Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 2 => Topic started by: bk on October 10, 2004, 11:59:34 PM
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Well, you've read the notes, you're now as confused as I am (I'm telling you I will be merciless to the person who gave me this incorrect information - said person might just want to step up and admit it), but damn it all, we're celebrating Columbus Day like it or not, so it's time to post until the Columbus Day Cows come home.
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So, is it or is it not Columbus Day? Did someone give me bum information? Is this a holiday of some sort or is it not?
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As far as I know, it's Columbus Day. At my work, we have All Staff Day (staff training for the entire library system) on Columbus Day, and since that's going to happen in the morning, it MUST be Columbus Day.
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Thank goodness! I looked at our calendar on this here site and there was no mention of Columbus Day and I began to think someone was giving me the Gaslight Treatment. Well, at least we now know it is Columbus Day and on with the celebration, you dear, dear people out there in the dark.
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As for libations, I don't drink, either. I've only gotten drunk once...and I remember the evening very clearly (I didn't black-out or anything). It was February of my last year in college (1989) and friends came over to eat lasagna and to specifically get me drunk, because I'd never gotten drunk before. They brought vodka and raspberry juice. Now, I don't like raspberries very much and mixing the juice with alcohol (which I don't like, either) was not too tasty to me. But I drank it. My friends told me that they made it very weak, but it did the job. I got drunk. I was laughing and giggling like a schoolgirl! When I moved, it felt like the whole world was spinning. If I just sat on the couch and watched TV and didn't even turn my head, I was fine, but as soon as I moved, even a tiny bit, it all started spinning again. I also couldn't walk by that time. I sort of rolled across the floor, but couldn't walk. We all had a grand time, and I can now say that I've been drunk once in my life. Also, in the morning, I had no hangover, whatsoever. I was totally fine. It was fun while it lasted, but I've never had any desire to do it again.
Now I must get to the house that's being house-sat (and let in the cat!). To quote Jose, "Laters!"
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Welcome six GUESTS. We're talkin' about Columbus Day.
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Pogue, when do I get to meet Tewkesbury?
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Actually, Columbus Day I believe was traditionally the twelfth but some bright cherub during the Nixon Presidency (I think) decided that we would make every monday nearest the day a holiday in order to give everyone a three-day weekend, so Columbus Day this year will be falling on the eleventh.
So, BK, will there be a critique of Ashley's CD? What songs are on it?
Libations? Bubbles is always fine with me. Nothing like a nice champagne...doesn't have to be an expensive one either...just as long as it's nice. And since we're speaking of things Eyetalian, I'm particularly fond of the Eyetalian version of champagne...a sparkling wine known as Procesco. I don't really drink much hard liquor at all...It's usually something with Vodka, when I do, though I'm also partial to marqueritas. I like many kinds of wine. I particularly a good Shiraz. Most the stuff coming out of Australia is great, South Africa also, and the Chilean wines can be quite nice. I love pretty much anything from the vineyards of Qupe or Au Bon Climat, both up in Santa Barbara.
And occasionally, nothing hits the spot like a cold beer.
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Haven't even unwrapped her CD yet, but I'll have a full report.
Welcome eight GUESTS. We're talkin' about Columbus Day and Queen Isabella Rosselini.
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BK, when would you like to meet Tewkesbury? My schedule as always is fairly flexible...except for tonight when we must meet with the Ellisons from our postponement of the other day.
I find it very interesting that Senator Kerry mentioned his friend Christopher Reeve only this past Friday in the debate in relation to stem cell research. I already saw the clip on the news tonight. I expect we'll be seeing a lot of it this week.
George, my only two memories of being blotto stinking drunk are two. One, my very first time. I was playing McCann in the BIRTHDAY PARTY and our director was one of these method guys. When he heard I hadn't ever been drunk (indeed, didn't drink at all), he decided I needed to be drunk to know how to play it. So the cast had a party and they plied me with screwdrivers (vodka & orange juice). The only problem was that McCann is a rather melancholy, slightly menacing, wistful drunk in the play. I turned out to be a very giddy, rather charmingly silly drunk...so the excess and the exercise was all for naught, as far as research goes. Though the conk the day after was a beaut. I laid and moaned about most of the day until my director stopped by and said: "You've got to eat something." We went out for breakfast at three o'clock in the afternoon. I did take that lesson away with me. Hungover, eat breakfast.
The other time I got drunk was the day Elvis died. An actor friend and I, who were both fans of his, held are own private wake. Though I shouldn't have gotten anywhere near a car, I had to get home to walk my dog. I remember driving home at three o clock in the morning down Lemmon Ave. in Dallas. As most drunks know, there is a part of your brain that is rational and crystal clear watching you be drunk (I think it's that same part of the brain standing outside yourself watching you when you're having a particular brilliant night on stage acting). Anyway that part of the brain was watching me carefully navigating down barren streets fearful, some cop might pull me over, knowing I was a danger to myself and others...and all the while I was saying, "you must never, ever do this again, you fool." And I never have driven since when I was drunk. Very scary. When I got home, I puked in the courtyard of my apartment building. When I crawled out of bed the next, the same friend I had gotten drunk with the night before and I went and saw Annie Hall.
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Well, it's one AM and I'm the last of the Mohicans. I'm off to bed then.
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DRELMORE - I seem to remember sometime in the 1980's that Miss Kitty Carlisle authorized a production of JUBILEE at a college here in Indiana? Is that the production that you worked on?
Tewkesberry is a fine a noble name for a canine!
I forgot to ask - DRPANNI how did you get a birthday card from Montgomery Clift....you must have been very YOUNG when that happened.
I was sick yesterday, I am sick today. I don't think I want to be sick anymore. Allergies allergies allergies.
Yes Columbus Day is a federal Holiday - first established on October 12 - but now celebrated on the nearest Monday as a Federal Holiday. Banks and Post Offices will be closed today, no mail!
I was thinking it happened a bit later than the Nixon administration, but I am not too sure.
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Nope DRCHARLES POGUE is correct....Prezzident Nixon declared the second Monday of October to be a federal holiday - Columbus Day.
