Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 20 => Topic started by: bk on February 23, 2011, 10:43:56 PM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes had gay abandon and then some, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're currently having some gay abandon and they're enjoying it very much.
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And the word of the day is: LACUNA!
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My favorite Jimmy Webb song, hands down, is "No Signs of Age." Not a hit, not even recorded by anyone until Webb finally did it himself on his 2005 "Twilight of the Renegades" album, but it's beautiful nonetheless, an elegantly worded tribute to an enduring love.
The secret of youth
Surely is yours
Your beauty endures
And love never dies
It will not disengage
In my memory tonight
You show no signs of age
Though Webb has recorded it, and performed it in concert, the definitive version, IMHO (in my honest opinion, in Internet lingo), is by Glen Campbell, performed live in February 1998 on the television show "Primetime Country." Webb played piano, Campbell sang and magic happened. You can watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCKZRsojEoY
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Morning all.
That is all.
Except I need a haircut. I won't be able to get one until Saturday. I feel shaggy.
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I'm alone.
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So, Goodbye.
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Hi Ben. Oh you left already.
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Good morning, all!The neighbor showed up around 5:45am, and I was up at 6:30, so there wasn't much sleep in the last 45 minutes I was in bed. I did sleep well most of the night; my last dream was about WHERE'S CHARLEY?, a show I was in as an 8th grade student with Richard, the husband of DR Ginny. Richard also played in the orchestra, so he was continually running down to the pit to bang the timpani. In lasty night's dream, Richard and I were looking at photos of a production in which his son Rob was in WHERE'S CHARLEY; it was in prep for a rebroadcast of an Ed Sullivan show with excerpts from the Loesser show. So, I managed to combne the past, and today's orchestra reading into a real Freudian nightmare.
So, this morning I am off to Carroll Studios to hear the Encores! orchestra play through the score of WHERE'S CHARLEY? and that will consume most of my day. There should be a strange conglomerate of folk: friends from the Loesser office, Bruce Pomahac from Rodgers & Hammerstein, Joshie, his brother Jeremy, John Doyle, who's directing the show, the choreographer, Jack Viertel, and God alone knows who else. Oh, yes, the mighty Rob Berman on the podium.
When I get back here, there should be a pile of mail waiting for me; I doubt there will be a Foundation check because, once again, the jerk who pays us is off somewhere and checks are in lockdown till this joker returns, another reason I'm ready to walk from this job. I've got a printout of a full orchestra score for Offenbach's TALES OF HOFFMANN that needs to be taped before I can have it bound. I've got Acts 3-5 to finish taping.
Jimmy Webb is a performer whose songs I like when I hear them, but I cannot think of a single title except for "MacArthur Park," and its overripe lyrics always make me laugh.
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Hi, Fred, even though I left and now you're not here.
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TOD: Up, Up and Away, Wichita Lineman, Campo de Encino
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Thursday morning greetings! Today I must grocery shop for my family and get ready to host my book group tonight. We're discussing The Secret Confessions of Anne Shakespeare by Arliss Ryan, with whom I went to high school and college. She's agreed to join us by speaker phone, so it should be a fun evening.
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TOD:
MacArthur Park - Richard Harris
Wichita Lineman - Mr Glen Campbell
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Today is a rainy work day.
Oh well.
If we are not busy, I may be back during the day.
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Good morning. Busy day ahead. Must go to work.... Hopefully it will be another very good day
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We are doing laundry this afternoon after work. It's scheduled to rain in Manhattan tomorrow plus I have a doctor's appointment (a follow-up after the surgery).
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Good morning, all.
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Little sleep last night. And reading my outdated class material, a book called "Beyond Silenced Voices," did not put me to sleep. Instead, I read about teenage romances from the mid-1980s (that is how outdated the book is) from an era before "Harry Potter" and the "Twilight" series, both of which changed teen lit as we know it and rendered most every aspect of the essay meaningless.
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TOD: I don't know enough about Jimmy Webb to know which songs are usually his. I forgot "Wichita Lineman" or "MacArthur Park" were his until reading the posts. So, here goes:
"Wichita Lineman," Glen Campbell
"MacArthur Park," Donna Summer (because it is so awful)
"The Moon's a Harsh Mistress," Christine Andreas
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Thursday morning greetings! Today I must grocery shop for my family and get ready to host my book group tonight. We're discussing The Secret Confessions of Anne Shakespeare by Arliss Ryan, with whom I went to high school and college. She's agreed to join us by speaker phone, so it should be a fun evening.
