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Archives => Archive 1 => Topic started by: bk on December 11, 2003, 12:03:14 AM
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Well, you've had a view of the notes so you know what to do. I need lots of lovely posts to read for my mental delectation, because otherwise I shall go mad.
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I can't believe I'm still up. I had a rather productive evening, but first:
Mr. Pogue: Your reply was very instructive! You are correct, of course. I definitely remember having to have a thick hide even in amateur theater, so the pros can only be tougher. MTM probably should have given him the finger and kept on going.
We have our annual Christmas potluck at work on Friday, so I spent this evening preparing one of the two dishes I signed up to bring. I said I'd bring a dessert and vegetable dish. My dessert was made tonight and it turned out great -- it's a Walnut-Pumpkin Cheesecake! I'll make the vegetable dish tomorrow night -- a green bean casserole. I'm doubling the recipe. And what do you think I discovered at the grocery store tonight? French's makes Cheddar Cheese Onion Rings now! Is that great or WHAT?! So I'm using the cheddar ones in my recipe. (And there's a Cheddar Mashed Potatoes recipe on the can that MUST be tried).
DR Tom From Oz and friends were taking a journey tonight that I've enjoyed twice in the past 10 days -- a viewing of "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", Special Extended Edition. Tonight, I took a different journey. I received from Amazon.com the collector's edition of the CD soundtrack to "Return of the King." What's special about this one is that there is an accompanying DVD featuring a supertrailer for ROTK, plus a look at composer Howard Shore working at Abbey Road with his musicians and Peter Jackson while scoring the new film. It's a treat! And something I hope gets done for other soundtracks in the future. The music is magnificent and poignant. There are a lot of featured soloists -- James Galway, Renee Fleming, boy soprano Ben del Maestro and a choral group that lends all that wonderful magic to the scores from this exceptional film trilogy. And then there is the superb London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Now, as for what my Christmas wish is:
My Christmas wish is that everyone gets what THEY wish for this Christmas, just as long as it's fair gain (i.e. doesn't deprive someone else of something they earned/deserved more).
As for my personal desires, I've taken care of most of them -- I'm going home again, I've gotten myself the collector's edition of "The Two Towers" and I have "Return of the King" soundtrack on CD. Plus, my OBC of "Wicked" will be mailed to me in South Carolina just as soon as it's released so I can enjoy it while I'm back east.
I love being good to myself!
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To tell you the truth there is nothing I really want this year. I have been out looking for gifts for friends and family and that gives me more pleasure than receiving.
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I also meant to ask a question for DR Noel yeasterday. I was wondering who is your standby/understudy and has he gone on for you yet in your musical?
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Dear esteemed, Christmassy, view-enhanced, and suave BK --
As for the QOTD ........I know that this isn't the answer that anyone wants to read, but as DR Kerry and I both have our health and as a bonus Sugar has joined our family, there really isn't anything else that I want.
I hold a strong wish that all of the fine people who are so far away overseas, could very soon be back home safely and with their loved ones.
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Wow, only 4 posts :(
Good morning all.
BK, I am so excited for you to get to the end of season 2 of Alias. You must tell us when you get to the finale.
I will answer the Christmas questions later.
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DR MattH --
Of course you are right.....all musicians just can't wait to sleep in bad hotel beds, and put up with repeated airport security delays.
And of course, we would never want to be paid for it -- it is just way too much fun !!
OY !!
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TFO wrote yesterday "I thought it was WEL and Ray. Is there something I should know?" Funny stuff Tom :-)
Charles, thanks for the theatre update. We will try to see some shows but we have a couple of side trips planned as well so we won't be able to see a lot. We will play it by ear, I think, but we will probably most likely see Chitty and one or two others.
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Ben - The previous post ended with Hoo and Ray so that was Tom's response. It took me a minute to get it too until I went back to the previous post.
What I want for Christmas is a little time... time to watch all the DVDs I've bought and haven' had a chance to watch; time to do things on the computer that I mean to do but never get around to because I spend so much computer time at HHW; time to "Stop and smell the evergreen".
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[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Good morning one and all![/move]
Today is the day! Once I finish my Provincial Politics exam this afternoon I will only have two more left to write. This is the halfway point... FINALLY! :D
A Rant about University Libraries:
I wanted to take out a book that my professor had put on reserve and so I went up to the checkout desk told the clerk the name of the book, the author and the class yet she DEMANDED that I go back up to the main library to get her the call number. Now this wouldn't have bugged me normally, but the thing is that she had her desktop open to the MUSE catalogue right in front of me - and when I asked if she could just look it up, she gave me a death stare. There weren't even other people waiting in line! It was just me and her staring away at one another...
I ended up getting the call number myself. :(
On a happier note:
(sung like as if I am in cha-cha line): "I am going to WICK-ED! I am going to WICK-ED! Da da da da da DA!"
A certain DR (who I will not name for anonymity's sake) knows someone who is Stephen Schwartz's personal assistant and arranged for me to reserve his house seats. Sigh, they may be $100 US ($130 CDN) but it will be worth it. Also, my dearest mama has already agreed that it will be my *big* Christmas gift (to make up for the fact that I didn't get anything from them for my birthday). Now we must all convince Maya to pay up and come with meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! (I've given up on Andrea and my other travelling partner) :D
Christmas Gifts:
I am the worst person to buy gifts for because I hardly ever let people surprise me. I like making a list, checking it twice and then faxing it off to my family and friends.
So I think the best gift I could get would be one I didn't know about beforehand but which is of the same calibre of wonderfullness as the ones on my list.
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Bruce-
I am surprised at you. Hanukkah (chanukkah or however each person spells it) comes first this year and yet you immediately appeal to the faith to which is not your own. Oh there is indeed a higher purpose to warn me thus in time (oh, a teeny sweeney reference)
I'm not "looking" for anything in particular this year for the holidays and my impending birthday. I would like to wind up with an IPOD and a TV stand at the very least...
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Ick! Horrid day here in NY :P
Christmas List: (sorry! It's a bunch of stuff)
All my loved ones get what they want
Health
Love
Peace
Acting Jobs
A Sane Boyfreind
And an early request for next year: A new President ;)
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Being single and of fairly independent means, I can and do reward myself with gifts throughout the year. Nevertheless, I am giving myself a treadmill this year for Christmas. I really do love to walk, but I don't really care much to walk alone. It makes the time go so much faster when there's someone to walk and talk with. Also, when it's really cold outside, I get lazy about having to bundle up to go walking, so the treadmill will get me walking the year round whether there's someone with me or not, and that can only be a good thing. Also, I'm weird I guess, but I can't stand to walk with a walkman blaring in my ears. I like to hear the natural sounds around me, but again, I'd rather share it with someone else when I'm walking. So, if I'm inside, I can listen to music WITHOUT a walkman while I'm walking on the treadmill.
