Well, dear readers, I’m not at all certain what yesterday was other than I’m glad it’s over. It was just one of those things, just one of those crazy things with absurdity after absurdity ending in absurdity. In honor of absurdity, I’m listening to the completely wacky Darius Milhaud piece, Le Boeuf Sur la Toit, one of the first pieces I heard by him. It has a delectably daft main theme and a lot of variations – it’s quite fun in an absurd way. Prior to that, I watched a pretty absurd motion picture entitled Oldboy, and American version of the Korean film entitled Oldboy, directed by Spike Lee of all people and starring Josh Brolin. I’d heard about the ultra-violent Korean film but decided to give this American version a shot. It’s actually quite well done, well-acted, completely weird, really sick, violent (but not as bad as some movies I’ve seen), and yes, absurd. So, if you like blood, incest, claustrophobia, and Chinese dumplings, you might enjoy it. Oh, and some completely off-the-wall fight sequences. It’s stylish and in a weird way I kind of enjoyed it. And now I’m at the end of my Milhaud listening, cleansing my palate with my favorite rendition of La Creation du Monde by Charles Munch, which will be followed by Munch doing Suite Provencal, a brilliant piece. Tomorrow, I start on another big ol’ box o’ stuff, so that will be fun because you know I love the big ol’ boxes o’ stuff, music-wise.
Yesterday, in case you haven’t gotten my drift, was a day that was bewildering, nutty, and filled with absurdity after absurdity. It began, of course, the second I got up. I set the alarm for nine because I was expecting the delivery between nine and noon, but I went back to bed and slept until ten. I was awakened by the phone, you see, and the news that my item had been delivered to the mail place because I, BK, had been completely stupid and not put in the home address for delivery. It actually never crossed my mind – I believe this is called stage one senility. Well, this was a big, heavy package containing a couch to sit on like so much fish. I’ve had my black leather couch and matching chair for close to twenty years and I just couldn’t stand looking at it or sitting on it anymore. So, I knew this person at the Group Rep was in need of a couch and matching chair – these were hugely expensive items when I bought them, close to $2500. So, worked it out so everything was a wash and ordered a new couch – very inexpensive as new couches go but very nice and a lighter color. I haven’t ordered the matching chair yet because one large delivery at a time is my motto (ottom, spelled backwards). So, they couldn’t even get the damn box inside the door at the mail place. I called Amazon, told them I screwed up, got a really nice person in the US and she said the easiest thing to do was let Amazon arrange to pick up the delivered couch and return it and she’d place a new order that would be here in a week. I said that was great. I just couldn’t believe the absurdity of it all.
Then I ordered food, a Chinese chicken salad from Stanley’s, with no bread. That arrived and I ate it all up. The salad’s about 700 calories – very light dressing. Then I did a few things on the computer, watched Oldboy, and then moseyed on over to the theater for a short rehearsal with the gal. That was fine. But this Saturday thing was turning into a nightmare – with two more cast members saying they couldn’t do it. So, we had to completely rethink everything – I felt cancelling it was the best option, but apparently we’re committed. And I just had a twenty-minute telephonic call about it, which is why thse here notes are going up late. As I said, absurdity after absurdity, not necessarily in that order. Where was I? Oh yes, rehearsal. And then I get a call from the mail place telling me they’re leaving the big couch package outside. Well, I couldn’t have that so I suggested we unbox it and move the actual couch inside and then let Amazon worry about it. That was the plan, but then I realized that our co-producer has a big truck – so, she followed me to the mail place, we got it loaded on her truck and we brought it to the house, unboxed it, and now it’s here, so that was excellent. I called Amazon and cancelled the new order and when they call to tell me they’re doing the pick-up at the mail place, I’ll tell them they don’t have to.
I was hungry by then, so I ordered a chicken breast from California Chicken Café and a tiny bit of chicken pasta salad. That got here pretty quickly and I ate it all up – that probably brought me up to 1200 calories, which is fine. Then the rest you know because, well, you know the rest.
Today, I’ll be up when I’m up, I’ll do whatever needs doing, I’ll hopefully pick up some packages, I’ll eat something reasonable, but mostly I’ll write some connective patter for the Saturday thing so that I don’t have to worry about that stuff, then we’re back to our show.
Tomorrow, I’ll relax until it’s time to do the Saturday thing, and then we do our show and the first of the final performances with the cast changes. Then next week I’m sure I’ll have a galley to approve and there are some meetings and meals and then we play our final weekend of shows.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, be up when I’m up, do whatever needs doing, hopefully pick up some packages, eat, write connective patter, then we do our show. Today’s topic of discussion: It’s Friday – what is currently in your CD player and your DVD/Blu and Ray player? I’ll start – Blu-ray, I have no idea. CD, a new box set to begin going through but before I go through it I’m nuking a ton of stuff out of the Music app. Your turn. Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, whilst I hit the road to dreamland, where hopefully we will put an end to the absurdity after absurdity.