I’m going to try to use an analogy to explain how frustrating it is when you are working on a puppet and it breaks right before you finish. Imagine that you are almost finished with a short story or novel, you’ve been very careful and been backing it up as you go. Something goes wrong […]
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@twitter help # On the train and will try to sleep. Supposed to get into the Boston station around eightish. # Next time, I’ll plunk down the extra $30 to go to business class so I don’t have to hear cranky baby. # Also, why is the train so freaking cold? # Just went to
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Rob says: Broken turn signal, broken clutch lever (I just went to BMW and paid $157 for a replacement to make the cycle rideable while I wait for the insurance adjuster to call), damaged front fender, damaged hand guard, damaged exhaust pipe, and shredded cover. That’s what I can see at the moment. I’m going
Rob and I left the apartment at the same time today, which is a rare occurrence. I kissed him goodbye, got on the train and he headed off to ride his motorcycle. When I got off the train, my phone rang. Rob. He rarely calls me, so I had a sinking sensation. “Hi. What’s wrong?”
Dear actors, When you demand a prop, a strange and difficult to acquire prop, which requires some hours of time to get for you, please think carefully when presented with the object before you announce that you prefer what you’ve been using in rehearsal. Many thanks for your time and attention. A prop master who
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Now, it should be obvious that I’m not really a sports scene sort of person. That said, if there’s a sport I enjoy, it’s baseball and the Braves are the only team that I’ve ever seriously followed. So I was not dreading going to see the game with Katherine. I called around, found a place
It looks like the fever has finally broken. Whew. Let me ask you this, because Rob says it doesn’t happen to him and I’ve just always assumed it was a normal part of getting a fever. My skin gets really sensitive, like all the nerve endings have been chafed and are jangling. I can’t stand
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While I appreciate your desire to share, it is not necessary to have your television actually in the airshaft. Having said that, I will admit that it is interesting to hear the TARDIS materialize outside my window at 2 a.m. Some time travel would be useful this week. Sleep, however, would be more useful and
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At rehearsal the other day, someone said that the way you feel after an all-nighter is the way you will feel all the time twenty years from now. I feel eighty.
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Well, phooey. Mom and Dad were scheduled to come visit on Friday. My birthday is the 8th, Mom’s is the 11th and she is attaining a Significant Number this year. We were going to do a joint celebration. I had all sorts of things planned. But, he is ill — as in influenza and in
I can tell that I am now a New Yorker, at least in part, because I agree with every word of this Open Letter by Matt Kressel of Senses Five Press Dear Pedestrian Shopper, Please note that, while you gawk at the tall buildings and meander down the sidewalk carrying giant bags of material goods,
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A director friend of ours had tickets to a preview of the Golden Compass and invited Rob and me to a small screening. The production design on the show is gorgeous, with air ships that will make the most hardened steampunker swoon. The costumes are stunning throughout. The whole cast turns in really strong performances,
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This falls into the category of things that I wonder if I should blog about. See, my parents are going to worry, but there are enough things that make me cranky that I’m going ahead with it. Let’s discuss the importance of obeying traffic laws, shall we? As I was biking to work this morning,