Dream gift: I have a nice home theater set-up in my den. TV is big enough for the sized den I have. But if I had endless money or a Santa who was feeling generous, I'd love to turn my living room into a big home theater with theater seating, huge TV and tower speakers totally surrounding us. Maybe one of these days when my ship comes in I might make that dream come true (unless Santa beats me to it one of these years.)
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I'm going to have to postpone my review of STRICTLY BALLROOM. Stupid me programmed my digital recorder incorrectly and I missed recording it. Not only that, but it came on again yesterday late afternoon, and I missed that showing, too! It's repeating next week (twice on Tuesday afternoon), so I'll (hopefully) get it then, but I am feeling really stupid this morning having to admit this.
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DR Ron, when you make your way back East, will you have a computer at your disposal? You're not going to be E & T for much of the month of December, are you?
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Diane -
Do you currently have an INSANE boyfriend you want to become sane, or do you lack a boyfriend and are requesting one who IS sane?
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BTW.. I have fallen in love everyone.. would you like to know more??
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Craig: I currently have a kinda/sorta/we are on a break ,in my life who I wish would become sane.. But if he doesn't, I want some one who IS sane!
Your in love! Tell me more! Tell me more! ;D
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What a nice time of year to fall in love. That's really terrific!
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Yes.. it's true. I have fallen in love - and you too can share in the love as well. I have fallen in love with...
Dark Chocolate KitKats, MINT KitKats and MINT Hershey's Kisses - all limited editions available this season....
YUM!!!
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Diane.. I'm relatively sane.. Tell me more about you LOL
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All candy and I have had a LIFELONG love affair that is still as intense and passionate as ever.
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What I really want for Christmas is for my father to send the boxes he took with him to us. Books, DVDs, CDs, this house is far too empty without everything we've collected!
That, and I wouldn't mind a few things to hang on the walls. We have the one quilt to hang at the end of the hall, but we need more MORE MORE! (Yet another Sondheim reference, wouldn't you know.) Of course, we do have the Hirshfeld lithograph of television stars of the '60s, originally drawn for TVLand, that der Brucer bought at a silent auction, but that still needs framing. (It has something like seven Ninas!)
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Craig: I love Dark Chocolate Kit Kats! Last year I bought a whole bunch and froze them for the times when they wouldn't be so readily available, hehehe
So..What would you like to know? ;)
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On my wish list:
World peace
The end of hunger
Equal rights for all
This year I'll add: a nice job that pays fairly that I can really sink my teeth into and enjoy.
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I feel like my HUSBAND is being seriously unfaithful of late... ;)
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Emily..
Proposals do not a husband make... :)
Diane -
I want to know anything and everything you wish to share with me...
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I also meant to ask a question for DR Noel yeasterday. I was wondering who is your standby/understudy and has he gone on for you yet in your musical?
ROTFLMAO
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okay... okay...
My FIANCÉE is cheating on me! Oh woe is me! Woe! Woe! Woe! ;)
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Wow, lots of folks are errant and truant today.
I can't believe there have been only 28 posts since I made the first one this morning shortly after midnight!
DR MattH: I'll be reading some from my mother's computer, but I may not be posting. I don't know what, if any, limits she has to her number of daily posts, time online, etc. I certainly don't want to be rude and spend as much time online there as I do at home!
:)
But, essentially, from Dec. 18 through Dec. 30, I'll be scarce. I'll be few and far between. I'll be a fig newton of your imagination!
But I'll be having a wonderful time!
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Craig: I don't know if I should give such information..especially if you and the lovely Miss Emily are promised..lol
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ROTFLMAO
TCB, you are a quicker man than I!
This is hysterical.
So, Noel, does the "show" get cancelled whenever you or the leading lady has a headache, or do the understudies (you'll pardon the expression) "perform"?
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OMG - I just checked the news...
How glad am I that I left for school in the wee hours of the morning to study and didn't leave it until later?
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/12/11/quebec_031211
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Golly, the article says they're hoping for a million people to "come out."
Canada's policies have certainly swung to the left in the last decade!
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I wonder if our exam will be affected... hmmm....
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LOL RON!
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The lovely wife and I usually just buy what we want at any given time...so for Christmas, we don't go all out buying each other gifts, but save it all for our annual two-week trip to London sometime in the year. We have a fifty dollar limit filling each other's stocking with knick-knacks and goodies. And then we usually indulge and buy our "Ho-Ho" gift each year. This is a moderately big-ticket gift for both of us. This year it will probably be a digital camera and a printer to go along with it, though I also have my eye on the Ely Landau Theatre DVD sets out there.
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Yes.. it's true. I have fallen in love - and you too can share in the love as well. I have fallen in love with...
Dark Chocolate KitKats, MINT KitKats and MINT Hershey's Kisses - all limited editions available this season....
YUM!!!
No, Craig, you have not known love until you have tried the mint-flavored (or flavoured) M&Ms. I have managed to get my entire office hooked, and that is over 300 people.
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I have not stepped on a scale in the last week or so, but I'd be willing to bet I've gained weight recently because when I read all the posts about recipes and cakes and candies that get put up here all the time, I can't help but raid my pantry to find candy, etc. to quell the hunger.
I have thus far resisted making that chocolate cake, but I have a feeling I'm going to need some comfort food today, and that will surely fill the bill.
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TCB - they are next on the agenda.. I can divide my love. When it comes to chocolate - I am a mormon (read: polygamist)
Diane - Don't let Emily fool ya.. I amn't promised to NO one yet.. all the HHW women are engaged to Mark and I lol
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Diane... would you like to join the harem?
The benefits aren't that great but we do offer a discount on trips to Iceland! ;)
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...plus you DO have to flirt with Mark and/or Craig.
I hear some people consider that a perk (although don't ask me why...) ;)
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I have not stepped on a scale in the last week or so, but I'd be willing to bet I've gained weight recently because when I read all the posts about recipes and cakes and candies that get put up here all the time, I can't help but raid my pantry to find candy, etc. to quell the hunger.
I have thus far resisted making that chocolate cake, but I have a feeling I'm going to need some comfort food today, and that will surely fill the bill.
Would Cheddared Mashed Potatoes serve as "comfort food" at your house?
That recipe I mentioned in my first post has you whipping potatoes with heavy cream and cheddar cheese, putting them into a baking dish, topping them with cheddar onion rings, and then baking!
A truly guilty PLEASURE!
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...plus you DO have to flirt with Mark and/or Craig.
I hear some people consider that a perk (although don't ask me why...) ;)
Don't do it, Diane!
They'll only break your heart.
Mark is really a Jesuit priest. He talks a great game, but he's celibate!
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It's Thursday and folks are missing all over the place in my agency.
You'd think it was the holidays or something!
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Those potatoes do sound scrumptuous. Ah, so many things that are SO good in life are so bad for you.
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Whew! Not many posts to read, but fine topics and choices.
I too like to see Phantom of the Opera, it is clunky and doesn't make any sense, but it is very gothic and dramatic. My favorite Phantom is a guy named Thomas James O'Leary! :'(
My Christmas gift that I want this year - YOU BET YOUR LIFE DVD set. I may get it. Quien sabe?
