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Well, you've read the notes, the notes had that bossa nova beat, and now it is time for you to post until the cows from Ipanema come home.
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And the word of the day is: FASTUOUS!
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Make that nineteen GUESTS.
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Will we never get to page two?
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And the word of the day is: FASTUOUS!
If there's a fastuous is there a slowuous?
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I must get a haircut prior to my next trip to New York, New York, and I do believe I shall be blonder by the time I get there.
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Make that twenty-three GUESTS.
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Amongst those twenty-three is no doubt my psychotic stalker.
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TOTD:
Corcovada (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars)
Meditation
Insensatez
The Waters Of March
Wave
The Girl From Ipanema
"Pop' music Bossa Nova:
Irene Reid "My Heart Said (Bossa Nova)
Eydie Gormé "Don't Try To Fight It Baby".
I like that Joe Harnell album from Kapp too. "Fly Me To The Moon" (?)
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TOD: I don't know from bossa nova, except for two songs: "The Girl from Ipanema" and "The Waters of March." I've enjoyed most of the covers of these songs that I've heard.
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this morning for DR Jane's DMIL
***ANKLE HEALING VIBES***[/size][/color]
for DR Jane
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Thanks to all and sundried DRs for the healing vibes for DD Zach.
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BTW, loved our dancing DR Sandra! :)
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And the word of the day is: FASTUOUS!
Sir Freddy the FASTUOUS looked down his long nose at all he considered slow-tuous, which was just about everyone, that being the kind of snob he was.
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If there's a fastuous is there a slowuous?
Obviously.
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I have much catching up to do, having been busy all weekend with work. I was even asked to stay late, twice.
The restaurant choice for the birthday dinner is still up in the air. Der B has checked the menus at the two places owned by chef Jay and indicated his lack of positive impression.
The problem is a bang-for-the-buck issue - on the one hand, he (and I) can't see the sense of spending an arm and a leg on a dinner that I can replicate at home, and on the other hand, he's not into chefs who throw stuff together just because they can and because they're chefs even though even on paper it sounds rediculous. He wants a menu with choices that make sense but that are beyond my own cooking reach.
Obviously, I have to become a lesser cook. Or plan on eating sushi for my birthday. I can't make sushi, just don't have the skills.
My research continues.
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Dear BK - good luck on your new book. I don't think I've ever read a novel about a CPA firm, but if anyone can pull it off, you can.
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Good morning and goodnight.
Don't blame it on the Bossa Nova. Blame JoJo
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Good Morning to all.
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Steve, Larry, Ben and Michael. Welcome to Monday.
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To go back to yesterday, two people mentioned two shows that I did not care for but I know that many, many, many people found them to be wonderful, brilliant, exciting, insert your own adjective.
DR Ginny mentioned Screamgirls, Dreamgirls. I did not enjoy this show and I felt the Tony-award winning performance by a certain performer named Jennifer was NOT good but in fact AWFUL. I had trouble watching her on stage I disliked it so much.
DR TomofOz mentioned Jesus Christ Screamingstar Superstar. Again, another screamfest passing as musical theatre. I left the show with a headache.
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I must tend to business.
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LOL DR Ben!
I thought I may have been alone in my dislike of Jennifer's screaming which became more laughable each time the act was reprised on an award show! (Sorry DR Ron)
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Of course audiences seem to enjoy the wonder and brilliance of the totally (to me) non involving "Lion King".
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and now to bed!
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For once, Jose is off the hook; since I can now blame it on the Bossa Nova.
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Good morning, elmore3003. Good morning, Michael S.
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Ben is apparently away with his oatmeal bowl.
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Has DR slingblade already come and gone this morning?
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Oh, what the Hell.............
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For once, Jose is off the hook; since I can now blame it on the Bossa Nova.
Yes, the Bossa Nova has a very good hook.
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And I must head off to work yet again. Have fun, everyone.
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TOD
I always loved Sergio Mendes and Brasill 66. I had all of their albums 8-tracks cassettes CDs. I guess I just never knew that it was Bossa Nova music.
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Hello All
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No Bossa Nova for me
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WOD:
If someone were both fastuous and fatuous at the same time, wouldn't that be funny?
Oh no, wait, the theatre boards are full of such people. It isn't funny at all. :(
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Monday morning greetings, DRs TCB and Michael S.
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Isn't Fastuous the holiday George's family invented from SEINFELD?
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Isn't Fastuous the holiday George's family invented from SEINFELD?
I thought he was the little-known eighth dwarf.
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Good morning, all! I am occupied this morning with laundry and thoughts on tomorrow's trip to the Library of Congress. I have a few notes on BABES IN TOYLAND to revise, some things about LADY OF THE SLIPPER to write down, and I need to examine the catalogue for the Victor Herbert Collection at the Library trying to recollect if there's anything I need to look at again. I'm principally going to DC to check several copyright dates, but I can do other bits of research as well.
My favorite bossa nova is Mary Rodgers' "The Boy From."
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For once, Jose is off the hook; since I can now blame it on the Bossa Nova.
I was going to say the same thing...guess I need to stay up later or get up earlier!
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And which merit badge would this be, pray tell?
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DR elmore3003, have a safe & productive trip to D.C.!
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And which merit badge would this be, pray tell?
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Queen For A Day?
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Monday morning greetings!
Vibes to DR Jane and her M-i-L!
Travel to DC vibes to DR Elmore - need a research assistant?
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Dr Elmore, are you just going to DC for the day or will you stay over?
I love the train ride there from NY---it goes right through Perryville, MD, where I used to live.
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the notes had that bossa nova beat, and now it is time for you to post until the cows from Ipanema come home.
Wouldn't that be a "Bossie-nova"?
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Dr Elmore, are you just going to DC for the day or will you stay over?
I love the train ride there from NY---it goes right through Perryville, MD, where I used to live.
Just for the day. I know that once I get down there, I'll wish I'd stayed over for a second day.
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And which merit badge would this be, pray tell?
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DR Shapeshift, we've missed you and these weird pictures you find!
Glad you figured out the problem with your DD.
(Must remember to put the lime in the coconut, not the lyme)
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yes, DR SINGDAW - nice to hear that doggie Daw is in recovery.
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Ah yes, DR EDISAURUS....the pig story is very nice.
Of course we could all post some punch lines that make us giggle:
"No, first day with the hook."
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Miss Annette Funicello did a nice version of "Blame It On the Bossa Nova."
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WATERS OF MARCH- especially in a Nancy LaMott recording
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Good morning all!
Looks like yet another beautiful day in the City...
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learning lines....learning lines....learning lines
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The bunny story made me think of something sort of similar that REALLY happened in our family. It doesn't have a funny ending, but.,..
When my brother was in first grade in Ohio, his class had a pet turtle, one of those dime store red-eared sliders. Every weekend, a student was allowed to take the turtle home and care for it.
When it was Brad's turn, he was very excited to bring it home. (We have both always loved turtles!)
Saturday morning the turtle was missing---it had vanished from its bowl. We looked everywhere and finally my father made the grisly discover of half a turtle. Our boxer dog, Dutchy, seemed to be responsible for the missing other half.
