Today’s travel was surprisingly pleasant, considering that it started at 4:30am. Rob got up to drive me to the airport which he claimed was no big deal because it allowed him to get an early start at the winery. I zipped through security and then ran into some puppeteer friends who were on their way […]
Travel day to NYC plus Queen Elizabeth Read More »
I’m at the Portland airport (yay, free wi-fi!) waiting for my flight to New York. Yes, it’s another redeye. I don’t love them but at least it feels like I’m wasting less time in transit since I spend a good portion of it asleep. I’ll be out there until the 25th and am contemplating having
Off to NYC. Again. Read More »
Saturday, I went with my dad and my nephew to the NYC Musical Saw Festival where they were part of an attempt to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest Musical Saw ensemble. No, really, I’m not making this up. The previous record was set in Poland with 27 saw players, or
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Rob and I have been in NYC for the past two years on a house swap. That ends on the last day of August. After thinking about it, we’ve decided to move back to Portland, OR. The houseswap was intended to be a way to try NYC out without committing to it. While I’ve enjoyed
Moving back to Portland, end of August Read More »
My dad said he thought a dull day for me was more interesting than most people’s day jobs. As an experiment, I used twitter to record the minutia of today. There are big silent stretches, unfortunately, where I’m in the theater without a signal to the outside world. 10:22 Picked up a zipcar at 10
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03:19 Waiting for the shuttle to the airport. I’m tired from having fun this weekend and also fromthe bleakness of this hotel. # 04:00 Wow. I allowed waaaaaaaay too much time to get to the airport and through security. Did get to use the nifty e-pass again. # 05:42 Bizarre. TSA was pulling people out
Short bits for May 4th, 2009 Read More »
Bright and early Saturday morning, I will be on Hour of the Wolf at WBAI 99.5 in NYC. You can listen live from 5-7 AM Saturday or later on demand at http://hourwolf.com The host, Jim Freund has invited me to chat and do some reading. We might even take listener calls. I used to do
Early morning radio Read More »
Rob and I stay in and make sushi for New Year’s Eve instead of braving the madness. But today I had to be in midtown for a meeting and walked through Times Square en route to the subway. For you, I paused and took a picture. See that pole in more or less the top
I came out of the store and tiny crystals were drifting in the air. Â They weren’t even snowflakes, more like glitter. As people stepped out their doors for the first time, they all seemed to repeat the same thing, “It’s snowing!” even when there wasn’t someone with them. Â Everyone was walking with their faces up
First snow of the season Read More »
I’ve just returned home from the SFWA reception which seemed to be a rousing sucess. Kudos to Bud Sparhawk, the Eastern Regional Director, for arranging it. It was my first one, so I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. It turns out that it’s very much like an opening night party, without a show attached
I’ll tell you, it’s strange not to be going into the Puppet Kitchen to build things. I kept feeling like there was something I needed to be doing all day today. What I did instead of that was head up to the farmer’s market and pick up some produce plus some apple cider. After I
Spamalot, Edison Cafe, Zabars Read More »
My folks arrived last night to spend the weekend with us. They were supposed to arrive around noon, but the weather out of Atlanta was apparently foul. Normally I would have been distressed to lose those hours with them, but honestly, after the past week having a little extra time to clean was very welcome.
Mom and Dad visiting Read More »
There are times when explaining things doesn’t work and you just have to witness it for yourself. This is the ambient sound at my apartment today. [audio:loudparade.mp3] Bear in mind that all my windows are closed and we have no walls that face the street. Edited to add: “After listening to this, record the ambient
I was heading downtown during rushhour last night and somewhat miraculously had a seat on the train. The usual crowd was trying to push in and this guy started shouting, “Move the f**k in. Move to the center. I’m getting on this train.” Not unusual. A tax broker type in the middle of the train
We’ve definitely started into Harvest season. It’s funny, the last harvest Rob worked was 2005 but the rhythm of the winery was so much a part of our lives up until that point that it feels completely natural for him to come home smelling of grapes. He only worked a partial day today, but I