Well, dear readers, I was so relaxed and was nodding off most of the evening that I’ll be hornswoggled if I’m just getting to the notes, thirty minutes after they’re supposed to be up. At one point, I found myself saying out loud, “Who are you serving that bagel to?” That’s how far gone I was. Of course, if I’d been more awake it would have been “Whom” – and if I’d been really alert it would have been “To whom are you serving that bagel?” There simply comes a point where you are so tired that you lose what little sanity you have left, meaning me, of course. My day began at six in the morning, but the fact is I was up at five in the morning for reasons unknown to me. At six we announced our new title, and orders began arriving immediately. I printed them out until around seven-fifteen, and then I went back to bed. However, I couldn’t fall asleep, but whilst I was lying there like so much fish I finally got the idea I’d been waiting for – it’s only taken eight months, but I have it, it’s good, I think, and if we can pull it all together in the next couple of months I think it could result in something rather unique and fun. And that’s all I’m sayin’ right now. I finally got out of bed around eight-fifty, printed out more orders, then typed out the edit road map for our next release. I originally wasn’t planning to get to that till today, but I just started and didn’t stop till I finished. Then I went and had a sandwich and fries, picked up a couple of small packages, did some errands and whatnot, and came back home. Then I did more work on the computer, and actually pulled together all the information for the packaging of our next release, so all that’s left to do are the notes, which I’ll probably start today while the movie is still fresh in the windmills of my mind.
After that, I met up with my pal Marshall Harvey, the wonderful film editor of most of Joe Dante’s films. He’s going to cut together a trailer for Benjamin Kritzer for You Tube. The publisher did one and it’s pretty horrendous, so it was suggested to me we do one the right way – it will have music (from the CD I did of the songs featured in the book), stills, blurbs, and narration. It will run thirty seconds. If that works, we’ll do one for the Adriana Hofstetter series. We also discussed a few other things that needed discussing. I had a little chocolate mousse pie for my snack.
Then I came back home, did a mile and a half jog, and then sat on my couch like so much fish and just watched bits and pieces of things I’ve TIVOd in high definitions, such as Bananas, The Miracle Worker, and a few other things. After that began the zone out hours, which are now lost to me, save for saying “Who are you serving that bagel to?”
Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below because I can no longer keep my eyes open and trying to write these here notes with eyes closed is folly of the highest order.
Today, I hope to have gotten a great night’s sleep, then I just have some errands and whatnot to do before our three-thirty Gardenia rehearsal. I got a call that the twelve-year-old can’t be there for her time, as she has a call back for a big film. So, her two orphans will rehearse their part of what they sing and Melody will come later and go at the end. She already knows her songs anyway. After rehearsal I’ll probably grab a bite to eat.
Tomorrow I’m seeing a screening of the film Bye Bye Birdie at the Academy, going with my pal David Wechter. I think whatever they’re showing is what the upcoming Blu and Ray will look like, so I’m really excited to see this again with an audience. Tomorrow I see God Of Carnage, and Friday we have our second Gardenia rehearsal. Saturday is a work session with the twelve – oops – thirteen-year-old and then I’m taking her and her folks out to celebrate her birthday.
Why don’t we all put on our pointy party hats and our colored tights and pantaloons, why don’t we break out the cheese slices and the ham chunks, why don’t we dance the Hora or the Highland Fling, for today is the birthday of our very own dear reader Jennifer. So, let’s give a big haineshisway.com birthday cheer to our very own dear reader Jennifer. On the count of three: One, two, three – A BIG HAINESHISWAY.COM BIRTHDAY CHEER TO OUR VERY OWN DEAR READER JENNIFER!!!
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, do a jog, do errands and whatnot, have a rehearsal, and eat. Today’s topic of discussion: I’m too tired to think of a topic, so the topic is how tired am I? Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, whilst I hit the road to dreamland, where I shall ask the eternal question, “Who are you serving that bagel to?”