That sounds like fun.
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Have any of you read a novel called "Ceremony" by Leslie Marmon Silko?
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Thank you:
Vixmom
FJL
Sam
for yesterday's birthday wishes.
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DR John G - my group read Silko's Gardens in the Dunes. Not our favorite...
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Vixmom:
I loved THE KING'S SPEECH.
Great script, dialogue, direction and performances.
I believe I've mentioned it here before, but David Seider (the screenwriter) and I were at the University of Washington Drama Department together (1959-60).
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TOD:
I always thought "Didn't We" was a lovely little song.
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Have any of you read a novel called "Ceremony" by Leslie Marmon Silko?
No. What's it about? Tell me more.
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Morning all! The swelling has gone down a little. I am so looking forward to going to the eye doctor later today in hopes that he will tell me I can put my contacts back in. I HATE wearing these glasses. I can't really see that well for them. Most of the computer screen is a blur to me with them on. I just hope I'll be able to drive.
I look at the pictures of all the snow and think about the time after Mom passed when I really wanted to move to Pittsburgh. What was I thinking!? There is no way I could have handled something like that. Here the only thing I have to deal with is leafs and even those are not a big problem because I just use the mulching lawn mower to grind them up. I don't rake them.
People spend their time raking the leafs then spending money on buying grass food. Hello? The ground up leafs ARE grass food and it's FREE. Not to mention that the leafs protect the grass when we get frost. Nature works. :)
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Hi, DR Danise - hope your appointment goes well today. Please drive carefully!
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People spend their time raking the leafs then spending money on buying grass food. Hello? The ground up leafs ARE grass food and it's FREE. Not to mention that the leafs protect the grass when we get frost. Nature works. :)
Exactly.
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Good morning.
Glad to hear the swelling has gone down, Danise. I hope your appointment goes well.
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I slept very well last night. Not to hot or cold. Just perfect. Lots of dreams that I really can't remember now.
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Thank you DR's Ginny and Laura. I will drive slow and it is basicly a straight shot with just 3 turns to get there. The 3rd turn is into their parking lot. I should be ok.
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I think it looks a lot worse then it is but I just want to make sure. I'm just not sure that if he says I can wear the contracts if I'll go to work tomorrow or not. I'm not a very vain person (at least I hope I'm not) but I really don't want people at the county center seeing me and thinking I got punched or something.
You would be amazed as to how many people you see that you "know" but don't even know their names if you know what I mean.
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I know that sounds odd after I posted that photo on Facebook but you guys are family and I wanted you to see that I'm ok.
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And the word of the day is: LACUNA!
And The Song Of The Day Is: THE BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS
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DR Danise, very, very glad that you are Ok!
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DR Ginny, congrats on the switch from 325 to 81!!
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TOD:
Gosh, lots of great Jimmy Webb songs. Top favorites would be:
Up, Up and Away as sung by The 5th Dimension
Witchita Lineman as sung by Glen Campbell
By the Time I Get To Phoenix as sung by Glen Campbell
The Worst that Can Happen as sung by The Brooklyn Bridge
Galveston as sung by Glen Campbell
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Thanks, DR MBarnum!
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Just did a 30-minute walk around the basement with Mary Chapin Carpenter.
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BK, The Lovely Wife and I were thinking of you yesterday while having breakfast at the The Cracker Barrel.
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Kerry, "Ceremony" is a book about a man who returns home from war with a lot of emotional baggage from what he has experienced. He's half-American Indian, half-white, and as the Cher song told us, he's accepted really by neither including some of his own family. It's got some major cliche problems and too much of it is self-consciously writerly. The words are pretty and they make sense, but the pretty words don't add much to the feel or to the story.
It's the latest book I have to read for class. It's not as bad as the other books I've had to read so far, but it's not great, either.
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I'm up. Looks cloudy but nice out (it's been chilly here).
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The Cracker Barrel - that's what I'M talkin' about!
