Well, dear readers, it is late, and I must write these here notes in a hurry of a scurry, so you don’t worry or call Murray. This is due to having gone out for a proper meal after rehearsal. I had a lovely chicken fried steak and mashed potatoes – excellent and ate every bite and now I’m fuller than the fuller brush man. What ever happened to the Fuller Brush Man? Listening to Tubin’s third symphony and enjoying it. Our three-hour rehearsal was great – I finally had all my leads, and I think I managed to block almost forty pages of dialogue – all of act one is now blocked and all of act two is blocked except for the very long first scene. I’m going to see if my leads can come for two hours at any time next Monday so we can get that done. That would be great, and we could go right into running act one when we return at the beginning of December. We will need to do detail work whilst doing that, same with act two, but I’m hoping we can begin run-throughs soon thereafter and thereafter soon. I think people are starting to catch on to the rhythm of the piece, so that’s good. And it really is very funny. Prior to that, I got about five hours of sleep, got up, answered e-mails, did some prep work for the rehearsal, then had a bagel, cream cheese, and lox for a snack and took the majority of the pills, relaxed, watched a long YouTube video with a bunch of great pit maneuvers by cops in high-speed chases. I watch a lot of local high-speed chases where the cops stupidly go into tracking mode and frequently don’t apprehend the car thief or murder suspect – they are the worst, in fact. They won’t pit if the car is going over forty, which is ridiculous, and even if they catch the creeps, they’re out on bail instantly. Well, completely different story in other states, especially states like Arkansas and Oklahoma, which is most what this video was comprised of – they do NOT fool around, they do not ever go into tracking mode, and therefore they catch almost all of the perps. Best of all, they’ll pit at any speed and in this video they’re pitting people going over a hundred. Very satisfying. The LA cops just play it safe all the time, and either let perps go or lose them because they’re in tracking mode. I dozed off for an hour, at four I had pill two with an egg on an English muffin. Then I shaved and showered and finally moseyed on over to the theater and the rest you know.
Today, I’ll be up by ten-thirty, I’ll do whatever needs doing and then at noon-fifteen I’m being taken for an early birthday lunch and that will be lots of fun. After that, I’ll stop at the mail place and ship a small package, then come home and just do nothing, and then I can watch, listen, and relax.
Tomorrow, we’re back rehearsing through Thursday, have a day off on Friday, rehearse on Saturday and maybe Sunday or Monday if folks are available.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, be up by ten-thirty, do whatever needs doing, have an early birthday lunch, ship a package, then come home and maybe list an item or two, and then I can watch, listen, and relax. Today’s topic of discussion: What things like the Fuller Brush Man and the Avon Lady and those kinds of weird things intrigued you when you were a kid? Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, whilst I hit the road to dreamland, having had a fun and good rehearsal, and fun watching the pits.