Topic: I RAISE (Read 17671 times)

Sandra · « **Reply #90 on:** June 04, 2005, 06:07:55 PM »

I'm sorry BK, but I don't seem to have anything to say. I don't know much from foreign playwrights and I don't know how to play CANASTA.

S. Woody White, I think you should get the Arthur and Friends CD for the lads. I'm listening to my copy right now.

Danise · « **Reply #91 on:** June 04, 2005, 06:33:48 PM »

Quote from: MBarnum on June 04, 2005, 01:35:48 PM

While having breakfast with my mom this morning I learned that when my brother was in Iraq this last time his 3 car convoy came under attack by insurgents, and they actually had a shoot out...my brother and the other guy in his car did not have guns, so they had to hide under the car while others shot it out and waited for back-up.

Rather scary news that my brother did not tell us about while he was over there.

I think that scared him enough that he will not offer to go back there again (he works for the Federal govt.).

Wow that IS scary! I'm so glad that yor brother and others are ok. I don't blame him a bit if he didn't go back. Shudder.

Danise · « **Reply #92 on:** June 04, 2005, 06:37:10 PM »

Well, DR Ginny and everyone, the die is cast. The CI is it. I've booked my entire trip because the prices went up in just these past couple of days. I was afraid to wait and take a chance it would go up again.

I always feel funny after I hit the buy button on these trips but I'm glad it's decided.

Danise · « **Reply #93 on:** June 04, 2005, 06:38:56 PM »

Quote from: Sandra on June 04, 2005, 06:07:55 PM

I'm sorry BK, but I don't seem to have anything to say. I don't know much from foreign playwrights and I don't know how to play CANASTA.

Don't feel bad, Sandra. I'm in the same boat. Except for the Bard, I could fall over a foreign playwright and not know it. I've heard of Canasta but never played it either. $:-\$

Danise · « **Reply #94 on:** June 04, 2005, 06:46:52 PM »

Quote from: S. Woody White on June 04, 2005, 10:15:16 AM

Dear DRs all, I have an announcement to make!

I am returning to the world of the working shlub!!!

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The grocery store just down the street from where der B and I live was holding a job fair, so I went in, filled out an application, got interviewed, and then went in again today to finalize the paperwork. I'll be working as a cashier, so I get to play with money and lasers and bar codes and plastic or paper! I even get to pay dues to a union!

(Well, that gets a $:-\$ but it's part of the job.)

It may be just for the summer, when the store does the biggest business (tourists, of course). But even so, the pay will be pretty good, and I could get picked up for post-season.

Congrats on the employment!

I don't know if I could do that kind of job or not. Handling anyones money except my own makes me very highly nervous. I don't know why but if anyone accused me of not giving them the right change or anything like that I would melt.

I would also probably be the worlds easiest mark for every scam in the world.

DR Elmore, I miss Jane too.

Michael · « **Reply #95 on:** June 04, 2005, 06:59:34 PM »

Hey Ho!

Didn't realize I've been gone so long!

TOD
Beckett
Stoppard
Ibsen

Michael · « **Reply #96 on:** June 04, 2005, 07:00:30 PM »

As for Bruce Kimmel's Kritzerland.

It was never Goddard Lieberson's Columbia. Be brave and take the first step.

Michael · « **Reply #97 on:** June 04, 2005, 07:01:26 PM »

The DVD of Moonlighting does it include the original pilot movie?

Michael · « **Reply #98 on:** June 04, 2005, 07:17:20 PM »

I was watching Down With Love and saw the HHW own Vincent Cirilli was credited as a "Digital Recordist"

Anyone know what that job entails?

Tomovoz · « **Reply #99 on:** June 04, 2005, 07:26:45 PM »

Isn't Canasta a Mexican playwrite?

S. Woody White · « **Reply #100 on:** June 04, 2005, 07:26:56 PM »

Quote from: Danise on June 04, 2005, 06:46:52 PM

Congrats on the employment! I don't know if I could do that kind of job or not. Handling anyones money except my own makes me very highly nervous. I don't know why but if anyone accused me of not giving them the right change or anything like that I would melt.

I would also probably be the worlds easiest mark for every scam in the world.

DR Elmore, I miss Jane too.

Fortunately, a lot of the job, like adding everything up, is handled by computers. This store has screens that show everything that is being scanned AS it is being scanned, with a running total and any discounts shown in real time.

