Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 5 => Topic started by: bk on February 06, 2006, 12:15:39 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, you know how I tried to pull a fast one, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're pulling a fast one, and it's udder nonsense.
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And the word of the day is: APRAXIA!
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BK, in your musical theater workshop, have you considered a section on how to choose an audition song and/or monologue?
Whenever I've auditioned for a show that I know (or can find out about...I've never auditioned for a completely new show, except for the Stardust shows here in Olympia, but they're all set in the 1940s, so the music is easy to pick and I knew the director/author), I have tried to pick a song that at least sort of fits with the show, if not a specific character that I might go for. I've been to a few auditions where the show is (well, in one actual instance) set in the 1940s and they used actual 1940s songs but the auditioner sang something like Janis Joplin's "Piece of My Heart." (I'm not kidding.)
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At 5:52am there are 8 guests! Who is guesting at 5:52am??? I'm actually up very early because Anthony got up to go get on line to get his VITA tax appointment. Equity, SAG and AFTRA members in NY can get their taxes done for free by VITA volunteers. He goes every year. It's almost like an audition because people get to the building around 6am and wait for the appointment office to open (at 9am). Usually by noon or 1pm all the appointments are gone and then your only choice is to come as a "walk-in" where you're squeezed in if someone misses or cancels their appointment.
I'm going to take a shower now. I'll see you at the office.
Hmm, third post at 5:56. Another slow day?
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Thanks for the info about the stories, MR BK.
APRAXIA! I think I had a 1964 Apraxia convertible!
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Looking forward to seeing DRJOSE's closing night DAMN YANKEES photos.
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The Move of DR CILLA LIZ continues....somewhere in Iowa a plumber is getting dressed and has no idea his day will be spoken about on the most popular site on all of the internet!
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I second DRGEORGE's idea of "how to find an APPROPRIATE audition song." The whole audition process - what to wear, how to act and respond to questions, be on time-ness - is a great subject for the workshop.
I will also add - it might be nice to see a session on why a song works or doesn't work - and how to "spot" a song in a musical....example why a wonderful song like "The Rain In Spain" works WHERE it is in MY FAIR LADY and why it could NEVER come AFTER a song like I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT.
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I am SINGLE. I was in a relationship for about two years with a very nice woman named Anne. This ended in 1986....twenty years ago.
I just did not like being part of a couple or needing to tell someone else when and/or where I was going to be....or worrying if I was going to be late.
I like being single, of course I miss having a certain someone to do things with - to talk about important things with - and to enjoy life with - but that's just the way it is. Relationships are very important and very HARD work - I don't imagine that I will ever enjoy the benefits or endure the hardships of one again.
THAT being said, I will probably meet someone tomorrow and elope to Galveston..... But that, as they say, is a story for another day.
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I am also very difficult to get along with.
Which reminds me of the joke about the "wanted" ad in Russia:
"Young single farmer looking for single woman with tractor for marriage. Please send photo of tractor."
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Pulling a fast one is much easier than pushing a fast one.
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Good morning, all! And a special one to you, DR JRand55; you put a smile on my face today, from Luana Anders to tractors. Thank you.
I'm on the proverbial horns of a dilemma today over whether to call Fed Ex and tell them to return the package they will attempt to deliver tomorrow. I believe I shall do so, but I also worry about damaging the relationship with the music printing company from whom I buy paper. On the other side, if they'd responded to my two inquiries on where this shipment was and sent me a tracking number, I might have alerted Fed Ex on Friday to make other pickup arrangements.
i have to write today and hand this piece in this evening. Oy!
TOD: I believe we make our beds. I don't particularly like being single but I didn't particularly love being in a relationship either. My love life has always been rather disastrous, and I suspect I give off signals that I prefer to be alone to bitch about being single. Enough said.
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DR George (or anyone else who watches Grey's Anatomy), last night you mentioned the code black. They were advertising this big time on the SuperBowl last night and everyone was wondering what the heck it meant.
Can someone who watched last night's show tell me!
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DR Jose, unmarked police cars are allowed to pull people over for speeding? I don't think we have that here. And I don't like the idea. Yeah sure there are those idiots who drive like maniacs who deserve to be pulled over. But I think mostly the cops pull people over for driving just slightly above the speed limit. And I think it's at least fair to be able to see the car.
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Always glad to oblige, DRELMORE.
Yes DRJENNIFER - unmarked cars are VERY successful in pulling over speeders and other lawbreakers. And like DRJOSE, I am always glad to see it happen to someone who is BREAKING THE LAW and making our roads even more dangerous.
What would be nice is if I had my OWN road to everyplace I wanted to go.
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Jennifer - i second your not liking the idea of unmarked cars being able to pull people over. Besides the reasons you gave, I'd add that there are a lot of crazy people in the world who could get hold of a police badge or siren and pull someone over in the guise of a traffic stop. I think having people be pulled over by unofficial cars could lead to disaster if someone who wanted to commit a crime got the idea of pulling people over masquerading as cops.
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My last major relationship ended in 1994. I am currently single but still date off and on which works fine for me at this time in my life. I am not on any search for Mr. Right, but if he were to come along, and could stand to watch my crazy movies, then we might make a keen couple!
My life is content as it is but I am always open to positive change.
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Donald is back! Hooray! His show this week is about the Grammy nominated Best Musical CDs. It's great. If you are able to listen, go there now.
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Good morning!
Cloudy skies this morning and very chilly with highs expected to go no higher than 50 (and probably not that). I would like to take a walk today, but I'll see what the weather is doing later and then decide. Looks iffy.
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Last night, I recorded off TCM Mae West's first starring movie SHE DONE HIM WRONG (she had been a supporting player in NIGHT AFTER NIGHT even though she stole the movie from George Raft.) I recorded it because I had noticed in Universal's announcement of the upcoming Mae West DVD boxed set, SHE DONE HIM WRONG was not among the titles. I don't know if there are rights issues with it or what, but it wasn't included in the Mae West laserdisc box either back in the 1990s.
I have only seen the film once all the way through, so I'm really looking forward to watching it today.
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Oh, boy, relationships. I've been in two long running ones, and each ended (I thought) not due to any wrongdoing on my part. Having been hurt twice with these partnerships, I have been very wary to get involved again with anyone. I have enjoyed having the freedom to make my own choices independent of anyone else's feelings or interests, and I'm afraid I've gotten a bit spoiled about that after so long a time.
I spent a great deal of my childhood alone, so being by myself has never been a problem. I will admit there are times when things look black or problems arise that it would be nice to have someone close to really confide in who really had a vested interest in one's life, more than my wonderful dear friends have. But I've found that those troublesome things tend to sort themselves out and then one is grateful for the solitude and peace that comes with not having anyone else to worry about. So, having a partner is a two-way street for sure with pluses and minuses for me.
Since I am currently dating someone now with a potential interest in its getting serious, who knows what the future will bring? I do know I'll have to consider very, very seriously all the ramifications of losing some of the freedom of choice and privacy that comes with having someone deeply in one's life.
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Jennifer - i second your not liking the idea of unmarked cars being able to pull people over. Besides the reasons you gave, I'd add that there are a lot of crazy people in the world who could get hold of a police badge or siren and pull someone over in the guise of a traffic stop. I think having people be pulled over by unofficial cars could lead to disaster if someone who wanted to commit a crime got the idea of pulling people over masquerading as cops.
This has happened here.
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DRS JENNIFER and FJL - while the cars do NOT have the regular markings of the State or Local Police - they do have the official Red/Blue flashing lights and sirens - the lights are in the front grill and back windows and are unable to be seen until they are activated.
Believe me - when you see them, you know they are OFFICIAL POLICE cars and NOT impersonators.
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And even "slightly above" the speed limit IS against the law.
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We're hearing from all the singles - how about the couples? Where ARE the couples?
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Single people always have to be to work earlier.
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That should get SOME kind of a response. :)
I am going to watch DOODLEBOPS this morning so that I can understand what this is all about.
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The contestants on THE PRICE IS RIGHT (even the guys) seem to look okayl under those lights.... Do they use a special lighting system so that the ordinary people look okay even without TV MAKEUP? Or is TV MAKEUP even used anymore?
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We're hearing from all the singles - how about the couples? Where ARE the couples?
The couples are canoodling
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Shortly after we were married, my DH took a job with the postal service, which required him to work nights and weekends. I think most wives with night-shift husbands learn early on to do stuff on their own. Now that he's working days again, I still do stuff on my own and he does stuff on his own. We each have plenty of space to pursue our own interests. That's how we make it work.
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I'm having lunch with best friend John this afternoon, so I need to head down and start to get ready.
WBBL.
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And even "slightly above" the speed limit IS against the law.
Yes, but here at least the speed limits are "interesting". On the highways the speed limit is 100km/hr (60). But everyone goes 110. Now if they pulled people over for going 110 then every single person would get a ticket.
Also on the expressway the speed limit is 70km/hr. It is actually impossible to go 70, since this road is basically a highway. If you went 70, someone would probably hit you. Everyone drives 100km the same as the highway.
Also on the service roads the speed limit is 50km/hr. Now most people go faster. I think the slowest (me) would go 60-70. Now I wouldn't be opposed to someone going 90km getting a ticket. But i would think it was quite unfair if someone going 60 got a ticket, since everyone else on the road would be speeding right past them!
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Page Two Groundhog Dance!!!
(OK, only a few days late!)
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So laws can be broken in degrees now?
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I'm just kidding you, DRJENNIFER. I know these things happen! I often drive over the speed limit as well...but I could NEVER offer as a defense....but everyone else is speeding, too.
The policeman would just say, but I stopped YOU.
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Humor, Violence Rule Super Bowl Ads
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060206/ap_on_en_tv/super_bowl_ads
I'm curious which commercials people liked. They are all able to be viewed (it's on yahoo's main page).
I didn't see them all since I had to help with the food, and i was taking care of a baby. I heard the Burger King one was good (and watched it online).
I'd say the ones that got the most reaction at the party were:
1)Dove - it was about self-esteem for girls and then men thought it was so lame.
2)FedEx - with a caveman getting stomped. The men loved this and and were laughing hysterically.
3) There was also a car one with a robot and a dinosaur falling in love that was popular.
Oh did anyone see the commercial for LOST. That was excellent. It is online too at ifilm. It basically looked like they were showing scenes from the show. A few of the castmates looked like they found a video and were watching it. Then there was music. Gosh i'm not describing it well. I will put up the link. It was really well done.
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MR BK (or other performing HHW'ers) have you ever done a show at CBS Television City....and isn't it in your very own neighborhood?
I just realized that for TPIR, they have to light an ENTIRE studio - stage AND audience! That must be one HOT place! And is the Bob Barker Studio the old Judy Garland Show studio? Or is it a new one?
Has any other DR ever been to lovely CBS Television City? The first time I saw a photograph of it, I thought it was the closest thing the Heaven Right Here on Terra Firma...next to Disneyland, where I thought the Mouseketeers lived!
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I'm just kidding you, DRJENNIFER. I know these things happen! I often drive over the speed limit as well...but I could NEVER offer as a defense....but everyone else is speeding, too.
The policeman would just say, but I stopped YOU.
Things might be different where you are. You could not be stopped for going 10km over the limit. And I don't think you should be.
My point was just that if you are going 60 instead of 50 and everyone else is going 90. Well it would be stupid and wrong for them to pull you over.
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Here's the page with the Super Bowl ads including LOST.
http://www.ifilm.com/superbowl?htv=12
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I haven't responded to the topic of the day because I need to think about it. I'll post something later.
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I was wondering what everyone was talking about (being single and couples) and then i went and looked at the notes (which i was sure i read). But i had not read them. :(
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Musical Theater Workshop issue: Among the things that stand out in BK-produced albums are the sterling performances of songs by the singers.
