Well, dear readers, you won’t believe it – yesterday I changed all the clocks in the house (most of the electronic ones change themselves these days like the computer and VCR) except for one. Yes, you heard it here, dear readers, I forgot to change one clock and, of course, that was the clock in my bedroom. Hence, I woke up at eight and yet it was nine. O, cruel happenstance. I have a nine-forty-five meeting this morning and must leave the house in twenty minutes. So, I’m afraid these will have to be very short notes. However, since there are those of you who catch up on the weekend notes after the fact, there’s plenty to read. Yes, today I will have to be succinct and to the point. Of course that flies in the face of the way I usually write these notes, but it is good to fly in the face of things every now and then, it is good to shake things up and put them in the blender of life.
There, you see, look at that neat and tidy paragraph above. Mr. Mark Bakalor will be dancing the Hora in glee, do you hear me? He lives for neat and tidy paragraphs. He’s always wanted this first section to be very short and today he will get his wish because I feel it is high time we all click on that Unseemly Button below because time is ticking away like an uncontrollable kneecap.
Yes, time is still ticking away like an uncontrollable kneecap, because time stands still for no man, woman or kneecap. Time marches on. Tempis fugit. Time is a river that keeps on flowing, time is the opposite of the 405 freeway which never keeps on flowing. Time is inexorable and there is nothing we can do about it exept go with the flow, although sometimes I do prefer to flow with the go. What the hell am I talking about?
I watched Mulholland Drive again and I must say it’s better the second time, and things become clearer. And Naomi Watts really does deserve all her accolades for this film. Her transformation in the last half-hour is extraordinary and when I first saw the film yesterday I wasn’t even sure it was her.
Things are getting very busy right now – the Tourette’s Syndrome benefit is coming up in three weeks and we now have to tie all the loose ends up and finalize everything. These multi-artist benefits are amazingly difficult to coordinate – everyone’s schedules are different, and the wrangling alone is totally wacky sometimes. We had our first cast dropout over the weekend (this happens all the time with benefits – that’s why one always says “Subject to change” – people get gigs, things come up), and sadly it’s Nancy Sinatra, although we were all concerned about it happening. She just didn’t have the time to commit to learning the three songs that are in the medley she would have been doing. So, I’m scrambling around trying to find a terrific replacement for her. As soon as we’ve set the replacement you will all be the very first to know who it is.
Have I mentioned that I forgot to reset the clock in my bedroom? I promise that I will reset it today so that I have plenty of time to write tomorrow’s notes. Tomorrow we will have long notes instead of short notes. Also, you still have time to get in your trivia contest guesses – I will only say that we have had no correct guesses yet. I clarified one point of the question yesterday, so if you missed yesterday’s notes just use the handy-dandy Unseemly Archive Button. And if you haven’t caught the new radio show, do so immediately, it’s really fun.
Today’s topic of discussion: Because I write these here notes everyday, you dear readers get a lot of information about me. That’s why I started the topics of discussion, so you could participate and I could see how you feel about things and what your favorites are. So, today I’d like to know a bit about each of you – what you like to do, what you do for a living, if you’re in school, what your interests are, how old you are. I know that I’ve received e-mails asking me if I know this reader or that reader and what they’re like – so here’s a chance for all of you to get to know each other a bit. So, go to it, dear readers and I’ll be back tomorrow with long notes.