Friday, January 26, 2007

Busy Busy Busy

Jitney is open and wonderful. COME SEE IT NOW!!!

I start prep for Meet John Doe on Tuesday, understudy rehearsals on the 31st and then my MJD friends (most of them :( )get in on the following Tuesday.

So yes I will be alive, barely, but probably not a lot of time for blogging. I will do my best though. Those of you who know me the best know that I am happiest when I am overlapping shows so the truth is I am really excited about the next three weeks.

This afternoon was my interview with the Eastern Regional Nominating Committee. That's right, I am running for AEA Council again this year. Council is Equity's ultimate decision-making body, particularly regarding policy, finance and appeals. I ran two years ago and came close so with the knowledge and networking I have gained over the past years I will run again and win!!

I think the interview went well but since I was not able to get to New York to do it I had to do it over the phone... and I hate that. I do feel pretty good that this year there were more people on the committee that I knew and even someone I have had the pleasure of working with.

I will know in the next few weeks whether or not the committee will nominate me and if not, I already have many signatures on the petition to get on the ballot that way.

Keep me in your prayers, thoughts, crossed fingers etc!!

Cute Story-Joke

Miss Beatrice, the church organist, was in her eighties. She was admired for her sweetness and kindness to all.

One afternoon the pastor came to call on her and she showed him into her quaint sitting room. She invited him to have a seat while she prepared tea.

As he sat facing her old Hammond organ, the young minister noticed a cut-glass bowl sitting on top of it. The bowl was filled with water, and in the water floated, of all things, a condom!

When she returned with tea and scones, they began to chat. The pastor tried to stifle his curiosity about the bowl of water and its strange floater, but soon it got the better of him and He could no longer resist.

"Miss Beatrice", he said, "I wonder if you would tell me about this?" pointing to the bowl.

"Oh, yes," she replied, "Isn't it wonderful? I was walking through the Park a few months ago and I found this little package on the ground. The directions said to place it on the organ, keep it wet and that it would prevent the spread of disease. Do you know I haven't had the flu all winter?"

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Mostly For SGS


Never too young to start training them....



For those who have not clue what I mean...

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Almost 4000!!!

Hey everyone! More posts to come but I just realized that I am nearing hit #4000!! That just seems amazing to me. When you red this, scroll down, see what number you are and leava comment to let me know who was what number, I'm just curious.

Friday, January 05, 2007

Last Goodspeed Story...

...but it really has nothing to do with Goodspeed.

When I was driving to CT at the beginning of October I happened to be on the phone with my mother when I got north of Manhattan. I said to Mom, "I am now further north east than I have ever been." Just as soon as I had said that I saw the exit for Larchmont, NY. I quickly said, "Never mind that........... now I am."

When I was coming along there was a milestone in our family. When you were eight years old (the minimum age to fly alone) you got to go stay with my Grandmother for a week.

It was 1988 and I was SOOO excited. My first time on an airplane and I LOVED IT!! I flew into JFK on a TWA flight that had stopped in Dallas for a short while. Then began one of the best weeks of my life!! We had a great time. It was when I truly fell in love with NYC and city life in general. Grandma took me everywhere. We saw all of the sites: Empire State Building, Twin Towers, Statue of Liberty and I saw my first Broadway show: The original 42nd Street.

She also took me to the local landmarks of the little village where she lived. We ate dinner at The Upstairs, fed ducks at the duck pond, saw Umbrella Point and she took me to hang out with her friends at the little pub where she hung out. This group of older (ancient to an 8 year old) New Yorkers would sit at the bar, drink a couple of pints and watch Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune. I sat ON the corner of the bar sipping a grenadine and coke that the kind bartender "Smitty" had made for me. My most vivid memory of the pub was when Grandma whispered the answer to the Wheel of Fortune puzzle and told me to yell it out. I did and the older man in the group was PISSED OFF that an 8 year old got it before he did. Grandma laughed and laughed.

My Grandmother passed away several years ago and I only have this trip and a trip she and my Great Grandmother made to Oklahoma to remember her by.

When I was on my way back to DC from East Haddam, CT I got close to the George Washington Bridge... saw the exit and decided that I was going on a side trip. I got into Larchmont and called my mother and told her what I was doing. I was really just going to drive around for a little bit and get back on the highway.

Mom looked up Grandma's old address and I wrote it down figuring that if I passed the street I would try to find the old apartment. Mom mentioned that she had lived walking distance to the train station so I started heading that way. Sure enough I found the street and was searching for the numbers while still on the phone with my mother. All of the sudden my heart jumped. "Momma, I know this is it! I cant see the numbers but I KNOW this is it. I can feel it!" (PICTURED AT THE LEFT) I started circling around to get a better view and said to Mom that I wished I could remember the name of the little pub. THERE IT WAS!! Larchmont Tavern. All choked up I told my mother that I was going to go inside and have a few pints for Grandma.

In I went and sat quietly at the corner of the bar where I had sat eighteen years ago and drank a pint of LT Lager. This time I sat AT the bar instead of ON it... they probably would have frowned upon a 26 year old plopping his fat but on the bar. I started a conversation with the kind couple sitting next to me. The had moved to Larchmont about the time I was there to visit. They did not remember Grandma but after they left for the evening I started talking to the bartender and a few gentlemen at the other end of the bar. The younger gentleman remembered Grandma as he had just started frequenting LT's about the time I made my first visit in 1988. The bartender also remembered Grandma quite fondly. They both remembered Smitty with big smiles and thought that my little pilgrimage was really very cool.


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