Too often -- all too often -- this is not the case in other albums/performances: One hears someone sing a song with no interest in what the song is saying but in glorifying the voice's best notes.
I discovered this to be true in the stage production of "White Christmas" playing in San Francisco this past November-December. A hustand-wife team played the Crosby-Clooney roles...and both favored their voices' "grace notes" over proper emphasis...in other words, awkward phrasing resulted because they put emphasis/power on certain notes, rather than on certain words within the songs they sang.
Perhaps that might be something to touch upon in a workshop.
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Monday morning greetings! It is still morning, isn't it? Today is my day off, because I work this coming Saturday, and it's the first day in a long time that I haven't had appointments, commitments, etc. Nice to have a puttering day.
TOD - I agree with DR DearReaderLaura, that two independent people make a good couple. Otherwise, I'd repeat my favorite movie line, from Shakespeare in Love, "It's a mystery!"
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MR BK (or other performing HHW'ers) have you ever done a show at CBS Television City....and isn't it in your very own neighborhood?
I just realized that for TPIR, they have to light an ENTIRE studio - stage AND audience! That must be one HOT place! And is the Bob Barker Studio the old Judy Garland Show studio? Or is it a new one?
Has any other DR ever been to lovely CBS Television City? The first time I saw a photograph of it, I thought it was the closest thing the Heaven Right Here on Terra Firma...next to Disneyland, where I thought the Mouseketeers lived!
CBS Radford is in my neighborhood. Television City is over the hill, next to the legendary Farmer's Market and now The Grove.
I did indeed work there, for about twelve weeks, for that is where we did the Dinah Shore and Her New Best Friends Show. It was a dream come true for me, since I'd been to Television City many times as a kid, to see all sorts of TV shows in which there were live audiences. I saw Art Linkletter, and many quiz shows there, and several Danny Kaye shows. I went to Red Skelton a lot, too, but I believe he taped his show over at what was then the Chaplin Studios on La Brea, just prior to A&M's purchase of the property.
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The interpretation of musical theater songs will be strongly worked on - that's what I love doing in the studio, getting the best out of people and the way they're doing the song, and I think that what I have to offer in that area is unique, so we'll be doing a lot of that. Also on my list is some time to discuss auditioning, and what songs not to do and what songs seem to work best, etc. I also plan to have the kids do not only songs, but the scenes that lead into the songs, so that they understand that that transition has to be seamless and that the character doesn't suddenly go away when they start singing the song - I've been pretty surprised occasionally when major performers just start singing in a totally different way than they've been playing the character, as if one had nothing to do with the other.
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Wow today's topic is a doozy and it's almost making me cry. My significant other is many miles away and that is hard. But it's even harder because he was robbed on Friday night ($1100) and he's a mess.
It makes me feel sick that there are people out there who steal.
I just hope that somehow some good karma will find its way to CJ.
Good vibes to him. I wish there was something I could do. This really sucks.
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CBS Radford is in my neighborhood. Television City is over the hill, next to the legendary Farmer's Market and now The Grove.
I did indeed work there, for about twelve weeks, for that is where we did the Dinah Shore and Her New Best Friends Show. It was a dream come true for me, since I'd been to Television City many times as a kid, to see all sorts of TV shows in which there were live audiences. I saw Art Linkletter, and many quiz shows there, and several Danny Kaye shows. I went to Red Skelton a lot, too, but I believe he taped his show over at what was then the Chaplin Studios on La Brea, just prior to A&M's purchase of the property.
Benjamin Kritzer lived the childhood I wanted! LOL 8)
When did Danny Kaye start doing his show in Hollywood? I thought he taped in NYC for a season or two?
Who had the best warm-up? ;D
Oh, it's NOT ASK BK day! :P
I turned on THE DOODLEBOPS, but it seems to be an animated series with some weird animals that look like things from THE LION KING (which I haven't seen).....
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After many years of thinking somewhere there's a someone...after a three-year relationship, and several shorter ones...I came to realize that I tend to suppress my own interests/tastes to complement/please the other person. This is, ultimately, a disaster for me because no one should suppress parts of his or her personality for anyone.
So, I'm a loner. By choice.
I love having friends...I love being involved in projects with lots of people...but then I must retreat to solitude to gather my wits.
No one else I've met likes the movies/music I love as much as I do...and certainly cannot sit transfixed as long as I can while watching/listening to same.
I cannot be endlessly amused by absolutely nothing...and sadly, that's not true of most folks I've encountered.
And that's okay!
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Good vibes for DRJENNIFER'S SO!! What a terrible thing!
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TOD: Sense of humor. If you laugh together, you'll stay together.
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Doodlebops isn't animated - it's live action, with a couple of puppet characters thrown in.
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As far as I know, Danny's CBS show was always done at Television City. I don't really remember the warmups, except for one - Carl Reiner's on The Dick Van Dyke show - that was great.
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I met Vixdad In September of 1986, we were engaged in February of 1987 and we married in October of 1987.
I can't imagine him not being there. He makes me laugh.
We don't share every single aspect of our lives, we each have separate interests and allow each other the time and space to pursue them. he doesn't attend church with the Vixter and me, we don't go to his role-playing games... but we tell each other stories about what happened there. And we do things together. We share books and talk about them. We share movies and talk about them. We go out to eat. We play boardgames. We watch TV shows and talk about them.
We talk about our childhoods
We don't yell at each other because one of us had to work late. (and we call each other to say we will be late)
We don't try to make each other over into our "ideal mate' we just accept each other for what we are and enjoy the person we have.
We do things we don't particularly care for, because the other person likes it, and because it is important to them.
We are nice our respective inlaws and when one of them says something stupid, cruel or unthinking we ignore it look past it and don't blame our partner for it.
I don't yell at him for leaving the tea bags in the sink and staining it (again!) and he doesn't yell at me because I left hair in his hairbrush (again!) or stole his black socks (again)
We don't end a phone call or leave the house or go to bed without saying "I love you"
and that is my contribution to the TOD
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What would be nice is if I had my OWN road to everyplace I wanted to go.
A lot of the drivers on the LIE seem to believe they have aready aquired this
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The chocolate rice krispies footballs I made yesterday were a success.
The only problem i had was 1) how to shape them into footballs. And 2) how to put the icing on to make the stripes.
The recipe did not help!
But luckily I found an egg shaped mold which worked. I can't say i had as much luck with the icing! :)
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DR Vixmom that was really lovely.
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The Vixter has had control of the computer because she has been working on her powerpoint presentation for her social studies class. I probably won't get 'home access" again until Friday!
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We went to "Narnia" Saturday evening. We loved it.
Nexct on our "must see" list... Nanny McPhee!
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MattH... I am glad things seem to working out with the fella!
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Doodlebops isn't animated - it's live action, with a couple of puppet characters thrown in.
My listing must be wrong.... 8)
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Very nice reading about the HHW'ers who are "couples."
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For the TOD, I think I'm going to steal one of vixmom's thoughts and perhaps add a little more later on when I have a chance to really think about it:
We don't try to make each other over into our "ideal mate' we just accept each other for what we are and enjoy the person we have.
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Ah - yes, The Danny Kaye Show was indeed ALWAYS taped in Hollywood. After looking at a few books, it was The Judy Garland Show that had been tentatively planned for New York Production, but that plan didn't get much past the discussion stage....Kaye, Skelton, and Garland were ALL ensconced at Television City for the 1963 season. Jack Benny was also at CBS.....
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MR BK - which episodes of THE DICK VAN DYKE show did you see being filmed? Stories?
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The Danny Kaye Show Page Three Dance.
(http://www.cfhf.net/lyrics/images/danny-kaye1.jpg)
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The Dove commercial from yesterday's SuperBowl featured Long Island's own Nassau County Girl Scout Choir!
(the Vixter is not a member as we live in Suffolk County and therefore she is not eligible)
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Good Morning! Good Afternon!
...Just woke up... And it looks like a beautiful day outside here in Richmond... Although, I can feel a bit of a chill in the air. In any case, I think I'm gonna get ready for my run. I shall catch up and post as part of my cool down in a few hours.
:)
Laters...
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Re yesterday's half-time show
Vixdad and I wondered how Mick Jagger stayed so thin. We thought it funny how the TV cameras made it seem that the band consisted of only four members, the keyboard player and the bass player were totally ignored by the cameras.
We wondered out loud if the last refrain from "Start Me Up' would include the lyric "You make a dead man come"
What we heard on Channel 7 ABC TV in NY was "You make a dead man [dead air]"
OH! Just found this snippet online
NEW YORK - They may not have flashed any body parts — except for Mick Jagger’s well-toned stomach — but the Rolling Stones made ABC glad editors were on duty for the Super Bowl halftime show.
Two sexually explicit lyrics were excised from the rock legends’ performance Sunday. The only song to avoid the editor was “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” a 41-year-old song about sexual frustration.
In “Start Me Up,” the show’s editors silenced one word, a reference to a woman’s sexual sway over a dead man. The lyrics for “Rough Justice” included a synonym for rooster that the network also deemed worth cutting out.
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We thought the "H3" commercial was appropriate as we believe HumVees have no more business being on the public roadways than Godzilla or a Giant Robot, and they are about as dangerous.
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Well if the DOODLEBOPS have an Uncle Gizmo who talks like Elvis, I saw it!
Cute.
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DR Vixmom - you are a wise and articulate woman! I especially like the parts about each partner having activities independent of the other and about sometimes doing things together that are more of interest to one partner or the other.
Cokie and Steve Roberts wrote a book about their long-term relationship titled From This Day Forward. One thing I remember is Steve saying that relationship success is measured by the number of teeth marks in your tongue.
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Good vibes for DRJENNIFER'S SO!! What a terrible thing!
Thank you DR Jrand.
It would be bad enough for this to happen to anyone. But part of this money was for his rent.
I just wish that there was something I could do. :(
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Re yesterday's half-time show
Vixdad and I wondered how Mick Jagger stayed so thin. We thought it funny how the TV cameras made it seem that the band consisted of only four members, the keyboard player and the bass player were totally ignored by the cameras.
I wonder why they didn't feature a more contemporary singer!
Most of the people I watched with did not care for the half-time show. And they thought the group looked ancient. It was pretty bad in HD!
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Mick Jagger in non-HD tv is scary enough! LOL!
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No Uncle Gizmo on The Doodlebops. I'm in the editing room, on here via Safari as AOL will not load this morning, at least here - it did on Friday so it's the usual AOL stupidity, I have no doubt.
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Cokie and Steve Roberts wrote a book about their long-term relationship titled From This Day Forward. One thing I remember is Steve saying that relationship success is measured by the number of teeth marks in your tongue.
Thanks! I like that quote! I think that is as appropriate with any relationship you treasure and want to preserve.
While there a may be momentary "high" from releasing your pent up annoyance and frustration , I believe in the long run it can cause scars to the relationship that will never heal.
Some things are just better left unsaid
(I bet you never thought you'd hear a chatty cathy like me admit to that!)
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I wonder why they didn't feature a more contemporary singer!
Most of the people I watched with did not care for the half-time show. And they thought the group looked ancient. It was pretty bad in HD!
I wonder if there is one "contemporary singer" who will still have a career 40 years from now. Of course they looked ancient - Mick Jagger & Keith Richards are both 63, and they lived through WWII in England as children which means insufficient,food, medicine, vitamins etc, and worse yet they lived through the 60's & 70's with mass consumption of drugs and booze !! :D ::)
While I admit the songs weren't my favorite Stone's numbers and the accoustics weren't all that could be desired I think they were better than Janet Jackson and the guy who ripped on her shirt (what was his name again?) were a couple of yeqrs ago!
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Jennifer
~~~~VIBES~~~~ to your SO.
Was he mugged? Is he ok?
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What comes around goes around dept
(Happy version!)