And yes Mr Columbus was Eye-talian, but his government would not finance his trip around the world (or off the edge as the case may be) - but Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain (looking for a short route to the West Indies) gave him the money. Isabella hocked her jewelry if I am not mistaken. And October 12 is the day Columbus sited whatever land it was he landed on here in this hemisphere. I love history.
Little did he know, that he was soon going to be siting it on whatever was the second Monday in October.
AND I have always thought that the creators of Columbo got the name for that character from Columbus because he was always looking for something and stumbling on the right answer....or seemed to.
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Interesting short history of the exciting life of Mr CC. ;D
http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/cctl.htm (http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/cctl.htm)
(http://www.bergonia.org/columbus.jpg)
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Well, DRs, I went to bed pretty sick last night (this after saying the other day that I rarely get sick - one must NEVER say such things!)...Have no idea when I fell asleep, it's all pretty hazy. I thought I dreamed (dreamt?) that Christopher Reeve had died, but I must have fallen asleep as the news played and heard it - I have no idea. Very sad.
It is now 4 in the morn and I am up - (feeling better) - because Abie decided that he didn't want to be left out of the fun and woke me up with doggie vomiting noises. I think he ate some of the Kleenex I had been using to blow my nose a million times.
Are we grossed out yet?
As for getting really drunk. Totally sh-t-faced, blotto.... That only happened to me once in my life. In college. A friend of mine was working as bartender at the campus pub and one night gave me all the free Black Russians I wanted. A dangerous drink in that you don't really feel like you're drinking alcohol. I remember going into the ladies room and kind of sliding down the wall of the cubicle and sitting on the refreshingly cool floor for the longest time -- as the world spun (a Christopher Columbus reference) - much too quickly for my taste. Then, after what seemed like hours, I gathered the strength to get up and start the long walk home.
I lived about 5 minutes from the pub. I could see my building in the - what seemed like - distance. It was the longest 5 minute walk of my life. The worst part of it all was feeling totally out of control. I cannot stand not feeling in control. Yuck.
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Jrand - I got the birthday card from Montgomery Clift when I was a teenager (have no idea what age). My best friend, Carol Solomon, wrote him a letter, telling him that I was his number on fan and that the best birthday present she could think of giving me was a card from him. She enclosed a card and asked him to sign it and return it to me. She told me about this way after the fact - because no card arrived. Then, months after my birthday had passed, she phone me one day, screaming excitedly. She had just received a letter from Monty! In it he wrote to her that he had been on location and was just now catching up on his mail. He apologized for not returning the card, but it was on its way. Wasn't it nice of him to write to her to explain things?
And - as promised - the card arrived a day or two later. "Belated good wishes, Monty Clift." It is one of the few things I would make sure to take if they gave me a minute to gather my treasures before blowing up the house. (There is a whole follow-up to this story about which I have written a play, but that's another tale for another day.)
I'm now going to try and get some sleep.
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...But before that - let's not forget that Columbus Day is, to say the least, controversial in some quarters.
Some picky people find it a tad offensive to honor a guy who opened the door to European colonization, the exploitation (and killing off) of native peoples and the slave trade. But hey, nobody's perfect.
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Wow! I get to be the first one who quotes Gershwin here:
"They all laughed at Christopher Columbus
When he said the world was round."
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I'm basically a martini man myself. Vodka martini, preferebly Absolut. Straight up. Olive. Simple and basic.
A hot & spicy Bloody Mary will serve me nicely before dinner.
Can't drink most red wines, I get a headache almost immediately.
A nice Reisling with dinner on occasion.
For fun, in the dizzy disco days, a Blue Flame was a popUlar shot/slammer drink: 1 part Southern Comfort, 1 part Peppermint Schnapps in a shot glass, ignite and drink while flaming.
I rarely have alcohol these days, socially, every now and then. BUT as I posted a few weeks ago, I managed to have FOUR rather large Absolut martinis in a short period of time. . .
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Hi, gang. VERY busy at work this last week of deadline. I probably won't be posting much this week, though I'll pop in now and then.
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Nice new avatar, DR Noel.
Libations? Did somebody say libations?
Summertime means Gin & Tonics.
Winter lately means scotch. Occasionally I mix my scotch with ginger ale, which causes some people to question why I even bother to drink at all.
Favorite nightcap is a White Russian.
I got stinking blotto drunk once in my life as well. It was a Halloween party (well, parties...) during my freshman year at NYU. There may have been G&Ts involved beforehand, which I don't recall at this point, but the basis of the blotto-ness was the mixing of white and red wine. And not just one of each. There was no praying to the porcelain god/dess, but there was definitely a bed that spun like Linda Blair in THE EXORCIST. And I have always been much more careful about mixing different spirits ever since.
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I'm feeling sad about Christopher Reeve's death but I also feel that his was a life that was well lived. While he didn't get to achieve his dream of walking once again unaided, he made so many truely Superman-like strides to improve his condition that it's astounding. And he did it all through the strength of his will and self-perseverance (God knows how many similarly effected people he's inspired!) And to top it all off, he managed to continue his film career, not only acting but directing as well.
Thinking about Christopher Reeve's life makes me wonder of what I could be capable of with a full fuctioning body.
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Another nice winter libation, in lieu of a White Russian, is a Cowboy C***sucker - made with equal parts of Butterscotch Schnapps and Bailey's Irish Creme.
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Not a big fan of beer and wine as it always seems to give me a headache, so when I drink, which isn't very often, I am fond of a whiskey sour or a martini.
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DRELMORE - I seem to remember sometime in the 1980's that Miss Kitty Carlisle authorized a production of JUBILEE at a college here in Indiana? Is that the production that you worked on?
DRJRand54, as a part of the Cole Porter centenary (1991?), Idiana University Opera Theatre produced JUBILEE with fantastic scenery and costumes. Robert Kimball and I trekked out to Bloomington and saw the second cast. I believe Kitty saw one or two performances as well. John Simon came out, gave it a terrible review but he mentioned my nice arrangements, and all plans to bring the production to NYC and the Juilliard Theatre were abandoned.
