Visited my parent's this past weekend to celebrate my birthday. Got a ride from kyroraz. On the way up we met jtroutman in Portland for Sushi— it was good, though the restaurant was a little strange. The decor was very nice, very classy, all blacks and dark reds. But at 11 they turned on a disco ball and started projecting music videos on the wall... seriously. Anyway, it was good to visit with jtroutman again, it's been too long.

Saturday my family and I all went to Communicating Doors at the Penobscot Theatre. This is what they say about it:

This intricate, time-traveling, comic thriller by the British master of farcical comedy delighted London and New York audiences. A London sex specialist from the future stumbles into a murder plot that sends her, compliments of a unique set of hotel doors, traveling back in time. She and two women who were murdered in 1998 and 1978 race back and forth in time trying to rewrite history and prevent their own violent ends. "A real knockout.... A vastly entertaining blend of the West End drawing room thriller with one of Priestley's old time plays, where characters go whirling throughout time. Of course, Ayckbourn has added innumerable piquant and bizarre details of his own... This is a show to see." N.Y. Post.

It was entertaining if not a perfect piece as I felt its sexual politics left something to be desired. (For instance, I found the "omg, a dominatrix! how risque, *wink* *wink* oh, she's actually submissive before a truely dominant man" bits a little offensive in a variety of ways, not the least of which, the common ignorance and objectification of the exotic kind of way.) Putting that aside, I thought it was a fine play and an excellent production. It's worth seeing.

Later that evening we watched This Film Is Not Yet Rated, which is all about the MPAA ratings process and their secret board of raters. Worth seeing... it was entertaining and very interesting.