Call it a simple twist of fate — times two: A teenager in western New York state has saved the life of the same woman who years ago saved his life.
Seven years ago, Kevin Stephan of Lancaster, N.Y., was a bat boy for his younger brother’s Little League baseball team. A player who was warming up accidentally hit him in the chest with a bat. Kevin’s heart stopped beating.
“All I remember is that I dropped the bat off, and all of a sudden just got hit in the chest with something, and I turned around and passed out,” Stephan said.
Fortunately, a nurse whose son played on that team was able to revive him and save his life.
“I started CPR on him and he came back,” Penny Brown said.
Stephan’s mother said he was extremely fortunate. Brown was supposed to be at work that night, but was given the day off at the last minute.
Now comes the really interesting part.
Last week that same nurse was eating at the Hillview Restaurant in Depew, N.Y., when she began to choke on her food. Witnesses say patrons were screaming for someone to help her.
“The food wasn’t going anywhere and I totally couldn’t breathe,” Penny said. “It was very frightening.”
Doing the Heimlich
Restaurant employees yelled for Stephan to come out and help. “They knew I was a volunteer firefighter and they called me over and I did the Heimlich, and I guess you could say I saved Mrs. Brown,” Stephan said.
At the restaurant, they realized the amazing twist of fate they had just witnessed. Seven years ago, Brown had saved Stephan's life. Now at age 17, he had returned the favor.
“It's almost unbelievable,” said Stephan, who is also an Eagle Scout.
“The fact that it has been two individuals, that you know, helped eachother out in a pretty dire situation, it's pretty extraordinary,” Brown said.
On Saturday, the two met again at the Bowmansville, N.Y., Fire Hall where Stephan is a junior firefighter. He presented her with a bouquet of flowers, and his parents were also there to greet Brown.
Points to value of knowing CPR
Officials with the American Red Cross in Buffalo said this story highlights the importance of receiving training in first aid and CPR.
Judith Rucki from the Red Cross’ Buffalo office said, “We always ask people, if someone in the cubicle next to you went into cardiac arrest, do you know what to do?”
The man who trained Stephan at the fire hall, Dan Curtis, said he was trained by the American Red Cross.
“He called to thank me for teaching him what I taught him in order to be able to do what he did at the restaurant,” Curtis said. “It was just incredible. And as an instructor, you can't get a better compliment than that — when somebody in the civilian world takes what they learn in a four-hour CPR class and actually uses it to save someone's life.”
The Red Cross is planning an award presentation for Stephan, and so are the Boy Scouts.
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Vixmom did present the couple side very well.
I've been in two serious relationships in my adult life. Many of you have met Anthony. He's the second and we've been together 10 years.
The first was also long (9 years). It ended for many reasons but during the good years it was much like Vixmom said, give and take and communication and realizing that your partner is not the same as you and respecting the differences. Now that we have been apart for 15 years we are good friends, something I never ever thought we would be in in 1991 as it was all falling apart around my ears. I'm glad that we had 9 years together but we make better friends than lovers.
I think part of the reason for our (Anthony and me) success is that we didn't live together for a long time. We met in August of 1995 and began dating but he lived on Long Island and had a busy weekend party entertainment business so he didn't come into the city very often. We spoke almost every day but he was on the Island and I was in the city. When we spent time together it was exciting and appreciated. He's been living in the city now for about 4 years and I think we appreciate each other more because we didn't rush into anything.
As Vixmom said, we also have different lives in many ways. Even though Anthony is the "active" actor, I'm the one who goes to the theatre. He rarely goes, even when we get free tickets. I can't imagine not going to the theatre. Even without the BBC Radio gig I would still go to the theatre frequently. I may love all things British, but I confess, mysteries bore me to death (there, I've said and I'm glad). Anthony loves them. He watches Monk and PBS and British mysteries and some of those A&E shows (I don't remember the names) and that's great. He can also get sucked into a Lifetime Movie network film faster than quicksand. I just go in the other room and read or do something on the computer. I enjoy his family and he likes my crazy brothers and sisters and he doesn't even have to. He's an only child so that whole interaction between siblings was a new thing to him.
I think another reason we are happy together is neither one of us was looking at the time for anything (or anyone) so that pressure was gone. We were introduced by a friend and it went from there. I wasn't looking for Mr. Right (or Mr. Right Away) but I found him through a friend.
And one more political statement before I get back to work. Even though much of the world doesn't accept the definition or the relationship I feel as if we are married. If anyone (no one here, I'm not ranting at you people) disagrees, tough sh*t. It's not your business and you can't define my family and my "marriage. Perhaps you can insert some legal bulls*** to assuage your moral outrage at my defiance but again, I don't give a rat's behind what you think. You are not part of our life and we will live happily as husband and husband knowing that we are secure in our past, present and future.
Enough said.
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...I may love all things British, but I confess, mysteries bore me to death (there, I've said and I'm glad). Anthony loves them. He watches Monk and PBS and British mysteries and some of those A&E shows (I don't remember the names) and that's great....
LOL, DR Ben! British series mysteries are one of those things my DH Richard loves and I watch with him from time to time, just to be companionable. He does the same with me during some Michigan football games and televised figure skating!
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Great story, DRVIXMOM! Can you imagine Loni Anderson and Fred Savage in the Lifetime movie?!!
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Well said, DRBEN.
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No Uncle Gizmo on The Doodlebops. I'm in the editing room, on here via Safari as AOL will not load this morning, at least here - it did on Friday so it's the usual AOL stupidity, I have no doubt.
Well....then....I have watched three programs on the Disney Channel today and still have NOT seen THE DOODLEBOPS. :P
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Jennifer
~~~~VIBES~~~~ to your SO.
Was he mugged? Is he ok?
Thanks for the vibes. Physically he is okay and no he was not mugged. So I'm happy about that. But he is very upset and withdrawn and I'm worried.
I guess you would say he was pick-pocketed although not from his wallet in his back pocket. He very rarely carries money on him, but he had just gotten some money (and was going to put it in the bank). He had it in his front pocket so that nobody could take it from his wallet.
Women have purses, but all men have are wallets which they keep in their back pockets!
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Shimmy Shimmy Cocoa Pop
Shimmy Shimmy Pop
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Well....then....I have watched three programs on the Disney Channel today and still have NOT seen THE DOODLEBOPS. :P
http://www.doodlebops.com/EN-US/index.html
Here, Jack. so you will recognize a doodlebop when you see one!! :D
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Good day, all...greetings from hell. Erm...work.
I made it in from Boston last night with minor scheduling issues, but nothing more than that. Julie and I had fun and lots and lots of chocolate chip cookies. God, I love her...
TOD: I desperately want to be in love and I desperately want to have a relationship, which probably means I shouldn't have either right now. Desparation is not a pretty color on anybody. In any case, I would love to be in love. I'm nearly 30 and I'm tired of being alone. I have the most amazing friends in the world - and they've proven themselves many, many times in the last few weeks - but I'm ready for something more than just a friendship. I'm a romantic - I want the walks in the park and the snuggling on the couch watching a movie and the finding out that so-and-so squeezes the toothpaste tube from the middle and leaves the toilet seat up. I even know who I want, but I'm too chicken to go for it. I'm working on that, though.
Hell, even just a date at this point would be nice. Dinner and a movie...
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Well....then....I have watched three programs on the Disney Channel today and still have NOT seen THE DOODLEBOPS. :P
Have you looked at the schedule? :)
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Amazon just informed me it has shipped:
"Ryan's Daughter" on DVD
Why oh why do I love this overwrought David Lean film so much?????
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Shimmy Shimmy Cocoa Pop
Shimmy Shimmy Pop
Great. Now look what's going through my head
Oh ! Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh - ah!
Oh ! Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh - ah!
Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko-Bop
Shimmy Shimmy Bop
Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko-Bop
Shimmy Shimmy Bop
Sittin' in a native hut
All alone and blue
Sittin' in a native hut
Wonderin' what to do
Along came a native girl
Did a native dance
It was like in paradise
Put me in a trance
Going
Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko-Bop
Shimmy Shimmy Bop
Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko-Bop
Shimmy Shimmy Bop
Joined her in her dancin' spree
Felt my spine a-tingle
Held her tight and close to me
Man I'm glad I'm single
Then she showed me what to do
First I was amazed
Soon I learned a step or two
Put me in a daze
Going
Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko-Bop
Shimmy Shimmy Bop
Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko-Bop
Shimmy Shimmy Bop
Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko-Bop
Shimmy Shimmy Bop
You can do the ko-ko-bop
Now's no time to stop
Left foot forward right one back
Bring them side by side
Uh syncopate your last two steps
Now you're going to glide
Keep along the rhythm track
Girls please show 'em how
Now you start to arch your back
Man you got it now
Going
Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko-Bop
Shimmy Shimmy Bop
Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko-Bop
Shimmy Shimmy Bop
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Guess that's the page four dance!
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Did nobody see Grey's Anatomy last night? I still wanna know what a code black is!
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***Grey's Anatomy SPOILER***
A code black is an active explosive on hospital grounds. I won't go into it any further as next week's episode is a continuation and I don't want to spoil anything for anyone.
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GREY'S ANATOMY SPOILER FROM LAST NIGHT'S SHOW.
***Grey's Anatomy SPOILER***
A code black is an active explosive on hospital grounds. I won't go into it any further as next week's episode is a continuation and I don't want to spoil anything for anyone.
Thanks. But can you put spoiler space and say exactly what happened last night. The commercials were very intriguing. And I bet a lot of people watched the show who hadn't seen it before.
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GREY'S ANATOMY SPOILER FROM LAST NIGHT'S SHOW.Thanks. But can you put spoiler space and say exactly what happened last night. The commercials were very intriguing. And I bet a lot of people watched the show who hadn't seen it before.
OK....BIG "Grey's Anatomy" spoiler(s):
Dr Bailey has gone into labor. Her husband was en route to the hospital to be with her and was in a severe car accident and is in the middle of brain surgery now with Dr. Shepard.
While all that was going on, another accident victim came into the ER with a large hole in his abdomen. Special guest star Christina Ricci, as a 22-year old EMT, had her hand shoved into the hole to stop his bleeding. According to information provided by the victim's wife and friend, he had constructed a WWII bazooka replica which had misfired into his chest. The bazooka explosive hadn't detonated, so basically Ms. Ricci was holding the bomb steady in his chest cavity and Code Black was called, evacuating the surgical wing of the hospital. Dr. Shepard, however, refused to evacuate in the middle of Dr. Bailey's husband's surgery.
At the end of the episode, Christina Ricci's character freaked out and pulled her hand out of the cavity, even though she knew it meant the building might blow. It didn't blow up, though. The camera cut to Meredith, who had stuck her hand in the cavity when Ricci pulled out.
What happens? Watch next week to find out...
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Have you looked at the schedule? :)
That's how I saw the WRONG shows! 8)
Thanks DRVIXMOM now I will reocgnize said DOODLEBOPS! ;D
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Big GREY'S ANATOMY SPOILERS FROM LAST NIGHT'S SHOW.
DR JASON WROTE:
Dr Bailey has gone into labor. Her husband was en route to the hospital to be with her and was in a severe car accident and is in the middle of brain surgery now with Dr. Shepard.
While all that was going on, another accident victim came into the ER with a large hole in his abdomen. Special guest star Christina Ricci, as a 22-year old EMT, had her hand shoved into the hole to stop his bleeding. According to information provided by the victim's wife and friend, he had constructed a WWII bazooka replica which had misfired into his chest. The bazooka explosive hadn't detonated, so basically Ms. Ricci was holding the bomb steady in his chest cavity and Code Black was called, evacuating the surgical wing of the hospital. Dr. Shepard, however, refused to evacuate in the middle of Dr. Bailey's husband's surgery.