While it was most definitely a student production, and a lot of performers were too young for their roles, the production - mostly art deco, I recall - was stunning to look at, probably better than Jo Mielziner's original designs. I believe Robert O'Hearn, who designed for the Metropolitan Opera, did them.
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Libations:
I do likes a good ale. Sierra Nevada, Bass imported, or Sam Smith's. In a pinch, a bottle of Yuengling or Rolling Rock will do, too.
I'm not half so particular with wines, but once in a while I get hooked on something for a while until I get tired of it. Lately I've been into an Eyetalian red that's so heady that I love to just swish the glass around and inhale the fumes. I know it's from a winery named Stella, but I don't remember the name of the wine itself.
But my favorite drink is a good malt scotch, particularly Caol Ila. Once you have a swig of this stuff, Dewer's will taste like water that had a brown crayon dipped in it.
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I'm not half so particular with wines...
As some of you may recall from last week's discussion, wine is something about which I would like to gain more knowledge. (Lesson #1: Do NOT mix white and red wine!)
I don't particularly care for champagne, good or otherwise. I invariably get a headache.
I used to loathe beer. It reminded me of the days when I couldn't afford to buy a "real" drink. (Veda to Mildred: "Mother, we're POOR!") I also never really cared for the taste. I have now come around, and realize that sometimes a beer is not the worst thing in the world to chug down your gullet.
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Very sad about Christopher Reeve. Having just watched REMAINS OF THE DAY fairly recently, I was reminded that he at one time was a vivid presence in films. But he handled his fate with great tact and dignity. That may be his greatest legacy.
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DR George, I agree with you about ENTERPRISE. Are there things about the show I'd like to fix. You bet! But I still enjoy it. I will admit that I'm looking forward to the Zindii arc ending this week so we can move on to other matters in the galaxy.
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Libations:
I'm not much of a drinker and can go months without having any alcohol. However, in homage to the SEX AND THE CITY girls, I have grown very fond of Cosmopolitans in recent months. I had my first professionally mixed one in NYC in July, but honestly, I think I like the pre-mixed ones you can buy bottled even more.
Not a beer drinker at all, but mixed drinks with some sweetness to them (Tom Collins, daiquaris, pino coladas) are all fine, and if I'm going to have wine with a meal, I'd prefer white zin.
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In regard to these Monday holidays, I don't really like them. They always screw up mail delivery. Magazines which normally get here on a certain day sometimes end up a week late after one of these Monday holidays.
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BTW, I see by my calendar that it's Thanksgiving Day in Canada today. So are our Canadian HHWs having turkey, etc. for a meal today?
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Another nice winter libation, in lieu of a White Russian, is a Cowboy C***sucker - made with equal parts of Butterscotch Schnapps and Bailey's Irish Creme.
It may have "Cowboy" in its name, but that sounds like a totally girlie drink, if you ask me.
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My favorite cocktail, especially on special occasions, is the Negroni:
1 part veddy, veddy, veddy good gin
1 part sweet (red) vermouth
1 part Campari
1 dash bitters
Shake all the ingredients vigorously in a cocktail shaker with plenty of cracked ice. Strain into a chilled martini glass.
Although the traditional garnish is a spiral of orange, I prefer a twist of lemon.
Salud!
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I have been falling down, sloppy drunk three times in my life, and I don't recommend it to anyone. Each time was a special occasion, and I made some bad decisions. The last time, my retirement party, will be the last time. It took me days to get over the hangover, and at my age, it's just stupid to do that.
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As some of you may recall from last week's discussion, wine is something about which I would like to gain more knowledge. (Lesson #1: Do NOT mix white and red wine!)
Which brings me to my worst drunken experience:
One night during my college days, some friends and I decided to celebrate one of the guy's birthday by having a scotch and cigar party. Well, the scotch went pretty quick, so we followed that up with bottles of red wine. And then white wine when the red ran out. The last thing I clearly remember was heading outside to relieve myself because the bathroom was occupied. I have vague recollections after that, but nothing I can relate here (this being a family site and all.) Suffice to say, I spent the following day suffering. It didn't occur to me until years later that I probably had alchohol poisoning.
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I thought that Columbus wrote "Why-o why-o why-o... why did I ever leave Ohio?". And Philip Roth wrote about him in GOODBYE COLUMBUS which Ali McGraw filmed.
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No, no, no - you have it ALL mixed up, WEL. Columbus directed Home Alone which Macaulay Culkin filmed. It was a cute film, but I can't figure out why they'd close the banks and the Post Office for him.
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My drink of choice is pretty boring - glass of nicely chilled dry white wine.
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I just chatted with one of my elderly neighbors as we stood outside her house watching a new roof go up. She was telling me about the history of the neighborhood. According to her, Miss Universe of 1956 (or 1959) lives across the street.
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Happy Thanksgiving and Columbus Day!
Very sad about Christopher Reeve.
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Hmmm, I have never heard of a BLTA. Sounds delicious!
Btw, this might sound really weird. But I bought my first electronic toothbrush yesterday. And I totally love it. I can't believe it's taken me this long to get one.
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Had a somewhat rocky night of sleep (this damn throat thing that comes and goes like a gazelle in a magic act), but I'm up and getting my bearings. Once I have my bearings, whatever shall I do with them? I have all these bearings in a big plastic bag. Perhaps I'll throw them to the seven winds who, I hear tell, are a little low on bearings.
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No turkey for me today. :(
My aunt sometimes invites us over for Thanksgiving dinner, but alas not this year.
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I'm not a big drinker. But I like fruity drinks. Like strawberry margaritas, or pina coladas.
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RLP - I forgot to answer you yesterday re your slighting remarks about my darling Peet's multi-grain scones.... Hey, man, they're yummylicious! They have all sorts of good grainy stuff plus raisins to give them a slight touch of sweetness. I have nothing against cookies, but I do not care for sweets early in the day. So there.
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...But before that - let's not forget that Columbus Day is, to say the least, controversial in some quarters.
Some picky people find it a tad offensive to honor a guy who opened the door to European colonization, the exploitation (and killing off) of native peoples and the slave trade. But hey, nobody's perfect.
