back home

Friday: more tech, then Chinatown dinner at 11. Got home about 3am, went to bed.
Saturday: got up, packed, went in to theater and left my stuff so I could walk around a bit. Then retrieved my stuff, went to the airprt and came home.

My plane got in on time and in fact even a little early Saturday.

Then all day yesderday was dance hang and focus, which managed to take longer than I thought it should, as usual. I got home at about midnight. I was going to write some cues with the offline editor, but I was entirely too tired so I went to bed and got up early today instead.

I will fill in on NYC stuff as I have time this week.

a bit of wireless

I've managed to connect a bit today during breaks, so maybe it isn't the laptop messing up after all. That would be nice. Still don't have a lot of time at the moment, but here's a list for today.

Thursday: Got up, showered, went in, (:45 ride, finished a book on the subway) met Victor at 11:30 and ate a variety of dumplings for breakfast/lunch at Ollie's. Went to theater, kept working on cues, did stop- and- go run through. Went to dinner at 4:30 and now back at theater.

That's the summary. I'm drowsy, and full from dinner. I wish I had coffee. Tech isn't bad, but the seats aren't comfortable, and they're too far away from the board so I have to keep perching on the edge of my seat which makes my back hurt.

This sucks

I want to post here and tell you all about what's going on, but I can't get any fucking wireless. I can get connection and signal, but can't get any internet. It may or may not have something to do with "clearing DNS cache' according to Windows. I know there is wireless available, but I can't use it. I'm posting from a mac, fer pete's sake. (hee hee)

So I'll make a list, and elaborate later.

Tuesday 4am, got up. 5am, left for the airport. Got to airport, plane delayed an hour. Eventually took off, landed, waited for Victor. Got on a bus, (raining) took it to a subway, took subway to 34th st, went to theatre office. Left luggage, got lunch, watched run through. Left, took subway to 86th st, went to theater, focused lights, rode in taxi, went to eat japanese. Took subway to Brooklyn, (took about an hour) saw a rat. Got out (still raining) walked to Malinda's house, went to bed.

Wednesday. Got up, took shower, left for subway. No longer raining. Got off subway, 1 hr later, bought breakfast, went to theater. Nobody there, as I was half an hour early. (9am) Ate breakfast, walked around, got into theater, waited for Victor to show up. Wrote cues, somebody brought us sandwiches, teched more cues, went to dinner. More tech, got a snack, took subway "home." Failed again at gettng wireless, gave up and used Malinda's computer.

And here we are. This is really frustrating. If I ever get my goddamned laptop online, I can upload pictures (thanx to Robyn for camera loaner) and show you stuff.

In 5 hours..

...I'll be off to New York.

Today was long and hurried. I ran around and did a whole mess of errands. Now I get to rush off out of town, then rush around there. Well, at least I can sleep on the plane. I have earplugs, and a new neck pillow. Oddly enough, the fine print on the neck pillow tag says not to sleep on it. Too bad, I'm gonna anyway.

That is all, until I find some wireless.

Warm and chocolatey

Hot chocolate is delicious. Even if your marshmallows might be 2 years old. (They're still soft, so they're still good dammit.)

I can't wait until smoking is banned in Missouri bars too

Donald and I went out to shop yesterday, mainly to get a present for his nephew's birthday. We got him a cartridge for one of those educational-type game systems, since Donald's mom suggested it, and told us which one they'd already bought so we wouldn't end up with two of the same thing. Donald also wants to get him a some games for his old NES, which the nephew has been playing with. I told Donald not to buy too much stuff, not just because I'm cheap, but because a lot of people are buying presents for this kid. As he gets older, the presents decrease, and that's disappointing. So my advice is not to go overboard now. After all, last year we bought him a cartridge for a different educational-type game system, and it's probably collecting dust or something. Kids have short attantion spans, and this kid has more toys than I think I had in my entire life. He's turning 5, btw. Seriously, LOTS of toys.