At the end of the episode, Christina Ricci's character freaked out and pulled her hand out of the cavity, even though she knew it meant the building might blow. It didn't blow up, though. The camera cut to Meredith, who had stuck her hand in the cavity when Ricci pulled out.
What happens? Watch next week to find out...
Thanks.
One more question though. Since i know the actors on the show but not their characters names, who plays each role?
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Amazon just informed me it has shipped:
"Ryan's Daughter" on DVD
Why oh why do I love this overwrought David Lean film so much?????
Story, scenery, acting, and music! It shouldn't work....but it does! I am also a fan of this....movie! 8)
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Ohh ohh ohh ohh....Mr Kotter!
If several of the students in your Musical Theatre Class may be students, please teach them that musicals did not start with RENT! That RENT is NOT the best musical ever ever ever and everyone should love it, because it was the FIRST MUSICAL EVER to speak to MY generation....EVER!!! And it is THE BEST!!!
Please.
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I think its funny that they had to edit out words on the Super Bowl in 2005 for a song that was played on the radio unedited 25 years ago.
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Oh, and that the contestants and "winners" on American Idol are doing anything that remotely resembles singing (with a couple of exceptions).
And NEVER mention Mariah Carey's name, thank you.
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I think its funny that they had to edit out words on the Super Bowl in 2005 for a song that was played on the radio unedited 25 years ago.
At least there was no wardrobe malfunction. :o :P
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Big GREY'S ANATOMY SPOILERS FROM LAST NIGHT'S SHOW
DR JASON WROTE:Thanks.
One more question though. Since i know the actors on the show but not their characters names, who plays each role?
From the show's website:
Ellen Pompeo = Meredith Grey
Patrick Dempsey = Derek Shepherd
James Pickens Jr. = Richard Webber
T.R. Knight = George O'Malley
Sandra Oh = Cristina Yang
Katherine Heigl = Isobel "Izzie" Stevens
Chandra Wilson = Miranda Bailey
Isaiah Washington = Preston Burke
Justin Chambers= Dr. Alex Karev
Kate Walsh = Dr. Addison Shepherd
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DR RODZINSKI this is the weekend of the BIG Silouan Concert!
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The Punk and I had a great visit with Ben and Ant on Saturday. I taught them some new rules to UNO that make the game more fun (no, it doesn't involve shedding clothes, TCB), and they taught us the Initials game which is a good time. Also ate some good pumpkin cake.
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Editing away and trying to finesse the opening few shots, which I'm not happy with at the moment.
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Thank you DR Jason.
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That's cool, JRand. Hope it goes well and you get a great turnout.
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Story, scenery, acting, and music! It shouldn't work....but it does! I am also a fan of this....movie! 8)
I like it a lot, too. But what is the story behind "It Was A Good Time"? Were lyrics added afterwards, a la "Laura's Theme"/"Somewhere My Love"? Who sang it first? (I know someone did it way before Liza.) I remember for a while I thought it was a dropped show tune until I first saw RYAN'S DAUGHTER, most probably because of the way Liza emotes the hell out of it in LWAZ.
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I think its funny that they had to edit out words on the Super Bowl in 2005 for a song that was played on the radio unedited 25 years ago.
That's progress for ya. ::)
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Michel LeGrand film music for free download from the French movie THE LADY IN THE CAR WITH GLASSES AND A GUN.
http://happydreamerstime.blogspot.com/
Features a couple songs by Pet Clark!
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Sorry about the Seahawks, Jed. I know what it's like to have my team lose to the Steelers. Some questionable officiating, I thought. But also some bad plays when it counted.
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Hmmm.....I always thought it was an original song, but I also ALWAYS picture Liza singing it....
Thanks for mentioning this DVD, DRRLP - for some reason it had escaped by attention.
Checking on IMDB I find that Mr Christopher Jones' dialog was dubbed by Julian Holloway and many of his lines given to his "aide de camp" so that scenes could be filmed without dealing with his "acting" - which was all thrown out in looping anyways.... Hmmmm
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Sorry about the Seahawks, Jed. I know what it's like to have my team lose to the Steelers. Some questionable officiating, I thought. But also some bad plays when it counted.
Such is the hard part of making the playoffs... unless you win it all, you have to end your season with a loss. Still, I actually got to see my team play in the Super Bowl, so I'm a very satisfied fan. True, it seemed at times the officials thought their black hats meant they played for Pittsburgh, but I don't think it was quite enough to change the winner. Probably should have been 17-14 or so instead of 21-10, but the Steelers simply played a good game.
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That's cool, JRand. Hope it goes well and you get a great turnout.
Me, too, DR RODZINSKI. And of course I will post a couple of pics here. I sent listings to put in the "Music Concert" section of the local papers, and some people have asked about the signs we have up at the store, so hopefully we'll round up some interested folks...and folks with money would be even better! :P
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Oh, yes. Initials.
Some people may already know this game.
On a piece of paper write the enitre alphabet vertically (down)
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
After that, take a book, magazine, newspaper or any other "thing" with sentences. Pick a sentence and write it next to the alphabet. For example if the sentence is "The quick red fox jumps over the lazy brown dog" it would look like this:
AT
BH
CE
DQ
ER
FE
GD
HF
IO
JX
KJ
LU
MM
NP
OS
PO
QV
RE
SR
TT
UH
VE
WL
XA
YZ
ZY
You only need 26 letters in the sentence. Make sure everyone has the same set of letters and then you have 15 minutes of quiet time where you come up with names of "famous" people to match the initials on the list. Some initials will be easy, others will be hard and there will be sets that don't have a name attached. The name can be anyone with some kind of noteriety or fame. The name can be real or fictional as long as it's a name. For example, if MB was on the list you could use Mrs. Butterworth (it's a name and many people know it). BB could be Betty Boop, JD could be John Deer and so on. Politicians, actors, notorious people (Joey Buttafucco), characters from books, plays or movies, all are valid as long as they have some kind of fame.
Some of the names from the list above could be:
AT Andy Taylor
BH Billy Holiday
CE Chris Evert
MM Mickey (or Minnie) Mouse
and so on. For K, P and Q you can use King, Prince/Princess or Queen (like King James or Queen Victoria or Prince Orloff from above). If there is a question about the person's level of fame we generally say that at least one other person in the room must be able to say "I know who that is". You can't use friends, neighbors or people you work with. Spelling is not an issue except the the first and last names must begin with the appropriate letter. If you have initials like MF you can use Michael J. Fox because the first and last name is the important part. That holds for any three word name like Brian Stokes Mitchell if BM were on the list.
After 15 minutes you begin reading the names on the lists and score the round.
You score based on the number of people coming up with names. If everyone gets the same name, for example if two people used Andy Taylor for AT then they would each get 5 points. If one came up with Andy Taylor and the other used Alice B. Toklas they would each get 10 points. If you are the only person to get a name (for example UH Uta Hagen) and no other person playing came up with a name you get 15 points. After all the names are read each person totals their score and the highest point total is the winner. Rodzinski won Round One and we tied on Round Two. It's great fun and really gets your brain working.
This is turning into a novella so I'll stop for now.
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TOD:
Ann and I had been the very best of friends for years before we ever started dating. Heck, we met clear back in middle school. We already knew each other inside out and backwards; good, bad, and ugly. The transition into a relationship was seamless and neither of us have ever been happier. Not sure I know all the reasons why it works so well, but I don't need to know why, only that it does work.
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I am intrigued!
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So would Ann-Margret be an AM or an AmO?
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I have a Japanese import of the Legrand score - fun, and Petula sounds great. Find some more free downloads.
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Free Downloads!
That's the title of my new play!
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Ann-Margret (even with the hyphen) would be AM because that's how she is known. People (except real fans and those who go to her Web site and read her bio) don't know her as Ann-Margret Olsson
Ann Margret (http://www.ann-margret.com/bio.htm)
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TOD:
The sleepless nights
The daily fights
The quick toboggan when you reach the heights
I miss the kisses and I miss the bites
I wish I were in love again
The broken dates
The endless waits
The lovely loving and the hateful hates
The conversations with the flying plates
I wish I were in love again
No more pain
No no more strain
Now I’m sane
But I’d rather be punch drunk
The flying fur of cat and cur
The fine mismatching with a him or her
I’ve learned my lesson but
I wish I were in love again
The furtive sigh
The blackened eye
The words I love you ’til the day I die
The self-deception that believes that lie
I wish I were in love again
When love congeals
It soon reveals
The faint aroma of performing seals
The double-crossing of a pair of heels
I wish I were in love again
No more care
No more despair
Now I’m all there
But I’d rather be punch drunk
Believe me sir, I much prefer
The classic battle with a him or her
I don’t like quiet and I wish I were
In love again
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MattH... I am glad things seem to working out with the fella!
Thank you, DR Vixmom. We are moving slowly, by my choice and his. And he's very busy with volunteer organizations which don't want to lose good workers and will fight to hang on to them. And he feels a sense of obligation, too, to these groups.
But there is something simpatico that we're both interested in exploring.
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Does anyone else here watch HUSTLE? We forgot to set up the recorder to tape this past Saturday's episode
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But what if TWO AmO fans were playing? LOL....what a great game! You NYC people have the MOST fun.
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TOD:
The sleepless nights
The daily fights
The quick toboggan when you reach the heights
I miss the kisses and I miss the bites
I wish I were in love again
The broken dates
The endless waits
The lovely loving and the hateful hates
The conversations with the flying plates
I wish I were in love again
No more pain
No no more strain
Now I’m sane
But I’d rather be punch drunk
The flying fur of cat and cur
The fine mismatching with a him or her
I’ve learned my lesson but
I wish I were in love again
The furtive sigh
The blackened eye
The words I love you ’til the day I die
The self-deception that believes that lie
I wish I were in love again
When love congeals
It soon reveals
The faint aroma of performing seals
The double-crossing of a pair of heels
I wish I were in love again
No more care
No more despair
Now I’m all there
But I’d rather be punch drunk
Believe me sir, I much prefer
The classic battle with a him or her
I don’t like quiet and I wish I were
In love again
Don't know why but as soon as I read this I started hearing
"Falling in love again, never wanted to, what am I to do?...." in my little noggin head.
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Had a nice lunch but due to the cold, I decided I didn't want to walk today. Not that it's freezing, but after weeks of temps in the 60s, low 40s seems VERY cold now.
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Thank you, DR Vixmom. We are moving slowly, by my choice and his. And he's very busy with volunteer organizations which don't want to lose good workers and will fight to hang on to them. And he feels a sense of obligation, too, to these groups.
But there is something simpatico that we're both interested in exploring.
Sounds like a keeper! Is he easy on the eyes as well?
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I watched SHE DONE HIM WRONG when I got back home. It's not a movie that has aged well, I didn't think, although the print TCM broadcast was in OK shape. I still find I'M NO ANGEL loads of fun, but this earlier one is full of bad acting and a threadbare plot.
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Sounds like a keeper! Is he easy on the eyes as well?
I think so. He was at one time a model, but that was in his youth. He's 53 now, and like me, showing age more and more with each passing day.
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Falling in Love With Love is falling for make believe.....
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I had the leftovers of my dinner for lunch. The Vixter has a superbowl party to go to and Vixdad and I decided to go tot local pub that serves lovely meals.
I had grilled chicken breast on a hero, with grilled portabello mushrooms and grilled red peppers on top, served with sweet potato fries and a brown sugar dipping sauce and homemade coleslaw.
It was wonderful but so big I could only eat half, so I brought the other half to work for my lunch and it was very yummy!! In fact, it was so good I want to go back tothe pub and get another one tonight, but they're closed on Mondays....which is probably a good thing for my waistline
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Finished the afternoon viewing with another CSI fifth season episode. This one had to do with a family who kept a house full of pipe bombs and ammunitiion. Horrifying to think there are people for whom these are as natural as a Streisand CD or a Garland DVD.
