I saw The Producers today (the film version). I saw it with Ellen. It didn't stand up very well at all. It's a complete copy of the stage version - word for word, gesture for gesture. Even the sets are identical. Ell absolutely hated it with a passion.

The worst thing about it is the BIG musical acting. Stage acting and film cameras don't mix.

I saw the stage version with Amanda and Elliot a while ago, which was actually quite entertaining. It probably helps to be with a large audience.

Nevertheless, we finished the day with another episode of Gilly Girls. So all is well.

In other news, there are some strange things going on with the monkey theatre group i'm involved in. I think i'm in the middle of it. I'm not sure.

At highschool, they had a peer mediation program. When there was conflict among students, they were going to get students to run a medition session. I signed up, and they got in these councilors to teach us mediation skills. You had to have two people mediating, and you had to call yourself M1 and M2. You had to listen to each persons side of the argument and say "So, what I hear you saying is...", and reframe their statement in neutral, touchy/feely terms.

Only one session was ever held before the program was cancelled, and I never got to do any real mediation. I'd forgot about it till now. But it makes me remember that I was kind of interested in psychology back then, to some degree.

In year 10, I was also a peer support leader. I made new year 7s feel special...