My father spent the rest of the day going to pet stores with the back half of a turtle, furtively trying to compare it to the ones for sale to try and find a new turtle that would match. He succeeded and my brother was sworn to secrecy. He returned with the new turtle and no one ever noticed the difference. It was one of the few times he has been able to keep a secret!
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I'm already down at Chelsea Studios...
Run, Eliza, Run!
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I have the day off--sort of---no new CLOSER episode to work on, so more packing and dusting and sneezing.
On tonight's CLOSER, we get to meet Brenda's daddy!
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Brenda's daddy is played by Barry Corbin, best known as Maurice Minifield the retired astronaut, on NORTHERN EXPOSURE. He's great and the part is well written; a real Southern daddy!
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Maybe I will get home from Rehearsal in time to see it!!!
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DR Cason - It looks like I will have very short session today. If you want to meet up later this afternoon, just give me a call. And, no, we don't have to got to the Reservoir. *Although, if you'd like to venture to Splash tonight for "Musical Mondays", well... That could be fun.
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"He wags his tail every time he gets a good hand."
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"A nickel at a time."
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As for the Topic of the Day...
"The Girl from Ipanema" and "Concorvado" since they were in the Reader's Digest music collection my parents kept on the piano. -I loved that whole book! And still have it!
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OK... Time to work/play...
Run, Eliza, Run
Laters...
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DR Cason - It looks like I will have very short session today. If you want to meet up later this afternoon, just give me a call. And, no, we don't have to got to the Reservoir. *Although, if you'd like to venture to Splash tonight for "Musical Mondays", well... That could be fun.
I'm going to be running to Brooklyn here shortly and then stopping at a place downtown - but after that, I'm free -- so I will indeed give you a call once my errands have been run!
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Brenda's daddy is played by Barry Corbin, best known as Maurice Minifield the retired astronaut, on NORTHERN EXPOSURE. He's great and the part is well written; a real Southern daddy!
Barry Corbin was a real favorite of Angela Lansbury's, too, and she used him often on MURDER SHE WROTE. He and Ken Swofford (who had some problems with drug addiction and since her children had beat it, she wanted to keep him working so he could, too) were probably her most frequently used guest stars.
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learning lines learning lines learning lines
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Good morning!
Had a longer night's sleep than I have had for the past two or three weeks, so that was nice.
What wasn't so nice is that the DSL was out of commission when I first tried to log on this morning. Tried everything I could think of to get it to reboot, and then just shut everything down, went down and cleaned up for lunch outing later, and then came back up and everything was back on-line.
The internet is a wonderous thing.
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learning lines learning lines learning lines
I love doing shows, but when one has a large part, learning those lines is SUCH an ordeal, at least for me. They usually come pretty quickly, but I put a lot of pressure on myself to get off book as soon as possible.
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Can't wait for THE CLOSER tonight, and I'll be checking out SAVING GRACE again since DR Edi's friend said tonight's is a better episode than the previous ones.
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At some point over the weekend, the DVR picked up Doris Day's JULIE. I haven't seen this in many years, so that's what I'll be watching this afternoon after I finsh watching the outtakes on the HOT FUZZ DVD.
The DVD also has a pop-up trivia mode which I'll use the next time I watch the movie.
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Barry Corbin is old friends with G.W. Bailey, a.k.a. Provenza, so I'm sure they had a blast working together. He will be appear in several episodes, along with Mama (Francis Sternhagen).
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And if my Charlie Chan box set comes today, I'll watch one of those before THE CLOSER this evening. They're all pretty short, so it should be a problem to do that.
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Queen For A Day?
I believe, then, that would make it "The Order of Sir Jack Bailey".
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Isn't Fastuous the holiday George's family invented from SEINFELD?
No, that was "Festivus", but "Fastuous" could be a holiday for somebody.
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Can't wait for THE CLOSER tonight, and I'll be checking out SAVING GRACE again since DR Edi's friend said tonight's is a better episode than the previous ones.
I think if you give it 4 shots and don't like it, then you've been more than fair!
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At some point over the weekend, the DVR picked up Doris Day's JULIE. I haven't seen this in many years, so that's what I'll be watching this afternoon after I finsh watching the outtakes on the HOT FUZZ DVD.
The DVD also has a pop-up trivia mode which I'll use the next time I watch the movie.
I remember "Julie" as being rather tense and exciting, with Doris as a "stewardess" (IIRC) having to land a plane.
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I will also say that I love the interrogation scene in this episode!
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I'm going to pay off my house this week. I've lived here for 27 years and bought it for $26K. Oh, those were the days...
Of course, it was in such a crime-ridden slum that my mother cried when she saw it, but now it will be surrounded by $300K to $700K houses. Who knows if they will sell, though, in this market!
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And Eliza, The Dogs, and the Guards have left the building. For now.
LUNCH!
:)
Laters...
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learning those lines is SUCH an ordeal, at least for me.
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for DR JRand56!!
I detest memorization, and it gets harder and harder for me every year...
If anyone has any methods that work for them, please let me know!!
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I'm going to pay off my house this week.
That's a great feeling! CONGRATULATIONS!! :)
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I guess I'll head off on my lunch outing in a bit.
WBBL.
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How lovely to see Cason! And with a wonderfully fitting Avvie!
*gee, I guess I am actually a few days late on the avvie, but it looks wonderful anyway!*
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I'm going to pay off my house this week...
DR Edi - when we did that almost 2 years ago, all I could think of was hearing my mother say, "And their house is paid off!" She was always talking about OLD people! But it is a good feeling and I congratulate you.
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for DR JRand56!!
I detest memorization, and it gets harder and harder for me every year...
If anyone has any methods that work for them, please let me know!!
I know Im young and my experience pales in comparison to the great and vast amount of HHW stories, but here is my two cents...
Never put the script down until you know it. I am a terror and a bore when I get a script, because it is all I think about for a few days. I will get up in the middle of the night to check that the lines I am saying constantly in my head are right. But, it works, because I am always the first one in the cast to be off book. I had to be to survive being cast as leads when I was a sophomore, the seniors would have eaten me alive if I wasn't perfect.
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I'm going to pay off my house this week. I've lived here for 27 years and bought it for $26K. Oh, those were the days...
Of course, it was in such a crime-ridden slum that my mother cried when she saw it, but now it will be surrounded by $300K to $700K houses. Who knows if they will sell, though, in this market!
Huzzah!!!
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I'm up, I'm up. Very pretty outside. I have to sign the designer contracts and fax them back in the next hour. I got a couple of orders in this morning, but I think I'll ship them tomorrow.
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LOL DR Ben!
I thought I may have been alone in my dislike of Jennifer's screaming which became more laughable each time the act was reprised on an award show! (Sorry DR Ron)
Not at all, it is I who am sorry for "you" and "Ben".
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Have to move on to the next choice for a leading man - the guy we had an offer out to just got offered the lead in Charles Busch's Die Mommy Die, like we NEED to have a production of THAT show in NY again. So, back to square one. Still waiting word from our leading lady offer, but we've got a backup for that, at least.
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Good morning. Well, I'll pretend it's still morning. It's still morning elsewhere.
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CONGRATULATIONS to EDISAURUS on saying MORT to her mortgage. I suspect that not many people are doing that these days, maybe not even trying.
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Good Afternoon!