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Don't know why but as soon as I read this I started hearing
"Falling in love again, never wanted to, what am I to do?...." in my little noggin head.
Ya know, I'm sure that someone, somewhere, sang the two songs together.
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As the February sweeps are in full bloom, there will be lots of new episodes on tonight including a new MEDIUM for those fans of the show.
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I want a rilled chicken sandwich.
Do you get one at the Hut Sut Rallson on the Rillera?
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I got a haircut over my lunch break. Then I picked up some loverly roast turkey, mashed taters and gravy and apple pie. YUM!
Then I busted some kid who's announcing auditions for his production of RENT.
Life is good.... :D
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I want a rilled chicken sandwich.
Do you get one at the Hut Sut Rallson on the Rillera?
Its better than the riled chicken sandwich, that one gives you heartburn
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I got a haircut over my lunch break. Then I picked up some loverly roast turkey, mashed taters and gravy and apple pie. YUM!
Then I busted some kid who's announcing auditions for his production of RENT.
Life is good.... :D
What will happen to him?
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LOL, DR Jason!
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Had sausage and peppers - didn't overdo it, though, so still have room for din din.
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What will happen to him?
Eviction!
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Ya know, I'm sure that someone, somewhere, sang the two songs together.
Lily Von Shtupp...yes?
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Good Afternoon!
Well... I got my run in... Eventually...
I drove over to the University of Richmond campus so that I could run - and time - some laps on their very nice track. Alas, since the Women's Soccer team was practicing, the track was off limits. Ah, well...
So, I headed over to Byrd Park to run their Vita Course - it's a nice mile loop. As I was driving there, I decided not to make a pit stop in order to "relieve myself". Well, by the time I got to the Vita Course, I really had to "go", so I headed over to the public restrooms... Which were locked up for the winter... So... I headed back to my car and drove to Carytown to use the bathrooms in Ukrop's. Then on the way back to park, I got caught behind a pothole repair truck. I cut through an alley to get around it, but, of course, by the time I made it to the next intersection, there was the pothole repair truck and crew. Well...
Once I made it back to Byrd Park, I ran one warm up lap - one mile - then did some stretching. Then I ran three more miles. And according to my handy-dandy chronograph watch, I'm now running a 9:00 mile - down from my usual 10:00.
:)
I really would like to get back to a standard track to take a more accurate measurement, as well as to run on a level playing field - literally. I do like the track in the park, but there's one hill right before the 1/2 mile point, and the final 300 yards are also on an incline. But, still, four miles today... Not bad at all if I do say so myself.
:)
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Its better than the riled chicken sandwich, that one gives you heartburn
You have a point there. 8)
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Lily Von Shtupp...yes?
Are you in show business? :o
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DRJOSE - better to get caught in traffic on the way BACK from the restroom!
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And what did he say, DRJASON? Is he in your area or was it a floating RENT game? Did he offer you a role in the show?
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I want a rilled chicken sandwich.
Uh-huh -- nothing like a sammich washed out in a rill....and I guess there's "lazy music" involved?
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On the way back from the Park, I made another stop at Ukrop's to pick up a smoothie - my post-run "meal", and now I'm back at my friend's, Mike's place catching up on the posts from today... While one of his cats is sitting in my lap. I believe, I'm sitting in her chair. ;)
-And she also had not been de-clawed, and my attempts to get her off my lap have reminded me of that fact.
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What will happen to him?
Sadly, nothing much. We've called him to C&D (cease & desist) his auditions, to remove all audition notification from all internet, print, broadcast or other media, and cancel any plans to perform any portion of RENT.
I thought this guy was in his mid- to late-20's, but according to my snitch, he's really in his late-30's. He tried to dupe us on his recent production of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - the show was in August and we still haven't received any of our orchestral books or scripts back from him, not to mention all the money he got back because he couldn't sell tickets to his show. Anyway, my snitch informed me that this guy's alcoholic mother apparently put her house up for a second mortgage to help pay for his production of BEAUTY. Now he's trying to do RENT with a new company name. Well...it ain't gonna happen.
We have actors, directors and designers all over the Boston area calling us about this guy. He can't poop without us knowing about it now. If his production of RENT goes on, he may face legal action.
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DR Jason - Glad to hear you had a good time in Boston.
*I was just checking out the various events that are going on tonight in NYC.... WOW! Lots of stuff, free and otherwise. And it looks like members of the cast of Chita's show will be at Splash tonight for a special presentation and ticket giveaway.
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I read this weekend that not only is LADY ANMD THE TRAMP coming out in a new anamorphic set soon, but THE LITTLE MERMAID is being given the Platinum Edition treatment in the fall.
The first DVD of THE LITTLE MERMAID I passed on since it wasn't anamorphic and I already had the movie on laserdisc in a letterboxed version. I'll be very eager to get this spiffed up version of the movie this fall.
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OOH! Gottas run! WBBL!
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Uh-huh -- nothing like a sammich washed out in a rill....and I guess there's "lazy music" involved?
There will be if I have anything to do with it.
RYAN'S DAUGHTER dvd ordered! ;D
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As for BK's Musical Theatre Audition Class:
The difference between:
-A Good Song
-A Good Audition Song
-A Good Audition Song for YOU!
I also have a problem when I'm behind the table with how people announce themselves and their material. Some of their "speeches" just sound, so, well, academic -and since they probably learned them in a class, well... I just want to hear you sing, act. I, personally, don't find it necessary to know what piece your doing. In fact, sometimes that brief bit of information before starting a song or monologue can work against an actor. "Oh, she's doing a song from a show I just directed." "Oh, he's doing that song I can't stand." Just do it! -And then let the people behind the table ask you where your song and/or monologue from them. Then at least you know they were listening, and are more likely interested.
OH! And, YES, you can overdress for an audition. And if you do choose to "dress up" for an audition, make sure you're wearing clothes you like to wear and look comfortable in. I've seen way too many people who are wearing what they were told to wear, and consequently look uncomfortable when they walk in the room.
*Personally, I just like to see someone look comfortable. They can come in wearing jeans and a nice t-shirt. Casual dress of OK with me. I wanna hear the voice, not guess what designer they're wearing.
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BRIEF ENCOUNTER is on TCM. I remember an interview with Wendy Wasserstein saying it was one of her favorite movies - if not her absolute favorite!
Watching it today is a bit sadder than usual.
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As our esteemed bk is preparing for his college teaching endeavor, I have spent today going through files and getting rid of my past life as a college instructor (my "free-lance" work while a mostly stay-at-home mom in the 1980's and 1990's). Most of the files and papers are being pitched, but I've had to sort carefully and shred anything that has former students' Social Security numbers.
Before pitching a 1993 article about the then-new president of Miami University, I thought I'd share his definition of an educated person: A person who can entertain an idea; a person who can entertain a friend; a person who can entertain oneself.
I am also remembering how much I hated teaching College Study Skills.
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...And I've played some "big time Broadway" auditions, and most students would be surprised at just relaxed and casual those auditions can be most of the time. Laugh. Smile. Relax.
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I was watching the "Making of MISS SAIGON" DVD last night and they feature the auditions in NYC, LA, Honolulu and Milan. Some of them were truly awful. Lea Salonga's was very relaxed and she did her thing and that was that.
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And one more political statement before I get back to work. Even though much of the world doesn't accept the definition or the relationship I feel as if we are married. If anyone (no one here, I'm not ranting at you people) disagrees, tough sh*t. It's not your business and you can't define my family and my "marriage. Perhaps you can insert some legal bulls*** to assuage your moral outrage at my defiance but again, I don't give a rat's behind what you think. You are not part of our life and we will live happily as husband and husband knowing that we are secure in our past, present and future.
Enough said.
I love this!! ;D
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And one more political statement before I get back to work. Even though much of the world doesn't accept the definition or the relationship I feel as if we are married. If anyone (no one here, I'm not ranting at you people) disagrees, tough sh*t. It's not your business and you can't define my family and my "marriage. Perhaps you can insert some legal bulls*** to assuage your moral outrage at my defiance but again, I don't give a rat's behind what you think. You are not part of our life and we will live happily as husband and husband knowing that we are secure in our past, present and future.
Enough said.
I wish my parents could see that. When all my stuff started a couple of weeks ago they offered to do whatever I needed them to do to help me, meaning they'd pay at least a portion of the fees for me to see a therapist. Thursday night that unconditional offer turned into something along the lines of, "We'll pay for you to go to therapy if you see a Christian counselor."
I told them I'd think about it, but I wouldn't make any commitments. Picking a therapist is a very personal thing. I'm not going to let them bully me into picking one.
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I think it will be very interesting to hear about BK's musical theatre class.
Hmmm I am making chicken enchiladas tonight. But I'm still feeling sort of depressed. I need to snap out of it.
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As for the Topic of the Day...
Here's the Cliff's Notes version:
I've been in one major relationship. Steve and I met over Labor Day weekend a couple of years ago. I moved in three weeks later. We were together for three and a half years. We had good times and tough times, but we were always there for each other - even when I started to get more work on the road. Alas, my time on the road eventually took its toll on our relationship, and I came home one day and he wanted to talk, and...
It was actually a very amicable break up. I had one or two "good crys" during the period, but, otherwise, I was on the same page. I didn't see that initially. I didn't want to admit that initially, out loud, but, eventually, the truth just started to sink in. We had both just grown into different people. We did not grow apart, we just had different needs from when we first got together.
Steve was my first major relationship. And I was Steve's second relationship. Well, third. He had been married for fifteen years, then divorced, then in his first relationship with a man. Basically, we were both still learning what a relationship was, what it needed to endure. And what we needed from a relationship. The good and the not so good.
We are still very good friends. In fact, I'd say we're better friends now than when we were together. He also got to know my family, and I got to know his, and there's still that connection too. That being said...
I'm currently "dating around" as they say. And I've been having a good time meeting new people and making new friends. The past few months down here in DC have been a little "tricky" in the sense that I've actually met some very compatible people, but since I know that I'm no longer based in DC, I've made sure not to let myself get too attached, and not to lead anyone on. And even before heading down to DC to work on Damn Yankees, there was/is one guy in New York City, that I had been seeing quite regularly, but since I was going to be away for a bit, we sort of put things on hold. We shall what happens when I return...
I like being single right now. And I've learned the difference between being alone and being lonely. If another relationship happens to come my way, well... I We shall see...
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Those are some wonderful things to know and remember, DR Jose, for those of us who audition for musical theater. Always good to hear from a pro.
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BRIEF ENCOUNTER has some of the sad ache of romantic longing and frustration that makes BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN so memorable.
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I wish somebody around here would do a good production of HMS PINAFORE....that show makes me laugh and laugh and laugh.
Ring the merry bells aboard ship
Rend the air with warbling wild....
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OK.. I think I've "cooled down" long enough after my run. I still need to cleaned up, and head out somewhere... I think I may stop by the rehearsal for the Richmond Men's Chorus tonight. Steve is their pianist, and I'm good friends with their director as well as a couple of members. I'll probably end up joining them for their post-rehearsal food and drink.
Laters...
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I wish my parents could see that. When all my stuff started a couple of weeks ago they offered to do whatever I needed them to do to help me, meaning they'd pay at least a portion of the fees for me to see a therapist. Thursday night that unconditional offer turned into something along the lines of, "We'll pay for you to go to therapy if you see a Christian counselor."
I told them I'd think about it, but I wouldn't make any commitments. Picking a therapist is a very personal thing. I'm not going to let them bully me into picking one.
DR Jason do they want you to see a therapist because they are hoping to change you? Or do they just want someone that you can talk to?
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Well, I should head down now and get started on the cleaning chore of the day. Then, off for some reading and then TV watching with an evening full of network TV in HD.
WBBL.
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I wish somebody around here would do a good production of HMS PINAFORE....that show makes me laugh and laugh and laugh.