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Topic of the Day: Except for "MacArthur Park" (as mentioned here), I don't know of Jimmy Webb. ::)
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TOD:
Gosh, lots of great Jimmy Webb songs. Top favorites would be:
Up, Up and Away as sung by The 5th Dimension
Witchita Lineman as sung by Glen Campbell
By the Time I Get To Phoenix as sung by Glen Campbell
The Worst that Can Happen as sung by The Brooklyn Bridge
Galveston as sung by Glen Campbell
Okay...I've also heard of "Up, Up and Away."
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It's snowing and it's been sticking! I'm at work, but a lot of people aren't. I don't know how the snow will affect rehearsal tonight. It sure is pretty, though! :D
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Thank you DR Vixmom.
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Stalkin vibes for DR FJL!
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Thursday morning greetings! Today I must grocery shop for my family and get ready to host my book group tonight. We're discussing The Secret Confessions of Anne Shakespeare by Arliss Ryan, with whom I went to high school and college. She's agreed to join us by speaker phone, so it should be a fun evening.
My group has done the speaker phone with the author discussion. It is fun.
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Have any of you read a novel called "Ceremony" by Leslie Marmon Silko?
No. After looking it up I know why you asked. :) Do you recommend the book?
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Hi, DR Danise - hope your appointment goes well today. Please drive carefully!
DITTO!!!
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Kerry, "Ceremony" is a book about a man who returns home from war with a lot of emotional baggage from what he has experienced. He's half-American Indian, half-white, and as the Cher song told us, he's accepted really by neither including some of his own family. It's got some major cliche problems and too much of it is self-consciously writerly. The words are pretty and they make sense, but the pretty words don't add much to the feel or to the story.
It's the latest book I have to read for class. It's not as bad as the other books I've had to read so far, but it's not great, either.
I thought you asked because he "is a half-white Laguna Indian"
;D
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We are going to take Sherlock for a nice walk in the snow. After we return Keith & Craig will go clean our long, long driveway & part of the road.
Sherlock is trilled to finally see snow again.
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I love Jimmy Webb - the entire Richard Harris album A Tramp Shining is brilliant, as is its followup - The Yard Went On Forever.
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We are going to take Sherlock for a nice walk in the snow. After we return Keith & Craig will go clean our long, long driveway & part of the road.
Sherlock is trilled to finally see snow again.
Nothing like a good trill!
:D
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Jane-
Didn't Know that Sherlock could Sing?
Maybe He Could appear in The Gardenia Irving Berlin Show?
Are You Listening BK?
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Kerry, "Ceremony" is a book about a man who returns home from war with a lot of emotional baggage from what he has experienced. He's half-American Indian, half-white, and as the Cher song told us, he's accepted really by neither including some of his own family. It's got some major cliche problems and too much of it is self-consciously writerly. The words are pretty and they make sense, but the pretty words don't add much to the feel or to the story.
It's the latest book I have to read for class. It's not as bad as the other books I've had to read so far, but it's not great, either.
I thought you asked because he "is a half-white Laguna Indian"
;D
Yeah, that, too. It's not as good as Kingsolver. But it's shorter. Only 265 pages. I'm about halfway through. That's what matters.
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Why are we still on page 2?
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I had to go to the doctor's this morning to take a blood test again. It seems that the last blood I took, to determine that I have been immunized against mumps, measles and rubella, was screwed up in the lab. They only tested for mumps. And I need this for my online school. Apparently they've confused computer viruses with real ones.
Whatever the reason, the school is not going to let me enroll for summer semester if I don't have these results. What an irritation.
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Danise, glad you're feeling better.
Vibes for all in need and want.
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Page three dance!
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I had to go to the doctor's this morning to take a blood test again. It seems that the last blood I took, to determine that I have been immunized against mumps, measles and rubella, was screwed up in the lab. They only tested for mumps. And I need this for my online school. Apparently they've confused computer viruses with real ones.
Whatever the reason, the school is not going to let me enroll for summer semester if I don't have these results. What an irritation.
That's pretty weird. :-\
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As If By Wizardry Page 3
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Just quick hi all! Just got back from the eye doctor. My eye does have some scratches on it and the eye itself is swollen. He said it looked like the scratches were already starting to heal but he wants me to rest my eyes as much as possible--no reading or going on the computer until Sunday.
He also said I should be able to start wearing my contacts on Sunday but if I could hold off until Monday it would be better. He couldn't look under my eye lid because of the stitches but since I don't seem to feel like the contact is in my eye he thinks it isn't there. Of course when the swelling goes down and if I start to feel like it is I need to go back to him.
