WHAT WAS I THINKING? **UPDATE**

I'm not a fan of chick-flicks, finding them either overtly bubbly on the one hand or morose and too introspective on the other.

Richard I think, feels the same except for the fact that he does go to see them a lot. He maintains that this is a cunning plan so that Shelley will let him go to see the latest Arnie Schwartzenegger, Bruce Willis, Claude Van Damme or Sylvester Stallone nonsense as a reward if he indulges her. Personally I think the old woofter enjoys the rom-coms and chick-flicks more. Oh well, chacun à son goût.

A couple of months ago I saw that Love Actually, one of the most celebrated chick-flicks had been made into a musical and was going to be performed in Wellington. A rush of blood to the head prompted me into thinking that The Old Girl will like this so I made bookings. The show is today - this afternoon. I'm committed now.

At least it's a parody of the film so I might enjoy it.

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**UPDATE**

I have to report a bit of a cock up on the entertainment front.

On the way to the Love Actually show today The Old Girl said to me that she was surprised at my booking the tickets to this as she knows it's not 'my thing'. I told her that it's based on Love Actually but would likely be quite different. She looked at me funny.

Well, what we discovered was that the Wellington Orchestra occupied the stage at the Michael Fowler Centre and played over some of the songs in the Love Actually film which was being projected onto a giant screen behind them. The entire film was being shown. WTF! This made no sense to me. There was an intermission and we went out and didn't return to our seats.

What I thought I'd booked for was the Love Actually musical parody:

Whatta mistakea to makea.