Back from lunch: Chicken Breast sauteed with Asparagus and Yellow Bell Peppers with Lemon and Olive Oil. Very "Med" and sunny. And yummy!
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DR edisaurus - So, does the paying off of your (old) house have anything to do with the moving into your (new) house?
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DR Cason - Even though I suspect he's out and about in Brooklyn somewhere... I should be done here no later than 2:30, so... Hope to see you sometime today.
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I suspect he's out and about in Brooklyn somewhere...
I hear a tree grows there...
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Is Charles Strouse's "Blame It On the Summer Night" [ from Rags ] in a bossa nova mode? I can't remember how the song goes at the moment...
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TOD:
I've alway liked Bossa Nova, but I'd like to expand the TOD a bit. I used to be a fan of Laurindo Almeida and would often attend LA FOUR concerts. Anyone remember the LA FOUR? Laurindo Almeida, Bud Shank (Shelley Mann in earlier days), Ray Brown, and ??? (can't recall). Almeida did a series of three albums on vinyl called DUETS WITH THE SPANISH GUITAR, that I loved. When it went to CD it was reduced to just one volume, unfortunately. I can't get to my vinyl collection right now to look it up because Marvelous Matt has his tools stored in that area of the living room.
I also ADORE the BACHIANAS BRASILEIRAS. It was one of those things that I liked so much the first time I heard it that I wanted to jump up and down.
I also love YO-YO MA's SOUL OF THE TANGO, the music of Astor Piazzolla. I had never heard sounds like this before, and, again, just took to it like a duck to water.
I do thank DR JMK and BK for their recommendations here. I'd like to explore this area much more fully.
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Enjoyed your vacation photos, Singdaw. Your mother's house is really cute. Healing vibes to Zach.
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Thanks, DR Jeanne! :)
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As for memorization...
Bach - Not easy. I hear the music a bit too horizontally at times for it to coordinate between my hands. -And, of course, on both of my graduation recitals in college, I picked Fugues with four(!) voices. -And I almost chose the beautiful Prelude and Fugue in B-Flat Minor -which has a FIVE voice fugue!
Beethoven - The sonatas I learned in college were surprisingly easy for me to memorize. Don't really know why, but they were.
Ravel and Debussy - I would always have two or three "Oh Sh*t!" places here and there in whatever I learned.
As for words... Well... There's a reason I gave up being on stage early on. ;) However, when I studied voice, song memorization came quite easy to me. I mean, when you have all semester to memorize and prepare five songs, well... And that was usually in three or four different languages. Of course, I still "marvel" at students who can't seem to learn and memorize even just two songs over a semester's time!?!?!? L-A-Z-Y-!-!-!
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DR Jeanne - Have you heard Cesaria Evora's first album? Wonderful music from the Antilles. -Although, "The Very Best Of...." compilation is a great collection too.
And a bit a closer to home, I LOVE Linda Ronstadt's "Frenesi" album.
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Hoo and Ray, I just got approval to leave at 4pm today to be home in time to accompany DH Richard and DS Rob to look at Rob's potential "first apartment." Yikes, this is scary for a mom!
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Well, SwingLow Sweet Chariot! Look who's back - FINALLY! SwingDaw! You were missed -- and our posting totals dipped dramatically!
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My intro to bossa nova probably came when I was a youngin'.
Sergio Mendes/Brasil 66, Astrud Gilberto, Stan Getz would all be favorites.
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TOD - I just checked my library's catalog for some bossa nova recordings to play while perusing book reviews. Seems all the CDs that belong here in this building are checked out. Someone in Dayton must love bossa nova!
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RE: Memorizing lines,
I can barely remember my own name, so I was never that good at memorizing lines. In fact when I played the doctor in BLITHE SPIRIT I started my scene with the first line and then skipped the entire scene, and everyone elses lines, and said my final line. Somehow the rest of the cast got through it, but I was certainly at a loss when the correct time came for me to actually say that final line of mine which I had already said earlier.
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You were missed -- and our posting totals dipped dramatically!
Aw, shucks! :-[ I will try to be less E&T going forward!
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Well... Of course, while I was out foraging for lunch, I came across a new French bakery, "Madeleine Patisserie". -Which just happened to have a few write-ups in the Times and TONY over the past few weeks.
Yes, they do sell "Madeleines" - plain, hazelnut, pisachio and chocolate, but they specialize in macaroons... In at least 15 flavors! So...
Today, I tried a Raspberry with Blueberry Filling, and a Lemon with Chocolate Filling. Quite good, although a little "heavier" than what I'm used to. She also keeps her macaroons in a refrigerated display case. Consequently, once they're out of the case - and in your hand - some moisture starts to condense on them. But that's just a small quibble, a very small quibble.
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Good Afternoon!
Back from lunch: Chicken Breast sauteed with Asparagus and Yellow Bell Peppers with Lemon and Olive Oil. Very "Med" and sunny. And yummy!
Oh, man! That sounds fantastic!
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Here is Wickipedia's crash course on the bossa nova (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bossa_nova) for the clewless, like me...
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My intro to bossa nova probably came when I was a youngin'.
If DR elmore3003 were here, he'd make some crack about age.
But I'm not gonna, no siree. :)
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Well, SwingLow Sweet Chariot! Look who's back - FINALLY! SwingDaw! You were missed -- and our posting totals dipped dramatically!
The loss we suffered in his absence, IMO, was the loss of content.
:-*
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DR Jeanne - Have you heard Cesaria Evora's first album? Wonderful music from the Antilles. -Although, "The Very Best Of...." compilation is a great collection too.
And a bit a closer to home, I LOVE Linda Ronstadt's "Frenesi" album.
No, JOSE, I haven't heard either one, but they're both on my list now!
Thanks for the recommendations.
This really is one of the things I love about HHW. So many knowledgable people! So many great recommendations. Like Der B and Singdaw have pointed out, we buy more, but we are likely buying CDs and DVDs that we'll really enjoy--the keepers.
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But that's just a small quibble, a very small quibble.
And, after all, what's a small quibble between friends?
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RE: Memorizing lines,
I can barely remember my own name, so I was never that good at memorizing lines. In fact when I played the doctor in BLITHE SPIRIT I started my scene with the first line and then skipped the entire scene, and everyone elses lines, and said my final line. Somehow the rest of the cast got through it, but I was certainly at a loss when the correct time came for me to actually say that final line of mine which I had already said earlier.
LOL. I never had any problems with my lines, but I do recall being nervous enough to flub them.
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Is Charles Strouse's "Blame It On the Summer Night" [ from Rags ] in a bossa nova mode? I can't remember how the song goes at the moment...
"Blame It On The Summer Night" is not in bossa nova mode - it goes between a semi-bluesy and mid-tempo ballad mode. -Although, I guess that would have added a neat twist to that story line. I guess that boat must have sailed a bit further south than originally planned. ;)
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the loss of content.
I'm always and forever losing my content.
It's very embarassing. :-[
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And, after all, what's a small quibble between friends?
And who ever met an unfriendly macaroon?
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I'm always and forever losing my content.
It's very embarassing. :-[
Hopefully, you're always near a facility when this happens.
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I had a delicious lunch of fresh raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and an apricot (all purchased this afternoon from the Greenmarket in Union Square) topped with Grape Nuts and Trader Joe's nonfat vanilla yogurt.