I also wonder why we still celebrate that he actually was the first explorer to find America.
I loved the “Monty story”.
Feel better soon.
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RLP - I forgot to answer you yesterday re your slighting remarks about my darling Peet's multi-grain scones.... Hey, man, they're yummylicious! They have all sorts of good grainy stuff plus raisins to give them a slight touch of sweetness. I have nothing against cookies, but I do not care for sweets early in the day. So there.
Harrumph.
I guess we could "share" that cookie, then....
(I had a Peet's latte this morning, and a cranberry/walnut scone....YUM).
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JRand do feel better soon. I think I also have allergies which haven’t been bad.
Bruce when you meet Tewkesbury be sure to take a picture and post it.
I think there must be something in the air across the country, all these sore throats. Feel better.
I am really feeling sad today.
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I think it's too bad for US that Christopher Reeve did not realize his goal of walking on his own again.
He once made me believe a man can fly....and now I believe he is actually soaring.
So many wonderful souls have been taken from us...heaven is a lucky place today!
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While still in high school I told friends (a family of three) I could drink an entire, very tall, glass of whisky. They didn’t believe me and I easily proved I could. I think I had the same poisoning Dan (the Man) had. It was very embarrassing since I slept at my friend’s house. It didn’t help I had an infection from something I had stepped on at the beach that day.
It was eight years before I ever got drunk like that again. It was at a good-bye party for friends returning to college. There were only three couples at the party and the host made strawberry dakari’s. They tasted like fruit drinks and I had no idea how potent they were until it was too late and I didn’t care. We had a great time that evening dancing, laughing until I lost it in the bathroom. It was then that I realized how lucky I was to have survived my first experience. I have never had a dakari since then.
I don’t enjoy being out of control. What I enjoy is the taste of a good drink. I love an aged scotch, brandy, Harvey’s Bristol Cream Cherry, Crown Royal, and a good white wine. To me hard liquor should not be watered down with ice. Since I get high way too easily I usually stick to white wine. Red wine gives me an instant headache which is fine with me since I dislike the stuff. Currently my favorite while wine is Pinot Grigio or an early harvest Gewurztraminer.
Boy, after that I had better state I am not a lush. ;D I just love the stuff but don’t drink it very often. I usually stick to water.
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RLP he also made me believe he could walk, inspite of the odds against him. Your words make me feel a bit better, thinking of him soaring again.
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So many wonderful souls have been taken from us...heaven is a lucky place today!
Does everyone know the Gower Champion meets St. Peter joke?
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Had a somewhat rocky night of sleep (this damn throat thing that comes and goes like a gazelle in a magic act), but I'm up and getting my bearings. Once I have my bearings, whatever shall I do with them? I have all these bearings in a big plastic bag. Perhaps I'll throw them to the seven winds who, I hear tell, are a little low on bearings.
Aren't you suppose to roll your bearings around in your pocket and accuse people of eating your strawberries?
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I just chatted with one of my elderly neighbors as we stood outside her house watching a new roof go up. She was telling me about the history of the neighborhood. According to her, Miss Universe of 1956 (or 1959) lives across the street.
Dr Panni, can you find out her name? Perhaps it is Ingrid Goude..who I would LOVE to interview!!
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Well, I guess Ingrid was Miss Universe 1957...Miss Universe 1956 was Miss America and Miss Universe 1959 was miss Japan.
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Does everyone know the Gower Champion meets St. Peter joke?
No, but if it's anything like the David Mamet/panhandler joke, I'm all ears.
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It may have "Cowboy" in its name, but that sounds like a totally girlie drink, if you ask me.
Now, Jay. . .the girlie drinks have umbrellas on them!
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It may have "Cowboy" in its name, but that sounds like a totally girlie drink, if you ask me.
First it's girlie-men; now it's girlie-drinks.
You people in California are awfully liberal in your usage of that prefix.....
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Like Jane, I don't really like being out of control and like Matt, I can go months without a drink (If I ever had an addiction, it would be for food probably: certainly not booze). And not until the mid-nineties when I was over in Europe (during films, etc.), did I really get to understand the philosophy of food & drink tied to living. The connviality of it all. I sort of dabbled in acquiring a modest knowledge of wine (fostered by my best friend who runs the biggest liquor concern back in Lexington, Kentucky...before he got in the business, he was an absolute tea-totaler. He's now something of a wine connisseur...[that can't be the right spelling...]). Even so, I can go weeks sometime not drinking anything. I never drink alone. It is the connivality of drinking with others that I enjoy. I am a relatively easy drunk, so one or two drinks will give me a slight mellow buzz that lowers my reserve and, people say, makes me even more charming than I naturally am. Though often these days I just bypass the slight high altogether and get sleepy instead. Age is a rotten thing.
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I don't like being out of control either, although I've never had a drink or drug in my life. Sometimes my anger can get me totally out of control and I really don't like going to that place.
I find it somewhat strange to be writing a Black horror film. However, there are lots of Internet sites with lots of information which enables me to write lines like, "Don't start that fly gansta shit" and "Whaddup dog".
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Hmm, BK, so I wonder if you'd be an angry, mean drunk or a silly, giddy drunk? Guess we'll never know...
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"Whaddup dog".
Abie says it's kind of you to inquire after his health and he is feeling fine and dandy, thank you.
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I find it interesting that "bad" and "sick" mean "good."
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Aren't you suppose to roll your bearings around in your pocket
Is this a new term for polite society?
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Everytime I see DR Pogue's new family member mentioned here, I think of Joan Tewkesbury, the screenwriter of Nashville.
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A test after importing from my new camera. Let's see if it works.
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It worked! But I did it a roundabout way. I emailed it to myself, then posted. I don't know how to make the jpeg smaller yet within iPhoto.
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Got caught up on TV recorded over the weekend, so no new DVDs today. I did get my confirmation that my THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT trilogy was in the mail (also SEVEN BRIDES special edition).
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Sorry that I can't attend chat tonight. Rehearsals, of course, are the culprit.
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I, for one, am waiting (tap, tap, tap) for the goods on the Gower Champion/St. Peter joke!