I have one more gift to buy and then I will be done! ;D
My computer is still a bit slow, something is wrong, not sure what, and I do not return to work until tomorrow, so I am being at home and watching CRIME OF PASSION on DVD! Go, Barbara!
What a lovely view Mr BK has out his window! 8)
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Latest from the front: Everyone seems very happy with show one. My pal David will be putting the finishing touches on it for the next two days, because I've just been told I'm staying on to do the final hour show. So, that is very nice - three extra weeks of work that will take me into mid-January.
Latest from the back: I have to work late this evening and therefore have to cancel a massage.
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For Christmas, I would like my trip to NYC to be safe and snow-less if that's possible!
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Okay so my exam may or may not be delayed a half an hour.
Currently there is a large crowd of protesters outside the building it supposed to be held in.
Wish me luck people! :D
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BK: Why can't the massage come to you???????
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Okay so my exam may or may not be delayed a half an hour.
Currently there is a large crowd of protesters outside the building it supposed to be held in.
Wish me luck people! :D
I thought this was a union thing!
They've stopped ships from coming in....hospitals have cancelled surgeries....and now they've gone so far as to disrupt EXAMS?
Boy! Those Canadian trade unions cover ALL the bases, huh!
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Emily: Ooooh! Iceland! Now I must be a part of the harem! lol
Craig: You and Mark are very lucky men!
BK: I feel your pain..I could use a massage myself at the moment
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Word is that Mel Gibson has signed Lisa Gerrard (the wailing voice of "Gladiator", etc.) to "score" his film "The Passion of Christ."
Gadzooks!
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Ron: LOL! I could say something really nasty and off color regarding the priest comment..I'll just keep that to myself =-P
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True Holiday Story:
A number of years ago when my now-grown son and my wife were in the Short Hill Mall here in New Jersey, my young son asked to sit on Santa's lap. When his turn arrived, Santa asked him what he wanted for Christmas. My son said that he wanted "nothing." Santa, perplexed, asked, "nothing, haven't you been a good boy this year?" "Yes I have", my son responded. "You still don't want anything for Christmas." "No", my son adamantly said, "we celebrate Hanukah in our house." Santa looked around and whispered in my son's ear, "you know something, in my house so do we."
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LOL steveg.
Well hmmmmmm...."Crime of Passion"..... Barbara Stanwyck as Mr BK pointed out certainly wears a lot of lipstick in this b/w movie...and many times its application didn't have anything to do with where her lips really were. She also has a couple of closeups where her lovely face fuzz shines like a beacon. And that story....hoooooboy! Sterling Hayden, Fay Wray, Stuart Whitman, Raymond Burr, and Virginia Grey....good performances! And I would imagine that Burr and producer Herman Cohen had some terrific parties!
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DR Emily wrote:
I am the worst person to buy gifts for because I hardly ever let people surprise me. I like making a list, checking it twice and then faxing it off to my family and friends.
Well I'm not quite that bad, although I always make lists. I think I am the only one in my family who does this. But I know what I want and I write it down. At least when people ask, I can tell them (as opposed to "oh i don't know ...".
One thing that is funny is that I often buy my own gifts (from other people). I mean they pay, but I sometimes am the actual buyer. This happens almost always with my sister. She asked last week what I wanted and I replied (as usual), "I'll check my list". One thing I wanted was pajamas (which I needed to try on). So I just said I'd buy them and she could pay for them (of course I will give them to her to wrap) :)
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BK - Congratulations on being asked to stay on. That's a very nice Hanukah/Christmas gift. (Actually, the ones who asked you to stay should be congratulated on their wisdom.)
I can't think of what I'd like for Hanukah/Christmas. Weirdly enough, I always feel a little uncomfortable getting gifts. A former boyfriend used to say that I have trouble "taking." He may have been right. I LOVE giving presents, though.
I think what I would really like for myself is another writing assignment - before the holidays - so that I know the first part of the new year is covered. Other than that, it's the usual Miss America stuff - world peace, health for the universe, food for the hungry, and a new hairdo for Cher.
I want to announce that I now have my very own aphorism. I was discussing (by e-mail) men and women with a Canadian poet/anthologist with whom I correspond and he wrote "If women are the fair sex, then men are the unfair sex"... A new aphrism just for you." Isn't that grand? Like having a new variety of rose named after you. The Princess Elizabeth Rose, the Anna Aphorism.
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Saw "The Last Samurai" the other night on the Warners lot (GREAT sound system!).
I'd recommend it... as a matinee.
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL to watch (fantastic scenics... gorgeous cinematography)... but a script loaded with trite dialogue (hey, anytime you can finish a half-dozen lines of dialogue before the actor on the screen can, you know you're in trouble).
We also spotted a couple of scenes that seemed completely lifted from "Glory" (not surprising, of course, given the director). And, no, I don't think was done as some sort of 'homage' to an earlier work...
This is sorta nit-picky, but I felt the script should have added a bit more back story on the samurai. The uninitiated audience member might be led to believe that the samurai were nothing more than a bunch of trouble-making rabble-rousers (given the way the film is set-up); personally, I would have preferred seeing how the samurai were dedicated to the Emperor...
As BK would say, "What am I? Ebert??"
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First thing noticed this morning - WFO. Welcome back.
Now to read a few posts.
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DR Diane: I think you and I have a lot in common.
Btw, I heard a clip of Ellen DeGeneres interviewing our favorites Melana and Jason (Average Joe). I wish I could remember exactly what she said. But it was so funny.
It was something like, "well i guess this show just shows you when you have a bunch of average guys and then two beautiful people, the beautiful people just flock together". It was funny (and slightly cruel) especially since that was her introduction before THEY came out :)
For Christmas (Channukah for me) I really want a certain guy to send a certain box. We shall see.
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I don't think we will have snow this Chistmas. I do not have a"wants list" or an "I want" song to sing either. Is worldwide happiness too much to wish for? Naive maybe, but John Lennon voiced it so well. A change of political direction for my country would make me happy - if we can change in the direction of COMPASSION which our leaders lack.
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Steveg, that is funny. But what a way to confuse a kid.
Hey BK, what happened with your UPS package?
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Jennifer: We probably do! Men can really suck sometimes. :P
I love Ellen! She is hysterical.
Only 8 days till Chunnukah and 14 days till Christmas!
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I am told that the UPS package will be redelivered today, but I have not received confirmation that is HAS been. If it's not here by two I'm going to suggest that the people drive to UPS and get it.
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Jennifer: We probably do! Men can really suck sometimes. :P
I love Ellen! She is hysterical.
Only 8 days till Chunnukah and 14 days till Christmas!
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OMG, you freaked me out when you said Channukah is in 8 days. I still have to get my dad something. Although I think my mom mentioned something he wants.
At least I have a bit more time for the Christmas presents I have left to buy.