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No, JOSE, I haven't heard either one, but they're both on my list now!
Thanks for the recommendations.
You're welcome. "Frenesi" is one of my most-played albums/CDs. Such great horn charts, and the tunes really get my toes tapping, and my hips swaying.
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...And anytime I listen to Cesaria Evora, I always feel like I'm on a beach somewhere... under an umbrella... with the waves crashing in the distance... and just the right amount of breeze blowing... Ahhhh. :)
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OK - Lunch is over, and now it's time for more of Eliza running...
Laters...
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the tunes really get my toes tapping, and my hips swaying.
Do not operate heavy machinery while listening to bossa nova.
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I'm always and forever losing my content.
It's very embarassing. :-[
;D ;D ;D Is that what happened last week??
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Memorization of Lines:
I like to break it down by scenes -- and use my blocking and props as cues. For example, when I was Ethel in On Golden Pond in the opening scene when they arrive at the cottage and start taking off the dust covers, rolling out the rug, etc., she's talking the whole time -- so I'd walk it through, thinking she says X when she gets by the fire place, she says X when she's shaking out the pillows at the sofa, she says X when she grabs the rug and rolls out it, etc..
To sit there looking at a book of lines and just reading them over and over is overwhelming to me, but when I get up and walk it through and put it in the context of the scene with the blocking, the character, and the interaction with the other characters and props, the lines come much easier to me.
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I had a delicious lunch of fresh raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and an apricot (all purchased this afternoon from the Greenmarket in Union Square) topped with Grape Nuts and Trader Joe's nonfat vanilla yogurt.
Ummm, that DOES sound good. I'm a muesli lover and that's gettin' close.
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...And anytime I listen to Cesaria Evora, I always feel like I'm on a beach somewhere... under an umbrella... with the waves crashing in the distance... and just the right amount of breeze blowing... Ahhhh. :)
Oooohhhh, I could use some of THAT!!
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Thank you to DR Miss Karen and all the DRs for your comments on memorization...it's very illuminating!
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Do not operate heavy machinery while listening to bossa nova.
Are we all dancing now while tapping at our keyboards? ;)
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RE: Memorizing lines,
I can barely remember my own name, so I was never that good at memorizing lines. In fact when I played the doctor in BLITHE SPIRIT I started my scene with the first line and then skipped the entire scene, and everyone elses lines, and said my final line. Somehow the rest of the cast got through it, but I was certainly at a loss when the correct time came for me to actually say that final line of mine which I had already said earlier.
And this is why no one in the audience could follow the plot, right? This explains the dearth of Noel Coward productions in Oregon. I've been wondering about such a situation.
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MISS KAREN, you know you never tell us much about your DH. All we get is that pint-sized little guy in your avatar. Is he a Texan, too? Aside from being Irish, I mean. I picked up on that part.
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I must off now to do errands and grab some lunch.
WBBL. And NO E&T from MISS KAREN!
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I'm always and forever losing my content.
It's very embarassing. :-[
Then there's a part for you in BUKOWSICAL!
Re memorizing lines: I always learned them rhythmically. Restoration and Eighteenth-Century comedies have great rhythms. So do Ionesco, Pinter, Wilde, Coward, and Orton.
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I wonder if anyone nowadays could come up with something new under the sun, musically. I mean, there will always be new "sounds," but the bossa nova genre was wrought with a simple rhythmic propulsion. Is such innovation still possible?
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Well, Oscar E Moore (no relation; I don't want him in my family!) gave BUKOWSICAL! a positive review:
http://www.talkentertainment.com/te.cgi?action=ShowArticle&AID=46248
Spoo! Forgot the !!!!
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And this is why no one in the audience could follow the plot, right? This explains the dearth of Noel Coward productions in Oregon. I've been wondering about such a situation.
And I often wonder how often the playwrights are rolling in their graves (or if they are still with us, getting some sharp pain to the heart out of the blue) every time a community theatre production goes up (the dropped lines, the skipped pages, the pregnant pauses that are held ... and held .. and held ...the frantic improv ... the skipped scenes .. the condensed acts....). I always laugh when I read the copyright stuff -- and the getting permission to change anything (ha-ha-haaaah) ...
I think of the poor playwright toiling away, burning the midnight oil, writing and rewriting, searching for the perfect word, the perfect phrase -- and eueka, finally finding it -- only to have us actors butcher their works....
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Well... While the potential Eliza's are being taught the Chase... -And it turns out we had a bigger turnout this afternoon then expected... So I may be here later than 2:30, DR Cason... In any case...
I was just talking to one of the interns here who works over at Mamma Mia!. Apparently, the crazy weather last week really took its toll on the cast there - and elsewhere. At one point over the weekend, there were 13(!) understudies/stand-bys/subsitutions on for one of the performances. They had to resort to two(!) xerox inserts to get everyone listed!
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Signing and faxing contracts, writing yet more checks, and trying to figure out our next move, leading man-wise. Hoping, hoping, hoping (that is three hopings) our leading lady works out - I should know later today or early tomorrow, but unlike our last person, this one is really interested in doing it, and is trying to work out a couple of scheduling issues. If not her, we've got a really good backup choice. But I'd rather have her, so we'll see.
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I wonder if anyone nowadays could come up with something new under the sun, musically. I mean, there will always be new "sounds," but the bossa nova genre was wrought with a simple rhythmic propulsion. Is such innovation still possible?
Well, there are some "Trance" enthusiasts out there. For better or worse.
*I always thought "Trance" was popular music's equivalent to Minimalism. Just not as "entertaining". ;)
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Signing and faxing contracts, writing yet more checks, and trying to figure out our next move, leading man-wise. Hoping, hoping, hoping (that is three hopings) our leading lady works out - I should know later today or early tomorrow, but unlike our last person, this one is really interested in doing it, and is trying to work out a couple of scheduling issues. If not her, we've got a really good backup choice. But I'd rather have her, so we'll see.
:)
Would you like me to make a phone call of "encouragement"? ;)
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While the potential Eliza's are being taught the Chase... -
You could mix things up a bit and play the music from Sondheim's "The Cookie Chase"...
Wonder if anyone would notice? ;)
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MISS KAREN, you know you never tell us much about your DH. All we get is that pint-sized little guy in your avatar. Is he a Texan, too? Aside from being Irish, I mean. I picked up on that part.
We met in college in 1973 as freshmen (Baylor in wacky Waco, Texas). He was born in St. Louis (but his folks were from Texas, as were mine -- his dad was an ex with the phone company so they moved to Little Rock and then back to St. Louis during his youth). He's a DR (the doc kind, not a dear reader -- that's why I thought I had entered a medical site at first when I saw all the DRs here) -- an internist with the VA hospital here. He's the smart one (left-brain) and I'm the creative one (right-brain). He likes to be in the background, so jokes that he's the executive producer of all of my, and Cason's, creative endeavors (but it's no joke -- he really is!). He's witty, clever, cute as a button and deserves sainthood for putting up with me all these years. He likes to play golf, scuba dive -- and he's great in the kitchen or at the grill. He's an animal lover, too -- adores our dog Deuce (a mutt we got at the pound -- part black lab, border collie, etc., and we're pretty sure coyote cause he's a wild man -- but in the funny, charming way...opps, this is supposed to be about DH, not DD). Come to think of it, DH can be a wild man too -- in the funny, charming way ...