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DR Jane: You'd be the perfect dinner companion. You wouldn't Bogart my Cabernet Sauvignon!
I, too, have a past history of getting headaches form red wine....but that's from when I used to drink a bottle over the course of an evening. Also, red wine is supposed to have esters that aren't good for folks with allergies.
Funnily enough, I have terrible allergy problems, but I adore a fine red cabernet, or Shiraz, or Merlot...and I'm totally nuts over the Valpolicella reds. Of course, it's a couple of glasses (not full, either) that I'm talking about. White wine I can take or leave...as long as it's dry. I don't want anything too tart/acid. My favorite way to drink white wine is to get a really good dry wine, pour it into a decanter one-quarter filled with fresh, sliced peaches, wait an hour, and then enjoy the wine with great food.
I could be a truly great alcoholic, but I despise hangovers. The amount I drink in one year wouldn't buy an inkjet dot in one of the "A's" in AA.
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Hmm, BK, so I wonder if you'd be an angry, mean drunk or a silly, giddy drunk? Guess we'll never know...
LOL I was thinking the same thing. I would add relaxed and mellow with just a wee bit of alcohol in him.
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Panni your camera seems to take a nice photo. You should have some great ones of your trip to post on your return.
RLP-LOL it only takes me about two sips to get a headache with red wine. I don’t think I would want peaches in my white wine. I do however agree it should not be tart or acidic but very smooth.
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...But before that - let's not forget that Columbus Day is, to say the least, controversial in some quarters.
Some picky people find it a tad offensive to honor a guy who opened the door to European colonization, the exploitation (and killing off) of native peoples and the slave trade. But hey, nobody's perfect.
And yes, that is the name of the Elaine Stritch Britcom based on Maude that Ben was trying to think of the other day.
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DR George, I agree with you about ENTERPRISE. Are there things about the show I'd like to fix. You bet! But I still enjoy it. I will admit that I'm looking forward to the Zindii arc ending this week so we can move on to other matters in the galaxy.
This week? The Xindi arc actually ended at the end of last season and we were plunged into the Time Wars Arc. Joe and I had our VCR all primed for the season première on Friday only to find it canceled for a baseball game, at least here in NY. It wasn't till almost the last minute that I remembered they repeat the shows on Sunday at 19:00, so we saw and taped it last night.
Spoilers anyone?
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I, for one, am waiting (tap, tap, tap) for the goods on the Gower Champion/St. Peter joke!
So Gower Champion dies and goes to Heaven and is met at the Pearly Gates by St. Peter.
“Gower!” says St. Peter, “We are so glad that you are here! We’ve been waiting for you! God has been an admirer of your work for years. In fact, he wants to produce a huge musical here in Heaven and he wants you to direct it!”
But Gower Champion replies, “Why, thank you for the offer. I’m very flattered, but I’ve just finished one of the most difficult shows of my career and I’m very tired. I think I would rather just sit back and enjoy my eternal rest.”
“But this will be a spectacular!” says St. Peter. “Michaelangelo will do the sets! Coco Channel, the costumes! The lighting by Van Gogh!”
“Well, that sounds very tempting, but I think I still want to pass.”, responds Champion.
St. Peter counters: “But Gower! Think of the people you’ll have at your disposal! You can have William Shakespeare write the book! Mozart will compose the score! Lyrics by Lorenz Hart!”
Again the director declines. “These are all wonderful people, but I’m really not interested, thank you.”
Now St. Peter goes in for the hard sell. “Gower, Gower, Gower. Let me rattle off some names…Jolson…Brice…Durante…Garland… Gower, think of the stars you can work with!”
Gower Champion is momentarily stunned. Visions of working with the greatest of the great stage performers dance across his mind. He is suddenly reenergized and is filled with glee.
“Yes! Of course! I’ve been a fool! Of course I’ll do it! Yes!”
At this St. Peter warmly wraps his arm around Gower Champion’s shoulder. “Oh, that’s just terrific, Gower. Just terrific. There is one little thing, though. God has this girlfriend…”
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ROTFLMAO
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A test after importing from my new camera. Let's see if it works.
It worked mighty fine. And I am surprised (after seeing so many other photos of DC (Dear Canine, in internet lingo) Abie Wussberger that I never realized the similarities between he and the latest love of my life DP's and my own DC, Morgan. They look quite similar. We were told that she was part Lab, part Shepherd (Alan, not Cybill) and -- huzzah! The part I never admit -- part Rottweiler. What kind of concoction is Abie?
She may have a bit of Rottweiler in her, but I will let it be known that Morgan -- officially, Morgan LeFay Brittany Fairchild Freeman Hennessey Soloway -- is a total pussycat. She took a nice nap on my chest and stomach last night (during Desperate Housewives) and nothin' could be finer than that.
Off to buy Cher tickets! (Yes DB Jay, she's coming back. She liked Wegman's THAT much!)
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I don't like being out of control either, although I've never had a drink or drug in my life.
I believe it was back in the 60's, when some dodos interpreted his anti-drug story "Shattered Like a Glass Goblin" as pro-drug, that DR FSW Charles Pogue's close personal friend Harlan Ellison remarked that when he was offered marijuana by anyone his standard reply was "Not till I come down."
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Leave it to a professor to come out with a long, run-on sentence like that. Just call me JF Kerry.
And now I shall leave the office, with no guarantee to be back on-line till morning. Home computer problems, doncha know.
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I like frozen margaritas, amaretto sours and other girlie-girl drinks... but my absolute favourite is rye whiskey with ginger ale.
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Is Cher doing another "Absolutely Final Farewell Tour?"
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Or perhaps she's settling into a permanent show housed in Rochester, like Celine Dion did, only in Las Vegas.
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DR Stuart - I got Abie W as a tiny pup at the Humane Society in Boulder CO. He was an import from Utah, however. Which makes him part Mormon. I was told he was part Lab (which is what they say about all dogs to make them seem attractive!). I describe him as part Lab, part Shepherd (and part human, natch) - and I also skip the Rottweiller possibility. He is a GREAT dog.
