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July 29, 2012:

EASY MOLE REMOVAL

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Well, dear readers, it was another lovelier than lovely day filled with lovelier than lovely comments about the new Follies CDs. Lots of people got them, including East Coast denizens. The many postings which occurred various places were heartwarming and wonderful. I also received several really nice e-mails. Actually, my favorite e-mail was from someone I don’t know, regarding easy mole removal. I don’t know about you, dear readers, but I am moved and get very emotional when I receive an e-mail about easy mole removal. That someone would take the time to personally e-mail me an easy mole removal e-mail is just more proof that we live in the best of times. And it’s great to know that should I ever have a mole, I can now easily remove it, thanks to the caring and thoughtful easy mole removal e-mail. Just when you think the world has gone to hell and beyond, one’s faith in humanity is restored with a single e-mail about easy mole removal. I gotta tell you. What the HELL am I talking about? Don’t I have some notes to write? I do and I shall, not necessarily in that order.

Yesterday, as stated, was a lovelier than lovely day. I got up, she of the Evil Eye arrived and I did a three-mile jog. After I got back, I then went to have some matzo brei and a bagel, after which I picked up a few packages. Then I wrote the blurb for our new release, prepped the announcement, got the audio samples to the web guy, went slightly ballistic with the workers who’ve been working on the house across the street for two months now and who take up every parking space on the block. Yesterday, after having to squeeze into a space in front of the home environment, I’d had it. I made them get me the foreman and I really was strong about my displeasure. He had three of the trucks moved immediately and promised me it would not happen again. I now think the house is either being completely redone or being prepared for sale, because there is no furniture there anymore. Then I printed out some orders – since the word is out now, people who’ve either been on the fence (for reasons that will never make sense to me) or who just heard about it, have been ordering. It won’t be long now until we hang up the sold out sign.

Then it was time to mosey on over to Calabassas. I met the mother of the daughter who’s in the Spelling Bee musical for dinner at a nice Tuscan kind of jernt – can’t remember the name right now. I had a little prosciutto salad, which was great, and I had two Tuscan chicken breasts and some grilled vegetables, also really good. Then we headed over to the high school where the show was being done. Interestingly, I had never seen a production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee nor heard any of the score save for the small bit they did on the Tony Awards, which didn’t really make me want to see the show. Two decades ago a show like this would never have played Broadway – when off-Broadway was a thriving thing, this would have played perfectly. I found the show itself a trifle – entertaining but a little precious, but I find a lot of James Lapine’s work a little precious. The score is okay and the whole thing moves by quickly.

I have to admit, I’m a bit of a sucker for high school productions of musicals. There’s just something inherently sweet about them and watching kids give it their all. I do have to say that there is a world of difference between the way audiences react now as compared to when I did shows in high school. Granted, we did serious shows like The Crucible and The Glass Menagerie and such, but there was no woo-hooing or standing ovations back then. Parents came, other students came, and everyone behaved as if they were seeing a real show. Today, the parents and pals of the kids in the show think they’re watching Dancing with the Stars or American Idol. I just sit and appreciate the effort these kids make and the energy they put forth. They had an eight-piece band, also students, and they were very good. The young actors were quite polished and professional (Calabassas High School is a performing arts school). The gal I was there to see, Sarah Staitman, was really good – a terrific voice, good stage presence, and she and her sister Sami will be singing a song together in the Kritzerland two-year anniversary show.

After the show, I said hi to Sarah, then headed home. Unlike going there, there was no traffic coming home, so that was nice. Then I printed out more orders, listened to some music, and then it was time to write these here notes. Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below because I am quite overtired and need a good night’s beauty sleep.

Today, I will hopefully arise after a good night’s beauty sleep. I will then do a jog of some sort. Then I’ll be seeing a matinee, a Pinter play, perhaps a piece of Mahler’s – and one for Mahler – oh, a Company reference. The matinee is some new musical at the NoHo Arts Theater – I’ll be seeing it with our very own Mr. Barry Pearl. We’ll probably sup before or after the show. Then, if there are any reservations left, I’ll be seeing the helper in some show she does once a month where she’s in a group of singer/dancers called, I think, Satin Dollz.

Tomorrow, I’ll be up at six to announce the new Kritzerland title, then we have our first Kritzerland rehearsal, after which I may or may not have a dinner meeting. The rest of the week is really busy, with meetings and meals, our second rehearsal, our stumble-through, and then sound check and show. I’m happy to say we finally have our guest star – back for her second Kritzerland show is Daisy Eagan.

Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, do a jog, see a matinee, eat, and maybe attend a show in the evening. Today’s topic of discussion: It’s free-for-all day, the day in which you dear readers get to make with the topics and we all get to post about them. So, let’s have loads of lovely topics and loads of lovely postings, shall we, whilst I hit the road to dreamland, happy that should I ever need it I have the ability to have easy mole removal. It’s very comforting.

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