As far as I can figure out, their show is sort of the part of the nativity where Joseph and Mary are trying to find a place to stay....and then the Kings trying to find them? It gets a bit blurry....anyway, it seems to be about helping each other on a journey, and celebrating good things together, whoever you are... or something. It's hard to tell, when it's Sherlock explaining, as he's far more concerned with what he's doing in the play at given moment, and if he isn't on stage, it's not important...
Here's a fantastic video of two brilliant guitarists/singers. Wish I had half their talent. A quarter of it, even!
And now a few people know about this blog, I sometimes ask colleagues for contributions by way of pictures.
Here's one I got today.
Care to guess what's going on here?
Anyway, must go - Mycroft's back tomorrow!
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I must admit, I much prefer Johnny Cash's later stuff - "Hurt" is a particular favourite - because it feels like you can hear a lifetime full of experience and happiness and regret in his voice.
That looks like Smarties, so I'm guessing it's a jar full of drugs of some description?
It's so lovely to see you all excited at Mycroft coming home :-)
I had what I thought was an invariable law of music - No song isn't made better by being sung by Johnny Cash - and mostly it is true as long as you don't listen to his version of 'Bridge Over Troubled Water'. That's a brilliant video.
Lancs. Anon
I know that one, so I suppose it's unfair to guess...
You sounded good. :) Even Sherlock approved!
Sherlock looked very cool, clicking his fingers along with me.
Lancs. - There has to be an exception to every rule, right? :)
I am always deeply impressed by musicianship, the deep down, music in their very blood thing, that means a person can pick up an instrument/start singing and just create.
Lancs. Anon
Drugs in...well, to this American it looks like M&Ms or Reese's Pieces. Someone else said Smarties, which to me means chalky little candies.
smarties here are little chocolate things with a crispy sugar shell - much like chocolate M&Ms, but, y'know, better ;)
Anyone want to guess why the drugs are in a jar? Or what the red stuff is?
Bran tub? Lucky Dip? Doctor friend once told me about a little old lady who was on a lot of different medications and ended up in hospital with an overdose. Questioning revealed that she was getting her prescriptions, getting all the tablets out and putting them in a big bowl and then taking the first ten that came to hand, because it was easier than keeping track of how many of each kind to take each day.
I'm just enjoying John's face as he reads that, Anon :)
I adore the Cash version of 'Hurt' but was surprised to realise most people don't know it's a cover of Nine Inch Nails!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfK-OI3oXWQ&feature=fvst
It doesn't make me cry like Johnny Cash does, though...
I'm guessing the candy and pills are in... bran powder or exercise helping powder?
And Johnny Cash is amazing. I'm only sorry it tooke me so long to really appreciate him.
King of the Road! That's one of my father's songs! And come to think of it, I wouldn't have been surprised if he started singing Roger Miller's "twine" song -- he did that sort of thing all the time. (I nearly fell off my chair laughing.)
As for the picture, it looks to me like the pills are being sieved out of the powder. And the powder looks like koolaid or something similar. Sorting evidence, then?
rsf
My parents used to sing "King of the Road" together, so of course the sound in my head is of them singing it. I still seem to know many of the words!
Definitely different from the renaissance music I'm about to go listen to, but I like it all.
AftSO
Doctor friend once told me about a little old lady who was on a lot of different medications and ended up in hospital with an overdose. Questioning revealed that she was getting her prescriptions, getting all the tablets out and putting them in a big bowl and then taking the first ten that came to hand, because it was easier than keeping track of how many of each kind to take each day.
Well, but...it's not really funny. My father has pills he's supposed to take four times a day, others three times, others twice, and others once. Some have to have a certain number of hours between them, others can't be taken together, others have to be taken with food...and he has Parkinson's, he has trouble with short term memory. My mother and I had to sit down and work out a chart, with times and instructions. If he lived alone--well, he probably wouldn't take them randomly, he'd probably not take any. It's really not a good thing, to send an older person home with all those pills and expect them to figure it out, never mind actually remembering to what to take when, every couple of hours.
I have absolutely no clue what's going on in that photo! (Drugs? Really? What do M&Ms have to do with drugs?)
You sounded good. :) Even Sherlock approved!