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I forgot to say that he was the only tri-color of his litter. His bros and sisters were pure black or black with little white collars and/or paw mitts.
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Dan (the Man) ;D
Stuart & Panni, Rottweiler’s get a bad rap. My first experience with a couple of males was rather scary. Since then all I have known are sweethearts. Bernese Mountain Dog’s (Echo’s breed) even got some of their coloring from Rottweiler’s.
Emily I do enjoy a good margaritas with Mexican food. I like it on the rocks with extra tequila and no salt. I only order extra tequila if Keith and I are sharing, otherwise I can’t handle it.
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Jay or anyone: What is the name of the restaurant in the Pasadena Playhouse complex?
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Mario's?
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It worked! But I did it a roundabout way. I emailed it to myself, then posted. I don't know how to make the jpeg smaller yet within iPhoto.
Terrific pic, no matter how you got it to us (and does the doggie ever take a bad pic?)
I don't know if it will work on a Mac, but I use a piece of software called IrfanView to view and edit my pics. Easy to resize and crop pictures with it. Here's a link (http://www.irfanview.com/) to the website.
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Jay or anyone: What is the name of the restaurant in the Pasadena Playhouse complex?
Closed.
That space is one of those cursed ones where no matter the type of cuisine, quality of service, pricing, etc., etc., etc., no restaurant that has ever taken up tennancy there has ever survived for more than a short while.
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Mario's?
Yes, that was the name of the most recent and now departed tennant. More properly, it was "Mario's--Where They Sing While You Dine."
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Good Evening!... From Houston, Texas!
-Well, I guess I should be saying, "Howdy!" then.. ;)
The past two and a half days have been quite the whirlwind for me. Playing shows. Practicing shows. Cleaning. Packing. Etc., etc., etc...
I arrived in Houston this afternoon.... It's hot here! I just got back from an hour working with the director/choreographer and conductor, and we're all set for tomorrow's rehearsal. Whew!
Well... I would have checked in earlier, but it took me a while to get the wireless internet connection set up properly here... And the receptionist at the front desk also took a while activating my connection too. Hey, but at least it's wireless and fast!
So.. I have tons of post to catch up on from the past few days, but I also need to head out now and get some shopping done. Stock my fridge, pick up some "necessaries", etc.
*And I also need to find the fried chicken place that got a write up in the most recent issue of "Gourmet". ;) -It's all about the food!
Laters...
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Jay, Mario's bit the dust?
Harlan Ellison, who name has been invoked today, is also a serious non-drinker. He also has begged off dinner again. We were going to go to Schwab's.
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So Gower Champion dies and goes to Heaven and is met at the Pearly Gates by St. Peter.
There is one little thing, though. God has this girlfriend…”
,,,Ooh! Ooh! You're killin' me! You stopped before the punch line?????
WHO WAS SHE????
:D
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(Yes, I got it!)
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I'm just checking in to say I will be E&T from Chat tonight. I've been feeling poorly all day, and I think I'm going to bed early. I hope you have many exciting things to chat about, and I hope to be for it next week.
Goodnight, all!
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Closed? We don't need no stinking closed. Now where am I supposed to eat?
Two Ellison dinners canned? Skammen.
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We went to a new (-ish) museum all about the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia, right near the Liberty Bell and Independance Hall.
It's good to be away from New York on a major holiday like Columbus Day: the parade draws more than a million, all claiming to be Italian. It's a very big deal, and so, when we selected our wedding date, we selected the Sunday smack dab in the middle of the big Columbus Day weekend. That way, out-of-towners could fly home and not miss work. But, to our sad surprise, the heathen in the rest of the country don't take off work for Columbus Day. My best man explained that many Californians traced their ancestry back to some pre-Columbian people and think of CC as an invader. He was only interested in opening up a swifter trade route than the long and tortuous land route to Asia. My cousin's wife, a lawyer in Florida, had something legal to do ... on a national holiday!? Ah, the best laid plans.
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Jay, Mario's bit the dust?
They're singing arias in that Big Opera in the Sky.
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Closed? We don't need no stinking closed. Now where am I supposed to eat?
Go to Smitty's on Lake Avenue. I wouldn't steer you wrong.
I'd ask if you're seeing Side by Side by Sondheim tonight, but it's Monday, so that can't be the occasion.
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Jay, while Mario's was perfectly okay; I'll not be in mourning for it. Nothing has taken it's place? It's just sitting vacant?
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The Los Angeles Times runs a weekly column entitled "New York, N.Y." which, as you might surmise, keeps us Angelenos apprised of what's happening in the Big Apple.
Today's story was about the $20 admission price at the Museum of Modern Art when it reopens. In the story, the columnist placed the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Madison Avenue instead of Fifth Avenue.
I sent a somewhat cleverly worded e-mail to the editors this morning pointing out the error. Not only did I receive a response from the deputy editor expressing appreciation and indicating that a correction will run tomorrow, I also got a very nice note from the columnist herself, sincerely thanking me for pointing our her DUMB (her capitalization, not mine) mistake.
Isn't that exciting? Can you plotz?
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Jay, while Mario's was perfectly okay; I'll not be in mourning for it. Nothing has taken it's place? It's just sitting vacant?
That is correct. The stools at the bar and the dining room tables and chairs (which were carryovers from Cujo, the restaurant tenant previous to Mario's) remain, but the piano is gone and the place sits dark. It sat dark forever before Cujo moved in, then sat dark forever before Mario's moved in. I should establish a pool on when the next restaurant gets there. And how long it lasts.
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Going tomorrow night and yes to see SBSBS
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Noel I am so glad I’m not in NY for the holiday. If I begin talking about the holiday weekend next year, please remind me not to go.
Jay-very nice. :)
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My goodness, these half-hours do go by, don't they? Don't they just? Don't just they? I am waiting for the arrival of Miss Juliana A. Hansen. We shall dine, oh, yes, we shall dine.
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But you're due in chat, BK!
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Chat, damn it all, chat!
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I'm chatting, I'm chatting!
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We are having a sparkling chat and I'd just like to know where the regulars are?