Unfortunately there was also an Old Navy near, so we went over there and bought some clothes. We have given up. There can be no resistance to the low prices and cottony goodness that is Old Navy.

Robyn came over, then we all went to Lee's Summit and ate at IHop, then met Mike to play pool. We played several games, had a few drinks and had a generally good time, as well as some tasty queso. Mike's pretty good at pool, Donald and I are both kinda crappy, and Robyn learned last night. Therefore, we had pretty balanced teams. Then we played some darts, and that was fun too. The smoke wasn't too bad at first, but by the end of the night my eyes were stinging.

Today's plans include laundry, packing, and maybe getting a new battery for my cell phone.

Last night Robyn and Mike came over to join Donald and me in getting coffee. We started with eating Kin Lin, always good, and then moved over to have coffee. Luckily Pissy Coffee Woman wasn't there, so we didn't get any shit for being inside Muddy's with leftover Chinese food. A couple of years ago, PCW actually gave me the choice of throwing away my leftovers or leaving. Now that's customer service. Anyway, we enjoyed our coffee beverages, except for Robyn who had her usual hot chocolate. Then we came back home and played a game of Clue. I thought I was going to win, but I had one thing wrong and Mike beat me to it. Good fun.

Anna is warming my lap as usual. Sometimes she purrs so loud that she seems to choke a little and then has to gulp a few times. I think she might have some respiratory issues.

The microwave returneth

Sears was supposed to return the microwave to me last week. But they still didn't have the part. My dad went down to Front St, did some dad stuff, and they agreed to let me exchange the broken one and get a whole new one. This is why we have dads, so they can Get Shit Done. So my dad picked up the broken microwave and brought it back home. Yesterday I took the thing back to Metcalf, where a helpful guy named Gary got me a new one, no problem. Then I got not one but two new coats, from the JC Penney Outlet. Neither is the coat I really want, but having 2 new coats is about 200% better than having no coat at all. And my old coat is in terrible shape. So I paid about $55 for TWO coats, and I'll be warmer this winter than I was last year.

Right now I'm printing pictures for Robyn. I'm waiting for the printer to wake up and realize that there is something in its print queue. It's a very lovely printer, but damn slow.

picture

Here's one pic of Donald and me at Robyn's wedding. (click to enlarge) Check out my hair! It took some woman a brand new hole in the ozone layer to do that to my head. She sprayed hairspray all over my glasses too, but luckily Robyn had awesome jewelry cleaner that took it right off. My hair was one solid bouncy mass. It looked very pretty, but I'm thinking the hairspray woman could have used a bit less. More lovely pictures can be found on Robyn's wedding blog.

Air

If felt like spring this morning. I was walking to a light hang at about 9am, and the cool air and smell of the outdoors reminded me of camp. I had a great time at camp when I was younger. Hiking in the woods, doing crafts, challenge course. That stuff was so fun. Then again, I'm glossing over the heat, the bugs, and the crappy food; but let's not dwell on that. We also did weeked campouts in the spring and fall. More fun stuff: cooking over a fire, building a fire, sleeping in a sleeping bag. I haven't camped in a long time.

Dream 10

I might get my microwave back sometime soon. It seems like an awful long time to wait. All I can say is that it had damn well better work for the next 20 years with no problems. After all, that's why people buy stuff from Sears. It should never die. My parents have a Sears washing machine that my dad bought before he met my mom, and he bought it used. It still works. That's what I expect from Sears.

Sunday Donald and I went to Costco. I love going there in the middle of the day, because the people with the samples are out. I had a mini quiche, (kinda squishy) a taste of take-and-bake pot pie (not bad) and a ghiradelli brownie. (delicious) Of all the samples I've tried, I think I've only bought one thing because I tasted it. But I sure love samples. :D In the evening I went to a dance rehearsal, and when I got back we watched Grey's Anatomy. We're hooked on that damn show. It's pretty soapy, but quite entertaining.