Does that mean Sherlock'll ease up on the demands for practice? :D
Oh! You can click on the picture and make it bigger! (cue face palm)
The red powder looks to me like jello powder...ok, wait, international audience, um...fruit flavored instant gelatin? Gelatine?
Glad your playing went well. Sadly, oldest daughter does not feel at all happy with her guitar solo on Zoot Suit Riot tonight so my heart is broken a little.
Oh! You can click on the picture and make it bigger! (cue face palm)
OH! That's how drugs got into the discussion, there are pills in there. (The things I learn... :D)
All that's in the pic is red powder and drugs - no sweets at all. I'm feeling confused myself after all the talk of m&ms!
Those are certainly candy colors, there! :)
You're up early for a day off, L, I hope you get a chance to have a bit of a lie in.
... The makings of Pill Punch?
No chance of a lie in with Sherlock at the moment.
Anon - you're probably closest with that guess.
Was he very stressed this morning? It's a hard life being seven and I don't mean that even close to sarcastically, so much is out of your control and it looks like everyone else gets to decide things. It's only when you grow up that you realise how little choice the average adult has!
Lancs. Anon
So the powder IS like koolaid then? Mix it with water to get a sweet drink?
I hope Sherlock got off to school without too much fuss.
Rsf
No, you really really wouldn't want to drink that.
No I really wouldn't! Got Mycroft back yet?
We have him, we're having lunch out. Weather is clear and right now, after a horrible start, so we brought the bikes. Anthea is pack horsing all Mycrofts stuff back home.
Have a lovely afternoon, guys! (You, too, Anthea! :))
Next time I'm going to have my own helmet and gear and ride pillion too. It's got to beat a car full of slobbering dog, right?
But which one to choose to sit behind, the Doc or the DI?
If you ever get your own, we could be a very small biker gang.
If Sherlock and Mycroft do too we can be Hell's Holmes' or something...
Holmes' Angels?
Sherlock is already on his way to being set with a halo...
I'm going to have a bike with flames on and lots of lights.
That will be exciting!
I wouldn't want to drink anything with all those pills, I'm just still wondering about the powder.
And if you're a very small biker gang, will you all have matching leather jackets?
rsf
will you all have matching leather jackets?
Should they be sparkly or light-up?
Mine is going to be grown up and black except Lestrade says he wants me to have reflective bits on but he doesn't so I don't see why I should.
RSF - with or without the drugs, you wouldn't want to drink it. In fact, I'd prefer it with!
Reflective bits can be pretty cool, though, Sherlock, like racing stripes.
L, your "hints" are not helping me in the least!
What else could be that hideous shade of red? Rat poison? Ground up crystal meth made by a person who has food coloring and is not afraid to use it?
Sherlock, I think reflectve bits are good for grown up jackets too. But they're more important for kids because drivers are more likely to miss seeing smaller obstacles at night.
rsf
But if I were on the motorcycle they would see the whole motorcycle so really I would look the same size as Lestrade does if I were riding with him or almost as much if I were riding with John.
you'd more that double the size of John on his bike Sherlock ;)
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
(That wasn't even me posting Anon!)
Someday, I'm going to record the sigh-and-eyeroll combination John does when someone makes a short joke. It's nearly identical every time.
sorry John, very naughty to make jokes and hide behind anon. ;)
I think, in that case, if it wasn't you, it would've been Lestrade. That was too good an opportunity for him to pass up.
There's still walking to or away from the bike, Sherlock--and standing in the road while the bike's being locked up. It would be a bit riskier, really, because other drivers wouldn't be expecting a second person. (And some adult jackets have reflective bits, so it could still be black and grown up.)
Don't worry, Sherlock, you don't have to put reflective bits on the jacket. We can get you an armband or a sam brown belt. Then when you don't need to be reflective you don't have to be.
What's a sam brown belt and why is it called that?
Hello Mycroft :-)
Sherlock - I think wearing reflective stripes on your jacket would be a very small price to pay for being able to ride on a bike.
Lestrade - I'm flummoxed by the red powder. It's not something like coke, dyed red to be mixed with alcohol to make a cocktail, is it? I will happily admit to be somewhat light on first-hand knowledge of illegal substances.
Anthea - "But which one to choose to sit behind, the Doc or the DI?" Now there's a question that deserves some proper consideration...
