Well, dear readers, I cannot wait for the day that I get to tell the story – that day WILL be coming but I have to be careful about the when due to things having to do with how I will eventually be handling this outrageous series of events. I actually thought we were past it all and that after consulting with a lawyer I would send my e-mail, hopefully get my apologies and move on. But this morning, AFTER the fact, more crap happened and certain people received e-mails that were incendiary to say the least, thanks to the blatant way in which the e-mail was worded, with statements rather than questions. While I was initially bothered by it, I realized it was just more ammunition for me and that it will ultimately serve me well. I discussed it with any number of people, and went, once again, right to the top of the food chain, where that person was as appalled as he was the first time I shared this stuff with him. He is actually going to send the e-mail to the president of the school as evidence of what’s been going on and then try to set up a meeting so I can, at long last, go in and confront someone with all that’s been going on. I will hopefully be speaking with an attorney this day. Again, this has been like a mash-up (as the kiddies say) of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, Franz Kafka’s The Trial and Arthur Miller’s The Crucible – not a pretty mash-up (as the kiddies say) at ALL.
Other than that continuing annoyance that I actually thought was over, especially as the show is closed, I had a fine little day. I did get enough sleep, a bit over eight hours, then got up, worked on the Richard Sherman questions, answered a whole slew of e-mails and sent a whole slew regarding what people received this morning. That took up all my time right up until the second Kritzerland rehearsal.
The second Kritzerland rehearsal was smooth and fun, we made some adjustments to things and everyone is doing a great job and the songs are gifts from heaven. After the rehearsal, the Staitman clan and I went over to Jerry’s Deli for dinner – I had a cup of tomato bisque soup and a grilled chili, cheese and onion hot dog and fries, all great. That was my first and only food of the day, so I think it was fine. Then I came home and did what I needed to do – sat on my couch like so much fish.
Last night, I watched a motion picture on a Blu and Ray from far away Germany – another Universal 50s thing called The Mole People. While I’ve seen the poster for the film and read about the film, I’d actually never seen the film. Unlike The Incredible Shrinking Man or It Came From Outer Space, this one is a real stinker. I can’t even tell you what the HELL it was about, except some really pale people who lived underground and wore medieval-looking costumes and some Mole People they were relentlessly flogging and really that’s about all I could make sense of. It was an endless seventy-seven minutes, five of which were a prologue by a USC English professor talking about history. Go know. I did enjoy that John Agar’s flashlight was called “the fire of Ishtar.” Did Elaine May see this film?
After that, I had a few telephonic conversations about the crap that’s going on, but mostly I finessed questions and reworded a few things so that I’m all set for tonight.
Today, I shall hopefully have an conversation with an attorney, I shall hopefully hear from a few people things that will be even more ammunition, hopefully I will pick up a package that should have been here Wednesday and which contains the sheet music for Two Roads, and then I’ll mosey on down to LACC to meet the piano tuner, and help set up the stage for our show. At six, Sami, Jenna, Juliana, the sound guy and Tom Griep arrive, along with Richard Sherman, and we’ll run all our musical numbers. Then we’ll all relax until show time, which is seven-thirty. Hopefully all will go well, so do send your most excellent vibes and xylophones for a fun and problem-free Evening with Richard M. Sherman. I will, of course, have a full report.
Tomorrow is our stumble-through – it’s earlier than usual at one, so a weird day for me, since she of the Evil Eye comes, and I’ll jog then kill time until twelve, when I’ll return and set up the room for our stumble-through. After that, a few of us will go somewhere fun for a late lunch, and then I’m just relaxing. Sunday I’ll jog, then it’s our sound check and then show. And I will, of course, have a full report about THAT. Next week is all meetings and meals and beginning work on the July Kritzerland show, which is going to take a bit of time for me to figure out, since it’s an unwieldy concept with a lot of choices, and as of now only one person is set for it.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, talk to an attorney, hopefully pick up some packages, maybe eat something very light to tide me over until we all go out after the Sherman event, and then have An Evening With Richard M. Sherman at LACC. Today’s topic of discussion: It’s Friday – what is currently in your CD player and your DVD/Blu and Ray player? CD, I’ve given up trying to keep up with CDs – I must have 200 CDs here still in shrink wrap. Blu and Ray, next up is the new Twilight Time Fate Is the Hunter, which is a film I’m very fond of. Your turn. Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, whilst I hit the road to dreamland, after which I shall arise and greet the day and not give one thought to the mash-up of Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Trial and The Crucible, oh my, unless I’m presented with yet more ammunition to take into the battlefield.