures us that it's very famous, but I'm not familiar with it), and two movements from a mass by modern composer Giancarlo Aquilanti. I wish we were doing the whole Aquilanti -- it's a bit jazzy, and super fun to sing.

Concert week is a pretty full schedule: rehearsals tonight, tomorrow, and Thursday; concerts Friday night and Sunday afternoon. Fortunately I was able to shuffle around my work schedule so that I don't have to go in on Wednesday, so I get one day completely off (almost -- I do have a couple of meetings that I'll need to call into). My chorus basically always has a concert the weekend before Thanksgiving. If I'm being honest, this is one of the reasons I've never attempted NaNo. It's difficult enough to write even a little bit every day during a concert week, and I really don't know how I'd manage a large number of focused words.

So if I'm a little distracted the next seven days, that's why. Now time to settle in a little bit before sleep.