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I love the train ride there from NY---it goes right through Perryville, MD, where I used to live.
Good Grief - that's where I went to spend the weeks between GTMO and Annapolis (ar the Naval Academy Preparatory School) - many a tale to be told about that adventure!
der Brucer
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From my book review perusings, something that may interest some DRs:
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From my book review perusings, something that may interest some DRs:
Thanks, DR Ginny! This book got a terrific write-up in the NY Times Book Review about a month ago, but I forgot to mention it here. My copy arrived right before I went out of town, but I didn't get to it yet.
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***MEMORIZATION VIBES***[/size][/color]
for DR JRand56!!
I detest memorization, and it gets harder and harder for me every year...
If anyone has any methods that work for them, please let me know!!
I guess a semi-photographic memory isn't something you can go and buy, is it?
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I guess a semi-photographic memory isn't something you can go and buy, is it?
No, darn it! :)
There would be a fortune to be made, there!
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I had to be to survive being cast as leads when I was a sophomore, the seniors would have eaten me alive if I wasn't perfect.
You are perfect - no matter what those seniors might have told you!
Nice to see you too, Miss Patti - can't wait until it's here in the Big Apple!
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You could mix things up a bit and play the music from Sondheim's "The Cookie Chase"...
Wonder if anyone would notice? ;)
Well, with Susan Kikuchi* teaching the combination... I'm sure she'd notice. And I also don't want to risk the wrath of Jerome Robbins' ghost.
Susan Kikuchi was in the original production of Flower Drum Song as a child - and, consequently knows Baayork Lee too. Her mother, Yuriko, was in the original production of The King & I, and directed the 1977-8 revival. Susan then supervised the choreography for the 1996 revival - which our very own BK recorded.
Living Broadway History - Gotta Love It!
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Thanks, DR Ginny! This book got a terrific write-up in the NY Times Book Review about a month ago, but I forgot to mention it here. My copy arrived right before I went out of town, but I didn't get to it yet.
LOL, DR Singdaw - that's what I'm reading, the July 22 edition of the NYTBR. See, I have a lot of ketching up to do myself!
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Well... While the potential Eliza's are being taught the Chase... -And it turns out we had a bigger turnout this afternoon then expected... So I may be here later than 2:30, DR Cason... In any case...
I was just talking to one of the interns here who works over at Mamma Mia!. Apparently, the crazy weather last week really took its toll on the cast there - and elsewhere. At one point over the weekend, there were 13(!) understudies/stand-bys/subsitutions on for one of the performances. They had to resort to two(!) xerox inserts to get everyone listed!
To bad the weather couldn't have done the same for Bukowsical!
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Oh, by the way, I'm back from Brooklyn. Managed to find the dancewear place I was looking for and found a pair of tap shoes (I, of course, up and left mine in LA and didn't realize it until I was about halfway on my drive to Arizona). I was listening to the Brain CD and when it hit the Brain Tap, immediately I smacked myself on the forehead...
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We met in college in 1973 as freshmen (Baylor in wacky Waco, Texas). He was born in St. Louis (but his folks were from Texas, as were mine -- his dad was an ex with the phone company so they moved to Little Rock and then back to St. Louis during his youth). He's a DR (the doc kind, not a dear reader -- that's why I thought I had entered a medical site at first when I saw all the DRs here) -- an internist with the VA hospital here. He's the smart one (left-brain) and I'm the creative one (right-brain). He likes to be in the background, so jokes that he's the executive producer of all of my, and Cason's, creative endeavors (but it's no joke -- he really is!). He's witty, clever, cute as a button and deserves sainthood for putting up with me all these years. He likes to play golf, scuba dive -- and he's great in the kitchen or at the grill. He's an animal lover, too -- adores our dog Deuce (a mutt we got at the pound -- part black lab, border collie, etc., and we're pretty sure coyote cause he's a wild man -- but in the funny, charming way...opps, this is supposed to be about DH, not DD). Come to think of it, DH can be a wild man too -- in the funny, charming way ...
Thanks, MISS KAREN, for telling us a bit more about the right side of your avatar.
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From my book review perusings, something that may interest some DRs:
(http://www.haineshisway.com/community/attachments/HouseThatGeorgeBuilt.jpg)
Must be Part One of the Bush Dynasty - Jeb hasn't run for president yet, and his son, Geopre P. is still in the wings.
der Brucer
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I guess a semi-photographic memory isn't something you can go and buy, is it?
No, but a pornographic memory is something some of us have been born with!
der Brucer
...and nutured over the years
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From my book review perusings, something that may interest some DRs:
My order should hopefully arrive from Amazon.com today,
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Oh, by the way, I'm back from Brooklyn. Managed to find the dancewear place I was looking for and found a pair of tap shoes (I, of course, up and left mine in LA and didn't realize it until I was about halfway on my drive to Arizona). I was listening to the Brain CD and when it hit the Brain Tap, immediately I smacked myself on the forehead...
Blame it on the Bossa Jose!
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DR Cason - They do sell tap shoes in Manhattan. ;)
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To bad the weather couldn't have done the same for Bukowsical!
Maybe the bad weather will mysteriously push certain cast members down the stairs...
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"I hear thunder, sir!" (Boo-Key reference) Rain, yeaaa! A monsoon cloud is overhead.
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Oh, by the way, I'm back from Brooklyn. Managed to find the dancewear place I was looking for and found a pair of tap shoes (I, of course, up and left mine in LA and didn't realize it until I was about halfway on my drive to Arizona). I was listening to the Brain CD and when it hit the Brain Tap, immediately I smacked myself on the forehead...
awww :(
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Maybe the bad weather will mysteriously push certain cast members down the stairs...
... or cause the door to jam to their dressing room right before curtain call ....
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DR Cason - Or... Couldn't you have had someone in L.A. send you your shoes?
-Or did you just want new shoes? And/or just want to go to Brooklyn?
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DR Cason - Or... Couldn't you have had someone in L.A. send you your shoes?
-Or did you just want new shoes? And/or just want to go to Brooklyn?
It just would have been more of a headache that it was worth (including sending my apartment keys through the mail...), plus these shoes were affordable - the place in Brooklyn was nice and had them specifically - and I just thought a day out would be nice.
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Thanks, MISS KAREN, for telling us a bit more about the right side of your avatar.
The right side -- or stage left ;) -- side of my avatar goes by Terry.
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DR Cason - Do you want to meet up for dinner? I should be done here by 4:00. We could meet up in Times Square, maybe walk around a bit, and then get something to eat. No Reservoir required. But maybe a Levain cookie. And some Grom Gelato. ;)
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OK - Time to concentrate fully on the task at hand.
Laters..
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DR Cason - Do you want to meet up for dinner? I should be done here by 4:00. We could meet up in Times Square, maybe walk around a bit, and then get something to eat. No Reservoir required. But maybe a Levain cookie. And some Grom Gelato. ;)
Sounds perfect. Just let me know when you are all done - and we can take it from there!
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DR Cason - Do you want to meet up for dinner? I should be done here by 4:00. We could meet up in Times Square, maybe walk around a bit, and then get something to eat. No Reservoir required. But maybe a Levain cookie. And some Grom Gelato. ;)
And tonight you could take him to Spash to show-off the sequined dance-belt he just bought in Brooklyn.
der Brucer
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- and we can take it from there!
