May 12, 2004:
"AIN'T WE GOT FUN?"
 
Well, dear readers, here it is, already Wednesday and ain’t we got fun? Wednesdays can be ever so much fun and I feel that this particular Wednesday is going to be a ton of fun in every way, shape, and form, not necessarily in that order. For example, today I shall laugh and laugh whenever I see a fellow human being, and I shall say “Ain’t we got fun” to them with a goofy smile. I shall only do fun things on this fun Wednesday, like twirling about the home environment like a will o’ the wisp or, at the very least, a fred o’ the wisp. Yes, I’ll say it again – ain’t we got fun?
Last night dear reader Panni was kind enough to invite me to a screening of a new HBO documentary about the Elaine Stritch show At Liberty. I do know there’s a DVD of the entire At Liberty show, so frankly I was a bit confounded by this documentary, which is partly directed by the excellent D.A. Pennebaker. Fully eighty percent of the documentary are things from the actual show. The other twenty percent are backstage moments, rehearsal moments and stuff like that. I guess I wanted more of that kind of thing and less of the big chunks of her show, given that we already have that on DVD. Unlike Mr. Pennebaker’s other films, this one seemed to lack structure. Still, it’s very entertaining and Miss Stritch is a wonder to behold. The screening took place at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science. After the screening, Miss Stritch spoke for a while and then Liz Smith moderated a Q & A session with Miss Stritch, Megan Mullalley, and Anthony Hopkins. A strange panel, but an entertaining one. No one really asked any interesting questions, but Miss Stritch did tell some funny anecdotes, as did Miss Mullalley and Mr. Hopkins. After the screening, there was a big do in the lobby, with tons of strange foodstuffs. Panni and I mingled, and I saw a few people I knew. All in all, it was a fun evening.
Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below so we can see if we got fun in the next section.
Yep, we got fun all right. If it’s fun it must be Wednesday, that’s all I’ve got to say. Let's all whirl around our collective home environments like a will o' the wisp or a tom o' the wisp or a florence o' the wisp. Damn them, damn them all to hell.
Apparently that’s not all I’ve got to say because here I am, writing another fershluganah paragraph. I had a nice note left in my mailbox from Miss Christiane Noll, who apparently is staying mere blocks from my home environment. She’s in town doing Urinetown, so I’ll be getting together with her very soon for a meal. Isn’t that exciting? Isn’t that just too too?
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must have accost unsuspecting strangers whilst saying, “Ain’t we got fun?” I must do errands and attend to important matters, and I must eat various and sundried foodstuffs whilst whirling about like a will o’ the wisp and a stan o’ the wisp. Today’s topic of discussion: It’s Ask BK Day, the day in which you get to ask me or any other dear reader any old question you’d like. You can even ask any new question you like, that’s how magnanimous we’re feeling today. So, ask away, and really, let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we? We shall.
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