Good morning, all! This morning I meet the McGlinnventory paralegal Geri at 9:30 to look for some Victor Herbert scores, catch up things with her, and head over to Toyland to collect items that belong to me, such as all the office books, ephemera pertaining to BABES IN TOYLAND and LADY OF THE SLIPPER, and the iMac I had purchased in 2007. In the two breakins in the old office on 14th Street in 2006 and 2007, we lost office computers as well as personal computers owned by our office manager and Russell Warner, none of which were ever replaced by our employer, no matter how many inquiries were made about insurance policies, etc. After the move to Toyland in August 2007 we had no working computer in the office.
The iMac I purchased in 2007 was still under warranty when its disc rejection machinery broke down and it needed repair. Since the repair was at Tekserve on 23rd Street and Toyland is on 27th, I decided to purchase a new computer, have the old one serviced, and take it to Toyland so we could have an office computer.
As to yesterday's events in Toyland, everyone was laid off but me. I have several suspicions - some good, some bad - on why I was not, but it does me no good since I'm both supportive of and dependent on my team. I can do no work, and no billing, without them. So, until a decision is made on what will happen with this project, I'm unemployed and I'm looking for work. What this country needs is a university press or a foundation willing to support a musical theatre project to promote research and publication of important scores and to put me and my colleagues in charge.
When I get home from Toyland, I'll check today's mail for whatever fresh new hell will be coming down the pike.