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Here I am at work, where it is MUCH slower than yesterday.
I want all my loved ones to get what they want for Christmas, but I am not without my selfish desires. I want a $500 gift certificate to Borders so I can stack up on books and cast recordings, and I also want my own PC in my room so that I don't have to share it with Lynn, damn her to hell.
Ick! Horrid day here in NY :P
Christmas List: (sorry! It's a bunch of stuff)
All my loved ones get what they want
Health
Love
Peace
Acting Jobs
A Sane Boyfreind
And an early request for next year: A new President ;)
HAHAHAHA! Diane, I am officially stealing your last Christmas wish. It would go a long way toward that "peace on earth, and good will towards (wo)men" business
A word of warning, btw, on our resident HHW Lotharios, Craig and Mark. They like to play musical fiancés with the members of their harems. For instance Mark and I were engaged at one point, but he left me at the altar to take up with the beautiful young Swishy. Be careful, Swish. Mark will leave you for a good tub of Cherry Garcia ice cream. :P
LADJohn--thanks for the review of the Last Samurai! I DO want to see it, even though something about the idea of a Caucasian being the last true samurai inherently disturbs me. Would a movie with an Asian actor playing the samurai-protagonist have been so hard to market to Amerian audiences??
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I am told that the UPS package will be redelivered today, but I have not received confirmation that is HAS been. If it's not here by two I'm going to suggest that the people drive to UPS and get it.
Who are THE PEOPLE?
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The people are the folk who run my Mail Boxes, Etc (now The UPS Store) who weren't paying attention and who allowed a package I'd asked to be unpacked for me before I got there to get put back on a UPS truck.
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BK--btw, I wanted to tell you! The other day, a friend of mine sent me a copy of the WSMA's Alan Jay Lerner album. WOW! I LOOOOVE the Kander and Ebb album, but I think this one is even better. Brent is at his finest on each track, and the arrangements are superb. His version of "They Call the Wind Maria" gave me suuuch chills.
I just wanted to say thaaank you for producing this!
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After reading a gist of the plot of THE LAST SAMURAI and several reviews of the film, I know it is something I would have NO interest in sitting through.
Mr. Cruise was a guest on Ellen Degeneres' talk show yesterday, and his discussion of the film and the film clip they showed did NOTHING to change my mind about that. I wish him and his film well, but they won't be getting MY money.
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;DWell, Mr. Tomovoz, I thank you for noticing my appearance. I am indeed here, but I have been here lurking for the last few days off and on trying to catch up on the HUMONGOUS number of posts this site now draws per day, and I am a month behind!
So I said to myself, "Self: why don't you just throw caution to the wind and jump to Today." I am sad and distressed to have missed many birthdays (including that of Our Fearless Leader [39th, wasn't it, Bruce?]) and Jason's mouses and any number of pictures and droll comments and cetera and cetera and so forth.
But, I say, but I must jump and day ahead and answer tomorrow's topic of the day, I really must.
What is presently in your CD player?
Our Wedding, the Musical. That's what.
And a delight it is. Especially the mothers-in-law song. And if you think Shirley Temple stole it as the Flower Girl (oh, an Ervin Drake reference!) this one is sheer delight. And the Advice to the Bride. And....
If you have not already done so, I urge you each and every one to hie ye over to www.weddingmusical.com to order the CD and/or the sheet music. Joy and Noel have given us the chance to participate in their Very Special Day, and I am sure you will all have more fun listening to this CD than you have had at other weddings where you were actually physically present.
Now, to quote the Left Coast Governator:
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]I'll be back![/move]
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I just read that Blake Edwards will be receiving an honorary Oscar this year. I think it is a VERY deserving choice.
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Panni: I am not a person easily taken to "accepting" gifts.
When I was a kid, I often got things I didn't really care much for. But when I would get something I totally liked and enthused over it, someone else would be hurt that I didn't like their gift as much.
So I stopped reacting more than just saying "Thank you"!
It seems safer!
That said, I can and have been thrilled at something someone gave me. Not that they'd ever want to go through THAT display again.
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Nice to see you back on-line, DR WFO.
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Yes, William F. Orr...glad you're back.
But ya doesn't has to tease us with giant other-colored words like "HUMONGOUS" to get us to read your post. : )
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If there happens to be a Frenchman lurking - Hello from OZ.
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When I was a kid, I often got things I didn't really care much for. But when I would get something I totally liked and enthused over it, someone else would be hurt that I didn't like their gift as much.
So I stopped reacting more than just saying "Thank you"!
I can totally relate to what you just wrote, both as the gift giver and receiver. Sometimes you give a special person something and you want to really know that they loved it. But sometimes it's hard to tell.
I've also been on the other side, where somebody very special has sent me things, and I haven't acted as excited as I should have been.
I think there is no way to win! But I do think that anytime someone does thing that really means something to you, that you should tell them, so they know.
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DR Francois: If you are reading this WE MISS YOU!
A bunch of people have been asking where you are, myself included.
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Maya--
An astute observation on "Last Samurai" marketing...
Americans did, indeed, travel to Japan in the late 1800's to act as mercenaries and/or military advisors. That said, history provides an interesting starting point for a good - fictionalized - yarn about a caucasian samurai.
Don't think I can blame the studio for wanting to cast Cruise in the role as he's a huge draw in Japan (and here, of course). Aside from England, I think Japan is the biggest foreign audience for US films (maybe bigger??).
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WB, WFO! We missed your posts!
Wow....I love my co-worker. He just spent 15 minutes teaching me French curse words. ;)
LADJohn--Good point! I think I read also at one point that like many other American stars, Tom Cruise has done a few commericals in Japan...
Are you familiar with Pacific Overtures, btw? I've heard a few songs from it, and keep meaning to buy the cast album. I love the mingling of East and West, as long as the West doesn't swallow up the East if that makes any sense.
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Maya..
Can't wait to hear you french me!
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LOL, Craig! Well, maybe if you can tear yourself away from le chocolat.... :P
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ok.. that's just crazy talk MAYA!! Have you tried these things??
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LADJohn--thanks for the review of the Last Samurai! I DO want to see it, even though something about the idea of a Caucasian being the last true samurai inherently disturbs me. Would a movie with an Asian actor playing the samurai-protagonist have been so hard to market to Amerian audiences??
I am delurking just for a moment.. to say that I think the title of the movie actually refers to a Japanese character in the movie, and not to Tom Cruise. At least that's what I chose to believe because the alternative completely offends me. :)
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Welcome back LC. So you may be the only person to know if François actually exists and if he is indeed a dwarf who works part time at Notre Dame De Paris.
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Hey look it's LC. I have not seen her for so long. Hi LC!!!!!!
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LOL - I can verify that he exists and is actually quite tall, but I am as mystified as the rest of you as to why he has departed HHW.
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Hi Jennifer! :)
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Craig--haha! I am way too much of a chocolaholic, so I really should. In fact, I've decided on Christmas presents for my close friends. For each of them, I am going to write a poem (probably a limerick) and give them each a big box of Whitman's chocolate! It will save me money for one thing. I iz broke.
