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suzy_m_charnas attends a really good performance (insightful):

I don't think I'd have bought a recording of the piece even if there was one to be had. I noticed after that my lower ribs were a little sore, as if from either holding my breath like a crazy person so as not to miss hearing anything, or from the intensity of the vibrations flooding the room. I don't get that kind of impact from recordings. And there wouldn't be the smiles of the performers as they caught what one of them was doing and edged back to make room for it, or agreed with their eyes to run that bit again before shifting to the bridge section, and so on.

traykor does battle (funny):

Lo, the fair Queen did look outside her castle. The thicket had grown fast and deep around the poor castle, and threatened to choke the garden and create a fire hazard for dragons. Though loyal allies were asked for aide, the other inhabitants of the castle quaked in fear at the terrible thicket. So the fair queen, though recently injured in a carriage accident, undertook to defeat the terrible weeds. She had a magic potion to aide her, but the magic potion's warning label warned that weeds must be less than 6 inches high. So she took her trusty blade, grasshog, and slew the vile thicket. With no help from the rest of the castle.
And then the queen went and beat the kitchen, which was attempting to fall into great decay, back into submission, and did other noble deeds of domestic mastery and greatness (with some help from the princess, who did battle with the dishes).

(today I cut down the waist high backyard, weeded the front garden, planted new herbs, cut the big meat packs into roasts for the freezer, and cleaned the kitchen)