“Blooming” Bloomed and Rock Opera

So the winners for the 2009-2010 Threadknits competition will be finalized and announced tomorrow.  You can see my entry here.  All in all, I think that the deer came out alright.

 

And a video too!

So in the aftermath of the deer, I’ve been working on a couple of things.  A friend of mine and I are working on a craft-centric webcomic, and I have socks and a sweater/jacket for my mother on the needles.  Last night, I didn’t work much on any of them.

I watched a rock opera instead.

Specifically, Repo!: The Genetic Opera.

It was something the Colonel brought home after watching some of the songs online, so after dinner we settled in for it.  I have to say, I found the concept very interesting, some scenes rather amusing, but some of the lyrics a bit forced.  Also, I’m not head-over-heels in love with modern gothic culture, so visually, I was sort of eh. Like when Sarah Brightman’s eyelashes looked like they could have fluttered away with her cyborg-eyes and not have been over-laden.  They could have carried coconuts, I swear.

At the same time, I’m so very interested in Repo Men.  If the date comparisons are correct, then both Repo Men and Repo! were created concurrently.  Still, from a folklorist standpoint, it’s pretty cool to see stories about companies financing and then violently repossessing biological tissue cropping up independently of one another.  And there’s a novel too! Triple trouble!

Guess what my next library checkout is going to be?

I’ll leave you with my favorite scene from Repo! and the trailer for Repo Men.