Welcome back, LC! Very glad you decided to de-lurk!
Well, I am definitely going to be in NYC from Dec. 30th to Jan. 2nd. I just bought my Greyhound tickets in fact!
Emily, Andrea--We'll take Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island too...well, at least Manhattan.
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Welcome Back, WFO, and thank you for those warm words.
And let me remind the DRs, the show is called Our Wedding - The Musical not Our Marriage. Marriage lasts a lifetime, but Our Wedding lasted roughly 45 minutes. My entrance isn't until the third number. So, over that span of time, my understudy didn't have to step in for me. And that would be my Best Man, who, as some of you know, is a busty young lady who lives and performs in the San Francisco Bay Area.
My simple Christmas wish (Uh-oh: a David Friedman reference) would be for all DRs to follow those marching orrders from Mr. Orr and buy Our Wedding - The Musical. Some of you wonderful people have already followed suit (apparently Jennifer thinks it's coming in a box).
And now you've got me humming Noel Coward's early song, A Room With a View. We'll bill and we'll coo, oo-oo...
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What about taking me, Maya?
And what am I getting for my Birthday. I hope not the same whitman sampler!
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Noel - me wonders why my email box doesn't have a reply from you regarding my offer..
hmmm ;)
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Craig--you will get a poem for Hannukah/Christmas! And maybe if you have been really good this year, and can find the time when you aren't working....
You will receive the wonderful gift of meeting Em, Andrea and myself (and hopefully Swish too if she can make it...we promise we will be good chaperones!!)
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LC and WFO, nice to see your smiling posts again!
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I know a guy named Craig Brockman
He is real and not a mock-man
He likes mint Hershey kisses
And has many a Mrs.
He's simply a love-round-the-clock man
Everyone let me know if they want me to write them a limerick! I really like writing them.
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Hurray....great to see WFO and LC! Oh my Maya, Emily, and Andrea, AND Sarah together in New York.....I am not sure if it's going to be like the movie "How to Marry a Millionaire" or "The Best of Everything" or "On the Town!" Have fun, members of the FAIR sex (LOL DR PANNI), and NYC look out!
You know of course, Mr BK, that your phonograph should be fine.....Ms Patty Duke has less than 18 minutes of actual "Valley of the Dolls" songs on the LP - Come Live With Me, It's Impossible, I'll Plant My Own Tree, Give a Little More, and Theme from...... Some of the other songs are okay, but NONE of them are on her CD!
I am scanning my computer for a rogue Trojan, no comments please!
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I, too, am glad for The Return of WFO.
Package was redelivered, so I'll either get it late tonight or I may actually leave for an hour at the end of the day and then come back at seven.
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The Return of WFO---that sounds like a blockbuster. How about The Return of WFO: Algebra Attacks.
Jrand--LOL! Awwww....we're just going to have fun and maybe see a show or two...not marry millionaires or hook up with on-leave sailors!
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Was anyone here a fan of the series FIREFLY from last season? The DVD boxed set of episodes was released this week, and I found it today for half price and quickly ordered it.
I really enjoyed this blending of sci-fi and western last year and was not happy when the show got canceled. I'm looking forward to seeing the entire 14 episode series without commercials. Three of these episodes never aired, and I believe I missed one or two of them before the show got canned.
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Maya..
I loved my Limmerick - if only it were true... ;)
As for you being GOOD chaperones.. great.. how can I get you to be BAD ones ;)
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Hahaha! Craig, try as you might, the girls and I will be on our best behavior. (well, I don't know about Andrea!!)
Then again, I will be 21 by then....but I will not touch an alcoholic beverage. Uh-uh. Absolut sobriety!
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I am scanning my computer for a rogue Trojan, no comments please!
I really MUST comment, though, JRand.
First, a Trojan was a citizen of Troy. The current usage is more a misnomer -- "The Trojan Horse" was a Greek-built device that they hid soldiers inside of. When the visible Greek forces went back to their ships (a ruse) after years of assaults upon the walls of Troy without getting in, they left the wooden horse, and the Trojans (citizens of Troy) hauled this marvel inside the city walls and revelled that they had endured the Greeks. That night, Greek soldiers crawled out of the horse and opened the city gates, allowing inside the Greek troops which had regathered outside Troy!
So it would be acccurate calling a virus a "Trojan Horse," but calling it a "Trojan" removes all the stigma off the Greeks and places it on the populace of Troy (which doesn't really care, since it's extinct).
(Stuffy preaching over!)
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....we're just going to have fun and maybe see a show or two...not marry millionaires or hook up with on-leave sailors!
How do you know you won't? This is New York: anything can happen!
Or were you thinking of wearing signs that say "No millionaires need apply"?
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I think they should have T-shirts made that read
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]GOLDDIGGERS OF 2004[/move][/size]
in gold sparkies and they should wear the shirts wherever the go together!
They would draw CROWDS, I'm sure!
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Jrand--LOL! Awwww....we're just going to have fun and maybe see a show or two...not marry millionaires or hook up with on-leave sailors!
Hold on... I agreed to this trip on the GUARANTEE that we would try to seduce millionaires.
What else would a trip with Andrea entail but AMERICAN MILLIONAIRES!?! ;)
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Then again, I will be 21 by then....but I will not touch an alcoholic beverage. Uh-uh. Absolut sobriety!
You know it took me a moment's though there to realise I will not be considered legal tp purchase alcohol in your country despite the fact that it will be two years since I was in the great nation of Canuckistan.
And they call the US the land of free? ;)
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Emily, not that I am condoning underage drinking, but you can always come do it at my apartment. Or maybe the millionaires will invite you.. ;D
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I think it is time for a chocolate intervention for DR Craig buoys and gulls. He needs to be clean for his harem visit.
Craig please answer the following questions known as the CAGE method of intervention and originally used for narcotics addicts. I think chocolate addiction might be worse...
C - Have you ever felt the need to Cut down on your chocolate?
A - Have you ever felt Annoyed by someone criticizing your chocolate intake?
G - Have you ever felt Guilty about eating chocolate?
E - Have you ever had to eat chocolate in the morning to quiet your nerves or relieve a sugar-low? (Eye Opener) [/i]
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Actually LC - I really don't drink that often.
I just dislike the idea that a piano bar will be out of the question because of my age. Blech. :)
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I know, I was just teasing. Although, in the time I have lived here, I can count on one hand the number of times I have been carded. So you never know.
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I just dislike the idea that a piano bar will be out of the question because of my age. Blech. :)
Unless they're so crowded that they want to exclude people, the piano bars aren't going to card you (unless, of course, you try to order some alcohol).
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Maya, Andrea, and Emily all running loose in NYC for New Years??? I'm suddenly thinking a plane ticket would be my best Christmas present. ;)
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DR Ron - you are correct, I am trying to corral a Trojan Horse!