Last night I dreamed that there was a big hole in the kitchen floor between my apartment and the one below. It wasn't my apartment here though, it was the apartment where I stayed in Sacramento, and the people I stayed with had already moved out. Part of my floor was gone, and the ceiling below had linoleum on the top side, just like a kitchen floor. Anna hopped down there, and wandered around between the floors. Then she fell through to the downstairs apartment. So I could now see through clearly to the other apartment, and I told the preson downstairs I'd come down to meet her and get my cat. The problem was that she'd go to the front door, but I'd be at the back; and then we'd switch. And that's all I remember.

Today was a light hang in Spencer. My arms are quite tired, but we got to leave a little before 5 so I have no complaints. I have another dance rehearsal to go to tonight, and hopefully there will be time to get some coffee too.

Tuesday and such

It's been awhile since I posted, but none of you can bitch. Everyday when I check the blogs, maybe one person has posted. Boring friends. :(

Since I last posted,
Tuesday evening we went to eat barbecue with the Rep designer. This time, due to some whining by students, we didn't go to Arthur Bryants. We went to Fiorella's Jack Stack, which is right around the corner from Union Station. Aside from costing way more than Bryant's, I didn't like their sauce as well. The spicy wasn't. It was an actual sit-down restaurant with a waitress and cloth napkins, so it has a totally different atmosphere from Bryant's, where you get your food and beverages in/on the finest of plastic. Or Perry Foster's (yum yum) where you get a styrofoam plate. If it's to-go, they put another stryofoam plate on top and saran wrap the whole thing. That's the kind of barbecue I like best. It's cheap, and unpretentious. And damned tasty!

A few people from out of town complain that they don't like Bryant's, and they do so in such a way that they make it seem that Kansas City barbecue is no good, and everybody else's is better. This rather pisses me off, since I'm FROM here, and I LIKE KC barbecue. If you don't, that's okay, but barbecue comes in many varieties all different, and all equally as good. It's just what you like. So quit bashing my barbecue. (I'm getting hungry...)

Thursday morning I was planning to see Man and Superman. But I got the week wrong, it had a performance the previous week. Whoops. Anyway, I was up at school good and early so I got some stuff done. I chased down choreographers to get rehearsal times and locations. Now my calendar is getting crazy. I think I'm doing 4 pieces now, 3 of which should be pretty simple. But oh, the rehearsals. I was going to see Pippin, but I forgot to go. I was watching Alias, when Robyn reminded me that I was supposed to be somewhere else. I felt pretty stupid, since I told several people that I'd be there, and I just completely forgot.

Friday I ran around and did some errands, and got to a dance rehearsal in the afternoon. They had less than a minute done, so I didn't stay long. In the evening I went to see Pippin. Sigh. The biggest problem is that the narrarator-ish character was played by a girl whose voice was the wrong register for the songs. So she was either singing too low or too high, and not very well either way. I'm pretty sure my high school production was better. Had better production values, without question. The only time the singing was really good was the few times when everybody was singing, and it all came together. Individually, they just weren't good. After, Donald and I went to get coffee. I just love sitting around at that coffeehouse, reading or using my laptop, surrounded by warm tasty coffee smells.

Yesterday we cleaned house, played video games, and went to dinner with both our sets of parents to Accurso's, to officially get it over with. We ate lots of tasty garlicky Italian food, and had a nice time. And now I'm caught up again!

NYC bidness

Yesterday Victor tells me that I need to find a place to stay when we go to New York. I can stay in the Bronx at Temishia's with her sister, or I can find something else. Well, I'm trying to find someplace else. Closer, ideally, and with people I actually know.

So last night I emailed Malinda, who I stayed with in Sacramento and had a very nice time. I also emailed Kristen from CMSU, who has recently moved to NYC. She lives on 43rd St. right by Times Square, which is very cool, but hasn't gotten back to me yet. Malinda wrote back already, and I can totally stay with her but she lives in Brooklyn. Through careful analysis of our subway map, I've concluded that Brooklyn is preferred to the Bronx, because Malinda is near a subway and I'd only have to switch trains once to get to the theater, which is at 86th St. near Central Park.