(http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/musik/music-smiley-013.gif)
We'll take Manhattan-
The Bronx and Staten Island, too!
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Have we already done the Chincy Bossa line? If we did, it's worth repeating.
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My order should hopefully arrive from Amazon.com today,
Well, it didn't!
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DR Elmore - sorry you didn't get your Gershwin book today. Do you have something else good to read on the train tomorrow?
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Have we already done the Chincy Bossa line? If we did, it's worth repeating.
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And another, from the June 18 issue of Publishers Weekly:
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DONE!
DR Cason - I'll call you in a bit.
Laters...
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The subtitle of Actors at Work is
Conversations with
Frances Conroy
Billy Crudup
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Kevin Kline
John Lithgow
Patti Lupone
S. Epatha Merkerson
Estelle Parsons
Mandy Patinkin
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Marian Seldes
Kevin Spacey
Meryl Streep
Diane Wiest
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On learning lines - The most difficult role I ever had to learn was The Mute in The Fantasticks, because there were no lines to which to attach blocking and prop-handling. Therefore, I had to learn everyone else's lines for those cues.
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DR Elmore - sorry you didn't get your Gershwin book today. Do you have something else good to read on the train tomorrow?
Yep!
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Perhaps DR elmore3003 will come back tomorrow with an amazing new discovery!
(http://www.film.dc.gov/film/lib/film/lc_mainrr.jpg)
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Perhaps DR elmore3003 will come back tomorrow with an amazing new discovery!
(http://www.film.dc.gov/film/lib/film/lc_mainrr.jpg)
Just confirming copyright dates! I can't be Sherlock Holmes every visit.
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A trick I learned in College when trying to memorize lines. Study them before retiring. When sleeping it's amazing but the lines must go over and over in the cranium.
This trick also works in studying for exams.
Have all our Actor friends experienced the same experience??(now there's a sentence for you)
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"Nobody's perfect, nobody's perfect
I am human, so are you....!"
-- "I Do! I Do!"
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The thing about lines is -- everyone gets them memorized eventually.
Who remembers there always seeming to be an appropriate line from the "current play" to fit any situation, resulting in chuckles, giggles and -- sometimes -- hysterical laughter on the part of punch-drunk, run-through weary cast members?
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When I was in the 7th and 8th grade, I took ballroom dancing after school from the same teacher whom I had taken tap and jazz from since age 6. We learned the bossa nova along with other standard ballroom dances (cha-cha, waltz, fox trot, mambo, etc.) It was a fun two years.
(Of course, we still ended up doing the twist, pony, etc.) at our school dances and sock hops.
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I was delighted that my Charlie Chan box of DVD came today (this is volume 3 from Fox). I'll be watching THE BLACK CAMEL tonight.
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Also want to publicly thank DR Elmore for burning some Julie Andrews LPs for me onto CD. Can't wait to get to them later this evening.
And thanks to DRs Tomovoz and Michael for also being so nice to offer to help me get the record, too.
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I spent the first part of my afternoon watching JULIE. It pretty much came back to me as I was watching though I didn't remember Jourdan showing his psycho self quite so soon. The print that TCM showed was in good shape except for a couple of places that were littered with scratches.
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Next, I watched the outtakes from HOT FUZZ. I don't know how the actors ever played this stuff keeping a straight face, and the outtakes prove they didn't. They were constantly cracking each other up.
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Next, I sped through today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. The gay storyline wasn't on today (it was Thursday and Friday), so that only took a few moments.
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I ended my afternoon watching the pilot for the new FLASH GORDON series. It was on the Universal HD channel, so I got to see it in high def. It looked realy wonderful, but I can't say I was all that taken with the show. After such wonderful quality shows this summer that have come on, this was distinctly below those in quality (though with the special effects, etc., it does look like they spent a lot of money on this.)
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I just got my notice from Amazon.com that my 2nd season of "Dynasty" has shipped!!!
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MBarnum: Do you know who Amitra Rao is?
If you do, she was the Grand Marshal of "Festival of India" in Fremont CA this past weekend. This festival has grown significantly over the past eight years...thousands and thousands of people enjoy a parade and several days of mingling among booths of Indian foods and goods. There is a HUGE Indian population in the South Bay.
Bollywood is a theme in several nightclubs, etc.
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A trick I learned in College when trying to memorize lines. Study them before retiring. When sleeping it's amazing but the lines must go over and over in the cranium.
This trick also works in studying for exams.
Have all our Actor friends experienced the same experience??(now there's a sentence for you)
When I was acting I did find this to be a big help. I don't know why it worked but when I would read the script before bedtime (and really study it) even if I was unsure when I went to sleep, when I woke up, I might not have been off book but I was sure farther along then when I was awake the day before.
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:)
Would you like me to make a phone call of "encouragement"? ;)
Absolutely!!! Especially as I just found out our backup choice is not available.
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Heading down now to clean the dining room. I didn't get to it this morning. Then, Charlie Chan and Julie Andrews, a match made in (my) heaven!
WBBL.
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A trick I learned in College when trying to memorize lines. Study them before retiring. When sleeping it's amazing but the lines must go over and over in the cranium.
This trick also works in studying for exams.
Have all our Actor friends experienced the same experience??(now there's a sentence for you)
Yup....that is the way I do it as well. Learn a scene at a time....read it over several times the night before I plan heavy memorization..... ;D
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Yes DR MATTH - I saw JULIE at the drive-in when I was VERY small on a double bill with THUNDER ROAD, which is the movie my parents wanted to see....at least my dad did....but JULIE was on first so we saw that.....
And I got in trouble for singing the theme song the next week:
"Julie......that's the voice of my own true love...and it promises EGG-STACEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"
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Off for a full review of THE SUNSHINE BOYS....hopefully Willie Clark has been looking at his book, too.
Look, ma, no Indian makeup in this one.
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I would rather be with DRs JOSE and CASON this evening.....
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I expected to log on and find a 1000+ list of Favourite Bossa Nova songs from DR JMK.
I will add "Wave" to my list.
And of course the much recorded "Desafinado"
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I'm also a fan of Ms Ronstadt's "Frenesi" Album.
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I really enjoy the two "Mexican" CDs in the Linda catalogue. There is another Cd that has the highlights of the three albums. "Boleros Y Rancheros"
Of course we are straying into other Latin rhythms with Frenesi etc.
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And I'm not a musician!
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Had a work session, went to auction house, have done errands, have had many telephonic calls and answered many e-mails.
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Recently I compiled all the recorded versions have of Frenesi and Perfidia.
(Both are composed by Dominguez)
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Perhaps A Mexican Hat Dance for the new page.
(I do enjoy the version by Allan Sherman)
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I am my own frenesi.
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I'll leave it for others to continue the Bossa Nova.
Thirty years since Elvis Presley died. "Bossa Nova Baby"
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I have just now caught up with all the posts from yesterday. ::)
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Happy Birthdays to DF(ormer)R Stuart and frasherd (whoever you are). :)
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Today's Topic of the Day (favorite Bossa Nova tracks):
The Girl From Ipanema
The Boy From... ;)
Bossa Nova Eyes - Janis Siegel and Richie Cole
(I'm sure that there are others, but that's all I can think of right now)
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A trick I learned in College when trying to memorize lines. Study them before retiring. When sleeping it's amazing but the lines must go over and over in the cranium.
