Off to IPAC for a night at the theatre again ...
August
WICKED - performed by our Illawarra theatre group of many years standing , The Arcadians .
We just had to meet first at the IPAC café to try their goodies with green fillings , green icing , green drink , well maybe not the green drink .
What a great show ! The performance , the singing , the stage props and the atmosphere highlighted a wonderful night at the theatre for just a few of our ladies . All the cast of the show were “ home grown ” from very young to much more experienced as they took us on the journey of how the Wicked Witch of the West , a misunderstood girl with emerald skin named Elphabab , met blonde and popular , Glinda , at Shiz University to study sorcery and an unlikely friendship grew between them but was manipulated by the Wizard of Oz and his female assistant teacher in Sorcery , with shocking consequences for the two girls along the way as their lives go in very different ways .
We watched as the boys of their dreams and a rescued pet lion cub were turned into The Tin Man , The Straw Man and the Cowardly Lion . This was prior to when Dorothy and her dog Toto “ dropped in ” one day on the Land of Oz via a house with the help of a very strong wind . But , as all good stories go ... it all ended on a positive note after Elphaba and Glinda fulfilled their destinies as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good , rekindling the friendship . They also got their “ man ” even if one needed oiling and the other had hair like straw ! We didn ’ t quite see who took the Lion home as their pet .
What Grinds Your Gears ...
Have you ever been in a situation where you couldn ’ t open your mouth when something was making your hair stand on end or your temperature gauge go up to dangerous annoyance levels very quickly ? Yes , we all have . This is what our ladies had stuck in their “ gears ”.
September
We all had some gripes from one of our older members asking a person with a full trolley of groceries if she could go before him with her two items , and him telling her to walk to the other end of the store . Our Marriage Celebrant member having her “ gears ” grrrr ... with brides being late for their wedding and then puffing on a cigarette before the ceremony . Priorities please ! One of our Grandmas told us how an Anglican priest was not willing to baptise her grandson because the parents were not married . Lost the whole meaning of baptism , for the baby ? Cannot think of what Susan or I mentioned but we all had some gripes .
As for me ... it is a gear-grinding , tongue-biting hate of mine when I am called “ deary ” or “ darl ” by someone who doesn ’ t know me from Eve and and also too often being asked if I would like to sit down when at an event where most others are standing to see better or just watch what ’ s happening . Most times the seat is right at the back where you couldn ’ t see anything but everyone else ’ s back sides ! It ’ s the white hair I suppose or do I look a bit more like a zombie than I realise ? I know ... it all comes from a good heart ... trying to change gears now . Nah ... can ’ t get it into neutral !
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