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Good health vibes to dear elmore who is probably feeling a bit under the weather due to giving me such a grand day in NY. Feel better soon.
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I missed chat. Ever so sorry! I got home after All Staff Day (I won an award!...see below) and even logged in, but I got sidetracked cooking some ground beef for tomorrow's spaghetti feed at work and burning a DVD (that was filmed here in Olympia) that I totally forgot to chat. But once I started the DVD copying/burning process, my computer is running so slowly that I probably couldn't have been able to chat, even if I wanted to.
Anyway, the award that I won was the Purple Tree Award (any Timberland employee, substitute or volunteer can get one). The Green Tree Award is when someone makes a suggestion that saves the library money (get it...save money-green award?) without compromising patron services. The Purple Tree Award is when people do good things for the library such as a really good customer service incident or have a really good idea. What I did was make the suggestion of a partnership between our library and the Washington Center for the Performing Arts to cross-promote each other. The library made up a brochure (to be updated quarterly) that lists materials that the library has for the performers that are coming to the WCPA. The WCPA will put an ad for the library in every program. The selectors know in advance what performers are coming to the WCPA and can order material in advance. That way, the patrons of both the library and the WCPA know what they're going to see/hear/experience beforehand or they can explore and learn more about the performers that they're interested in. Pretty cool, huh?
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I totally forgot about chat (but so did bk, so I'm not alone).
I just had a big bowl of Jerry's matzoh ball soup. This should cure what ails me.
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Congrats on your award, George!
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Well, my computer is running so slowly, it's not really worth trying to do anything other than burning the DVD. So, I'm going to say good night...very early. I hope the chat went well and was sparkling and lively! Until next time. ;D
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Thanks, Panni! :)
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Dan TM - Thanks for the link. And Abie thanks you for the compliment.
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Got the script and score for NUNCRACKERS tonight, and I see the task that lies ahead. Of course, since SOMETHING'S AFOOT doesn't open until this weekend, I have a VERY full plate.
But these kinds of parts don't land in my lap very often, so I'm doubly excited.
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Didn't have a chance for any DVDs today. Hopefully tomorrow I can watch something. THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE is looking good and THE NAME OF THE ROSE hasn't made it to the player yet either thougyh it was on tap during the Friday Media Check last week.
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I totally forgot about chat (but so did bk, so I'm not alone).
Not true. BK showed up. He was railing against cellphone use.
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Not true. BK showed up. He was railing against cellphone use.
I'm getting bleary-eyed--I first read that as "He was railing against cellophane use.
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Page Five Dance
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/BottleDance.jpg)
Hmmm...I just noticed the second guy from the left. What show did he wander in from?
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I am poking my head in to announce that I am not entering an errant and truant spree, but I merely haven't posted in a few days because I've been terribly busy. I saw "Opening Doors" on friday night, and I wasn't particularly impressed by it. It was terribly morbid, and I imagine that the show will feel much more appropriate after Sondheim has passed away. As he is quite alive, it seems strange to do such a tribute-y tribute. All of the solos and small group numbers performed sounded lovely, but the songs that used all five singers weren't mixed well, causing the melody line to be all but lost. Also, many of Sondheim's greatest songs are really cheapened when performed out of context (such as a few songs from "Passion" and "Sweeney"). Also, most everyone who is going to see this concert is already a Sondheim fan, so the interpretations (in my humble opinion) should reflect the show that the song is from while still being exciting, new, and worth presenting. It's a perfectly enjoyable concert, but outside of being a great reminder of how wonderful all these songs are, I really don't think that it was anything special.
As I am under age, I really have nothing to say about today's TOD.
For those of you who were in last week's chat and are aware of my stalker situation, I basically informed him this evening that I consider his behavior stalking which made him terribly sad and embarrassed. As I do care about him because he was my very close friend for a long time, I hate to know that I'm the cause of any hurt for him. Despite some terrible things he did to me, I don't want to lose his friendship nor do I want to hurt him. I also don't want to feel threatened by him anymore. It's such a very strange situation.
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Not true. BK showed up. He was railing against cellphone use.
I wasn't clear. I meant that he initially forgot, then remembered when reminded by one of the DRs in a post.
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But he showed up, didn't he? Unlike certain other people, oh, yes, he showed up unlike certain other people
Sometimes we must hurt people, dear Jenny, if it involves having comfort zones for ourselves.
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Good Evening!
Whew! All caught up on the posts from the past few days... I was gonna take notes on the things I wanted to respond to... But I kept reading, I kept noticing that I forgot to jot something down, so... But I shall try to remember a few things...
DR CharlesPogue - I love the name Tewkesbury (sp?). I hope he becomes a most - well, more welcome addition to your household.
DR Jane - So glad to hear that you had a great time in NYC. I never mentioned the banana pudding at Magnolia Bakery - I didn't even realize they had it. But I did mention their cupcakes, and their Coconut Cake, and their Devil's Food Cake with Caramel Icing. -And I'm glad you got a suite at The Wellington! -I had a swell suite the last time I stayed there myself. *I remember that stay vividly due to the fact that the couple next to me had some meat - yes, meat from a high end butcher - stolen from there room! ?!?!?!?
BK - Your cough... I was talking with a friend of mine who was recently dealing with a persistent nagging cough. He finally went to the doctor and it turned out to be a combination of some sinus/nasal stuff, and acid reflux. -A low level esophagitis. AND, his doctor recommended him to refrain from his nightly jaccuzzi since the heat and steam and bubbles can sometimes "prompt" the acid reflux symptoms, since the heat literally warms up your stomach... Sure enough, after two days of going jaccuzzi-less, his throat cleared up! Hmmm... -Just a theory...
DR elmore - So nice to see you posting again about whatever you post about! ;)
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As for Houston...
I gave myself a little car tour around the immediate area around my hotel... Lots of road construction. But we seem to be located in a high-end part of town - at least from the various shops and restaurants nearby. Needless MarkUp - I mean, Neiman Marcus. A three-story(!) Crate & Barrel store. Tons of designer boutiques. P.F. Changs. Smith & Wollensky. Morton's. Etc. And there are some gorgeous houses too.
