Well, dear readers, you won’t believe it. I can barely believe it myself and yet I must believe it because it is true. Actually, there are two count them two things I can’t believe. Thing one I can’t believe is that it’s October. Yes, you heard it here, dear readers, it is October, the tenth month of the year. And just where has this year gone? It has flown by like a winged bird soaring through the sky on its way to Pomona. Thing two is that yesterday we had our 700th notes. Yes, Virginia, I have written these here notes for 700 days in a row, almost (I think in the first weeks of the site being born we didn’t do weekends). However, I didn’t feel like celebrating that feat yesterday because yesterday I was celebrating my feet. Today we shall celebrate the feat, so let’s put on our pointy party hats and our colored tights and pantaloons, let’s break out the cheese slices and ham chunks, let’s dance the Hora and the Pony until the cows come home because it is October and these are notes number 701. Isn’t that exciting? Isn’t that just too too?
I’m already tuckered out from dancing the Pony, are you? That is one energetic dance if you ask me. Yesterday, I met up with Mr. Guy Haines and we recorded the vocals for three of the five Kritzerland CD songs – Guess Things Happen That Way, Poor Little Fool and High Hopes. Mr. Haines did them quite quickly for he was having a good day vocally. It helped that all the songs only had a range of about five notes. So, we hope to do the last two songs this weekend – It’s All in the Game and Together, Wherever We Go.
I also proofed like a madman yesterday and am now half-way through the book. Of course, this is only my proofing and my other proofers will hopefully get me their fixes soon. I also picked up my friend Ted Chapin’s brand spanking new book entitled Everything Was Possible, which is all about the making of Follies. I’ve read a bit and it’s very well done and quite addictive. I can’t really read anymore until I finish proofing, but then I shall devour the rest of it quite quickly. However, I can already recommend it without reservation.
Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below because I have to take a breather from the Pony.
Has anyone noticed that it’s October? Has anyone noticed that these are notes number 700? It is and they are. Last night I watched a bunch of musical numbers from Bollywood films of the 60s and 70s courtesy of dear reader MBarnum. They are quite addictive although I must say I’m partial to the big dance numbers of which there are only a handful in this collection. But those handful are doozies and one of them is almost up there from the insanely divoon number from Gumnaam. They are so infectious that you want to get off your couch and dance along. I refrained however as I was afraid I’d pull something or get a hernia.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must proof, I must eat, I must get in my automobile and drive hither and thither and then I must proof some more. Today’s topic of discussion: It’s Ask BK Day, the day in which you get to ask any excellent questions you might have, and it’s also Ask Dear Reader Day, the day in which you get to ask any dear reader any excellent questions you might have. I shall answer mine within the posts of the day. So, let’s begin October with a bang, shall we? Let’s have loads of lovely posts, shall we? We shall and we shall.