i recieved alot of commentos on my grommet replacement lecture at 5PM mail call last night...-- for those who missed it... you take a small stone/rock/ ?2" diameter-- put it behind your tarp/whatever put a noose around it and you can tie it down better than any grommet...lots of remarks ... would i please do that kind of thing every night...
well that would demand a certain experttise of which i am sorely lacking... i do have a collection of "incidental intelligence" but it is pretty incidental.. same with teh nutty professor-- i run out of ideas-- i may see some brilliaqnt idea i could copy at mail call involving coffee cups and straws..., but by mail call i will wonder why all the straWS AND COFFEE CUPS NEXT TO MY COMPUTER.-
TAKE THISW MORNING-- WONDERING WHAT TO DISCUSS ON THE DD -- SO AS I GOT DRESSED I MADE NOTES ON A POO PICKER - TEH ONLY ONE I CAN MAKE OUT IS THAT MY BLUE JEAQNS WEIGH 1.6 POUNDS.
THERE IS NOT ALOT I CAN DO WITH THAT FASCINATING DETAIL.
I DID NOTE.. I SHOULD WRITE A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF TEH DONKEY FEEDBAGS SDP IS NOW SELLING AND PUT IT IN WITH THE MAILING........-- BESIDES BEING VERY USEFUL, THE STORY BEHIND THEM MAKES THEM INTERESTING....
WE ARE ACTUALL;Y USING 6 OF TEHM TO FEED OUR DONKEYS..... BECAUSE IT MEANS THE MORE SUBMISSIVE DONKEYS CAN RUN FROM THE DOMINANT AND TAKE THEIR BREAKFAST WITH THEM-- AND THEY DON'T WASTE AN OAT... interesting ly.... all feedbags are made so that if the donkey goes to get a drink, the water can drain out-
for $15 plus $5 postage you can have a really handy "day bag" that you can see what is collecting in the bottom. these also come with a tough pouch of stuff that usually collects somewhere... like 1 plastic glove, - packet of 2 tyelonol-- 2 asprin( in case of heart attack) - pen-- 1 paper clip- useful things like that. WE HAVE GONE THRU 200 ALREADY....
i did send a supply to the "save your ass" charity-- and a like organization in germany...
the donkey embroidered on it was drawn by janine at a very early age-- less than 5-- an d becalme the logo for aNIMAL EPISODES
JANINE NEVER DREW ANYTHING ELSE RECOGNISABLE IN THE FOLLOWING 50 YEARS SINCE THEN.
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THE ONLY OTHER THINGS I CAN FATHAM ON MY DAILY POO PICKER... SOMEBODY ON TV SAID INNOVATE OR EVAPORATE---AND A NOTE ABOTU ADS ARE WRITTEN 27 WORDS IN 10 SECONDS .
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ERICA GAVE US A GOOD CUT AND PASTE
... I DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS A "BROADWAY MUSICAL" FAN ALSO...
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erica and asher
I GOT TO LIVE A DREAM LAST NIGHT, AND ASHER HAD A BIG "PAW" IN MAKING IT HAPPEN.
FIRST, TO FULLY APPRECIATE HOW THIS WHOLE THING CAME ABOUT, WE NEED TO GIVE YOU THE BACKGROUND. PROVIDENCE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (PPAC) HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY FAVORITE VENUE TO GO SEE A MUSICAL - IT'S SMALL ENOUGH TO NOT BE OVERWHELMING FOR ME TO NAVIGATE ALONE, IT HAS AN INTIMATE FEEL TO IT WHEN PERFORMERS TAKE THE STAGE, THE PERFORMANCES OF BROADWAY NATIONAL TOURS ARE ALWAYS FLAWLESS, AND IT HAS A PERSONALIZED FEEL: I'VE BEEN GOING TO PPAC OFTEN FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, ENOUGH THAT THE DOORMAN KNOWS WHO I AM AND, SINCE BEING MATCHED WITH ASHER, MOST OF THE OTHER STAFF DOES TOO. ABOUT A MONTH AGO I BOUGHT MY TICKET FOR SATURDAY'S MATINEE PERFORMANCE OF SOMETHING ROTTEN!, WHICH HAS BEEN ON TOUR FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF. I WAS SO EXCITED WHEN I FOUND OUT IT WAS COMING TO PROVIDENCE - LAST MAY, I STUMBLED ACROSS THE SCORE WHEN I WAS IN A FUNK AFTER MOVING TO BRISTOL, AND PRETTY MUCH EVERY SONG HAD ME LAUGHING OUT LOUD WHILE I UNPACKED. SO TO SEE IT PERFORMED ON STAGE AFTER SURVIVING MY FIRST YEAR IN LAW SCHOOL - AND IN A TINY TOWN THAT'S, WELL, FAR FROM MY FAVORITE - WOULD BE SUCH A TREAT!
A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AFTER I RECEIVED MY TICKET, PPAC ANNOUNCED A CONTEST. ONE OF THE FIRST SONGS IN THE SHOW IS CALLED "RIGHT HAND MAN," AND SO THEY WANTED TO KNOW, WHO'S YOUR RIGHT HAND MAN? THE IDEA WAS TO TAG A PERSON AND THEN THE WINNER WOULD GET TWO TICKETS FOR THE OPENING NIGHT PLUS AN INVITATION TO THE CAST PARTY AFTER THE SHOW.