I found the Whole Foods. I found Central Market - which is like Whole Foods on steroids! Found the Target. Found the Old Navy. Found the Guitar Center - always good to know where the nearest music store is. OH....
And I also drove by.. The Original House of Pies - !?!?!?! It had the same sign, the same logo, etc. I didn't venture inside, but something tells me I will be in the next few days. Hmm.. Pie at rehearsal!!
I went to the rehearsal hall earlier today. A wonderful facility. There are a series of rehearsal rooms, and some of them even have "floating" acoustic ceilings that can be modified at the touch of some buttons according to what type of group is rehearsing in each room.
I met Fran Liebergal, the conductor. I feel kind of honored to meet her. Such history with the show. She was the original pianist and associate conductor for the show. And, if I'm remembering correctly, she was with the show throughout it's entire run. While we were reviewing some cue todays - AND making corrections to the score - she would mention that "Well, Don Pippin always made sure..."... Very neat. And, of course, having Baayork Lee directing and choreographing... They are both "original cast" members of A Chorus Line. Definitely a sense of history in the air.
I also got to meet some of my "very pretty" - as Baayork says - cast. Looks like a fine bunch of people! And I mean "fine". ;) I get to hear them starting off with the opening number tomorrow afternoon. - And rehearsals don't start until 1:00 (which is great, I get to sleep in). We're also scheduled to hit one or two of the "Montages" as well as "Music and The Mirror". Can you say, "Dive in!"?
-Oh, and Baayork was also filling me in her cast for her upcoming Cinderella at New York City Opera. WOW!?!?! -I'm not sure if the casting has been publicly announced, so, I'm afraid I'm gonna have to refrain from announcing it here. -Just want to be careful... But, still... WOW!
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Oh... I didn't actually leave Richmond until 1:30AM last night/yesterday/this morning! I got into a packing AND cleaning AND cleaning(!) mode. I actually made some great progress on and in my room. And I even washed all my bed linens and towels so that I'll be able to come home to clean sheets and towels in four weeks. I emptied out the old fridge. I emptied out some old storage containers. I dusted. I vaccuumed. I cleaned.
I almost considered just leaving for DC in the morning, but I went ahead and left at 1:30 just so that I could get some sleep up in Fairfax at my parents' house.
Well, since it was Columbus Day, and, consequently, a Federal Holiday, my mother and father were off from work. When I got up, I was expecting to see them getting ready for work, but, nope, they were still in bed. My mom did get up and make coffee, but my father stayed in bed. I asked my Mom how my Dad was doing, and she said everything was fine. He just got the latest batch of test results back, and it's the cancer is not at Stage Three. -I guess they're working backwards.
On my way out of the house, I made a stop upstairs and said Bye to my dad... And then as I was getting ready to drive myself to the airport - my brother was going to pick up my car later at the airport later - my father ran out of the house, and offered to drive me. So, he did. That gesture made me feel very good about things. And it also gave us some time alone. We talked about my currents gigs, his current health, etc. Everything is good. It made coming out here to Houston a little less "preoccupied".
*Oh, and my second and final show of The Producers went very well. There was still that one lick that eluded me, but, otherwise, I had a very good show - and the audience at the matinee was very good too - we were a little worried since the typical Richmond Sunday matinee audience is comprised of people going out after their Sunday morning church service, and since the humor in The Producers can be very "adult" at times... But they loved it! All of it! The gay jokes! The Jewish jokes! The Hitler jokes! And they even got some of the more "in" theatre jokes! OH!!!!
-Older, distinguished looking gentleman comes over to the pit at Intermission:
"So, where do you guys go after Richmond?
--"Oh, we're locals. We don't travel with the show. Only the conductor and drummer travel."
"Really?!?!? You're locals? Why you guys sounded so good, I thought you were "Professionals" down there?!? I can't believe your locals?!?!?"
-"Umm... Thank You..." (trying very hard not to roll my eyes or come back with some not-so-witty retorte)
;)
-And, I received a very nice "compliment" from the assistant conductor after the show. He mentioned that they would be playing Raleigh in a few weeks, but that they hadn't yet lined up the local sub for that city, and would I be interested in coming down to play the show there? :) I would love to do it again - now that I can "relax" with the show, but it overlaps with the closing weekend of A Chorus Line here, so... But that "compliment" made my weekend.
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And on the personal front...
In the midst of my packing and cleaning on Sunday night, Steve and I ended up getting together for dinner again. I was getting hungry, and just wanted to take a break from the packing and cleaning. I originally was planning to see my friend, Mark, but he got side-tracked at an Open House he was running that day - it seems he sold the house that day! So, after he cancelled, I just decided to give Steve a call. And we met for dinner at one of our old stand-bys. It was a nice dinner. Another very nice dinner.
Let's just say, that "something is in the air"... Again. We shall see...
:)
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As for libations... Like other DRs, I can go for months, even a year or two without having a "grown up beverage", but when I do: Gin & Tonic (usually Tanqueray), Amaretto Sour, Whiskey Sour, Tequila Sunrise, White Russian, Black Russian, Scotch (single-malt, and usually with a single small "neat ice" cube in it - just enough to slightly chill it, and "water it down" just enough for me), beer (light, dark, wheat)... Wine... all depends. Reds used to give me headaches, but then I "discovered" "good Reds". White wines - steel-aged Chardonnays (I don't like drinking "oak"), Sancerre(!), Pinot Grigio, etc. But still, I'd say I average 10 drinks a year. Sometimes I have those ten drinks in a span of two weeks. Othertimes, I have them over the span of the whole year.
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Was that at least a "frenz"?
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Man, where in tarnation IS everyone?
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WUSSBURGERS have left us out to dry.
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I wish I'd read your Jacuzzi theory prior to tonight's excursion.
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Oh, well, the WUSSBURGERS have left us out to dry - not very sporting when you think about it.
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Not very sporting at all. Oh, well, new notes to post.
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I wish I'd read your Jacuzzi theory prior to tonight's excursion.
Well, as Mr. Sondheim said in Merrily We Roll Along..."Now you know!"