"Dancin' in the dark!"

RKZ and I went to the ballet last night: Dangerous Liasons. The people in this picture are actually 2 of the principal dancers (this is the ad for the ballet). The original story is from a French novel which has the form of letters written back and forth between these two really manipulative people (a man and a woman) who just seduce people for fun and power. There was a movie in the late 1980's starring Glen Close and Michelle Pfieffer (sp). It won a bunch of Oscars. The movie was remade with teenagers and called "Cruel Intentions." The ballet itself was staged in a cool way where there was a dramatic enactment behind a gauzy curtain and the dancing was in the foreground sort of representing the internal struggles of the characters and also representing a more full picture of the drama.

Anyway, there was a mixed reception to the ballet by RKZ and myself. I fully intended to be bored with just a bunch of dancing - and so I was shocked when I found myself riveted to the entire thing. I was shocked that 42 and then 30 minutes had gone by during each act of the ballet. RKZ was bored - bored and tired (a bad mix). My sweet husband said, "I liked that you liked it." Note to self (and all of you): no more ballets for RKZ. A funny coincidence was that we sat right by our social worker, Claire. She was about 3 seats away from us!

We are planning a trip to Waterton Provincial Park/Glacier National Park and Montana this afternoon/weekend. They are all about 3 hours away, so we thought it'd be a nice trip (and I could get to Target for my birthday). We currently plan to spend the night in Waterton and see some of Montana and then come home on Sunday. Sadly, the weather currently plans to blizzard this weekend, so we are playing it by ear. Have a good Friday and celebrate if you are anyplace you don't need to wear a down jacket outside.