He also said the contact more than likely saved my eye from worse damage because it would have taken the hit before my eye did.
So with what he said in mind, I'll sign off for now. I'll be on again tomorrow later in the day for a moment or two.
Vibes and hugs to all.
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We are going to take Sherlock for a nice walk in the snow. After we return Keith & Craig will go clean our long, long driveway & part of the road.
Sherlock is trilled to finally see snow again.
Nothing like a good trill!
:D
He was trilled, or thrilled :) Photos later.
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Kerry, "Ceremony" is a book about a man who returns home from war with a lot of emotional baggage from what he has experienced. He's half-American Indian, half-white, and as the Cher song told us, he's accepted really by neither including some of his own family. It's got some major cliche problems and too much of it is self-consciously writerly. The words are pretty and they make sense, but the pretty words don't add much to the feel or to the story.
It's the latest book I have to read for class. It's not as bad as the other books I've had to read so far, but it's not great, either.
I thought you asked because he "is a half-white Laguna Indian"
;D
Yeah, that, too. It's not as good as Kingsolver. But it's shorter. Only 265 pages. I'm about halfway through. That's what matters.
LOL not as good! I think I'll pass since I enjoyed Kingsolver's book so very much.
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I had to go to the doctor's this morning to take a blood test again. It seems that the last blood I took, to determine that I have been immunized against mumps, measles and rubella, was screwed up in the lab. They only tested for mumps. And I need this for my online school. Apparently they've confused computer viruses with real ones.
Whatever the reason, the school is not going to let me enroll for summer semester if I don't have these results. What an irritation.
DS Bryan had to do this before going to medical school which makes sense. An online school does not. Do you have to titer because you don't have medical records showing the dates of your vaccinations or does everyone have to titer?
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DR Danise I'm relieved the scratches are already showing signs of healing.
CONTINUED EYE HEALING VIBES!!!!
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I had to go to the doctor's this morning to take a blood test again. It seems that the last blood I took, to determine that I have been immunized against mumps, measles and rubella, was screwed up in the lab. They only tested for mumps. And I need this for my online school. Apparently they've confused computer viruses with real ones.
Whatever the reason, the school is not going to let me enroll for summer semester if I don't have these results. What an irritation.
This is hilarious!
Look at it as immunizing yourself so the children don't catch something from you. It's for the children.
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DR Danise I'm relieved the scratches are already showing signs of healing.
CONTINUED EYE HEALING VIBES!!!!
~~~DITTO!!~~~
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I had to go to the doctor's this morning to take a blood test again. It seems that the last blood I took, to determine that I have been immunized against mumps, measles and rubella, was screwed up in the lab. They only tested for mumps. And I need this for my online school. Apparently they've confused computer viruses with real ones.
Whatever the reason, the school is not going to let me enroll for summer semester if I don't have these results. What an irritation.
This is hilarious!
Look at it as immunizing yourself so the children don't catch something from you. It's for the children.
Good way to look at it DR Laura.
If you lived in Ashland you would want to protect yourself from all the children who have not been vaccinated.
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I had to go to the doctor's this morning to take a blood test again. It seems that the last blood I took, to determine that I have been immunized against mumps, measles and rubella, was screwed up in the lab. They only tested for mumps. And I need this for my online school. Apparently they've confused computer viruses with real ones.
Whatever the reason, the school is not going to let me enroll for summer semester if I don't have these results. What an irritation.
DS Bryan had to do this before going to medical school which makes sense. An online school does not. Do you have to titer because you don't have medical records showing the dates of your vaccinations or does everyone have to titer?
Yes, it was a titer test. I hope they don't charge me again. My insurance didn't want to cover it the last time.
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"Mumps" is a strange word!
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"Mumps" is a strange word!
Yes, it is. And it's a flower, to boot. Or are those mums? But mum's the word.
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I did an etymological search of the word, and this is what I found:
mumps
type of contagious disease, c.1600, from plural of mump "a grimace" (1590s), originally a verb, "to whine like a beggar" (1580s), from Du. mompen "to cheat, deceive," originally probably "to mumble, whine," of imitative origin. The disease probably so called in allusion to swelling of face during the disease and/or to painful difficulty swallowing.