Ring the merry bells aboard ship
Rend the air with warbling wild....
How ironic that you should mention this! One of my hosts last night is auditioning for HMS PINAFORE on February 15th! Small world!
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BRIEF ENCOUNTER has some of the sad ache of romantic longing and frustration that makes BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN so memorable.
Now that you mention it....
Write that comparison for an internet review, DRMATTH - it's a great comparison and I can see many parallels.
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How ironic that you should mention this! One of my hosts last night is auditioning for HMS PINAFORE on February 15th! Small world!
I don't suppose it's being produced in Indianer?
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I am looking forward to tonight's MEDIUM. The previews make it look interesting.
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OH!
And I think BK's class will either be a breath of fresh air for some people or a little "too real" for others. The number of fresh-out-of-college students that I've worked with who truly have no idea of just what the real world is, well, just way too many. And that's truly unfortunate. Yes, a good musical theatre class will teach you how to audition, how to perform, how to hone your craft, but I also believe it should also prepare you for the inevitable rejection and heartache that is very much a part of this business. -I don't mean to sound that harsh, but... maybe I do. In any case, knowing BK's very no-nonsense approach to things general, I think his students could end up learning a lot more than their tuition is covering. And I mean that in every possible good sense.
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DR Jason do they want you to see a therapist because they are hoping to change you? Or do they just want someone that you can talk to?
Well... Having dealt with a sort of similar situation with my parents when I was in high school... A Catholic high school... The phrase, "Iron Fist, Velvet Glove" comes to mind.
...And I'll leave it that for now. I've moved on!
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...And I'll leave it that for now. I've moved on!
"Dating around" and "making new friends" - DR JOSE, you have moved on with a vengeance! ;D
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DR JENNIFER some good Monday evening TV should help you through.
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Weren't there any shirts in the DAMN YANKEES rag bag?
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DR Jason do they want you to see a therapist because they are hoping to change you? Or do they just want someone that you can talk to?
They think a Christian counselor will "straighten me out" in more ways that just emotionally. They think that by getting back in touch with my religious roots...well...THEIR religious roots...I'll come to realize that I am not a homosexual, or at least realize that it's a sin and live my life alone.
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DP Colin and I are well into our 30th year. I guess the relationship is working. Maybe more information later but I don't like to anaylse too much. I have a busy day and then lots of posts to read.!
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Page Seven Dance. :o
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From the show's website:
Ellen Pompeo = Meredith Grey
Patrick Dempsey = Derek Shepherd
James Pickens Jr. = Richard Webber
T.R. Knight = George O'Malley
Sandra Oh = Cristina Yang
Katherine Heigl = Isobel "Izzie" Stevens
Chandra Wilson = Miranda Bailey
Isaiah Washington = Preston Burke
Justin Chambers= Dr. Alex Karev
Kate Walsh = Dr. Addison Shepherd
Chandra Wilson = Miranda Bailey (a.k.a. The Nazi)
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I am looking forward to tonight's MEDIUM. The previews make it look interesting.
I don't think I've seen any previews for tonight's episode...at least, I don't remember if I have. I'm looking forward to it, though. ;D
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I don't think I've seen any previews for tonight's episode...at least, I don't remember if I have. I'm looking forward to it, though. ;D
Too many previews. Whoever does the NBC previews is a twit and always gives too much away.
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I want a piece of chicken and a donut. Does that make me a bad person?
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Too many previews. Whoever does the NBC previews is a twit and always gives too much away.
Obviously had childhood issues, probably uses see-thru gift wrap at Christmas time, and was the FIRST person on his block to get Caller ID! ;D
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JRand, you just missed the run of the NY Gilbert and Sullivan Players for which I did the program at City Center.
Up next at City Center, I just wrapped up the program for KISMET, featuring B. Stokes Mitchell.
As for Indiana Gilbert and Sullivan, every year our Junior high in Crown Point did either the Mikado or Pinafore. My brother will forever by the Captain of the Pinafore to me. I was little and those productions seemed like Broadway caliber to me.
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JRand, you just missed the run of the NY Gilbert and Sullivan Players for which I did the program at City Center.
Up next at City Center, I just wrapped up the program for KISMET, featuring B. Stokes Mitchell.
As for Indiana Gilbert and Sullivan, every year our Junior high in Crown Point did either the Mikado or Pinafore. My brother will forever by the Captain of the Pinafore to me. I was little and those productions seemed like Broadway caliber to me.
ANY of those I would like to see! ;D
One of my favorite shows to work on was a middle & high school production of PINAFORE! I think G/S shows get a bum rap - and before I worked on one, I was indifferent to them as well!
Love the First Act finale....and of course the second act "reveal" - LOL....damn, now I have to play my LP.
HHW'ers who KNOW, what is the BEST PINAFORE cd available? ;D
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I'm currently "dating around" as they say. And I've been having a good time meeting new people and making new friends.
And that is a good point...when dating it helps to remind yourself that part of it is an opportunity to just meet new people and make new friends...often that is what it turns into when it doesn't turn into something other...or something. LOL!
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Re: "Ryan's Daughter"
The N.Y. Times review raves about the transfer!!!
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/07/movies/07dvd.html (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/07/movies/07dvd.html)
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Thanks for the link DRRLP!
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Time for din din.
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The telephone man says that I have dirty wires.
At first I took that personally.
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Jose, very well put! I've added "rejection" to my list of things - an excellent suggestion. I don't fancy or think of myself as a "teacher". All I can do is offer advice from my perspective, and work with these kids as if I had them in a show, or at an audition, or in the studio. And that's where I think this workshop may be different to others. It won't be academic at all - just very hands on and no-nonsense. The show we'll do will hopefully be fun, too.
I've been single since 1982, but have had several interesting relationships between then and now. I would say I haven't had anything "serious" for quite some time. I should think I would occasionally be a "difficult" person to be with, although I always think if it's the right thing then that wouldn't be the case at all. I'm pretty set in my ways at this point in my life, although I'm also very adaptable and considerate if treated well. If not treated well, well then...
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Chin up DR Jason,
Always keep in mind that no matter what you have felt all through your life, you are a good person. Once you have convinced yourself of that you will find that it don't matter what issues your family has about your life. You are the one that has to live with yourself, and there is nothing wrong with who you are...I know that you know that (even if that knowledge is hidden way down inside of yourself)...and it doesn't hurt to remind yourself of that now and then, especially when others try to convince you otherwise through words or actions.
Whatever problems your family may have with your homosexuality will fade over time....and in the rare case that it does not...then remember that it is their problem...don't make it your problem. Just continue on being a good, valuable part of society and live happily! That is what you deserve.
Also remember that what you have been raised to believe about homosexuality is also what your family was raised to believe...so that might make it a bit easier for you to understand where they are coming from...if they choose not to educate themselves about the reality of it, there there is nothing you can do about it. Your relationship with them in that event may not be ideal...so you will just have to adjust your expectations.
Focus on you, not on them.
There is your 2 cents worth...which maybe is only worth that, who knows.
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The telephone man says that I have dirty wires.
At first I took that personally.
At least he didn't criticize your pillows in the same way!
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Someone that I am in the midst of interviewing e-mailed me some photos of an unaired/unsold pilot he did for 20th Fox back in 1960 about a group of rescue marines. The photos are behind the scenes showing the cast...one of the cast members is my buddy Cal Bolder who this interviewee recalls vividly and fondly!
I burned them to a disk and am going to go to Walmart and have them printed out! The two photos are wonderful!!!
I may have to post one of them and see if anybody can identify the actress that is in the photos...the guy who sent them couldn't recall her name.
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LOL DR Ron Pullium! LOL!
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Looking forward to seeing DRJOSE's closing night DAMN YANKEES photos.
So am I... I borrowed the soundtrack from the public library and I like the score...
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Jennifer - i second your not liking the idea of unmarked cars being able to pull people over. Besides the reasons you gave, I'd add that there are a lot of crazy people in the world who could get hold of a police badge or siren and pull someone over in the guise of a traffic stop. I think having people be pulled over by unofficial cars could lead to disaster if someone who wanted to commit a crime got the idea of pulling people over masquerading as cops.
I also agree... You never know if someone who pulls you over in an unmarked vehicles is on the up and up...
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an idea for a workshop would be costuming....
Vocal selections for auditions as several DRs have mentioned. I am rather keen on that idea for different musicals require a different approach to the audition. Suggestions to selection and preparation would be an excellent addition to the workshop
Good luck in putting it together bk!
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Shortly after we were married, my DH took a job with the postal service, which required him to work nights and weekends. I think most wives with night-shift husbands learn early on to do stuff on their own. Now that he's working days again, I still do stuff on my own and he does stuff on his own. We each have plenty of space to pursue our own interests. That's how we make it work.
Sounds like you have been successful. A good friend of mine and her husband have a similar arrangement. Ironically, they get along better when they are on this arrangement then when they both worked days... Perhaps that is what they needed....
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Yes, but here at least the speed limits are "interesting". On the highways the speed limit is 100km/hr (60). But everyone goes 110. Now if they pulled people over for going 110 then every single person would get a ticket.
Also on the expressway the speed limit is 70km/hr. It is actually impossible to go 70, since this road is basically a highway. If you went 70, someone would probably hit you. Everyone drives 100km the same as the highway.
Also on the service roads the speed limit is 50km/hr. Now most people go faster. I think the slowest (me) would go 60-70. Now I wouldn't be opposed to someone going 90km getting a ticket. But i would think it was quite unfair if someone going 60 got a ticket, since everyone else on the road would be speeding right past them!
I wish the speeds were slower here at times. There are too many people who drive stupidly on ice to be driving 75 to 80 mph on the interstate... Unless MT has changed their laws, there is no speed limit on the interstate highway.
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I find a lot of marrieds in this area (ND) dispise single women....
Singles however have a freedom that some marrieds do not....
Singles tend to be on the lonely side at times
Singles also tend to be creative, curious and like to explore and learn new things....
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The Vixter has had control of the computer because she has been working on her powerpoint presentation for her social studies class. I probably won't get 'home access" again until Friday!
Vixmom, good luck to the Vixster on her project and I hope she does well!!
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They think a Christian counselor will "straighten me out" in more ways that just emotionally. They think that by getting back in touch with my religious roots...well...THEIR religious roots...I'll come to realize that I am not a homosexual, or at least realize that it's a sin and live my life alone.
Oh, I wasn't sure if they thought it was a sin. Or if they were merely having a hard time adapting to the notion.
If it was B, then I could relate. It is much different being introduced to someone and knowing they are gay the whole time (this has happened to me many times). But it's actually quite harder to know someone very well/intimately and only after years find out that they are gay. I'm sure it's harder for families because they have to think about issues such as grandchildren. But it can be quite confusing to think you know someone and then realize you don't.
DR Jason, I wish you the best of luck. And I do think that parents can sometimes surprise you. So hopefully yours will once they get used to this.
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Mick Jagger in non-HD tv is scary enough! LOL!
ITA and so is Keith Richards.... They were even on Days... Now that was a riot....
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DR Vixmom - you are a wise and articulate woman! I especially like the parts about each partner having activities independent of the other and about sometimes doing things together that are more of interest to one partner or the other.
Cokie and Steve Roberts wrote a book about their long-term relationship titled From This Day Forward. One thing I remember is Steve saying that relationship success is measured by the number of teeth marks in your tongue.
I agree Ginny, Vixmom is an articulate person...
Cokie and Steve spoken true words in a relationship. IT can also be applied to friendships. Sometimes it is better to bite your tongue and lash out in anger in a spur of the moment type thing.
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I think its funny that they had to edit out words on the Super Bowl in 2005 for a song that was played on the radio unedited 25 years ago.
I find that hilarious also... I also find it interesting what words could and couldnot be used on the soaps and other shows over the years. Yet the news and documentaries use them all the time...