And remember girls - that's the great thing about a bear trap - you don't have to catch a lot of them....just one big one. And there is NO Mr. Cadillac.
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Ooooooohhh!
I just got a "sparkly" from eBay!
Actually, it's a lobby card. Lobby #6 from "Gypsy" -- Gypsy and Tulsa dancing to "All I Need is the Girl"!
My favorite scene/number in the show!
And two new DTS DVDs (new to me, DR MattH) -- "American Beauty" and "Cocoon."
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Welcome back, LC!!! It's simply grand to see you back among us. Same goes for our dear WFO!
Christmas gifts... This is one of those years where I'm in something of a quandary. I'm sure there are plenty of little things I'd pick up for myself if I could afford them, but I'm having trouble thinking of any ideas to hint around to my family. Ahh well, my mother always does well with coming up with neat stuff I'd never have thought of myself.
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DR Emily: There must be piano bars in NYC for non-drinkers. Call al-Anon and ask for recommendations!
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As if to test my appreciation of the little ironies of life... A few hours after my saying on HHW that I'm not so great at being on the receiving end of gift-giving, I had my first official visitor at my lovely, but teeny-tiny, new guest house digs -- an old friend who was going to take me to lunch -- and who arrived bearing a gigantic bouquet and a HUGE gift basket from Trader Joe's -- two bottles of wine, cheeses, chocolate bicuits, gourmet savory thins, cookies, nuts, a beautiful nutcracker, ground coffee, etc. etc - all done up for Christmas (although we're both Jewish). I was astonished! Very appreciative, of course, but astonished and a little embarrassed. I just kept saying, "Oh! Thank you! Thank you!" (And thinking, "I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy...")
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DR Tom From OZ: So...??? How did the viewing of "The Two Towers" go last night?
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HAHAHAHAH! Youse all crack me up!
Ron--Golddiggers of 2004 shirts? Oh wow, I LOVE the idea. I'll leave it up to Andrea to have it made! And for her and Emily's shirts it can say underneath: Only Americans need apply. Which will leave out the Sultan of Brunei. *Sigh*
Jed--buy those tickets! Come and meet us gals!
LC--can we meet you too, huh? And, uh, have a fun "non-alcoholic" soireé at your apartment??
Emily--your piano bar wish is going to come true! I am SO taking you all to Marie's Crisis with me where we will proceed to sing showtunes all night!
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Believe me, if my checking account would allow it, the tickets would already be purchased!
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Naturally, what song just came up on my CD player, but NYC.
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How I'd love to join in on the NY trip..
The only time I really spent in NY that wasn't as an infant was when I was on a choir tour, and I'd lost my wallet...so it wasn't a picnic, but I'd totally love to visit and see shows sometime...I'm jealous of you guys :)
I am currently doped up on NyQuil, so forgive any incoherencies.
Christmas presents...I don't know what I'd ask for myself...I'm hard to shop for. I have a lot of gifts I'd GIVE to people, if I had the funds...but oh well.
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I just read that Blake Edwards will be receiving an honorary Oscar this year. I think it is a VERY deserving choice.
FINALLY!!! It may be surprising to learn that Blake Edwards has only received one oscar nomination in his entire career. That was for screenplay adaptation for Victor/Victoria. he never received one as director despite such wonderful films as breakfast at Tiffany's and The Days of Wine and Roses. He was primarily a comedic director. Maybe next year he'll get a Kennedy Center Honor or AFI award both deserved!!!
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emily
No
No
No
and No
LOL
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DR Ron - you are correct, I am trying to corral a Trojan Horse!
And remember girls - that's the great thing about a bear trap - you don't have to catch a lot of them....just one big one. And there is NO Mr. Cadillac.
I love that movie. When I grow up I want to be just like those women!
But there is a Mr. Bombardier!
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Moi, a gold digger!
Yes
Yes
Yes
and
Yes!
Diamonds are andrea's best friend!
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LOL DR Andrea!
I ordered a 2-DVD set called Best of Broadway (which it's not) but it has "Royal Wedding", "Happy Go Lovely", "Perils of Pauline", and "The Pajama Game." Cost: $7.49!
How did PG get in there with all those eminent domain titles?
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I'm thinkin' if we have a decent night of posting we might just reach the astonishing number of 12,000 posts.
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Christmas presents...I don't know what I'd ask for myself...I'm hard to shop for.
Ask for a little trip to New York of course:)
oh emily, all these people! Our poor, poor non-DR Robin! What will she do!
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I bought OUR WEDDING - THE MUSICAL yesterday!
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Welcome back, Dear Readers LC and William F Orr!
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Good evening all. Sorry I didn’t post last night or this morning. Had another attack and was not well.
A Very Happy Belated Birthday to Michael Barnum! Sorry I missed out dancing the horta. I don’t know what that is –the only Horta I know is from Star Trek and I don't think it danced to well.
all the HHW women are engaged to Mark and I lol
Really? Was that in the rules when I signed up for the board? What page/paragraph is that written, please?
So far as a Christmas present for myself, I can't tell you what I want. You would laugh. No, it's not my hair back.
I wouldn't mind a trip to NYC myself. It seems like everyone I talk to from the gal in the Chinese restaurant to one or two down at work are going. Sigh. Someday. Maybe in even in May of next year. :)
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So far as a Christmas present for myself, I can't tell you what I want. You would laugh. No, it's not my hair back.
You have a HAIR BACK?
Yoicks!
I hope you start feeling better soon, though.
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Where the Dicken's "A Christmas Carol" is everyone? I don't think there have been more than three other people online every time I've visited today.
What's happening? Where's it happening? What's being done to whom and how are they enjoying it?
Is everyone offline and furiously sending messages back and forth to François who didn't even say goodbye, adieu or ciao????
Is everyone online elsewhere and furiously doing their Christmas shopping?
DR Laura: Vickie thanks you, thanks you, thanks you....
Sorry she has been so slow in getting me to tell you how much she adores the present! She doesn't mention the past, and I don't think she concerns herself much with the future. But the "present" was GREAT!
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Danise, my dear, it's the hora, not the horta. If you've ever been to a Bar or Bat Mitzvah, you'd know what it is. No one actually knows how to do the hora, but when Jews congregate for joyous celebrations (they're called simchas), horas happen. Oftentimes, spontaneously.
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Jay:
If you lead a "horas (line) to culture," can you make it think?
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DR Danise - sorry you're not well. Hope you WILL be well soon. As for the "horta" - it's the "hora"... A dance performed by Jews at most group functions which involve over-eating, celebrating and bad Klezmer bands. You dance around in a circle, crossing your feet diagonally in front and behind until Uncle Moishe starts to hyperventilate. It's fun and very simple to pick up. Rent "Goodbye Columbus" and look at the wedding scene. (I think... I haven't seen Goodbye Columbus in years and I wrote the above on autopilot, so I'll just assume my subconscious knows something I don't.)
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I bought OUR WEDDING - THE MUSICAL yesterday!