Any problems with a customer, the running order is to call over a manager, which makes sense. Takes a lot of pressure off of the cashiers.

Still, as with any clerical job, there are people out there who are bound and determined to make the clerk's life hell, just because they can. It pays to develop a thick skin. And the proper meds help, too.

No, seriously, if I weren't on antidepressants I wouldn't want to even think of attempting a job like this. That, and a few philosophical roots should help me through the rough spots.

For one thing, I know better than to take the nasty bits personally. These people don't know me from Adam (or Eve), and will generally be venting their own anger with the world in general. It happens.

Second, it's up to me to deal with each and every customer as they come to me. Each one is an individual, worthy of my respect and attention. And while some of them will be rotten as hell, others will be wonderful people. Those will deserve to be celebrated, and I intend to.

And I'm not going to be working for tips! Take a gander at some of the writings at Waiter Rant, and you'll learn a lot about how some people can behave.

Now, as for scams, that's going to be something I'll just have to learn, and learn fast. Actually, I'm glad you brought the subject up, so I'll remember to ask my bosses about what they know.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #101 on:** June 04, 2005, 07:27:55 PM »

I'd post more but I playing in toyland today. That was not a cheap porn reference either.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #102 on:** June 04, 2005, 07:30:24 PM »

Less than fifty-five posts to a personal plateau!

Or a personal eau de plat?

S. Woody White · « **Reply #103 on:** June 04, 2005, 07:36:57 PM »

I tried something different with dinner tonight. Along with poached chicken breasts and a wild rice/long rice blend (packaged, but I used the poaching liquid instead of water), I made zucchini fritters.

Simple to make, really. I grated a couple of medium-sized zucchini and a small onion on the box grater, and squeezed as much water out of them as I could. Then I added a couple of eggs, a quarter cup of flour, some salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes, and gave them a good stir to blend. I fried them in a pot of oil (my favorite deep-fat frying method) by the tablespoonfull, until they were "golden brown and delicious". They were pretty dang good, too.

Of course, I suppose I could have made them as zucchini pancakes in a pan. And the recipe might have worked better with a little baking powder added (just a little, though). Still, they were light, crunchy, and had a good fresh zucchini taste.

Yummers!

S. Woody White · « **Reply #104 on:** June 04, 2005, 07:40:52 PM »

I was thinking Cats might be a good CD for the grandlads to experience. We have the show on DVD, which will help them understand the show. What bothers me is that our CD doesn't have the lyrics included, or much in the way of illustrations. The lads like having something to look at while they listen, particularly Alex, who has decided he does like to read after all.

We may need to get a book, with pics and lyrics.

Ben · « **Reply #105 on:** June 04, 2005, 07:48:28 PM »

I'm a big fan of Coward. I also like The Bard and Stoppard. Anhouli and Wilde (France and Ireland) and Athol Fugard.

Not much more to say today. I relaxed and did very little. Tomorrow I will do the laundry and then after relaxing more I will head to the Upper West Side to watch the Tonys with my theatre buddies. I will then return to work on Monday morning. Will we have a surfeit of posts, similar to the record breaking posts after the Oscars???

Goodbye for now (a Sondheim reference or a Warren Beatty reference, whichever you prefer)

S. Woody White · « **Reply #106 on:** June 04, 2005, 07:56:55 PM »

Decisions, decisions, decisions.

The obvious choice for television viewing tomorrow is the Tony awards, of course.

But then we have taping conflicts.

On the one hand, the first two hours of "The Next Food TV Star," or whatever they're calling it, will be playing at the same time.

On the other hand, so will the two-hour season opener for The 4400, which der B and I enjoyed last year.

Decisions, decisions, decisions!

S. Woody White · « **Reply #107 on:** June 04, 2005, 07:57:51 PM »

Fifty to go!

Matt H. · « **Reply #108 on:** June 04, 2005, 08:34:07 PM »

Back from LA CAGE. Some of the younger members of the cast went out after the show, but we have a matinee tomorrow, and since I got in so late last night, I took a pass. I noticed the folks in the play of MY generation were doing likewise.

We had our best show tonight, and I definitely had my best show so far. I am honestly light-headed about how all my stuff went tonight. Last night was far rockier and a night I wouldn't want to remember for me personally. Good crowd and as usual they got more enthusiastic about the show as it progressed.