This trick also works in studying for exams.
Have all our Actor friends experienced the same experience??(now there's a sentence for you)
Funnily, I found this also works well with dance. I would lay in bed and go through each movement and move my feet ever so slightly, and when I woke up, even if I was not co-ordinated enough yet to do the moves, I knew the routine instinctively.
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Wasn't there a sitcom called Who's The Bossa?
(Have we already done Bossa Me Mucho?)
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I'm going to pay off my house this week. I've lived here for 27 years and bought it for $26K. Oh, those were the days...
Of course, it was in such a crime-ridden slum that my mother cried when she saw it, but now it will be surrounded by $300K to $700K houses. Who knows if they will sell, though, in this market!
CONGRATS!!!! I have a couple friends that made a copy of the mortgage and then burned it in a ceremony (complete with many adult beverages) after it was paid off...of course the key is they made a copy of the mortgage before burning it
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[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]~~~Vibes to Everyone for Everything!!~~~[/move]
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Back to page one... ::)
;)
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Memorization vibes to DR JRAND~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I guess I'm lucky, I've never had problems memorizing things
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I should say, the one thing I can't seem to memorize are dates. As in when things happened not the other kind
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It's a gift when it comes to cross examination. I can find a prior inconsistent statement because I know exactly where to find it and exactly what it was. On the other hand, I am beginning to have moments where I don't remember things exactly right..
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When I got up this morning, I looked in the mirror and since it is "fat" week (water retention, don't you know) I went "ugh!" so I decided to wear something bright that didn't emphasize my belly. I chose a bright orange shirt and a flowered skirt with a fun blue necklace. It was upbeat and fun and put me in a good mood. Well, this afternoon, I sat down next to my client as we were preparing to start depositions...the lawyer across the table looked at us and burst out laughing. Without thinking, I had chosen to wear a shirt that was exactly the same color as the county jail uniforms! We were quite a pair, looking snazzy in our bright orange outfits.
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When I got up this morning, I looked in the mirror and since it is "fat" week (water retention, don't you know) I went "ugh!" so I decided to wear something bright that didn't emphasize my belly. I chose a bright orange shirt and a flowered skirt with a fun blue necklace. It was upbeat and fun and put me in a good mood. Well, this afternoon, I sat down next to my client as we were preparing to start depositions...the lawyer across the table looked at us and burst out laughing. Without thinking, I had chosen to wear a shirt that was exactly the same color as the county jail uniforms! We were quite a pair, looking snazzy in our bright orange outfits.
Don't you hate it when that happens?? ;)
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OK, I'm very jealous...temps in the 70s this weeked in NYC!!! Today was literally like a steam room outside. As I walked out of the building this afternoon my glasses steamed up. We had a 103 degree heat index Whew!
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Don't you hate it when that happens?? ;)
All I could do was laugh. At least they weren't looking at my stomach...
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All I could do was laugh. At least they weren't looking at my stomach...
Then, it was a success! :D
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I'm going to pay off my house this week. I've lived here for 27 years and bought it for $26K. Oh, those were the days...
Of course, it was in such a crime-ridden slum that my mother cried when she saw it, but now it will be surrounded by $300K to $700K houses. Who knows if they will sell, though, in this market!
Only 351 more monthly payments and my condo is all mine! ;D
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I must say the telephonic device has not stopped ringing for the last three hours. That and two or three e-mails arriving every three minutes.
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Will we never get to page nine?
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Well, our DS Rob is in the process of filling out his first apartment rental application for the studio we looked at tonight near UC. It's on the third floor of a house and shares a kitchen and bath with another studio on the same floor. All together, there are 8 guys (mostly engineering students) in the building (triples on the first and second floors) and it's a 5-minute walk from campus.
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Special, special thanks to DR tomovoz for a delightful little package which arrived in my mailbox today! Loads of love, and as we all know, LOVE IS COMPANY!
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#9 dream - a John Lennon reference.
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Good news DR td.
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for DR JRand56!!
I detest memorization, and it gets harder and harder for me every year...
If anyone has any methods that work for them, please let me know!!
Retire.
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and David Campbell - "Waters of March" is topic of the day related.
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Nancy's, Art's and David's versions are the only ones I know.
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Well, I'm leaving work. I'm off to my sister's to mow the front lawn. :P
Be back later.
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PAGE NINE DANCE!! How about...the Bossa Nova?? :D
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Nancy's, Art's and David's versions are the only ones I know.
Same here. And both David's and Nancy's are high on my list.
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Ooo! I also just found this one: Bossa Nova Hotel! :o
(http://www.math.kth.se/~tomase/Tomas%20Ekholm_files/Westcoast%20Albums/Bossa%20nova%20hotel.jpg)
;D
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THE CLOSER is off to a rousing start, and I am off to bed, since i'm rising around 4 am to make the 6:00 train to DC,
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Favorite Bossa Nova? Mr. Sondheim's The Ladies Who Lunch
Casting completed this morning. I'll announce the names when the contracts are all signed.
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Oh, by the way, I'm back from Brooklyn. Managed to find the dancewear place I was looking for and found a pair of tap shoes (I, of course, up and left mine in LA and didn't realize it until I was about halfway on my drive to Arizona). I was listening to the Brain CD and when it hit the Brain Tap, immediately I smacked myself on the forehead...
You could have driven north to Washington State, Case, I would have smacked your forehead for you.
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It just would have been more of a headache that it was worth (including sending my apartment keys through the mail...), plus these shoes were affordable - the place in Brooklyn was nice and had them specifically - and I just thought a day out would be nice.
Give the kid a break! If he wants to start his New York career wearing Brooklyn tap shoes; then that is his business. So what if he can't afford to eat for the entire month of September.
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Absolutely!!! Especially as I just found out our backup choice is not available.
If this leading lady choice doesn't work out, perhaps elmore could talk to Bernadette Peters for you?
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Rustling up some tuna pasta salad and am finally settled down watching a DVD.
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MBarnum: Do you know who Amitra Rao is?
If you do, she was the Grand Marshal of "Festival of India" in Fremont CA this past weekend. This festival has grown significantly over the past eight years...thousands and thousands of people enjoy a parade and several days of mingling among booths of Indian foods and goods. There is a HUGE Indian population in the South Bay.
Bollywood is a theme in several nightclubs, etc.
As a matter of fact I do know who she is, although I have yet to see any of her films (I do have a few of them here...just haven't watched them yet). I see her a lot in the Bollywood gossip magazines. She is very pretty.
(http://img03.123india.com/images/Celebrity/AmritaRao/AmritaRao7.jpg)
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Good Evening!
What a lovely afternoon and early evening I had. :)
I met up with DR Cason after my auditions, and we basically walked here and there. I gave him the brief version of the "Jose's Favorite Carbs" tour, and we even met up with DR Jason and supped at the Edison Cafe.
