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September 16, 2006:

THE CRUMBLING MIND

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Well, dear readers, I must hurry and write these here notes because in a few short hours I will be on my way to the celebrity show to sign various and sundried items (should anyone be interested). I’ll be sitting betweek Mr. Kevin Spirtas and Mr. Matthew Ashford. I’ll be the one the girls and boys aren’t swooning over. “I’ll be sitting betweek???” WhatEVER. So, let me cut to the chase or, at the very least, let me chase to the cut. Speaking of whatEVER, yesterday was a day and a half. I got up early, had to jog right away, and then had to toddle off to lunch with Miss Lauren Rubin at Hugo’s. That was fun, and we discussed the rehearsal schedule for The Brain. Then, I went over to LACC and sat with my stage manager and got her on track to set up the entire rehearsal schedule, now that we know people’s needs. After that, I came home and Mr. Kevin Spirtas came by to pick up a box of DVDs for tomorrow’s show – I played him his songs from The Brain (first he’s heard them) and I think he was very pleased. After that, I had to do several errands, and then I went over to Mr. Grant Geissman and entered three hundred pages-worth of changes to Miss Cissy Wechter’s book. We got it done, and even took a dinner break. I finally came home, where I had no time whatsoever to sit on my couch like so much fish.

I did finish watching a motion picture on DVD entitled The Other, from the novel by Tom Tryon, directed by Mr. Robert Mulligan. I have always liked but not loved the film. The book is wonderful – a terrifically evocative and chilling book – but its conceit is a literary one and is very difficult to pull off in a film. They try, but don’t quite succeed, just as a similar conceit in the book of A Kiss Before Dying plays much better and more shockingly on the page than it does on the screen. Still, the movie has many pleasures – Uta Hagen gives a fine performance (is this her only screen role?), as do the Udnovarky twins. John Ritter had one of his first roles in this film, and I always liked the late Lou Frizzel. Mr. Mulligan’s work is exemplary given the difficulties in making the book into a film. The film’s greatest asset is its musical score by Mr. Jerry Goldsmith – one of his greats. I’m happy to say the transfer is superlative – it looks better than it did in the theaters, and it’s the first time this has ever been available on video or TV showings in its proper theatrical screen ratio. For nine bucks, it’s worth a purchase.

Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below, because my boudoir is awaiting me and one must never keep one’s boudoir waiting.

Well, dear readers, I must hurry and write these here notes because in a few short hours I will be on my way to the celebrity show to sign various and sundried items (should anyone be interested). I’ll be sitting betweek… Wait a minute – didn’t I already write that? I tell you, a crumbling mind is a frightening thing. Sometimes the crumbling mind is simply betweek a rock and a hard place, whatever the HELL that means. WhatEVER.

Today, as stated, I shall be sitting between two hunky soap opera stars. I shall have books, CDs, DVDs, and photographs, so if anyone is in the LA area do stop by – it’s at the Beverly Garland Hotel in North Hollywood, and yes, Virginia, Miss Garland herself will be there.

Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, get up very early so I can jog, then I must prepare myself for the show, then I shall be there all the livelong day – I will have my camera with me in case there are any good photo ops. Today’s topic of discussion: What are your favorite wacky words? You know, those wacky words from different eras, like skidoo or gear or fab of daddy-o – let’s hear them all. Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, and I shall have a full report upon my returning, for which I know you’ll be yearning.

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