You see? Christmas wishes being fulfilled all around!
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You dance around in a circle, crossing your feet diagonally in front and behind until Uncle Moishe starts to hyperventilate.
LOL!!! Thank you, DR Panni, for my "HHW-Induced Nasal Exit of a Beverage" for today! :D
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I thought hor a was the girl standing next to hor b
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Hey all.
DR Maya: I would like a limerick.
DR Danise: Feel better.
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Does the first one charge more? Does she have a brother?
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Tom: Report, please, on "The Two Towers"!
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Her brother is her uncle.
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The Horta was performed on Star Trek Classic. Specifically, to rock music...silicone based. 8)
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We all need limericks!
The one that instantly comes to my mind was written late one night a few summers ago by a group of us summer stock actors, about another of our troupe...
There once was a man named Demuth
Whose nature was rather uncouth
Until one fine day
He was carted away
For improper relations with youth.
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DR Maya: I also love the idea of those shirts. It would be a hoot if you all got matching shirts and wore them.
How about some more options :)
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DR Emily: the price of the wicked cd at amazon.ca has gone down a lot in the last few days. $1 a day. Now it's at 16.99$. I honestly cannot figure out why. They have had to adjust it in my account, every day :)
I will say this though, the people I have been dealing with the past few days there are not the brighest. Oy.
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A professional diver named Lee.
Makes jumps which the crowd pays to see.
Once he plunged from an oak
Drawing cheers from the folk.
For his trunks remained hung in the tree.
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Has Matt announced if he was cast in She Loves Me?
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My simple Christmas wish (Uh-oh: a David Friedman reference) would be for all DRs to follow those marching orrders from Mr. Orr and buy Our Wedding - The Musical. Some of you wonderful people have already followed suit (apparently Jennifer thinks it's coming in a box).
You do realize I wasn't talking about you when I said, "For Christmas (Channukah for me) I really want a certain guy to send a certain box. We shall see. "
I cannot tell if you were serious or joking. But I do call every package a box! :)
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DR Ron: TT was worth every minute and second of my time as were the extra and extended scenes. Five people here were entranced , enthralled and involved throughout. No way does the movie ever drag. Fosca did not like the "thunder" sounds but otherwise seemed to enjoy the viewing. Magnus was a little worried that trees might be able to take their revenge. I think he may be more careful with his actions for a while!
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More TT: My friend Carol was a little shocked when Aragorn's age was revealed but is I think quite willing to overlook the matter. I am not so lofty with my aspirations - Sam can do my gardening any time.
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An aspiring young actor named Jed
Chose to go to his theatre by sled
He had not the chance of a ghost
When his sled hit a post
And his tights of purple were shed.
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Ha! Thanks much for that, TFO!
Just remembered the other limerick we came up with that night (referencing another summer stock comrade)...
There was a young fellow named Randall
Who found himself too hot to handle
For sadly his prick
Was mistook for a wick
As she said, "What an oddly-shaped candle."
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It is eight o'clock and we are just starting our evening work. No way I'm getting out of here before ten or eleven. Then I'm gonna come in early tomorrow anyway and try to leave by five or five-thirty. The only good news, working-in-the-evening-wise is that a Jumbo Pizza has just arrived.
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Only ten more posts until 12,000. Actually, only nine more posts. To it.
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What do I want for Christmas? Plain and simple, simple and plain (a revised Baker's Wife reference): Money (a Cabaret reference). I have a couple of credit cards that I'm paying off and I just want that to go more quickly. Otherwise, gift certificates for CD or DVD places...actual stores or on-line would be fine.
One year, when I was in college (I think), the only things I wanted for Christmas were underwear and a new watchband. That's it. I didn't really need anything else. What did they get me? No underwear and no watchband, that's for sure. :( What I did get was a Casio keyboard. It was pretty cool. It had about 70 keys and it had almost a hundred different "voices" but I didn't really need it at all. Eventually I was happy that I had it, but not at first. I had to buy my own underwear and watchband.
So money is always a good thing to get. It's also the easiest.
Tonight, I have to house-sit my sister's house, so I'm off. She, my niece and my sister's boyfriend (they've been dating for over 14 years!) drove down to Portland, Oregon to see Shania Twain in concert. My sister has a cat and a dog and the dog is not feeling well. So, I must doggy-sit as well as house-sit.
Now, only 8 more posts until 12,000.
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DR Ron, I'm glad you got the new DTS releases. I have had AMERICAN BEAUTY in DTS for quite some time. I liked COCOON as a film, but for some reason have never had a desire to own it. I don't think I'd want to rewatch it very often. Can't explain why.
Did THE SOUND OF MUSIC ever arrive?
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Matt didn't get cast in SHE LOVES ME so he won't be announcing it. I'm not that bummed out about it really, but it has strengthened my resolve to NEVER audition for that particular director ever again.
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Matt H., 'tis Thursday night, no? Were you not supposed to have heard about casting by now? Tell us the news so we can either celebrate with you, or else start making voodoo dolls of the director!
Never mind! (oh, an Emily Litella reference)... Posts that cross in the night...
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I watched WAIT UNTIL DARK earlier this evening before my network TV shows came on, and thought the DVD was certainly sharp (except for the softening filters used in Audrey's close-ups), but I was distressed by the dirty print used in this release. The opening few minutes were quite dirty. I don't think those imperfections are on the laserdisc (though, it's not nearly as sharp, of course). Ah, you pays yer money and you takes yer cherce.
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DR Jed, I guess I should make a run to the director's house to get something that belongs to him. We'll have a voodoo doll to be proud of!
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Do you all realise...
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that with this next post...
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we will have reached 12000!?!
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Headed off for bed now. Looking forward to seeing everyone here tomorrow.
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I want to be 12,000 for Hanukah...
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The Hanukah elf didn't grant my wish. It's probably because I left him milk and a burger and he's a Kosher elf. ...I'd rather be #20,000, anyway.
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Dang it... I'd gotten pretty good at those milestone posts, having gotten #10,000 and I think #8,000 also. Oh well, I guess I'll have to settle for #12,004
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Still here, no end in sight. Wish I had me some postings to read.
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Good evening, fellow dear readers.
That's about all I have to say for today.
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Oh -- as for the TOTD (topic of the day) --
I am looking forward to spending several days on a trip with each of my kids. Sandra and I are making a trip to Pasadena and Las Vegas next week, and my DS (Dear Son) and I will take a trip together in the spring.
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DR MattH (who will have read this here post tomorrow): I never received "The Sound of Music" in DTS. When I told the seller, he said only, "That's strange. You got the other one and it was mailed the same day."
Mind you, I had not checked out his ratings. When I did, I discovered 50 negative comments about him, all from folks who had not received DVDs they'd paid for.
At the time, I had also just paid for "Cocoon" from the same seller. So I said nothing.
"Cocoon" arrived today. Less than six days after I paid for it.
I really don't know what to think about the one (out of three) that I didn't get. I will continue to negotiate it with him.
