The reviewing continues this month with two NYMF shows: tonight's Austentatious and next week's Love Sucks. I've also scheduled myself to see two in October, which could run to three if nobody else on the staff picks up Blood Brothers. (I'm trying to be a good girl and stay away, which is tough, as it's got Nosedive and Vampire Cowboys folks working on it and I'm a big fan of the VCs after only one show. If those guys and Les Freres Corbusier were ever to collaborate, the resulting production would be a hedonistic delight for genre geeks like me.)

I may have to sneak in a nap before Austentatious, though. I bit the feduciary bullet and bought Season One of Heroes last night - no more waiting for the Netflix delivery! It also means, though, that I can watch episodes whenever I want. Last night I only meant to watch one, but one turned into two, and after two, I had to convince myself that staying up all night to watch more episodes would be a bad, bad idea. Six and a half hours of sleep (minus the times I got up to silence the cats, etc.) is taking its toll, and it's a pretty expensive one at that.

Totally unrelated to theater or writing, but ...

I'm completely, totally, utterly in love. The object of my affection is Heroes.

Why did I wait so long to get with you, baby? I heard about you last summer, and I just wasn't ready to commit back then. I was wasting my time with cheap flings like CSI and Two and a Half Men, and going through a rough patch with my other sweetheart, LOST.

But then I met you through Netflix last week, and you showed me what I've been missing all year. I only hope that, by the time I get to disc 7, you'll still be the same series I know and love right now.


xoxo Lauren

PS: Is it cool if I still see LOST and Doctor Who? I swear I have enough attention to go around.