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Its better than the riled chicken sandwich, that one gives you heartburn
Hopefully the riled chickent did nto have its feathers yet....
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As our esteemed bk is preparing for his college teaching endeavor, I have spent today going through files and getting rid of my past life as a college instructor (my "free-lance" work while a mostly stay-at-home mom in the 1980's and 1990's). Most of the files and papers are being pitched, but I've had to sort carefully and shred anything that has former students' Social Security numbers.
Before pitching a 1993 article about the then-new president of Miami University, I thought I'd share his definition of an educated person: A person who can entertain an idea; a person who can entertain a friend; a person who can entertain oneself.
I am also remembering how much I hated teaching College Study Skills.
Circulation staff at the library I work often get hooked into helping with the college study skills class. It amazes me sometimes the lack of research skills, even the basic ones, that kids come to school with.
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I wish somebody around here would do a good production of HMS PINAFORE....that show makes me laugh and laugh and laugh.
Ring the merry bells aboard ship
Rend the air with warbling wild....
One of hte high schools in Grand Forks, ND did a fine production of that a few years back. It was part of a masters of fine arts project a grad student was doing. I had to marvel at the leads for they had some challenging lines.
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Too many previews. Whoever does the NBC previews is a twit and always gives too much away.
DR elmore, you read my mind!! I have often thought the same thing...
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Wow...I just read that THE PRODUCERS was at 53% capacity this week while THE WOMAN IN WHITE was at 57%! This does not bode well for Mr. Brooks' titanic musical... I mean, WOMAN IN WHITE is closing on the 19th...
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I know we did lines from plays/musicals the other day, but I have a line that's bugging me.
The director of "Hello, Dolly" changed a few lines in the script and he changed a really funny line. It's in the hat shop, it's the dialogue between Dolly and Irene about Cornelious and Baranaby taking Irene and Minnie to dinner.
Dolly: That's how it's done in the law, Irene dinner first <insert correct word here> later.
The director used the word, DUNGEONS, but I know that's not right. Does anyone know what it is?
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A few pictures from my trip to Boston and the New England Aquarium...
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Another...
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A pretty jellyfish...
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Can you find the seahorses?
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And finally, I may not be a star yet, but I can certainly hold one in my hand!
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The telephone man says that I have dirty wires.
That sounds like a line from a 60s TV commercial.
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Both spots are now cut and feeling very good to me. We're going to come back for a half-day on Wednesday, just to make sure we're happy with everything, and then we'll walk it over to the people that need to see it, a day-and-a-half ahead of schedule.
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Evening folks!
I don't have much to say but wanted to pop by and say "Hello".
:)
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A pretty jellyfish...
BEautiful picture DRJason, you have a great eye...
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Can you find the seahorses?
I see several of them... Did you know that is the maile seahorse that carries the young and not the female?
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So, I'll wrap up here, kill an hour, then meet my pal Barbara Deutsch for dinner.
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Both spots are now cut and feeling very good to me. We're going to come back for a half-day on Wednesday, just to make sure we're happy with everything, and then we'll walk it over to the people that need to see it, a day-and-a-half ahead of schedule.
Sounds like a good plan.. I hope it goes well!!
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So, I'll wrap up here, kill an hour, then meet my pal Barbara Deutsch for dinner.
Have a lovely dinner with Barbara Deutsch.....
BTW, I can hear that hour screaming foul all the way up here in Dakota....
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BEautiful picture DRJason, you have a great eye...
Thank you. I think that one was an accident. ;D
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I found something interesting called "Warm Delights" by Betty Crocker. It's small (very small) cakes, brownies and cookies that you can make in your microwave.
They cost $1.99 and I don't think they are really worth that price but they are pretty good.
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HHW'ers who KNOW, what is the BEST PINAFORE cd available? ;D
DR JRand55, I have several recordings; for musical values, I always liked many of the Malcolm Sargent-EMI/Angel recordings with the Glyndebourne Opera Chorus, especially the PINAFORE, TRIAL BY JURY, RUDDIGORE and PIRATES OF PENZANCE because the singers, mostly from Covent Garden and the English National Opera sing the hell out of them, often much better than the D'Oyly Carte Company, and PINAFORE and PIRATES are the two major opera parodies, especially PIRATES in its parody of Verdi opera. I find this series falls down on the more comic ones like GONDOLIERS and MIKADO. If you prefer complete with dialogue, the old 1960s stereo recordings from D'Oyly Carte are quite satisfactory and may be budget priced now.
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Chin up DR Jason,
Always keep in mind that no matter what you have felt all through your life, you are a good person. Once you have convinced yourself of that you will find that it don't matter what issues your family has about your life. You are the one that has to live with yourself, and there is nothing wrong with who you are...I know that you know that (even if that knowledge is hidden way down inside of yourself)...and it doesn't hurt to remind yourself of that now and then, especially when others try to convince you otherwise through words or actions.
Whatever problems your family may have with your homosexuality will fade over time....and in the rare case that it does not...then remember that it is their problem...don't make it your problem. Just continue on being a good, valuable part of society and live happily! That is what you deserve.
Also remember that what you have been raised to believe about homosexuality is also what your family was raised to believe...so that might make it a bit easier for you to understand where they are coming from...if they choose not to educate themselves about the reality of it, there there is nothing you can do about it. Your relationship with them in that event may not be ideal...so you will just have to adjust your expectations.
Focus on you, not on them.
There is your 2 cents worth...which maybe is only worth that, who knows.
Mikey, that was at least a quarter! Good for you.
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Nice pictures, DR Jason! Have you ever seen a weedy (spelling?) seahorse? I have some pictures, somewhere........
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Yes, 25 cents at least...I am not cheap ya know!
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I love seahorses! One of my favorite aquatic critters to watch!
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Yes, 25 cents at least...I am not cheap ya know!
Oh, I know! Believe me.
By the way, DR Janes says there's room for only one Gidget on HHW and it's she. I guess we're back to Sandra Dee.
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JRand thank for the vibes. LOL, Keith is using some kind of garden spray on the bugs. Between that and the bleach I need an inhaler.
MBarnum, good new furnace vibes.
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MBarnum: I completely forgot to acknowledge your lovely post. I really appreciate what you said. Very well put and I could tell it was from the heart.
Thanks! :)
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Jennifer, good vibes to CJ, and to you.
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Jason - But even with that low attendance percentage, THE PRODUCERS brought in over $530,000. That's not bad at all for the winter months after close to five years.
WOMAN IN WHITE, even with a higher percentage, only grossed about $380,000, and it's a fairly new show.
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I wish my parents could see that. When all my stuff started a couple of weeks ago they offered to do whatever I needed them to do to help me, meaning they'd pay at least a portion of the fees for me to see a therapist. Thursday night that unconditional offer turned into something along the lines of, "We'll pay for you to go to therapy if you see a Christian counselor."
I told them I'd think about it, but I wouldn't make any commitments. Picking a therapist is a very personal thing. I'm not going to let them bully me into picking one.
Do they know you found a therapist you are happy with, at least for now?
I guess it is their money and they can place stipulations on how it is spent, but oh Jason I'm really sorry. I hope at some point, when you and your therapist feel the time is right, your parents will have a few sessions with you.
Just remember they need time to sort through their feelings.
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Vixmom you describe your marriage beautifully.
I really could have done without the Doodlebop link. ;D
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Rodzinski said:
"Up next at City Center, I just wrapped up the program for KISMET, featuring B. Stokes Mitchell"
I'm seeing this very production on Wednesday. I have a friend who got tickets to the final dress. I'm looking forward to it. I've never seen a production of Kismet, I've only heard the score.
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I know more about being married than single and should have much to say on the subject, however, my DH is waiting to watch MONSTER having finished playing his computer game.
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Der Brucer and I have been together for what, twenty-one years? Yep. Not doing too bad, if you ask me.
How have we managed twenty-one years? We still laugh together. And we still talk together. Sure, he never has figured out how much I loathe being kept waiting when he tells me he's going to pick me up at a certain time and isn't there like he says he will be. And I like food spicier than he does, and I'm the one who cooks it, so he's left grumbling sometimes. But we're pretty well tuned into each other.
Enough said.
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DR Jason pretty fish pictures!
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Der B and I went to see Brokeback Mountain today. I'm still deciding what my thoughts are about it; the lives depicted were so different from my own, from a different time and place. He, on the other hand, commented on how slowly paced the film seemed. (I agreed with him that it wasn't much, if what you go in expecting is an action/adventure film.)
It's nice to know that Anne Hathaway has grown up so quickly from being a Disney Ingenue. She's going to have a much better future than the other DI's, Duff and Lohan.
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Jennifer, good vibes to CJ, and to you.
Thanks. I don't know why i've been so teary today. I don't like it when other people are hurting. I spoke to him though and he is not doing well.
Btw, MEDIUM was sort of a good episode (no spoilers here). But the ending sort of confused me and didn't satisfy me. I"ll be interested to see what others think.
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"Kismet" Fate dictates I shall not see the production.
DR WFO and I remember productions in the fifties which meant a lot to us in terms of develpoing a love of musical theatre. No we did not see the same production!
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I'm still catching up!
DearReader Laura used the word that is so important:
"SPACE".
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DR Jose, unmarked police cars are allowed to pull people over for speeding? I don't think we have that here. And I don't like the idea. Yeah sure there are those idiots who drive like maniacs who deserve to be pulled over. But I think mostly the cops pull people over for driving just slightly above the speed limit. And I think it's at least fair to be able to see the car.
Jennifer, even unmarked police cars (and Washington has everything from Ram Trucks to Ford Mustangs) still have State Patrol Exempt license plates on their vehicles. Therefore, if you really pay attention to your environment while driving, you won't get nailed.
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Thank you. I think that one was an accident. ;D
Sometimes the best ones can come by way of an accident...
DRJason, I do have a question for you. IS your hat from a costume from a production such as Fiddler on the Roof?
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Vixmom you describe your marriage beautifully.
I really could have done without the Doodlebop link. ;D
What fun is it to be all grown up if we cant be a kid every once in awhile!
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Back from a lovelier than lovely supper. I shall now finish watching the DVD I'm in the midst of watching. Anyone for three hundred postings? Certainly there are enough people on right now to make that happen.
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So, what did everyone eat for dinner?
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And what is everyone wearing (we haven't had a clothing call in ages)?
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Dinner was a lovely pasta with kielbasa and browned onions.
Unfortunately, I am wearing some of the sauce from that lovely dinner.
In additon to my usual surfing-the-net clothing, of course.
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Good Evening!
Well... After walking around Westminster-Canterbury for about 25 minutes looking for the rehearsal room, I realized that I was in the wrong nursing home/assisted living complex. Oops! Thankfully, after placing a call to a friend of mine, I was steered to the correct nursing home/assisted living complex, Imperial Plaza.
-If anything, it was nice to laugh at myself for a bit. DOH!
So, I just sat and listened to the last half of their rehearsal, then after they were done, spent some time saying Hello to various and sundried people. Then Steve and I headed over to Joe's Inn for some dinner and catch-up time. He's doing well. His family is doing well. I'm doing well. My family is doing well.
*And he'll be my guest for Opening Night of Lestat.
:)
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As for dinner...
House Salad with Bleu Cheese Dressing
Pan-Fried Chicken Livers (YUM!!!)
Greek-style Green Beans
And Steve had:
House Salad with House Dressing
Broiled Salmon
Greek-Style Green Beans
We would have had dessert, but they were being VERY generous with their portions tonight at Joe's. -Which is one of the "benefits" of a slow night at Joe's.
;)
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Interesting that THE PRODUCERS on Broadway didn't get the nice bump in box office that has accrued to other shows like PHANTOM... and RENT when their respective movies came out.
Not a particularly informative post, but at least it's a post on the way to #300. :)
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As for clothes...