The mind races with ways to revive the verb form of this word.
"Having been celibate for six months, he mumped shamelessly for relief!"
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"Well, you can mump all you want, but it will do you no good!"
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"Oh, please! Are you mumping AGAIN?
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Or, in the earlier form, "His face was a mump of misery!"
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I can even imagine a "Sesame Street" character being called "Mump"...or "Mumpy".
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Madame, is that your dog mumping my leg?
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Don't mump me in the outlet.
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I am back from a wonderful orchestra playthrough of the entire acore for WHERE'S CHARLEY? Rob Berman did a fantastic job and, while the songs are really wonderful Frank Loesser numbers, the dance music is amazing. "Pernambuco" wanders through Latin America, and ventures into tonal realms of Stravinsky and Milhaud. "Better Get Out Of Here" is playful and antique. "Ashmolean Marching Society" is so brash, full of intentional dissonances that it sounds like an amateur school band with artfully thoughout moments where one instrument plays one measure behind his colleagues that you guffaw from the outrageousness of it. It was all quite wonderful and the orchestrations run from smooth and beautiful to silly and flippant. Very few scores are silly and flippant today. It was all a lot of fun.
Now I need a nap.
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Back from a lovelier than lovely lunch meeting at Barney's Beanery. I had something I've never had there - a chili cheese foot-long hot dog that was so yummilicious I can't even tell you.
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And in other news...Abe Vigoda is still alive (http://www.comcast.net/slideshow/entertainment-celebbday0224/).
;)
Happy 90th Birthday to Abe Vigoda!
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Is that a current photo of him, George?
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Why didn't you just get an MMR shot, John?
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I had a tetanus/whooping cough/diphtheria shot last month. Two years after getting a tetanus/diphtheria shot. For the children.
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You couldn't get just a whooping cough shot? Was there an epidemic of whooping cough that you needed to add it?
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It was almost death by dog today. First Sherlock attacked me right after I took his photo. He does that when I shoot while kneeling on the ground. After I got up he jumped and grabbed one end of my neck scarf & practically strangled me. ;D
Look at his face just before he charged.
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He had fun in the snow today!
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A bit calmer.
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Sherlock!!!! What a lovely doggie!
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DR CILLA LIZ have fun with your speaker phone call tonight - don't catch the mumps.
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Three to five inches of snow and ice tonight. Might be a FUN Friday.
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Glad to hear DR DANISE is on the road to recovery.
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Yes DR JMK is MIA.
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Sherlock!!!! What a lovely doggie!
DR JRand60, thank you for your lovely gift. The card and sombreros made me laugh!
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And in other news...Abe Vigoda is still alive (http://www.comcast.net/slideshow/entertainment-celebbday0224/).
;)
Happy 90th Birthday to Abe Vigoda!
Yes, I spoke to him today...and he's doing fine.
He's 90.
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Nice to hear.
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Thank you DR Jrand.
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Abe was a professional actor all of his adult life, but he didn't get cast in a movie until he was 50.
The movie was: THE GODFATHER.
He became an overnight success.
;)
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I love Sherlock photos. I am glad he did not kill you, Jane. :)
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They don't make whooping cough only shots.
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Yes, where IS dear reader JMK? How unseemly. Someone write him and give him a proper bitch-slapping.
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It's almost time for WIPEOUT.
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Sherlock!!!! What a lovely doggie!
DR JRand60, thank you for your lovely gift. The card and sombreros made me laugh!
That was fast!
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Maybe JMK is gone because I found the Chaplin transfer beautiful and perfect and he found it mundane (he's wrong) :)
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What a shmuck!
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118032836
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Maybe JMK is gone because I found the Chaplin transfer beautiful and perfect and he found it mundane (he's wrong) :)
I don't think that's it.
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I love Sherlock photos. I am glad he did not kill you, Jane. :)
LOL-Thank you. I think my screaming distracted him. Craig said he looked out the window. I had already screamed when I looked up, after taking the photo, to see him bouncing into my face. :)
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What a shmuck!
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118032836
I go to the page and it immediately goes away and I get a registration page.
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Maybe JMK is gone because I found the Chaplin transfer beautiful and perfect and he found it mundane (he's wrong) :)
I don't think that's it.
What is it then?
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I may have to go get an apple fritter or something - I need something sweet.
