Well, dear readers, it’s time to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative and by gum and by golly and buy bonds that’s what we’re going to do. We are just going to look things squarely in the eye and say, “Phut, things, get out my way because we are accentuating the positive and if you dare try to put something negative in front of us you will rue the day, oh, yes, you will rue the day.” Why, not only will we look things squarely in the eye, we may even look things roundly in the eye or even triangularly in the eye. Don’t mess with Mr. In-Between, baby, because there is no in-between, there is only the positive and we are going to accentuate it come hell or high or even low water. What is it that Maria says in The Sound Of Music – where someone closes a door a window is opened. Or is it when someone closes a window a door is opened? Or is it when someone closes a box of rice a can of tomatoes is opened? Well, you get the meaning, I’m sure. Or, as Maria in West Side Story says – I feel pretty, oh, so, pretty, I feel pretty and witty and gay, and I pity any girl who isn’t me today. I shall greet the day with merriment and mirth and laughter and legs and if anyone has a problem with that, to them I say, “Phut.” Speaking of phut, yesterday was one big load of phut and we are putting all this phut behind us. I got up and was greeted with some news that did not make me happy, but which I shall not bother to repeat here, because, frankly, we are accentuating the positive and eliminating the negative. I dealt with the news in my usual way – badly. But then I thought, well, why get upset – things will be what they will be and you just have to trust that it will all come out the way it should. I had a long morning meeting regarding the fundraiser, and I hope that whilst I’m in New York, New York, that things will run smoothly. I still have to book about twelve more performers, but I can do that from New York, New York. After the meeting, I came home to try and deal with things in a more positive manner, which, I’m happy to say, I did. I also got the nice news that we have a new costume designer – I’m supposed to chat with her today about the style of the show. So, we are completely staffed, and I truly hope that by the end of this week, we’ll be completely cast as well. I then had to do several errands, I shipped the big box o’ stuff that I had to ship, I also shipped some other stuff that needed shipping, and then I had a short meeting with Miss Joan Ryan, and then I finally got some chow and then sat on my couch like so much fish, after opening a door and opening a window, too. As Maria says in Paint Your Wagon, they call the wind me.
Last night, I watched a motion picture that I TIVOd quite some time ago entitled Pushover, starring Mr. Fred MacMurray and introducing Miss Kim Novak, as well as Dorothy Malone and Phil Carey, and a very young E.G. Marshall. I’ve always been very fond of Pushover – it’s a nice, little B-noir from 1954, very well directed by Richard Quine, who’d go on to work with Miss Novak quite often. It’s a taut suspenser, with a couple of wonderful location shots in Burbank, including a great view of the Magnolia Theater on Magnolia, which later became Evergreen Recording Studios, where we did some of the David Shire CD. Miss Novak is stunning, Mr. MacMurray is basically reprising his role as Walter Neff in Double Indemnity, and Miss Malone is quite endearing. Not a classic, but very enjoyable nonetheless.
Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below because I’ve got a long day ahead of me with an early start and I do need my beauty sleep.
Today, I’ll be paying a short visit to LACC to pick up a check, then I’ll deposit said check, get some cash for the trip Eastward, pick up my dry cleaning, pack the little that needs packing, pick up a few things from the mail place, and make certain that I have all the papers and stuff I need for the trip. In that regard, I feel very organized and therefore calmer than I normally would be. I hope to be through with all those things by two o’clock, and then the rest of the day shall be mine all mine, save for answering of e-mails and telephonic calls.
Then I’m up bright and early and a car will take me to the airport and then I shall be on my way to New York, New York to begin rehearsals for The Brain From Planet X – I’m very excited about it, and that’s the bottom line.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, do a whole plethora of stuff, and then I must relax, eat something fun, but light, and then perhaps watch a motion picture and then post the notes early and get to bed. Today’s topic of discussion: Those who’ve read the Kritzer books know that as a child I spent a lot of time at the Ocean Park amusement pier and then Pacific Ocean Park. What was the very first amusement park you went to, how old were you, what rides did you go on, what were your favorites, and which ones did you hate, and which ones were you too frightened to go on? Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, and remember to that when a door is closed then a window opens and conversely when a window closes a door opens and all manner of good things await for those that accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative and to anyone or anything that gets in the way, we simply stand tall, look things squarely in the eye and say, “Phut.”