I'm feeling very proud of myself that I can look at a map and figure this stuff out. I'm really looking forward to going back there in May with Donald, and hopefully Robyn too. This year we want to stay a few days longer than last year. All the touristy stuff should be less crowded on weekdays. Well, a little less.

Whew.

It's been busy busy.

Friday Donald stayed home. We went and picked up his tux, did some errands, and waited until rehearsal dinner time. Dinner was very nice at Garozzo's, even though we were surrounded by people we don't know, grandparents and parents and such.

Saturday we started out by getting up as the crack of 6:45. We were on our way to Harrisonville by 8, and by 9:30 Robyn and I were waiting to get out hair and makeup done. That took until about noon, somehow, and a lot of hairspray. Wow, the hairspray. We went back to the apartnment, got a bite to eat, and got to Powell Gardens about 2. Then we got dressed and took pictures. At 4 we went over to the chapel to get set up there. The ceremony was at 5, very nice, and by 6 Jo and Robyn were all married up and were receptioning. A long and tiring day, but good overall. Everyone had a good time I think, and looked nice, and we got to meet some new people. I was asleep at 11.

Sunday it was universally decided that breakfast was required. Joe and Robyn joined me and Donald and we went to Chubby's on Broadway. It was cheap, and they have breakfast 24 hours. I'll be going bac, you can bet on that. Later we all drove to Independence to return the tuxes. We shopped and window shopped, and hung around in Barnes and Noble until 5:20. Then we saw Serenity again. :)

Amd that's that! Monday I had to go back to the normal stuff. Now that the wedding's over, I have to jump into doing a million other things. Bah.

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New accessory

I got a new mousie today:

I got the blue one, of course. Is pretty.

The cord wore out on my old laptop mouse, and it was really too small anyway. Thank you newegg, for making it that I don't have to leave the house and go to a store to get new stuff.

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Etc, and Dream 9

The coed bachelorette party went well on Saturday. We did some useful stuff and had a good time to boot. It was fun to see Kristin and Jim and Chrissy, who I don't get to see very often. So thanks Jim and Kristin, for making the long drives; and thanks to Chrissy for making the shorter drive. But to hell with Mike, I don't care about him now that he lives close. [/kidding]

Saturday night I dreamed that we were going out to dinner at a fairly formal restaurant, but we weren't dressed up. We were sitting in the waiting area, waiting to be seated. There was a tall counter with a wine glass full of big, red raspberries; the same way that there would be a bowl of candy or mints. Kristin dumped the raspberries out, and in the spirit of "oops, these raspberries spilled, I guess someone will have to eat them," ate them.

Sunday I went to hang lights at Union Station for Harry. It was long and dull and slow but it eventually got done. Monday I did all the normal stuff, and went to help finish hanging Harry for a few hours. Today was focus, which went a bit slow, but got done in good time. I like working at the Rep, but it isn't as much fun as it used to be. Damn you, Kevin. The new guy gets on my nerves. He isn't a bad guy, but he keeps telling us to do things different ways, which don't really make anything better. He's the new one here after all, I don't need him to tell me how to do stuff. I don't know everything by a long shot, but I'm not interested in taking orders from the new guy. I take orders from the boss guy. Even though I'm just acting as an overhire, I think I'm at least equal to the new guy, having worked for SMJ for 3 full years already.

Stuff to do this week:
Work on/ finish Robyn's photo
Finish my folk's anniversary present (Their 27th was last Friday)
Try on whole bridesmaid outfit at once
Clean silver hinge backs, change earrings

Big Damn Movie

I have to say that's the only time I've ever seen a movie twice in one day. We went at 4:10, but Robyn' didn't make it up here in time, so Donald and I went again with her at 10.

Sigh. So very good, but with sadness at the end.

Well, when to see again?