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What a shmuck!
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118032836
In response to a question about Lorre's recent post-"Men" onscreen card, in which Lorre wrote, "If Charlie Sheen outlives me, I'm gonna be really pissed," Sheen said "that was one of the few compliments that clown has paid me in almost a decade."
I found Lorre's comment about being pissed funny & Sheen didn't get it at all if he took it as a compliment and not a reflection on his drug & other problems.
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What a shmuck!
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118032836
I go to the page and it immediately goes away and I get a registration page.
Try again. It is working for me.
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What a shmuck!
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118032836
I go to the page and it immediately goes away and I get a registration page.
I guess you have to be a subscriber to Variety.
Here's the essence of it:
"Charlie Sheen is due to return to the "Two and a Half Men" set next week, but he did nothing to reduce the potential tension with a rambling radio interview in which he severely criticized showrunner Chuck Lorre with what could be construed as anti-Semitic remarks."
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In a nanosecond, I cured myself from this ridiculous model of disease and addiction and obsession," Sheen said.
This statement, to me, is a classic "I'm still using!"
I really feel for his parents.
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Maybe Charlie and Mel Gibson should do a movie together.
::)
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Maybe JMK is gone because I found the Chaplin transfer beautiful and perfect and he found it mundane (he's wrong) :)
I don't think that's it.
What is it then?
;D This sounds so serious.
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Bruce: "Gone With the Wind" and "Fear Strikes Out/The Tin Star" were waiting in my mailbox upon my arrival home this evening!!!
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Maybe Charlie and Mel Gibson should do a movie together.
::)
Yes, Charlie can write it and Mel can also direct...and it could be called "Dipsomaniaco".
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Bruce: "Gone With the Wind" and "Fear Strikes Out/The Tin Star" were waiting in my mailbox upon my arrival home this evening!!!
Yay
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I believe that Gay Abandon was the name of a drag queen from Olympia.
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So, this morning I am off to Carroll Studios to hear the Encores! orchestra play through the score of WHERE'S CHARLEY? and that will consume most of my day. There should be a strange conglomerate of folk: friends from the Loesser office, Bruce Pomahac from Rodgers & Hammerstein, Joshie, his brother Jeremy, John Doyle, who's directing the show, the choreographer, Jack Viertel, and God alone knows who else. Oh, yes, the mighty Rob Berman on the podium.
John Doyle? The John Doyle? The director of COMPANY and SWEENEY TODD?
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I hope Elmore told John Doyle to hire an orchestra instead of getting the actors to play the instruments.
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TOD: I don't know enough about Jimmy Webb to know which songs are usually his. I forgot "Wichita Lineman" or "MacArthur Park" were his until reading the posts. So, here goes:
"Wichita Lineman," Glen Campbell
"MacArthur Park," Donna Summer (because it is so awful)
"The Moon's a Harsh Mistress," Christine Andreas
Which do you find awful? The song? Or Donna Summer?
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Sherlock!!!! What a lovely doggie!
Ditto! Nice pictures, Jane!
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I think it looks a lot worse then it is but I just want to make sure. I'm just not sure that if he says I can wear the contracts if I'll go to work tomorrow or not. I'm not a very vain person (at least I hope I'm not) but I really don't want people at the county center seeing me and thinking I got punched or something.
You would be amazed as to how many people you see that you "know" but don't even know their names if you know what I mean.
Or, you could go to work and when someone looks at your eye in shock, you just walk up to them and say, "The wedding is cancelled. I don't care how big a mansion he has!"
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Is that a current photo of him, George?
I would guess not. Comcast has a tendency to use the same picture for several years for a person's birthday announcement.
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So, this morning I am off to Carroll Studios to hear the Encores! orchestra play through the score of WHERE'S CHARLEY? and that will consume most of my day. There should be a strange conglomerate of folk: friends from the Loesser office, Bruce Pomahac from Rodgers & Hammerstein, Joshie, his brother Jeremy, John Doyle, who's directing the show, the choreographer, Jack Viertel, and God alone knows who else. Oh, yes, the mighty Rob Berman on the podium.
John Doyle? The John Doyle? The director of COMPANY and SWEENEY TODD?
The very same.
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What a shmuck!
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118032836
Yup.
"Lorre, through a spokeswoman, had no comment."
