Hell week X 2
 

I'm learning the joys of repertory theatre. This week has been spent teching both shows. Long nights, grumpy actors, techies and artistic staff.

"Pippin" opens on Saturday, "Annie Warbucks" on Sunday. We have "Pippin" rehearsal tonight, "Annie Warbucks" rehearsals Saturday and Sunday afternoons.

Monday morning I'm back at work at the zoo. After that it's four day weeks at the zoo, plus eight shows a week through August 10. Monday and Tuesday evenings and Friday daytime will be my only down time.

I haven't seen the gym for a month or so...

Here it is, so you don't forget:

Think about the sun, Ozron
Think about her golden glance
How she lights the world up, well...
Now it's your chance!

heheh

HAHAAHHA this is NSFW:

http://www.tshirthell.com/funny-shirts/one-in-the-tink

Soooooooo wrong.

That reminds me of the story of How the Angel Got On Top of the Christmas Tree:

One Christmas Eve, long, long ago, Santa was having a difficult night. Half the elves were down with the flu. One of the reindeer had a sore hoof, and refused to be harnessed. The machine that makes the doll heads was broken, and they were out of red paint for the wagons. He and Mrs Claus had a huge argument, and she had gone home to her mother's. To top it all off, an angel was there to deliver the Christmas tree and kept asking him where he wanted it set up.

finally Santa had had enough, and in a fit of temper. he told the angel exactly where she could put the Christmas tree.

And that, boys and girls, is why there is an angel on top of the Christmas tree!

We had Macaroni Grill tonight :) Yay gift cards!

They have this meal thingy setup where you get the pasta, plus salad and a 1/2 size dessert for $11.99. What I don't get is that the pasta alone is ALSO $11.99 - and honestly... I don't think the portion of pasta was much smaller, if at all. So we're all totally stuffed and have leftovers :)

Worked out to about $16/pp. If you account for the leftovers, the per-meal on that is pretty cheap. :)

But soooooo funny! Thanks for reminding me of that site. Always good for a laugh, though I really don't buy the shirts, since I can't figure where I'd wear most of them, and the good ones are too bad to wear around this state.

Another Disney-tinged NSFW shirt for your viewing pleasure.

I wrote this because the url might get effed with the profanity blocker thingy

I saw The Drowsy Chaperone at the Ahmanson last night. Total theatre geek heaven! If you can get there, go! Super extra bonus: At my market earlier that day, I was chatting with a new customer and mentioned I was coming back downtown later to see The Drowsy Chaperone. She says, "I'm in it!" I say, assuming that she's one of the millions of chorus people I'm sure are in the show, "What are you playing, so I can watch for you?" She says,"The chaperon." We have a great chat about theatre, selling cheese for a living, and being nominated for a Tony. So, I ask if we can meet her backstage after the show, and get a tour.

Ladies and gentlemen, last night I appeared on the stage of the Ahmanson Theatre.

Of course, it was after the show, and the audience had gone home, but, the set was magnificent and I was in heaven. Nancy Opel is a swell actor and the chaperon is a boozy grand diva of a character. All I can say is that it's amazing how my psyche can house envy, admiration, and sheer joy in such massive and equal amounts.

I loved that the guy sitting next to me, with his girlfriend, was geeking out as hard as I was. I'm betting that she's now assembling the clues she's going to need for the eventual "talk" they're going to have.