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February 23, 2006:

ERSATZ SCALLIONS

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Well, dear readers, all I have to say is scallions. I don’t know why that’s all I have to say, but the word scallions just came pouring forth from my finger tips like a gazelle playing ping pong with a platypus. Man, these here notes are off to a fine start, aren’t they? First, the word scallions for no reason whatsoever, and then a gazelle playing ping pong with a platypus. Next thing you know, the platypus will be eating scallions and the whole damn thing will make some sort of weird sense to those who have weird sense or even weird cents. You see, this is a perfect example of what happens when you are overtired. You become incoherent, and you babble on or, at the very least, Babylon. And I think it will get worse before it gets better, or vice versa or even versa vice. I’m going to give arch a whole new meaning, baby. You thought you knew arch, well, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. Speaking of scallions, I had a very busy, strange, wacky day yesterday. I began by getting up at seven-thirty. That was wacky. Then I toddled over to the audio facility and did the audio layback for the Disney spots. Then I hand-delivered them to Disney. Then I was told in no uncertain terms that I had to book another session to enter each and every shot and its time code into the script. That story changed three times within the next hour, with the final result being that I cancelled the session and didn’t have to do it (I did have to add what episodes I used, which took me all of thirty seconds at home). So, that gig is now wrapped and I can send my fershluganah invoice and get paid. I also lunched with our very own Pogue and, as always, his company was sparkling and we laughed and laughed and just when we thought we could laugh no more, we laughed again. After that, I did some writing on the musical, and after that Mr. David Wechter came over and we supped and then did some work on the outline of act two.

Of course, I’m leaving out all the telephonic calls and e-mails and whatnot. I’m starting to book the cabaret series at LACC, which will officially begin on July 7th and run through August 5th. I’m also trying to get everything in motion for the release of the STAGE recording – I still haven’t had a returned call from my flaky CD pressing gal. I’ll leave her one more message, then I’m going elsewhere.

Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below because I am overtired, and when I’m overtired I begin to look like a platypus eating scallions whilst playing ping pong with a gazelle, not necessarily in that order.

Of course, I must be up bright and early to conduct the musical theater workshop (MTW), where we will be doing more singing. I must then drop all the Doodlebops viewing tapes off at Disney, then must pick up the master tapes for the STAGE album, deliver them to Vinnie, and then attend to other things, before going off to the theater to have a little brush-up rehearsal with my troublesome actor. I haven’t decided whether I’ll stay to see the performance or not – but I do know we have a decent-sized house, so that’s nice.

Then I must gear myself up for the all-day rehearsal with Miss Linda Purl on Friday. Then we’ll be going to Whittier on Saturday for our first performance of this new show. I still haven’t decided if I’m going on the four-hour journey on Sunday, but I think not if they’re going to stay overnight – I just have too much to do.

Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must drive about in my motor car, I must make ersatz comments to one and all, I must eat some ersatz scallions, I must look up the word ersatz, I must write, and I must get organized before I am overtaken by a sea of papers and bills and junk which is building up like an out of control zebu. Today’s topic of discussion: What are your favorite silent movies – those films sans dialogue, where image and title-cards had to tell the story? Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, and don’t forget to eat some ersatz scallions with your favorite platypus.

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