That's funny. :D
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Well, I got a call earlier today from our director...tonight's rehearsal is cancelled. Big surprise. It's supposed to get down to 18°F tonight and up to 34°F tomorrow. At least we're at the very beginning of rehearsals and not during performances!
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And on that note (F#), I'm leaving work. I got all my time in, so I'm leaving. I'm going to try to get to Costco because I need to get some canned cat food. I have plenty of dry, but I'm on the last can of Friskies.
Wish me luck!
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We have another cold spell coming this weekend. Not like the rest of you, but cold for us.
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Well, I got a call earlier today from our director...tonight's rehearsal is cancelled. Big surprise. It's supposed to get down to 18°F tonight and up to 34°F tomorrow. At least we're at the very beginning of rehearsals and not during performances!
I hope you're not doing outdoor performances!
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Okay, it's time for bed. Good night, everyone!
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Is that a current photo of him, George?
I believe it is his high school graduation photo.
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George, I just found out that Christian Doyle is in your show!
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Has anyone here seen Nine to Five, the Musical?
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Sherlock!!!! What a lovely doggie!
Ditto! Nice pictures, Jane!
Thank you. :)
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I just read CBS has dropped TWO AND A HALF MEN.
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I should have opened the article. It has been dropped for the remainder of the season. ;D
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Really? Oh that would make me very happy - and I like the show.
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Really? Oh that would make me very happy - and I like the show.
Oh! For the rest of the season. Well, it is a start.
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T.O.D.
MACARTHUR PARK
DIDN'T WE
THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN
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G'night!
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We had a great book group meeting tonight and thoroughly enjoyed our 45 minute phone conversation with author Arliss Ryan. She offers on her website to do this for any book group, but we were the first to actually contact her. And it was the first time my group had done anything like this, so it was new to everyone. Considering that, it went very well. Even my cell phone on speaker worked fine; I was worried that we wouldn't be able to hear her or she wouldn't be able to hear us. In the book, Will and Anne are always treating themselves to "sticky buns" from the baker, so our refreshments tonight were assorted sweet rolls from Central Pastry.
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DR CILLA LIZ have fun with your speaker phone call tonight - don't catch the mumps.
huh?
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DR Cillaliz - I think DR JRand was referring to my speaker phone call with my book group and the author of tonight's book.
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Page 6 yet?
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How about now?
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Yup.
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TOD: I don't know enough about Jimmy Webb to know which songs are usually his. I forgot "Wichita Lineman" or "MacArthur Park" were his until reading the posts. So, here goes:
"Wichita Lineman," Glen Campbell
"MacArthur Park," Donna Summer (because it is so awful)
"The Moon's a Harsh Mistress," Christine Andreas
Which do you find awful? The song? Or Donna Summer?
Donna Summer's performance.
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Loved the Sherlock photos. Am glad I'm not in the snow, though.
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George, I just found out that Christian Doyle is in your show!
That's right. I've seen him in a couple of shows here in Olympia.
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I just read CBS has dropped TWO AND A HALF MEN.
:o
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I should have opened the article. It has been dropped for the remainder of the season. ;D
Ahh.
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(http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/181904_1537027836553_1560585524_1710271_6031404_s.jpg)
The image from my table at a Korean restaurant at lunch today. Love those heels.
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Well, I got a call earlier today from our director...tonight's rehearsal is cancelled. Big surprise. It's supposed to get down to 18°F tonight and up to 34°F tomorrow. At least we're at the very beginning of rehearsals and not during performances!
I hope you're not doing outdoor performances!
No, but in the past, TAO did their big musical in December and every time, they've lost money due to cancelled performances because of the weather. Having the show in April, the weather shouldn't be a problem and missing early rehearsals won't be a problem, either. There's enough time to make up the missed days.
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I just read CBS has dropped TWO AND A HALF MEN.
Oh gees, don't tell my mom, it's one of her favorite shows
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Oh good it's only the rest of the season, I won't have to tell her
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I'm really glad my brother called mom and dad and took them to see The King's Speech tonight. I knew they would love it and they planned to go, I think they just forgot about it
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Night, all.
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I gotta tell you.
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Finished my viewing at eight, and then decided to write the contextual commentary for the next Gardenia show - great to have that out of the way. I'm sure I'll finesse it over the next few days, but at least the basics are done.