missizzy

Went to the Folger today to see A Midsummer Night's Dream. Their latest production of it combines a generic modern setting with a genderswapping of all the theatricals except Peter Quince, a good deal of interaction with the audience(one highlight was Helena fleeing Hermia through the audience and apologizing to people she jostles), a lot of sound effects, modern music, and occasional modern lines(Hermia picks an odd time to realize Lysander doesn't have his inhaler with him), and certainly was funny, though it troubled me how they didn't seem to trust the original words to do the work. Getting there and back was a pain, though, since the blue line was only running every twenty minutes, although apparently most of the other trains were worse. On the way back, I saw more than one person try to force their way through closing doors to not have to wait twenty minutes, and that was in the underground stations; at the ones out the cold, the wait would be worse.
Got barraged by hello messages on OkCupid today. Not at all certain why. Have responded to some lately, but then there was one from a guy in India! That's probably not going to work out.