After walking Jason to the Golden for his shift at Avenue Q, we walked up 8th Ave... Past Amy's Bread... Past Empanada Mama... Past whym... Then made a stop into the Time-Warner Center... Then continued walking up Broadway to 86th Street. -We waved at DR elmore's abode on the way. ;)
Once at 86th Street, we walked toward the Park. We did not check out the Reservoir. Alas, by that point, DR Cason was a bit tuckered out. Youth truly is wasted on the young. ;) So, I hopped the C Train uptown, and DR Cason headed back down to Times Square.
*DR Miss Karen - You and your DH have done a fine job of raising a wonderful young man. A forgetful one, but still wonderful. ;)
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I really enjoyed The Closer tonight.
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Oh... And I happened to have what has become my favorite audition experience today... It's sort of hard to explain in words, but let's just say it brought a smile to everyone's face in the room this afternoon.
But, in brief:
-The King & I Dance Call
-Final 12 dancers
-Broken English
-Dreamgirls
:D
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I really enjoyed The Closer tonight.
Me, too. Especially:
"We're gonna need a bigger board."
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Mine was "And you better make that cat happy" or something like that
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And DR Cason and I ended up witnessing some rather unbelievable and entertaining behavior while walking through Bryant Park. We were so entertained - as were some other people - by what this one woman was doing, that we were tempted to stay and keep watching. Alas, we continued on over to Grand Central, but we did walk back around a couple minutes later just to follow-up.
Let's just say that some people will do anything to make sure they can get a good seat on the lawn of Bryant Park. To see a movie. A free movie. And, apparently, she arranged to have catering on the lawn too.
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Oh... And I happened to have what has become my favorite audition experience today... It's sort of hard to explain in words, but let's just say it brought a smile to everyone's face in the room this afternoon.
But, in brief:
-The King & I Dance Call
-Final 12 dancers
-Broken English
-Dreamgirls
:D
"Weoh yo Dleamgirls boys..."
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"Weoh yo Dleamgirls boys..."
DR Miss Karen - I take back what I said about DR Cason. ;)
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Evening greetings to all. I had a busy and fun filled weekend. Yesterday I ventured out to Fire Island with my good friend and some of his buddies. It's costly and takes forever to get out there, but I do love it there.
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Tomorrow I am going to be out sick. And while recuperating, I will go to the gym, do laundry, do some sewing, go to a cat adoption meeting, and meet Rodzinski for a drink.
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Lucy just jumped onto the laptop which was on my lap.
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The kittens are going home to their mommy tomorrow, so I guess they want to make the most of their last night with us. I hope we still have furniture left standing when we get up in the morning.
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I am going to finish watching The Hills then get ready for bed. Sweet dreams to all.
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There is a Truman Club breakfast at 8:00 AM for John and Elizabeth Edwards. I've seen him a number of times, but haven't met Elizabeth and really want to meet her...so I must get to sleep. An 8:00 AM gathering is really early.
Night.
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Will we never get to page nine?
We will.
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DON'T GO IN THE LION'S CAGE TONIGHT was a delightful listen my first time through! I loved it.
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I began my evening of viewing with the Charlie Chan film THE BLACK CAMEL. This must be the earliest Warner Oland Chan that is still in existence. (1931) I had never seen it before, and I certainly enjoyed it. Robert Young looked like he was about 18 in it. I did not guess the identity of the murderer correctly.
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Waiting for THE CLOSER to come on, I pulled out the season 2 box set and watched "Mom Duty," which introducerd us to Frances Sterhagen as Brenda's mother. Always a wonderful episode.
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Tonight's episode of THE CLOSER was superb, a real change of pace, and yet still Brenda got to do her job as only she can.
And I thought the two S.W.A.T. team members who were guarding her were cute as could be. Barry Corbin did superbly as Brenda's father, exactly what I was expecting from him.
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Tonight may have been my last night with SAVING GRACE. I won't know until tomorrow since I fell asleep during the last half hour. I have no idea how it ended. I'll find the next broadcast and record it, so I can see the ending.
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Now, I'm heading off to bed since I can barely keep my eyes open.
Good night!
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Hello I have bee trying to catch up after being E & T all weekend
I have no succeeded....
so before you all go beddy bye!... HI!
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DR edisaurus - So, does the paying off of your (old) house have anything to do with the moving into your (new) house?
No, I just owed less than a thousand on it so I figured I might as well pay it off!
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I hear a tree grows there...
I've heard the tree in the book is an alanthus tree, which makes sense. Alanthus is very tolerant of pollution, drought, and is very invasive! Its nickname is "tree of heaven", but down south we think of it as "tree of hell".
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Tree of Hell....wasn't that a Randolph Scott movie?
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I think I will watch some episodes of ROME tonight.....and see how far I get.
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Maybe you're thinking of A Tree Grows in Hell's kitchen?
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Well... If you were hoping to catch Idol: The Musical (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/110272.html), well... It opened and closed last night. ::)
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OK... I'm outta here... Back to Argentina, I mean Evita in the morning...
Goodnight.
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I'm so happy to report that David Duchovny is back (and with bared backside) on television!
Truly enjoyed CALIFORNICATION and had many laughs out loud.
I've been a fan of his costar Natasha McElhone since I saw her in one of the CAEDFEL mysteries, she was also quite good in the NBC miniseries, REVELATIONS.
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Dleamguhs...Dleamguhs...Dleamguhs wirl nevah reave you...
Oh, what fun!
I did, indeed, meet up with DR Jose and DR Cason and we had a loverly evening together. At least I did. God only knows what DR Cason thought of me, but at least I was courteous enough to him to offer up a lungful of cancer at my theatre. (The lower lounge flooded last Monday and now there are mold spores growing like weeds in the carpet.) Ah, life on the Broad Way...if the understudies won't get ya, the carpets will...
DR Miss Karen: From the few minutes I got to spend with him, ditto what DR Jose had to say about your son. :)
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OK I am all caught up... now don't youze guys tawk too much tomorrow so I am all behind again!
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Oh wait, it was MY fault for being E & T
can't even blame Jose
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VIBES for all what needs 'em
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Oh! A special "shout out"* to DR Sandra and her choreography!
*that's what the kids all say , right?
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Belated Happy Birthday greetings to the esteemed dad of the most esteemed Tomovoz!
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Today is (yesterday was?) my folk;s 52nd wedding anniversary
Vixdad's folks will celebrate 54 years in a couple of weeks!
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Thanks DR Vixmom. Good to see you here. Hello to Victoria.
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No me for days and days and now a whole page
out of sympathy for the plight of the reading populace... I will now retire
well go to bed at least
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UK Group The Kinks used to sing "Land of hope and gloria - land of my Victoria"
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Thanks DR Vixmom. Good to see you here. Hello to Victoria.
Special greetings to you from Vixdad...he thinks of your caramel koalas fondly!!
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Hello VixDAD. Congrats to his parents and to yours.
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Thasnk ! anmd now I really must get to bed
It is nearly 2 AM here and I must be up in too few hours.....
Good NIGHT!! Good Morning ! Good Afternoon!
(that should cover everybody!)
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We're this close to three hundred and everyone WUSSBURGERS?
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It's up to me to pick up the slack?
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Have you ever picked up the slack? It's quite messy.
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Will we never get to page eleven?
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Will page eleven never get to us?
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I'm the only one in the jernt.
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So it is written, so it shall be done - page eleven.