White socks
Old Navy Pajama Bottoms
Hanes Boxer Briefs, gray
Black/Gray Old Navy Ringer Tee
In other words, sleep is in my near future. ;)
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DR DakotaCelt: My avatar comes from a production of MY FAIR LADY that I did in graduate school. :)
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Ben, do me a favor, if you see any typos in the KISMET program, don't tell me about 'em. :)
Actually as I was preparing it for print today I found an error on one of the pages they supplied. Saved somebody's arse, I did.
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Tonight I had the entire apartment to myself until about 2 minutes ago - Justin just came in from seeing DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS. I can only imagine that Jared - the nosy one - is at Splash!
While they were out, I enjoyed a lovely practice session, which I'm sure the downstairs neighbors hated, but it was nice to get to sing out (Louise!) without worrying about what other people were hearing. Good for the voice...good for the soul.
After that, I showered and prepared myself a dinner of breakfast foods: scrambled eggs (for protein) and Corn Pops. Healthy? Probably not - but it sure tasted good!!
After that I watched an episode of Paula's Home Cooking On Demand. It was really sweet - she made some of her mom and grandmother's favorite recipes and just tasting those foods made her cry. And she made the most amazing red velvet cake I've ever seen (she used the entire bottle of food coloring!).
And now, at 11:15, I think I may actually try to hie myself to bed!
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And as for unmarked police cars...
Yes, there are some unscrupulous individuals out there who could produce a fake badge and install some flashing lights in their car, but...
As with any crime, It's only a crime if you're caught. So...
Speed limits - whether they are followed or not - are posted for a reason, and they are the law. Ideally, we should all be driving the speed limit whether or not there is a patrol car within our sight.
The other night was just so "funny" because there were people pulled over to the side of road every mile or so. And they were pulled over by unmarked police cars that had their flashers on. If you were driving along and did not see all the police activity, well... You have no one to blame but yourself.
*And I remember unmarked police cars starting to be used when I was in high school. In fact, the police even released press releases to warn drivers to expect it when they least expect it. Usually, they would take a junker and equip it with a new engine. Nowadays, they're equipping later model cars - I've even seen a Lexus police car - for patrol duty.
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DR Rodzinski - Any chance you have any freebies for Kismet coming your way?
;)
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I've been in a relationship with a gal called TPunk for nigh 5 years now. I don't know what our secret is, if we have one. We still make each other laugh. That's key.
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Maybe we've been through this, but aren't Corn Pops the exact same things that used to be called Sugar Pops?
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Also, I think she's hot.
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Yes, FJL, they were SUGAR CORN POPS, then they dropped the SUGAR.
Just as SUGAR SMACKS became just SMACKS and then HONEY SMACKS. At some point it was decided that it was not cool to have Sugar as part of your cereal title.
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SUPER SUGAR CRISP became SUPER GOLDEN CRISP.
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I am wearing a t-shirt that says "Akron" and some orange pajama pants TPunk made for me for Christmas.
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Hope so, Jose. Don't know how many times I can go to the well though.
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Last night, I saw THE PAJAMA GAME with a high school buddy and a rowdy, noisy audience, while my other half of over 16 years watched the Super Bowl with some rowdy, noisy friends.
Maybe longevity IS in part in understanding that you don't have to do everything together.
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I saw KISMET at the New York State Theatre in the 1960s, and it was an eye-popping splashy production with, of course, the original star Alfred Drake. Enjoyed every second of it. Bought the cast album of the Lincoln Center production the next day. Didn't buy the original Broadway cast album until many years later (and then on cassette).
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I had a tossed salad with diet French dressing for supper. I had eaten fast food for lunch, so had to go low cal tonight.
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Was I Wazir?
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Rodzinski, do you do the basic four-page program that they hand out at the Wednesday dress rehearsal as well as the full Playbill for the regular performances?
I'm pretty sure that if Ben goes on Wednesday, he'll only get the four-pager.
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And now for some pics....
Here I am with DR Ben's buddy, Christopher Bloch:
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I liked MEDIUM and found its twists and turns again out of the ordinary.
spoiler - - - - -
I thought somehow Allison was going to be with the fake Joe at the end instead of the real Joe.
The descriptions of the episode had made it sound as if Allison was going to lose her clairvoyance altogether, but that wasn't the case at all.
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And here I am with DR FJL and Skip's buddy-ette, Kay Walbye:
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'24 had another nail-biting, surprising episode with a couple of truly breath-taking events happening.
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And here I am with the delectable Matt Bogart and the equally delectable Meg Gillentine:
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Was I Wazir?
In your avatar, it seems as if you've been taught to "Gesticulate."
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Here is another pal of DR FJL and Skip, John Leslie Wolfe, and Mr. Bloch again:
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And here is a pic of our "latest" cast member, Craig. *I think a certain DR will like this pic. ;)
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And finally...
;D
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I only saw the first half of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, and it was merely pleasant. A telephone conversation ran overtime, and I was playing catch up with the DVR's recording but forgot to save it and lost the show once I flipped over to '24.'
I'll catch the rerun to see how it ended.
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Right you are, FJL. Ben will not see my handiwork as it probably won't even be at the theater until late Wed.
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Christopher Bloch? Sure that isn't Ben Stein?
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And finally...
;D
Four Lost Souls? ;D
BTW, DR Jose, I think I asked and you answered before, but I've forgotten. Did this production have Applegate and Lola singing "Two Lost Souls" or Joe and Lola singing it?
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Wow...I just read that THE PRODUCERS was at 53% capacity this week while THE WOMAN IN WHITE was at 57%! This does not bode well for Mr. Brooks' titanic musical... I mean, WOMAN IN WHITE is closing on the 19th...
And at this point, The Producers is still running in the black. Now, if Mssrs. Lane and Broderick were to come back into the show, I'm pretty sure their profit margin might be diminished. But, then again, if Nathan and Matthew did come back into the show, I'm pretty sure the ticket sales would be running at 101% again.
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And I totally forgot to set up COURTING ALEX to be recorded. So, I'll only see it if CBS chooses to rerun it.
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Four Lost Souls? ;D
BTW, DR Jose, I think I asked and you answered before, but I've forgotten. Did this production have Applegate and Lola singing "Two Lost Souls" or Joe and Lola singing it?
Joe and Lola. The original way. The way it's supposed to be. *Our Applegate, Brad Oscar, did not demand another song.
:-X
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Well... I think I'm about ready to veg out in front of the TV for a bit and then head to bed. I'm not sure what's on my agenda for tomorrow, but I'm sure I'll end up someplace after I wake up. ;)
Goodnight.
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Joe and Lola. The original way. The way it's supposed to be. *Our Applegate, Brad Oscar, did not demand another song.
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You're entirely right! Makes no sense for Applegate to sing that song! I never saw the revival and wasn't interested once I heard that cast album.
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I remember when Judith Daykin used to do the Encores dress rehearsal introductory speech, she did a sort-of "human Playbill," reading aloud the cast list and the settings for the two acts before the show started. When Jack Viertel started to do the dress rehearsal introduction, they started the practice of passing out the little four-pager.
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Someone should SING the entire cast. Like Nilsson sings the credits for SKIDDOO.
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Some disappointing news for me. The fella is coming down with the flu, and it looks as though our Friday encounter is going to be postponed until next week. From the sound of his voice on the phone, I can't imagine that he'd feel well enough to even go to work, much less come here afterwards.
With age has come patience. Hope it's just a mild case of the flu or maybe just a cold if he's lucky.
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Here's one for you, BK. The soundtrack to Wertmuller's SWEPT AWAY... by Piero Piccioni.
http://flickhead.blogspot.com/2006/02/piero-piccioni.html
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Well, we're over 300 posts for the day, so I'm going to head for bed.
Good evening, everyone!
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So, what did everyone eat for dinner?
My customary lunchbox special: Turkey sandwich, banana and an added treat of two clementines....
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DR Jose: Thank you. :D
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My goodness, we made it to three hundred in record time and there's still three hours left to go. I had a bacon cheeseburger and a salad with ranch dressing. I'm wearing black jeans and a light brown striped shirt.
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And what is everyone wearing (we haven't had a clothing call in ages)?
Tan pants, hiking boots ( a requirement for walking on icy surfaces) pink and green sweater
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Good Evening!
Well... After walking around Westminster-Canterbury for about 25 minutes looking for the rehearsal room, I realized that I was in the wrong nursing home/assisted living complex. Oops! Thankfully, after placing a call to a friend of mine, I was steered to the correct nursing home/assisted living complex, Imperial Plaza.
-If anything, it was nice to laugh at myself for a bit. DOH!
So, I just sat and listened to the last half of their rehearsal, then after they were done, spent some time saying Hello to various and sundried people. Then Steve and I headed over to Joe's Inn for some dinner and catch-up time. He's doing well. His family is doing well. I'm doing well. My family is doing well.
*And he'll be my guest for Opening Night of Lestat.
:)
Break a leg on the show DR Jose
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DR DakotaCelt: My avatar comes from a production of MY FAIR LADY that I did in graduate school. :)
One of my favorite musicals!!
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And now for some pics....
Here I am with DR Ben's buddy, Christopher Bloch:
DR JOse, your avvie does not do you justice!
Great pictures
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I've downloaded Swept Away - haven't heard it since I had it on vinyl - very nice Piccioni score - always been a big Piero Piccioni fan.
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I'm still catching up!
DearReader Laura used the word that is so important:
"SPACE".
Of course, he has his mistress, so that keeps him happy.
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Something Mexican smothered in fresh spinach, mixed vegies.
Black, teal, brown, tan, blue striped cotton Merona pajamas (from Target!) and a maroon thick cotton bathrobe, tan socks, slippers....and I am still freezing!
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I'm all for that DearReader Laura! Space for everything . LOL.
Space to have interests.
Space to grow.
Space to make mistakes
Space to have as "your own space"
And Love and laughter to share.
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If you like Piccioni, make sure and also download the CAMILLE 2000 soundtrack:
http://lellebelle.blogspot.com/2006/01/piero-piccioni-camille-2000-ost.html
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AFter all of talk of food, I am now very hungry!!
I get off in 10 minutes, go out and sit in my lovely cold car and drive to the apartment.....
Wonder what I will have for a snack
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Jean Byron, who played the mom on THE PATTY DUKE SHOW died today in Mobile, Alabama.
She also starred in Jungle Moon Men, The Magnetic Monster and Voodoo Tiger and guest starred on numerous TV shows in the 50s and 60s.
(http://www.officialpattyduke.com/JeanPD.JPG)
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Not that I'm complaining, mind you, but no posts in over ninety minutes???
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So, what did everyone eat for dinner?
Actually, I haven't had an actual "dinner." When I got home (at about 7:45), I unwrapped a piece of cheescake and poured some chocolate syrups over it. Dark, milk, white and (non-chocolate) caramel. The dark chocolate syrup is the one that I didn't care for. The other three are all pretty good. I got them in a four-pack (they are 23 ounces each) for only $5.99, down from $7.99. A good deal, if I do say so myself. ;D
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And what is everyone wearing (we haven't had a clothing call in ages)?
Big yellow shirt with three buttons and no collar, blue jeans and new Nautica white boxer briefs. :)
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I've only had one serious relationship, but it was long-distance. :P I placed an ad on-line and it panned out! He lives in Seattle and works for Amtrak. He's a porter on the six-day Seattle-to-Chicago round-trip run, so he's gone for six days, then in town for only five days, then gone for six days again and in town for five days. But since we didn't live in the same town, finding time for me to drive all the way up to Seattle (from Olympia because he doesn't have a car) and finding parking (rarely free) was not conducive to a budding relationship. We did last about three and a half years, but even though we got real close (and still are...we're very compatible), the distance got in the way. :-\ (no pun intended)
So, if anyone knows anyone.... ;)