I'm sorry about the casting Nazi! Have you ever considered becoming a director? I relished directing and "breaking" the casting cycles other directors got themselves into.
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I'm still here, as Mr. Sondheim once wrote. But I'm leaving at ten-thirty no matter what.
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I'm putting together my green bean casserole for tomorrow's pot luck. Thus far, I've managed to avoid slicing the walnut-pumpkin cheesecake. Just for fun, I'm also doing some BBQ meat balls for appetizers.
Call me impulsive.
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Note to DR Ron: I could resist the green-bean casserole, but I'd be tearing into the meatballs and the cheesecake!
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i'm posting and not just lurking! So there!
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Note to DR Kerry: Let's have coffee sometime.
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DR Ron: TT was worth every minute and second of my time as were the extra and extended scenes. Five people here were entranced , enthralled and involved throughout. No way does the movie ever drag. Fosca did not like the "thunder" sounds but otherwise seemed to enjoy the viewing. Magnus was a little worried that trees might be able to take their revenge. I think he may be more careful with his actions for a while!
I know I'm more than a little excited about the impending release of "Return of the King."
"The Two Towers" in its expanded version (vision) is extraordinary whereas the theatrical release was excellent. The expanded footage deepens the film immeasurably. Merry and Pippin really take on a great deal of character depth with the ent sequences -- and that scene in the storehouse of Saruman is priceless. I haven't even begun to take advantage of the commentaries!
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Note to DR Ron: I could resist the green-bean casserole, but I'd be tearing into the meatballs and the cheesecake!
Harrumph! You can't smell my casserole cooking. And I am very picky about the green beans, too. They need flavor and bite!
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JoseSPiano, I see you're logged on, but I've missed your posting.
Hopefully, you're drafting something amazing and will post it before I go to bed!
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Tom from Oz: What, if anything, do you know about François?
Did he lose his logon to post here?
Has anyone heard anything from François?
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At the risk....
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of making someone mad....
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or of upsetting someone who perceives these vanity posts as excessive and unnecessary....
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I can ask only for forgiveness and indulgence as I seek to learn what will happen....
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when I post my1,001st post...
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There are just five short posts....
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plus one to grow on....
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before I can attain that milestone.
If Tom From Oz was not being tongue-in-cheek (which would make him tonguey-cheeky), I might see myself reset to Zero and have to start all over.
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If that happens, I shan't be devastated...
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But I also shan't be happy at all...in the least...in the slightest!
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It is quite possible absolutely NOTHING will happen.
And all this talk will have been in vain for nothing!
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And a resounding THUD rang out across the ethernet...as NOTHING WHATSOEVER happened.
Sigh!
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To answer your question Ron, wouldn't it be easier to ask François? He is at work this weekend.
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I'm here. I'm here....
-Just finished reading today's posts - at least the ones posted so far... However, I'm also multi-tasking and catching up and replying to a day's worth of e-mails...
I shall post today's report shortly...
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Is it "all systems go" for tomorrow TCB? Is there enough gruel to go round?
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DR Emily - I believe that would be a Conga Line, not a Cha-Cha Line... But just how would a Cha-Cha Line "sound"...'Wick-Ed, N-Y-C... Wick-Ed, Em-i-ly..." ???
Soooo happy that you're going to see Wicked even though it will be Butz-less. ;)
Today was good. Good understudy rehearsal, and we did not have to have a put-in rehearsal this afternoon after all... But the under-study did very well today. However... big sigh of relief!
Oh, funny story from today... well, sort of funny.. I hope...
We got to the final scene during the rehearsal. They set up a keyboard in the house so I can see the actors (the actual pit is underneath the stage). Well, today was a start-and-stop day, and in between songs I would shift over a few seats to get out of the major draft that I was sitting under. Well... I suddenly heard my cue for the last bit of music in the finale... I got up and apologized for not paying attention... Then it hit me that I had not played the music for the first part of the finale... hmm.... they I realized everyone was smiling at me... They just ran the first part of the finale without me playing... They let me nap! I was napping! I couldn't believe it! I'm just glad I wasn't snoring - at least no one told me I did.. So, through some major giggles I got through the end of the show... Then... We went back and covered some earlier scenes... We go through the Chess Board sequence.. and then I hear the beginning of "How to Handle A Woman".... I had fallen-a-napped again! More giggles! In any case...
I blamed it on the cold, as well as the three boxes of Krispy Kreme donuts that the assistant stage manager brought it. I had at least three.. probably four. YUMMY! I guess my sugar coma kicked in. ;-)
-Well, it was funny to me and my cast.
I also got my own NYC trip "woes" worked out. Sometimes box office personnel can be flexible... and sometimes they can just make your day. Today was one of those days. Whew! *I'll now be coming up from January 14-18 (was going to be the work earlier, but other things came up). I'm catching up on a bunch of shows - and friends in shows. I just hope The Golddiggers of 2004 don't put the city in lock down after they leave town. ;-)
I think that's all for now... we'll see...
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Will leave you to hold the fort Jed. Duty calls. It's supper time (Little Shop Of Horrors). Feed me..
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I'm finally home at eleven-thirty. Whew. I am going to attempt to go in at the normal early hour so I can leave by five or so. We'll see. Meanwhile, not only did we pass 12,000 posts today, we also passed two hundred posts for the day for the first time in over five days. Hoo and ray with a yay thrown in for good measure.
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Oh - that was three or four donuts... not three or four boxes of donuts... <burp>
As for Christmas wishes/gifts...
Last year was "my Christmas". Amazon.com was my friend. As was Macy's. As was Williams-Sonoma. As was Sur La Table. As was Best Buy. -And there actually some things I bought for myself last Christmas that still haven't left their box and/or been opened and put to their proper use.
This Christmas season - at least so far - anything I've bought for myself has just been "because" - and I haven't really had that many "because" purchases. There is actually nothing I really need this Christmas. Of course, there are many things I want, but I've always preferred practical gifts - things I can use, wear, play regularly. I hate when things sit on a shelf gathering dust.
If there was anything I'd really want for Christmas, it would be a larger apartment - or house - that had a nice kitchen with a gas stove and LOTS of counter space.
I would also wish that everyone we picked to cast on the audition tour I was on in August accepted their offers...
And cookies and milk for everyone!
Goodnight.
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Goodnight from us in Oz Jose.
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I'm at my sister's house, house-sitting and pet-sitting. Both the cat (Casper) and dog (Murphy) are rather chipper (very good for the dog who has been a little under the weather lately). I'm just checking in to see how far past 12,000 we've gone. 12,037! Only 963 until 13,000!! ;D
I must now go to sleep at the unseemly early time (for me) of only a bit after midnight. I have to get up at 6:00 in the AM(!) to let out the dog so that he can do his morning business. That's the worst part about pet-sitting. You have to live by the ANIMAL'S schedule. Normally I don't wake up until 8:30! Pity me! ;)
Goodnight All!