Sherlock - it's a belt that goes around your waist and also over one shoulder. It's called a Sam Brown belt because it was invented by a bloke called Sam Brown to hold his sword scabbard steady when he wanted to draw his sword because he'd lost an arm and couldn't hold it himself. In your case, it would be reflective.
Or we can get you some lights to wear around your arms and legs, something like that.
Can I put a sword in it???
Nope.
Just imagine what would happen if your sword went through the spokes of the wheel...
Can I put a sword in it when I'm not on the bike?
Just imagine if your DI found you with a sword about to go out in public and decided to arrest you!
Not a REAL one, I know I can't have a real one. You said that before.
well, the sword would need to go in a scabbard, which would then have to go on a frog, on your belt...and this would be a high-viz belt, not a leather one like you'd usually put a sword on.
If John still used his cane could he have a sword cane or would you have to arrest him for that too?
Yes. I would. And frisk him.
Sorry I never got one now.
If you pretended to have one, I would be forced to frisk you to find it. And keep frisking you, until I did find it...which I wouldn't ever do, if you didn't... ;)
You are thorough in the pursuit of your duty, it's true...
oh yes. Very very thorough.
Don't tell the little Angel, but the weather reports suggest there may be some of the s word next week...
How season appropriate!
Gotta run, but wanted to say--tomorrow (after sunset) is the first night of Chanukah...just in case you wanted to mark the occasion with latkes (potato pancakes) or sufganiyot (jelly donuts). :)
Have a lovely evening and first-full-day-of-Mycroft-being-back-home!
If he controlled the weather, we'd be in the middle of another ice age.
...and he'd be being raised by a pack of arctic wolves, or something.
He's getting Mycroft to help him pick presents out at the moment. I'm unsure if they're for him or for him to get other people. I slightly suspect it's something to do with John and me.
(You don't need to get us anything at all, Sherlock, just so you know.)
As long as they're occupied, you could come over here and keep me company...
Mmmm, one of my favourite activities.
...although it means I catch up on the news. And lose a bit more faith in humanity. Specifically, Australian DJs and British thieves.
the DJ thing is horrid, they can't have known this was going to happen but they shouldn't have made the call.
Yeah, I'm sure they're feeling completely terrible - but yes, I don't find it remotely amusing to try and find out personal details about anyone's medical condition, whether or not they're famous.
I was watching the news today... I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Casual, thoughtless, callous stupidity, leading to tragedy. Just awful.
I haven't seen the thieves story? I did see that the starting salary for coppers is apparently £4K a too high, because obviously our police force are overpaid. FFS. I'm just trying not to think about the autumn statement at all.
OTOH, the Government do at least seem enthused about marriage equality. One tiny ray of light.
The thief is the one suing the Met because he broke his leg fleeing from a robbery on a high powered motorbike and crashed into an unmarked police car.... I don't really have the words for that one. (He had committed 46 raids...it's not like this was a first time offence.)
Oh, for... honestly, what are people like?
I hope that you are at least finding some comfort away from the stupidity of the world with your lovely boys this evening?
Well, hopefully it'll be found to be without merit and rejected.
And yeah, although SHerlock still isn't in bed! Waaaaay too excited.
Having mulled over what I'd've done if John and I had met earlier in our lives, and he'd gone off to the army... what would he have done if I'd been a rockstar and been touring the globe with my band??
I hope Sherlock Sleeps at some point and the rest of you as well :-)
Have a great time at home Mycroft, do you have much planned?
L - assuming I wasn't in the army? Been your groupie, obviously.
not stayed at home, ministering to the sick and pining for me?
You might've needed a doctor on tour. The rock and roll lifestyle isn't famous for clean, healthy living.
Those particular DJs aren't feeling sorry at all. They are scum with previous.
But like the consumers of tabloid press in the UK, the consumers of tabloid radio in Oz like to consume the horror they produce, so they are very well paid scum with previous.
And, you will notice, employed scum with previous.
Will you ever tell us what the red powder is?
I'm guessing at some form of opiate powder.
Anon - yes, I'll say in my next post, which will probably be tonight.
I'm still running very late to this party, but I love the idea of the "Holmes Angels" motorcycle gang. Presumably Sherlock will find a way to stick the halo from this year's Christmas play to his helmet. :)
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