Tomorrow is a matinee with the "older generation" heavily represented in the audience, and I have an ominous feeling of dread about it. I suspect we're going to be hearing a lot of crickets as we proceed through the show tomorrow afternoon. Ah, well. I can come home to the Tonys.

François de Paris · « **Reply #109 on:** June 04, 2005, 08:43:36 PM »

Quote from: Tomovoz on June 04, 2005, 07:27:55 PM

I'd post more but I playing in toyland today. That was not a cheap porn reference either.

Playing in Boyland might be!

Matt H. · « **Reply #110 on:** June 04, 2005, 08:43:46 PM »

And now, my Tony predictions in a few key categories (musicals only):

Best Musical: SPAMALOT
Best Musical Director: Mike Nichols, SPAMALOT
Best Musical Actor: Norbert Leo Butz, DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
Best Musical Actress: Victoria Clark, THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA
Best Featured Musical Actress: Sara Ramirez, SPAMALOT
Best Featured Musical Actor: Dan Fogler, PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE

François de Paris · « **Reply #111 on:** June 04, 2005, 08:48:28 PM »

Quote from: Ben on June 04, 2005, 07:48:28 PM

I'm a big fan of Coward. I also like The Bard and Stoppard. Anhouli and Wilde (France and Ireland)

Who's that Anhouli man?

It's funny how his first name is hardly ever used, even in France!...

Jrand74 · « **Reply #112 on:** June 04, 2005, 08:51:28 PM »

Scary story, DRMBARNUM!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #113 on:** June 04, 2005, 08:54:39 PM »

Well, I didn't properly place my verbs and objects - so I will just say, that I was cleaning THE THEATRE and selling THE TICKETS.

Of course people always like to complain about where they are sitting even if they are lucky to have tickets to a sold out show. Shortly before the curtain went up, a lady came to the box office and said: "We can't see a thing from these seats." And I said: "Uh, nothing has happened yet." We had had a couple of seats turned in, so I traded them for her, but you know, we have FIVE rows of seats....FIVE....the stage is a thrust stage. No set piece was down further than the side aisles, there is no way you can't NOT see everything.

Oh well.

Hmmmmmmm.....must get to working on the trivia question.

Stand by for news.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #114 on:** June 04, 2005, 08:55:37 PM »

Was Dario Fo's Death of an Anarchist a foreign play? I liked that one a lot. It closed quicker than either of the plays in today's Unseemly Trivia Contest, though.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #115 on:** June 04, 2005, 08:58:06 PM »

My friend Zach who has worked a few seasons at Putnam County Playhouse (the above referenced jernt) - was also studying acting at Indiana University. Last December, Mr Scott LeFaber came to guest direct a production of HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WANDA JUNE and Zach was in it as the Vacuum Cleaner Salesman.

Mr LeFaber told Zach to get himself to NYC and audition for the Circle in the Square Summer Program. Zach did so, and last week was offered a contract - he will be in NYC this summer! I am sure it is because he had Putnam County Playhouse on his resume, and Circle In The Square is where a show is playing called ---you know: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. I don't know what kind of public presentations the students do there, but if you go see one, NYC HHW'ers, look for Mr Zachary Spicer.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #116 on:** June 04, 2005, 08:59:47 PM »

CANASTA...why does this word bring Kay Medford to mind?

François de Paris · « **Reply #117 on:** June 04, 2005, 09:00:52 PM »

Quote from: JRand54 on June 04, 2005, 08:54:39 PM

Of course people always like to complain about where they are sitting even if they are lucky to have tickets to a sold out show. Shortly before the curtain went up, a lady came to the box office and said: "We can't see a thing from these seats." And I said: "Uh, nothing has happened yet."

LOL!

Yes, I guess it's in our nature of human beings to complain and think others get a better deal than we do!

François de Paris · « **Reply #118 on:** June 04, 2005, 09:02:12 PM »

Quote from: Dan (the Man) on June 04, 2005, 08:59:47 PM

CANASTA...why does this word bring Kay Medford to mind?

It does???

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #119 on:** June 04, 2005, 09:06:50 PM »

Quote from: François de Paris on June 04, 2005, 09:02:12 PM

It does???

It does! It does! I can see and hear Kay saying something to the effect that "the ladies are here to play canasta". Am I thinking Funny Girl?

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