I LOVE MUSICALS. I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM - THE PERFECTLY CHOREOGRAPHED DANCING, THE SONGS AND LYRICS THAT DEVELOP THE PLOT, THE FLASHY AND NUMEROUS COSTUMES, BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, THE OBVIOUS AND PALPABLE CHEMISTRY OF THE CAST ON STAGE. IN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE I WAS IN THE ENSEMBLE OF A COUPLE, AND NOTHING COMPARED TO THE FEELING OF PRACTICALLY LIVING AND BREATHING WITH THE SAME PEOPLE FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS WHILE WE REHEARSED EVERY DAY UP UNTIL OPENING NIGHT. MULTIPLY THAT BY TEN OR SO FOR A NATIONAL TOUR, AND I REALLY CAN’T IMAGINE A JOB THAT’S BETTER THAN THAT. ON ANY GIVEN DAY, I HAVE SHOW TUNES PLAYING FOR HOURS AND IF I’M NOT WORKING OR STUDYING, I’M USUALLY SINGING ALONG (PERKS OF LIVING ALONE, I GUESS?). BUT I WON’T BE DANCING ACROSS THE FLOOR ANY TIME SOON, SO IT’S A DREAM THAT WAS NEVER TO BE. INSTEAD, I TELL MYSELF THAT I’LL JUST STAY AS CLOSE TO MUSICAL THEATRE AS I CAN, AND I HOPE THAT MY FUTURE CAREER WILL GIVE ME PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE GOING TO SHOWS AND SUPPORTING THE PERFORMING ARTS I LOVE. BUT FOR NOW, A CHANCE TO WIN AN INVITE TO SPEND THE EVENING WITH THE CAST? SIGN ME UP!
NOW, I HAVE A FEW GREAT FRIENDS IN MY SMALL CIRCLE, AND THERE ARE ONE OR TWO I FEEL LIKE I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT. BUT THERE WAS ONLY ONE FRIEND THAT I FELT DESERVED THE TITLE OF MY RIGHT HAND MAN, AND THAT IS ASHER. SO, WHY NOT TAG HIM (VIA THIS PUBLIC PAGE) AS SUCH? A COUPLE WEEKS WENT BY, AND IN THE CRAZINESS OF FINAL EXAMS, I FORGOT ABOUT IT. I WAS TOTALLY SHOCKED WHEN I GOT A MESSAGE LAST FRIDAY THAT I HAD WON!
SINCE ASHER TECHNICALLY DOESN’T NEED HIS OWN TICKET, HE GRACIOUSLY GAVE HIS TO OUR BEST FRIEND WE MET IN SCHOOL THIS PAST YEAR, AND WE HAD SUCH AN AMAZING NIGHT. THE SHOW WAS WONDERFUL AND SO FUNNY, AND WHEN IT ENDED, WE HEADED UP TO THE PARTY TO MEET THE TALENTED PERFORMERS WE HAD JUST WATCHED FOR THE PAST TWO HOURS. WE GRABBED A TABLE AS THE CAST FILTERED IN, AND I KEPT ASHER BEHIND MY CHAIR WHILE WE GOT OUR FOOD AND DRINKS. THE PPAC STAFF CAME OVER TO SAY HI (BECAUSE “DO NOT PET” RULES JUST DON’T APPLY WHEN YOU’RE A DISTINGUISHED GUEST AT AN EXCLUSIVE PARTY!), AND THEN AN ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE THAT I WAS THERE BECAUSE ASHER AND I HAD WON THE RIGHT HAND MAN CONTEST – THEY EXPLAINED THAT MINE WAS THE BEST ENTRY THEY HAD GOTTEN SO THEY JUST COULDN’T NOT PICK US – AND THE CAST TOOK NOTICE OF ASHER IN HIS TIE AND TOP HAT. WE WERE PRETTY POPULAR AFTER THAT.
MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS IN THE SHOW WERE BEA (NICK BOTTOM’S WIFE WHO SANG “RIGHT HAND MAN”, PLAYED BY MAGGIE LAKIS) AND PORTIA (NIGEL BOTTOM’S HILARIOUS LOVE INTEREST, PLAYED BY AUTUMN HURLBERT), AND BOTH MAGGIE AND AUTUMN WERE SO FUN TO MEET AND SPEND THE EVENING WITH. WE TALKED ABOUT ASHER (OBVIOUSLY), AND ALSO ABOUT THEIR LIVES ON THE ROAD. NEITHER AUTUMN OR MAGGIE HAD BEEN HOME FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, ON TOUR FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE RUN TO THE VERY END, WHICH IS THIS SUNDAY HERE IN PROVIDENCE. I ALSO LEARNED THAT THE TWO CHARACTERS WHO WERE MARRIED ON STAGE, BEA AND NICK, ARE ALSO MARRIED IN REAL LIFE! ROB MCCLURE, WHO PLAYED NICK, IS SO TALENTED WITH SUCH A PRESENCE ON STAGE, AND TO MEET HIM AND JUST HANG OUT HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH HIM AND EVERYONE WAS BEYOND THRILLING (APPARENTLY ASHER WAS A LITTLE STARSTRUCK TOO – HE JUST COULDN’T TAKE HIS EYES OFF OF THE CAST FOR THE CAST PHOTO!).
ASHER HAS PRESENTED ME WITH MANY INTERESTING EXPERIENCES, BUT I THINK THIS ONE MAY TAKE THE CAKE TO DATE. WE’LL PROBABLY HEAD BACK TO PPAC ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO SEE THE MATINEE SINCE I HAVE THE TICKET ANYWAY AND SINGLE TICKETS DON’T USUALLY RESELL, SO WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A DOUBLE FEATURE! WE LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF LAST NIGHT, AND I HOPE WE CAN DO THAT AGAIN SOMEDAY. MEETING THE TALENTED PEOPLE WHO SPREAD SO MUCH JOY AND LAUGHTER WITH THEIR HARD WORK ON THEIR TOUR WAS SOMETHING WE WON’T SOON FORGET!
